why do I only sell in California?

[def.a.posting.id]

every single auction I have only sells in Cali.

Im in NJ---is there a reasonable explanation for this?

[eunster1313]

eBay Typecasts Shoppers Using Technology

https://www.ecommercebytes.com/C/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2019/6/1561044175.html 

[def.a.posting.id]

@lex-talon 

yes I have a selling account ...this is just a posting id

??

[def.a.posting.id]

I am not selling anything that only California is interested in...

simple question.

why are 99% of my sales to California?

[pjcdn2005]

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@sakic92710 wrote:

95% of my sales go to CA, NY, OH, PA, TX, FL, ON, BC & QC.  6 States out of 50 & 3 Provinces.  eBay doesn't want to pay the internet fees that provides ALL members to see your listings at ALL times.  Sales to other locations would be random luck for me.  If they purposelessly look in my store, everything is available, of course.  When they do regular searches, this is where the problem begins.  Good luck to us all.    🙂

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Of course it has nothing to do with the fact that you sell more often to the areas with a larger population. 

[loveyourimagination49]

That’s odd. I haven’t had a sale to California in about a year.

[coolections]

@pjcdn2005 

LOL. He's from Canada. Maybe didn't know those are the largest states and it is the most reasonable to assume you would get the most sales from those states ? It is easier to blame Ebay though.

[bigdeals.etc]

Ebay shuts down my sales in Delaware. I never get any sales from that state.

[coolections]

@bigdeals.etc 

I've had a few Delaware but never Wyoming or New Hampshire. Yep, Ebay must have blocked those customers from me.

[bigdeals.etc]

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@coolections wrote:

@bigdeals.etc 

I've had a few Delaware but never Wyoming or New Hampshire. Yep, Ebay must have blocked those customers from me.

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Oh and don’t forget New England. I’m totally freezed out of that state. Darn you ebay.

[chapeau-noir]

California has the 8th largest economy in the world - I think that's why *I* sell so much to that state - I charge capped flat rate shipping.

[bigdeals.etc]

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@chapeau-noir wrote:

California has the 8th largest economy in the world - I think that's why *I* sell so much to that state - I charge capped flat rate shipping.

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I sell most of my items in Earth. Because I think Earth has the #1 largest economy in the world.

Sorry.... it’s Facetious Friday. Okay I’ll stop now.

[chapeau-noir]

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@bigdeals.etc wrote:

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@chapeau-noir wrote:

California has the 8th largest economy in the world - I think that's why *I* sell so much to that state - I charge capped flat rate shipping.

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I sell most of my items in Earth. Because I think Earth has the largest economy in the world.

Sorry.... it’s Facetious Friday. Okay I’ll stop now.

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Yeah, but how much do you sell to Jupiter, huh?  Well??? That's a BIG PLANET.  Gotta have a giant economy, though it's not all fancy like Saturn with those foo-foo rings.

[buyselljack2016]

I think I can count years of sales to Iowa, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, West Virginia, Montana, Arkansas, Wisconsin and Delaware without taking my shoes off.

[sakic92710]

It's not recommended to assume what level of intelligence someone has.  I can tell you Canadians know a lot more about the US than Americans know about Canada.

[pburn]

eBay shuts off the tap for intergalactic sales once you hit a certain sales limit, but now that you've posted about it, you'll get a sale from Venus within hours. Posting about it somehow shakes it loose. The AI/bots can read your discussion-board posts, you know.