SALES DOWN DRASTICALLY - I read through the responses and I have not heard 1 response that gives these thought to why sales may be down.
- FEES ARE SO HIGH NOW THAT SELLERS ARE RAISING PRICES TO OFFSET HIGHER FEES, FEES ON TAXES COLLECTED, FEES ON SHIPPING COSTS
- I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN that since MP has been instituted shipping times have gotten DRAMATICALLY worse, sellers are holding goods before shipping, I see one LONG TIME seller who even states in his listings, every single listing, that shipping time is 5 days due to the new payment processing, AND I believe some sellers are even waiting longer to ship out items and rightfully so (no instant payments - say goodbye to instant shipments)
MY OPINION is the buyer is seeing no incentive to purchase on this site anymore, higher costs, longer wait times.
NOW, I do believe that much that has been said is true, summer is slower, I dont believe the economy is the issue, I mean look at the stock market, from what I see, THINGS ARE BOOMING NOW, the financial aspect I dont buy into that that is a reason for slow sales.
I HAVE NEVER HEARD a post that states because of the new programs instituted that that may be an issue, and I believe its a BIG ISSUE. Buyers have lots of choices, and I believe they now see that ebay offers nothing special as far as product, ( I think lots of smaller sellers that brought a good product mix to the table have moved on) AND they are now waiting longer for items to be shipped out. AMAZON does it VERY FAST, as do other sites.
EBAY I feel did not consider that their programs actually HURT the buyer experience, not enhance it like they tried to sell it. Its going to effect your sales. 1 bad buying experience and typically they wont come back, and I think a bad buying experience would be waiting for 10 or more days for an item to be received, anyway, for me it would.
