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migrating to other platforms
 

Hello guys, how are your sales going in the last month on eBay?
Do you think it is better to sell on which platform?
eBay
etsy
mercary
It would be good to have a response from many of the older ones to better understand the reasons for migrating to other platforms

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anyone tried TIKTOK shop?

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depends on what you sell.
retail sales is slow

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Facebook marketplace
Craigslist
Mercari

Etsy can't as they hit all my accounts after I create one.

eBay would be great if they shut their AI bots down and get competent programmers.

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Still having decent sales on craigslist and mercari? nice

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I never sold on Etsy but would love to DS there.

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We hope that happens, ibai's AI is totally screwing us, but being Cinseros it is the best to sell by far.
Mercary and Etsy became easy at some point but when many people migrated from eBay, the platform damaged many good sellers by a few scammers.

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scammers will always target new/growing platforms - always a constant war at play ugh

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waht about depop？

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There's shopify but you have to drive your own traffic

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BE CAREFUL selling on Etsy,it will expose your listings on Google search,and you could end up picking up the tab.

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picking up the tab - charges from google?

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yes,cant recall all the details,but if someone comes thru Google and look at your listing and eventually bought your item within x number of days from the day he found your listing via Google,you pay a certain percentage of the sales amount,not sure if it is an reimbursement to Etsy or direct to Google?
I paid less due to the total amount I sold on Etsy last year,I think less means 13%.
So you are looking at ETSY FEE which is now 6 1/2% plus Google fee ?plus credit card fees,it leaves little profit,in some cases no profit or worse a loss.

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What is worrying about Etsy is the large number of losses in % and those ordered by scam customers.

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It really depends on what you're selling, eBay is getting slow and kind of "dying" more and more every year, I don't know of a good alternative yet...

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consumers are just tapped out,it does not matter where you sell.

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Yes, there is little money in the market, I think buyers are buying only essential things, and are not spending as much on other things.

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Ebay gone for me from past many years and I moved to Amazon who got much more traffic then eBay or any other online marketplace now the next big market will be TikTok

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Really depends on what you sell but I have always found, at least in recent years, a combination of eBay and Etsy always does the best :)

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Just can’t get on Etsy. Having another go though upto verifying my bank after 1 st sale. Just waiting to get banned.

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Bonanza and Sears market place

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How is Bonanza doing right now?
The other platforms are super bad.
many limitations