Why are my listings not generating traffic or selling?

[nabitv_40]

I sold on Ebay a year or so and didnt have much luck. Im back again determined but Im not having any traffic thus sales. What am I doing wrong? In advance thanks for you help

[ckimodog]

@nabitv_40 

You sell in a very over saturated venue...clothing.  Your items are very cute, but terribly expensive.  Might I ask why you are using stock photos for pre owned items? Customers will avoid listings like that because you need to provide photos that are true to life, not just images.  That could cause you some grief and problems. 

 Think about bringing your prices down on your items.  You've got lots of competition and I mean ALOT.   

Happy Selling

[klhmdg]

Are those stock photos?

Take photos of just the items.

Take photos of any issues.

Make the background one solid color.

Used clothing is a tough sell. 

[chevymontecarlo88 · Accepted solution]

Looks like a background remover that adds various backgrounds is being used on most of the photos. They may not be stock photos. IMHO

Personally i would use one of the photos with the models as the first picture but than take pictures (flat lay) showing sizes with a neutral background color that does not distract.

Agreed on the category being saturated.

[inhawaii]

Just my humble opinion.

Your traffic and sales are slow because nobody is interested in what you are selling.

Sell better stuff and get more traffic and more sales.

Example:

Brand new Playstation 5, $100 w/free shipping = Lots of views, lots of sales

Used pair of shoes, $50 w/$32 shipping = Fewer views, fewer sales

[mtgraves7984]

To me, it looks like your prices are way too high. But good luck moving forward.

[chapeau-noir]

You have great photos (General comment: they're not stock, they're just switching backgrounds on their own modeled photos) and nice items, but 70s can be a slow seller and most of it just doesn't go for a lot - your prices are really high on some of the items.

Still, if you're not concerned about fast sales, you can just leave it as is and see what happens - knock the price down a bit at a time and see where the sweet spot is.

[tobaccocardyahoo]

You have a tiny number of listings in a very crowded category.

They make a strong fashion statement, and are therefore limited in the number of women who would have occasion to wear them. They are not priced for the budget minded shopper (and this is a time when many shoppers are budget minded).

Unless they have excellent search placement, and are therefore in the top 20 impressions associated within a search they are unlikely to be visited.

They may need to be promoted. It is likely that they will require a high level of promotion.

Although I prefer a white background to your choices of backgrounds, is suspect no one is actually seeing your listings in their search results so it is irrelevant.

[bonjourami]

Sorry, but your items are way over priced and not competitive.

[chapeau-noir]

Example: Democracy as a brand does better than many in that genre, but you're looking at maybe $20 for the T-shirt, and it can be shipped for not much more than $5 - you have $38 and $10 shipping. Revisiting ending prices would be good to get a range. eBay is extremely (did I say extremely?) price competitive.

I still advise playing with pricing and keep adding to your listings, keep things boiling.

You've got great items and presentation, so just keep going.

[todaytimeless]

You have low-demand items in a very saturated space and your photos are WAY too busy. It’s a lot of work on some of them to figure out what the item is—at least on mobile where the thumbnails are quite small.

[dolcetreasures]

Don’t sell in the clothing or shoes category. You could get half of those things for free and still wind up losing money. The category is too saturated.

Unless you’re selling desirables from brands that don’t have traditional sales or channels for getting wholesale items, you will have a constant uphill battle.

If you are able to procure desirable merchandise, you’ll have little margins and a short window of merchandise availability as brands are closely following what’s happening in the grey markets and acting accordingly (cutting employee discounts, limiting or eliminating sample sales, no discounts on hot merchandise).

[iart]

Looks to me like you're not even trying. Find ebay best practices and revise your listings for the very basic suggestions.

[nabitv_40]

Thanks for your time. These are not stock photos they are my photography. I understand the price and will take it under consideration. Thank you 

[nabitv_40]

Thank you they are not stock photos they are my photography. Thanks you