mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
@uncseniorsportsfan wrote:The second graph is unreadable but the line is trending downward at the tail.
You can click on it to enlarge it.
@location.location.austin wrote:They ruined my once terrific Ebay business as well. Likely will be closing up shop at the end of the year, after 15 years! Almost on the brink of losing money. Very sad what has happened!
Would you like to share a little more details. Maybe some of us may have some ideas that may help you.
@sam_eastham wrote:
@mam98031 wrote:
@sell-more wrote:Here is the reason I blame GTC - when my 30 day listings showed an EXPIRE DATE I would get the sale on day 29. Now there is NO INCENTIVE to buy if they think its going to be on there forever. Unfortunately around day 28/29 I kill the listings not to pay the renew fee, simple logic which the brainiacs at EB don't get.
Here is why it is likely not GTC. Many sellers used GTC listings long before the mandate happened in March. Many of those same sellers that primarily or solely used GTC listings are also having slower sales than are normal or usual for them.
The problems with the Search engine along with the multitude of problems outlined on the Tech Board are likely to be having the largest impact on sellers across Ebay. Just my opinion.
I agree with you on the 1st point. I think its not GTC, its the search engine and the implementation of full fledged category based search. For months after my sales went down, I tried million things until I realised that there is a visibility quota system at ebay. At first, I thought the visibility is item based (certain items from a seller visible for an x amount of time based upon the promoted %age) however I have realised that its not. The visibility is category based i.e the magic button for certain categories switches on and sales starts to come (only from that category) however this doesn’t last for long. Secondly, the visibility is area based (post code based) All of a sudden you get sales only from one part of the country. Ebay’s great customer service when advised me that ‘may be the items you are selling are not in demand anymore’ & ‘may be you have a competitor selling same item for cheap’ I asked them how come there are good few interested people only in the south of the country and nowhere else on a certain day and then all of a sudden the interest post code shifts to somewhere north east? There is no solution to the later problem however the visibility switch for the category can be managed and I’m sure you know what I mean by that ; ) Yes, re-list your items in a hot category that ebay loves to make visible. Keep trying until it works for you. Wish all of you a great peak season. Best of luck...
Actually it appears you agree with both points I made. While I didn't go into it in detail and just suggested taking a peek at the Tech board, on the tech board all the trials and tribulations going on within the clothing categories are described. It has been worse than a hot mess for many sellers in those categories for over a month and a half. Some sellers not even able to list new items or revise existing listings. But the threads describe all the issues in more details and there were many.
