eBay

sakic92710 · ‎11-30-2018

18 1/2 days - 100 views - 6 watchers - no offers - no emails - nothing but, silence. Lots of interest but, apparently, no interest. lol December better prove to be an awesome month here! Good luck to all. 🙂

castlemagicmemories · ‎11-30-2018

@xray731 wrote:
I've seen a few Ebay commercials but have to say that Amazon has a winner with the singing boxes - that's one I'll remember along side the Budweiser Clydales and the Maxwell House Christmas one from years ago.

The singing boxes are great!! That song gets stuck in your head.

castlemagicmemories · ‎11-30-2018

OP, you're in Canada. Buyers may be reluctant to order because of more expensive shipping, or because they consider Canada to be buying internationally, subject to customs and delays.

There is also the intermittent Canada Post strikes that have been occurring recently.

I have never seen a listing that said to wait for a confirmation email and invoice. Most just pay through the pay now button on the already purchased listing. Perhaps that has something to do with a lack of sales as well.

Hope things pick up for you.

emerald40 · ‎11-30-2018

But the River commercials are so cute, and happy with their catcy tune and smiling boxes.

But I agree. It is not the commercial if once the buyers get here the search engine stinks, items are not what they are looking for, prices are high, nothing on sale, no coupons.

castlemagicmemories · ‎11-30-2018

@emerald40 wrote:
But the River commercials are so cute, and happy with their catcy tune and smiling boxes.

But I agree. It is not the commercial if once the buyers get here the search engine stinks, items are not what they are looking for, prices are high, nothing on sale, no coupons.

With all due respect, Ebay has been running coupons and promotions frequently.

sakic92710 · ‎11-30-2018

Not looking to become a millionaire here. I'd be happy if I could, consistently, sell between $50-100 a day. 🙂 This week, I'm avg. $10. Am I being unreasonable in my dreams?? lol

sakic92710 · ‎11-30-2018

I put that because I want people to wait for an invoice if they buy more than 1 listing then, pay separately. Some do that & pay shipping on each instead of waiting for a combined inovice. You get nailed on the 10% S/H for each when you won't be charging nearly as much.

bubbleman2010 · ‎11-30-2018

OK between 18 to 36 grand per year. Now go to your sellers dashboard and click on see monthly breakdown. Add up the number of items sold for the last year and the last years total dollars. You end up with total number of items and total dollars. Now divide the total dollars by the total amount of items and you'll get your ASP or average selling price. Come back with that number and we'll move along to step three...

jeweloftheheart · ‎11-30-2018

Hi Alan@eBay,
I have always used a red background to help my listings pop out. I heard that Google prefers solid white backgrounds and re-naming the image the item you are selling (example: Nikon 55-300mm Auto Focus Lens.jpg). Here is a listing I shot with white, eBay item 352531860750. Here is a listing with the red, eBay item 223262335181.
Like all the others who are experiencing decreased sales this year I am trying so hard to comply with the new search engine and algorithm. Thank you in advance for any tips.

ozarkjoe · ‎11-30-2018

IMHO, OP's pics look just fine to me. I am biased to "real pictures" over highly professional pics since it tells me I am dealing with a real human being vs a big corporation or a drop shipper.

pingpong517 · ‎11-30-2018

maybe average, clean up nice, enoughnot offen I remember a poster... you've been complaining a lot.

Reall I thinl Allen at ebay...pointed out what you should be think...Maybe your listed stink....

in a nice way....Just maybe there are issues you could improve....maybe price etc...but wording..etc....FRESHEN it up.

and maybe people are buying other stuff...no one said you will sell anything...the buyer looking decides that...right?...and you have some views ..watchers...

so, it is like when out meeting women or men... Don't just complain, yes you a good looking , clean up nice, have a job and nice car....why do you not meet anyone?...JUST maybe you've got B.O. So time to give it a sniff check...

pburn · ‎11-30-2018

People still watch television? With commercials?

emerald40 · ‎11-30-2018

@castlemagicmemories wrote:
@emerald40 wrote:
But the River commercials are so cute, and happy with their catcy tune and smiling boxes.

But I agree. It is not the commercial if once the buyers get here the search engine stinks, items are not what they are looking for, prices are high, nothing on sale, no coupons.
With all due respect, Ebay has been running coupons and promotions frequently.

Selective coupons in certain categories. And that 10% 4 hour coupon many missed.

In the real world, I am getting 30% 40% and 50% coupons to stores I shop in. Good in the whole store.

emerald40 · ‎11-30-2018

How can you avoid commericals.

I watch a lot of cox on demand so I can see the show when I want to. You cannot filter out commericals.

coffeebean832 · ‎11-30-2018

@emerald40 wrote:
How can you avoid commericals.

I watch a lot of cox on demand so I can see the show when I want to. You cannot filter out commericals.

DVR.

Streaming services.