eBay

ifyouloveit · ‎05-17-2018

What is the consensus on the new eBay starter Store?

I am a regular seller here who was doing vey well until April, when sales just tanked. I used to get lots of extra free listings promotions, now nothing. I am above standard with no issues, no SNAD, no returns, 30 day money back guarantee and free return shipping. eBay says my account is great, no problems, yet they have turned off any free listings and my sales are beyond bad.

Is it the same for other small sellers? I mostly sell collectibles, the bulk of my items are under $15. Does eBay consider me a waste of space or something? I had much more expensive items up, but they have sold and with the current lack of sales, I am not putting up more high end items. I get tons of watchers and pressure to lower my prices or lowball offers on higher priced offers, people are putting them in their shopping carts to get eBay to email me with a lower my price alert. I've lowered the prices and no one buys.

Who has bought the new starter store, what has happened, is it worth it, or why should I NOT do it? I appreciate your answers, many thanks!

cctt.discounts · ‎04-30-2019

please clarify for me..your saying no store no fees every month and Ebay still gives you 50 listings for free.? thanks for your time.

anne-marie-804 · ‎05-15-2019

But you can just change the handling time if something comes up.

femmefan1946 · ‎06-04-2019

You'd think so.

But your customer is used to overnight shipping.

Whether you warn them or not BUYERS DON'T READ.

If you are paid at midnight on Friday, you will get an email on Sunday morning asking where your item is.

And a neg saying you were slow to ship and the item arrived late. (ie you shipped on Monday and it arrived on Wednesday).

And if the Vacation is for an emergency (unlike an actual planned vacation) you might be hospitalized for longer than your handling time. Or your deputy shipper might not understand the urgency. Or your airline may go out of business. Or the sick relative actually dies.

Or you could have your stockroom blown away in a tornado.

If your Store is On Vacation with no items showing, all of those dramas are handled.

Including even thinking about them.