eBay Sales

[fourrosethrifters]

Hello 

I have been selling on EBay for a little over a year and I don’t have a youtube channel.  I just don’t know what I’m doing wrong, I could go days without one sale.  I have ended items, took better photos, discounted items and still no sales.  I have everything on a 1 day handling, 30day return policy and all items are promoted. I have items from $3.00 to $600 and everything in between.  Any advice would greatly be appreciated!  Thank you

[714ricki]

The buyers are being very selective & careful in their buying habits for obvious reasons. Ask yourself, do you have need to have items or nice to have items? I would say have patience becuase there are buyers out there, you just have to be at the right place at the right tiime when the buyer is shopping.

[redlinear]

I go with the Lottery Search result theory.
It's as if eBay lines customers up in front of your store for a day.  Then in front of somebody else's store the next day. Then somebody else's the next day.
Then, lines customers back up in front of your store weeks/months later.

When you search, it's almost like pulling a lever on a slot machine.  You never know who's items you're going to see.
OR, I should say you never know who's THUMBNAILS you're going to see.   That picture is what gets Clicked/Opened.   And that has to happen in order to sell.

My current BEST method is to flat out list items every day, every day, every day, every day.  
And, send (% off) offers to watchers every couple of days

[chapeau-noir]

You're doing everything right.  Just keep going - looking at your items sold, for someone selling in mostly super-saturated categories (collectibles, media and clothing, especially collectibles) you're actually doing well.  You don't need a Youtube channel to sell unless you really want to try it, but it won't boost sales without a lot of work (because guess what's also saturated). 

Consistency and engagement on this platform are very important. 

[krazzykats]

Inflation and postage prices are killing it for smalls.

[m60driver]

Very, very few folks have YouTube channels.  There is no need for 1-day shipping as that can come back to bite you on the derrière when things get delayed.  Some of your shipping costs are a tad high and, as a previous poster mentioned, shipping increases for smalls are coming right out of profit as there are limits as to how much a buyer will spend.  Also, most of your items will not benefit all that much with promoted listings so keep that add rate low at 2-3%.

[fourrosethrifters]

Thank you so much, I appreciate your time, and patience is all I have at the moment!🌸

[fourrosethrifters]

Thank you so much for your time, I’ll look over my pictures and see what I can do to make them better.🌸

[fourrosethrifters]

I so appreciate your comment, I added so many categories hoping that I would get more traffic, Thanks again I will just keep pushing through 🌸

[fourrosethrifters]

💯 agreed, that’s why I keep lowering my prices!  Thank you for your time🌸

[fourrosethrifters]

Thanks for the insight, I’ll check my items for the unnecessary promotions. I appreciate your time🌸

[redlinear]

I don't think it's you pictures.   I think the picture is what gets somebody in there to buy it.  But, if you picture isn't being seen in the search results?  Can't sell if you're not seen.
And I really don't think there's a whole lot more you can do to be seen.
Your items will come back into view, over time.   Not much you can about time.  Not "much".......

[coolections]

I am sure many will disagree so what I say take it with a grain of salt. This is what I do: monthly I remove almost everything that has had zero or one views and/or reduce the price to almost no gains at all, sometimes up to 60% off.  The number of items listed compared to the number items sold gets you more views because you are ranked higher in best match. In your case you have 400 listings. How many have had either zero or one view in the last 30 days? You could probably remove 100 of those listings or reduce the prices to move them and get a better sell-through. Yes, sometimes it is a loss but that is part of the business selling used items. Also you are wasting a ton of $$ promoting listing. I have a very high sell-through and never promote a thing.

[coolections]

@redlinear   I checked a few of the OP's items and found every one. Please do not start conspiracies saying Ebay is purposely hiding the OP's stuff. They are NOT.