drop in ebay sales recently-any reason why?

[scubadiver00]

Sales have dropped dramatically in March. Just wondering if other sellers are facing the same situation. Thank you for your time.

[afrench11]

Yes. It's awful for me. Just awful.

[mrgoodlite]

way back in 1993, presidential political strategist James Carville said "It's the economy, stupid".  as relevant today as it was 30+ years ago.  

[hartungcards]

 This is due to an annual increase in system activity experienced during this period, which has caused processing delays.

[inhawaii]

I had a 0 sales day yesterday.

Ebay sucks!

[scubadiver00]

When ebay was contacted I was told that if you Promote your listings there is  a good chance that sales will increase. But promoting your listings only adds to the fees you have to pay.  Is it worth it?

[tarotfindsandmore]

It can be.  You can always promote at the lowest possible rate (2%) to see if it makes a difference.  If you're honestly not making any sales, what can it hurt?  If you promote your listings, rather than your store or a coupon, you only get charged a fee if someone purchases your item(s) via the promotion.

If you're worried about losing the 2%, add it to your prices (it's all of 20 cents per ten dollars so it may not be worth your time to go in and adjust all of your prices).  I have no idea what you're selling but it can be beneficial if you have a lot of competition in your categories.

[reallynicestamps]

While many aware consumers are concerned that their costs are going to rise substantially with the tariffs that may or may not ever be instituted

(Is it Thursday? no tariff. Is it Sunday? 200% tariff. Did the Canadians muse about cutting off the electricity? no tariff . Is it a statutory holiday ? 25% tariff.)

mostly it is probably just March.

I keep records and have since I started selling here in 1998.

My strong months are January to March, and that has been true this year as usual, although I am starting to see the expected drop off.

Last year  when the US economy was strong and stable, those profitable months stretched into July.

How were your sales last March? In 2023? In 2022?

Have your sales dropped in number or in value? Or both?

How does that compare with previous years.

BTW- I noticed today that our local schools are on March break, which may make some difference in online shopping in the short run.

[inhawaii]

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@scubadiver00 wrote:

Just wondering if other sellers are facing the same situation. 

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Some are experiencing no sales.

Some are experiencing slow sales.
Some are experiencing no change in sales.

Some are experiencing excellent sales.

Some are experiencing record sales.

[mommaknows]

After reading these type of posts by different people, I was wondering if taxes coming up deters buyers as well as all of the obvious issues? 

Those of you that have years of experience here must have a sense of the ebb and flow. 

[mommaknows]

@fashunu4eeuh  I guess I should of read all the replies to this post. You answered my question.  Thank you.

[tarotfindsandmore]

It really depends on what you sell.  The best months for me are July to January.  Summer marks the beginning of the serious comic conventions (there are a few in Spring so I have little flurries around those too), then back to school (lots of Loungefly goes around that time), and on to the holidays when I usually see an increase of about 50-70% over my slowest months.  February and March are usually my slowest months, but this year has been decent.

Clothing and electronics sellers will probably tell you a different story.  I don't sell in either of those categories so I have no idea what the ebbs and flows are for them. 

I know even less about automotive stuff.

[mommaknows]

@tarotfindsandmore 

Thank you. I appreciate the information. 

[meme6253]

And Trump is leading us right into a possible recession & will blame it on Biden.