eBay Said

[ten_o_nine]

If you open a store, your sales will increase, we opened a store.

If you take better pictures, your sales will increase, we took better pictures.

If you use all 80 characters in the title, we used 81.

If you write better description with measurements, your sales will increase, we did.

If you offer at least 30 day returns, your sales will increase, we offered 90 day returns.

If you offer free shipping, your sales will increase, we offered free shipping

If you offer free returns, your sales will increase, we offered free returns.

If you update mandatory item specifics, your sales will increase, and keep up with every day changes., we did.

If you update recommended item specifics, your sales will increase, we updated recommended item specifics.

If you offer same day or next day shipping, your sales will increase, so we offered next day shipping.

If you use up to 24 pictures, your sales will increase, we used 36

if you promote your items, your sales will increase, we promoted.

If you promote at the suggested 40% promotion, your item will sell.

If you maintain Top seller status, your sales will increase, we maintained.

See how it's going?

[714ricki]

Following ebay's recommendations is nice. However, are you listing what the e-commerce buyers of today want or need to warrant consistent sales? 🙏😎✌️ That is what all seller's must ask themselves!!! Ebay can only help you to a certain degree.

Good luck!

[simply-the-best-for-you]

And so did a million other sellers.  

[ten_o_nine]

No, I am listing things no one needs or want I guess.

[dhbookds]

All generalities are false, including this one........

[chris13]

Calculate the cost of doing each activity.

For each of those things, stop doing them, measure revenue for 1-3 months, then start again. Individually.

When each activity has results for your business calculate cost/reward ratios.

Stop doing high-cost low reward activities.

I am told this is what most businesses do regularly to manage changing markets.

It works for new ideas that eBay may not even think of.

A statistician can recommend how long to test for a minimum relevant sample size.

We used to test things like 'red vs green' add to cart buttons and about 1000 samples was usually enough to determine a winner.

Some activities can have interactions that require tests to explore different combinations of activities.

No sarcasm intended.

[kensgiftshop]

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@ten_o_nine wrote:

No, I am listing things no one needs or want I guess.

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They might want it, but don't have the money for it now.

[12345jamesstamps]

A lot of what you sell is offered in stores. Plus you have competition such as Amazon with free shipping.

[ed8108]

Are you significantly better off now than before you followed all of ebay's expert advice ?

Having completed all the tasks you have been assigned you should now be able to comfortably sit back & enjoy the results of your labors, & simply await possible further expert guidance & instruction for successful selling on eBay.

[luckythewinner]

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@ten_o_nine wrote:

If you open a store, your sales will increase, we opened a store.

If you take better pictures, your sales will increase, we took better pictures.

If you use all 80 characters in the title, we used 81.

If you write better description with measurements, your sales will increase, we did.

If you offer at least 30 day returns, your sales will increase, we offered 90 day returns.

If you offer free shipping, your sales will increase, we offered free shipping

If you offer free returns, your sales will increase, we offered free returns.

If you update mandatory item specifics, your sales will increase, and keep up with every day changes., we did.

If you update recommended item specifics, your sales will increase, we updated recommended item specifics.

If you offer same day or next day shipping, your sales will increase, so we offered next day shipping.

If you use up to 24 pictures, your sales will increase, we used 36

if you promote your items, your sales will increase, we promoted.

If you promote at the suggested 40% promotion, your item will sell.

If you maintain Top seller status, your sales will increase, we maintained.

See how it's going?

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Can you shows exactly where eBay said that YOUR sales would increase if YOU did something? 

OI can recall plenty of places where eBay has given statistical information about what happens to the average seller, but I've seen them promise a specific increase for a specific seller. 

[simba6]

Some of that might help a bit. However, most buyers search for the item that want and if it's priced to their liking, buy it.   I never made any buying decision based on how well the listing was written or looked.  Now I suppose high end items like an 12,000 watch would be helped by lot's of good photos.

[buyologist-3]

Wow!  I've never seen the list of "...Your items will sell faster if..." before.  It's longer than I thought!   Thanks for the eye-opener.  Again, Wow.

[toomuchstuffagain35]

I think you forgot their favourite:

If you lower your price, your item will sell.

[soh.maryl]

Somewhere in there, did they use the word "guarantee"? 

[frommichel]

Yes, there are a seemingly endless number of steps in fine tuning a successful store. Not all suggestions from others are applicable to all stores though. So, just because someone suggests something, this does not mean we should do it - we should test changes to see if they help us (as noted by chris13).

Although you did not ask for suggestions, I'll give one to you anyway (and, yes, ignore it if you feel it does not apply to you). In my opinion, your photos are almost all very beige. The backgrounds and low light levels make the items for sale to be not eye-catching. None of the colors or shapes of your listings pop out of the screen at me. While a photo will not make me buy something, it sure will influence whether my eye pauses on a listing. I hope this helps.