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I stopped selling on eBay
 

I will let all of my existing listings expire and not list another new item on it anymore. It is not worth my time and profit margin is going slimmer every year with traffic going down hill at the same time. Good luck to all who are still struggling with this platform.

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More buyers for me! :)

(and the crowd roars!!!)

Seriously, you can't do what you've always done. You have to constantly change to meet changing market demands.

Otherwise you get left behind.

If your margins are lagging, figure out why, and make the changes necessary to get more market share or move into a more profitable product line.

This is a game for people who don't sit on their past achievements, who constantly strive to move onward to better things. Yesterday's big seller is tomorrow's dusty dog.

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^^^^^ Dusty log!

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can`t say that better !

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I see lots of Chinese sellers leaving ebay.com Thank goodness because they destroyed the profit margine

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They (although not all) also like to snatch your picture if you have a good one. I use professional camera to take pics of my inventory and regularly would see a Chinese seller selling my product with my own picture for 10% of the price with free ePacket delivery :d

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That's why you can watermarked/stamp it to avoid theft

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Not sure if they enforce it, but ebay says no more watermarks in pics.

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Yeah, and before anyone asks:

*WARNING*
*direct eBay links below!*

https://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/picture.html

https://community.ebay.com/t5/2017-F.../td-p/27507732

Hidden watermarks are still a good idea, I'd wager. Just a way to prove the image is yours should you need to DMCA another vendor.

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Don't forget the "Warning eBay link" when you post eb links like this Gladiator :)

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Back when I first started, some d1ckface phuck copied my picture and listing. I reported him, but since my listing had sold out at out time...and I had to relist it.. they said that HE was the original, since his listing was older than mine! hahaha

Even though I showed them the original, unedited photo. Dumba55es!

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I can't say I'm surprised.

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You can register your pictures with ebay and vero anyone who uses them. No joke.

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Wish I would have known that back then.

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What if I include in my picture text that I am a US seller? :) No way Chinese could use it.

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Or you can have your ebay name etc.. in the picture.

Many Chinese sellers are shipping from the US now, so that wont be much of a deterrent.

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I'm tired of always having to keep an eye on the market trying to figure out what is more profitabble. I'd rather spend my time learning SEO and doing social media marketing selling in a market I have passion in. And yes the Chinese from mainland China are destroying the market and that's why I will no longer source from China. Do not mix the Hong Kongers with the Chinese from mainland communist Chinese like you wouldn't call a Taiwanese a Chinese and Australians British. Hong Kongers were sold by the British and we never had the right to vote for our government.

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I'm doing a lot better on other platforms because the customers on eBay are only for the rock bottom low price. Where customers on else where are for product variety and great customer service.

The category limit and selling limit on eBay is also a joke.

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I'm tired of always having to keep an eye on the market trying to figure out what is more profitabble. I'd rather spend my time learning SEO and doing social media marketing selling in a market I have passion in.

SEO doesn't do any good if you don't have anything people want at a price they're willing to pay.

Anyone who doesn't care enough to keep an eye on their market is going to fail, which so far it seems you have.

Passion is meaningless. I'll sell toothpaste if it has a decent profit margin.

This is why you can't make it on EB, and if you can't make it there, you probably can't make it anywhere else.

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Now...no. That's not really fair. I don't care if something makes money if it doesn't bring me joy or is a market I like to work in. You may be the type that can sell or will sell anything, a lot of us aren't. I personally only make and design items I like - it's my passion and what I am good at. It makes so I look forward to going to work every day.

If they can find a niche or build a business around something they like, good for them.

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@rhonda

Doing SEO is PITA... way mor pita than ebay, amazon and etsy together. And believe me it's way more frustrating.

If I'd do SEO, I'd look out for a cheap zombie army and buy them laptops to do the work for me.

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well, I can't blame you for wanting to stop ebaying.

Nowadays, nothing is easy and there's no free rides.

Maybe take a vacation and a break then come back to it.

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I only sell in my passion zone. I dont sell items just because I can make money. One of the reasons I dislike amazon so much. It is boring and sole less. Ebay can be fun still. Awesome pictures, product launches etc... Most of my best friends across this world I have met on ebay because we are passionate about the same items.

A few years ago I did sell some electronic items on amazon for money. Made thousands of extra dollars a month and hated every single aspect of it. Hated the buyers, hated amazon and ebay and I learned to hate selling so I quite. That is a job and I have never had one before those days and I will never have one again.

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Best advise ever.

Regenerate, stay away from it for a bit and then overthink your decision. You can still walk away after. Taking a vacation also helps motivation.

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If they can find a niche or build a business around something they like, good for them.

Fair enough, but I wouldn't do it for free, and I don't think you would do what you do for free or at a loss either.

If I have to work, and I do, I might as well make the best money I can for those hours I put in and the risk I take.

All this 'I'm going to concentrate on my SEO skills' talk is just that - talk. It's a cop out to avoid doing the hard work of selling product and servicing customers.

I've yet to see 'organic search results' and 'SEO skills' get a product found above someone who's paying $5 per click to be at the top of the page.

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Ban Chinese sellers on ebay!

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Yeah, that's going to happen - NOT!

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Happened with me this week. I e-mailed Ebay and they kindly said **** off. I shot the seller a message and luckily enough they were cooperative and changed the pic!

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Do you mind if I ask you a question?

Why do you not QUOTE CORRECTLY ?

The name of the person and their text is needed.

Your above quote is good material. It would be a GREAT one if the name of the poster was included, ie, Gladiator!. ;)

Do you know the correct format to quote?

:peace:



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I always wondered that too GB.

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I wish a lot more sellers should stop selling, so I can rule the marketplace...

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Can not work.

Your crypto world is hanging with bated breath for you.

A man can not serve two masters.

=}-

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Only weaklings will believe such things...

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Just checking to make sure you read my posts

:brushteeth:

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I am not picky in theory but in practice I would only sell anything that is low hassle eg low returns, and good margin and ethics are ok - so that makes me picky I suppose and excludes alot.....the hardest thing is getting good suppliers anyway.

You have to be in a position of strength to be able to drop people or things in life. Some noobs just do not have that option yet.....

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That was his first relevant post on here. I'm pretty sure!

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USPS fee increases drastically every year

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1st World problems.

Consumer increases happen across the world.

:amen: