Where did my sells go ?

[crappielures2222]

no sells this month HELP !!!!

[katzrul15]

@crappielures2222 

Yes.  We are all wondering the same thing.  Sales have gone cliff-side again.

Very concerning. 

[norskmediashop]

Same issue here. labor day week was okay, but since friday the 10th its gone flat. were use to around the clock orders for the most part, weekends especially are always up. its either the usual September doldrums which are extra bad this year due to the inflation mess etc, or something else is going on. while we normally like to always say ebay has done something, its the same on other platforms as well right now.

[chapeau-noir]

IMHO, you're doing pretty well for having a more specialist market and not a lot running.  The photos of your train cars are so dark and small, though, that they're almost impossible to see (I can't even tell what the wine car is and I have a big, bright monitor).  People are going to go right by that when searching because they can't see it - while it's slow might be a time to reshoot some photos (more of them, larger, brighter) and get them relisted for holiday season - they're cool items.

[crappielures2222]

They look great on my end, Ebay program is off !

[reallynicestamps]

First "sells" is a verb.  She sells sea shells down by the sea shore.
Verbs are action words.

The word you are looking for is "sales".  Where did my sales go? That's the noun and nouns are naming words.

How do your sales compare with August /September 2019? August/September 2018?

Because retail comes in waves, we have to take the long view to see where the patterns are.

For me, the worst period is November to Christmas Day, because I sell collectibles that do not make good gifts.

But on Boxing Day, sales come roaring back and stay strong until ~April, when they drop off a bit until September, with September/October being slower.

YMMV.

When I sold BBQs the market was from Orthodox Easter (mostly Greek customers) to Father's Day.  Nothing before and nothing after.

Don't look at the chart on the Seller Hub which compares the last 31 days with the previous 31 days (as in July 19 -August 19, 2021 to August 20-September 19, 2021) . The wave makes that a useless number.

And I skipped 2020, although you might want to use it, because the pandemic surge in online buying was an outlier.

[crappielures2222]

Where did my sales go?None in 3 weeks !!!!

[coastaltechsolution]

@katzrul15 

Have you checked under the couch? 😋

[vintage-camerastuff]

Yes sales are down but not to worry I see a bright future ahead for ebay cellars.

[soh.maryl]

A cellar is a basement.

The word is sellers. 

[soh.maryl]

It's "sales". 

[katzrul15]

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@coastaltechsolution wrote:

@katzrul15 

Have you checked under the couch? 😋

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@coastaltechsolution 

I did.  2 kat toys and a hot wheels car.   Think they were trying to make a run for it!

@crappielures2222 

As I shared in my first post UP thread - yes, other Sellers are reporting sales are slow.  I am not privy as to why this is, but Fall Seller Updates are in full swing and we went thru this in the Spring when e-Bay was changing categories and search kinda went wonky for a while.

How many listings are you listing each day?  Listing new items, tweaking current listings (at last for us) tends to generate activity and activity, views, generates sales, typically.  

Good luck to you.  Be safe.

[coastaltechsolution]

I agree with @katzrul15 

List something everyday and end relist stale listing 

Not a cure all but does help  

[chapeau-noir]

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@crappielures2222 wrote:

They look great on my end, Ebay program is off !

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You might want to check that again.  This is what I'm seeing for one of your listings, and my monitor is calibrated.