@zamo-zuan wrote:
@orangehound wrote:
@gamersbaystore wrote:
While I would agree he probably needs to diversify the products he sells, this platform isn't doing well, and anyone who says different is either in denial, or just doesn't care.
Yes, eBay isn't doing as well as it should, it is losing a lot of ground to competing marketplaces ... but it is still a great place to sell if one has desirable inventory at a good price.
We have desirable inventory that when you combine our offerings with our prices, is more appealing than the competition. Our performance in the category proves it.
Yet in the last ~2 months, we've went from the average of 100 orders a day to being lucky to get 50-60. We're at 41 so far today and it's within 1 hour of closing time.
Suddenly, weekdays look like weekends. Anyone who knows how auto parts industries work is weekdays always SIGNIFICANTLY outperform weekends. It's common sense, most buyers are mechanics who work during the week.
If weekdays and weekends are performing the same, there's an obvious problem.
Our items are still most desirable in this category, since they have been for well over 5 years that we were #1 in this category. Yet this is the worst year since 2011, when we were first starting in this industry.
Honestly, anyone saying this is normal, seasonal, because of competition, and so on, is not facing reality.
Reality is, only a handful of people in the category can even compete with the top 10 sellers. With our manufacturing, networks, and supply, we have more availability and prices that dropshippers can't compete with.
To put it in to perspective, we haven't had minor losses due to eBay's issues. We've lost MILLIONS.
No offense, but we're more familiar with eBay, how eBay works, and how to compete here than almost everyone on this forum. We've proven it by our performance. We're also more familiar with exactly how eBay is designed, how eBay works, what works on eBay, and what doesn't. And we have years worth of statistics & marketing data to back it up.
There's a severe problem right now. It's been downhill since Jan 2018. The trend took a tremendous downhill slope around 2 months ago.
EBay's GMV is plummeting. Top sellers are plummeting. Top seller market share is plummeting. Individual categories are dropping.
Aside from company profit margin, there's no positive statistics to even look at right now.
In response to what I quoted, it's really not a great place to sell desirable inventory at a good price. It doesn't matter if you give the best offerings at the best price. The search is directly limiting people and spreading the wealth to those with low metrics. This is a fact.
Anyone who really cares about eBay here, and wants eBay's sellers or the marketplace itself to succeed, needs to stop downplaying the issues and actually get them addressed before it's too late (if it's not already).
Thank you for this thoughtful reply. I do see the writing on the wall and you have verified it. My little collectibles market is gone. eBay does not display my items in search. I have been trying other sites. I do much better selling on other apps/ sites. I think the collectibles market on eBay has run its course. My solution is to dump my collectibles at flee markets this summer. List my high end vintage and antique items on another site. I do not think it matters any more if it is because my items do not show up on search in eBay or if this collectible market is dead. I am not selling like I used to unless I have low price auctions. Time to move on. It was fun for the last 13 years.
