ARE your sales still slow this month? Oct - Nov 2014

[J dub 1984]

Originally Posted by aquabats

I am 100% sure that it is a visibility issue. Perhaps a glitch.

The real question is ''will they fix it?''

I've had some slow sales as of lately as well. I took advice and was just patient but it's hurting my pocket. I think they have manipulated search results or there are visibility issues. I use to have a store on there and did well with it, I'm debating whether to open a store on there again but then again so much has changed and people are a lot cheaper too. I currently have a legit account 100 items or 5K whatever comes first. I hate this duplicate listing policy it's killing me, I hate that multi-merger if I want to unload stuff I like to use to put a lot of auctions up but I guess they stopped doing that to save bandwidth or condense things who knows.

[aquabats]

Originally Posted by Dmshark25

Spread your sales out over more accounts and keep rotating in newer Accounts, because I agree with you that sales are better on Newer Accounts

I'll create accounts make the first sale right away and than let them sit for a few months and when you go back to them they still get the sales a New account gets and you also can list a little more aggressive than an account that is brand new

It's aged a few months which gives the account more strength but it is still new to selling so you get that nice traffic new accounts seem to be getting

I use your method and it seems work %50. I have made some little modifications and i will see how it goes.

Do you have Any more suggestion and news to get more traffic?

[SaiJin]

Most of the accounts that are 10 item limits, would you say list to max it out, then keep using it or use it for 1 month and let it rest for a couple?

[yankee]

Originally Posted by SaiJin

Most of the accounts that are 10 item limits, would you say list to max it out, then keep using it or use it for 1 month and let it rest for a couple?

I sell as much as I can until the sale prices or sales in general fall off. Also when I am approaching the 1099k requests.

Letting rest does not seem to make any difference to me. Unless you are selling to lift the holds and waiting to use the account for later in the year such as Holiday season.

[aquabats]

What do you think about having 1000 account and never paying ebay fees?

If you were following such method , would you consider yourself saving big amount of $ ??

[luverlyjuberly]

If i have two eBay seller accounts under same details and the first is being throttled could i start selling on the second until THAT one is being throttled? And then just go back to the first & switch from one to the other as sales drop?

[rsot]

Originally Posted by aquabats

What do you think about having 1000 account and never paying ebay fees?

If you were following such method , would you consider yourself saving big amount of $ ??

That's considered cheating the system - not recommended

[james13v]

4th day, ZERO SALES

[J dub 1984]

Originally Posted by james13v

4th day, ZERO SALES

I know it's been 5 or 6 days for myself as well. I'm about to have my ex-gf (were still friends), model some of the clothing I sell that should increase traffic given she has a nice figure

[luverlyjuberly]

Originally Posted by J dub 1984

I know it's been 5 or 6 days for myself as well. I'm about to have my ex-gf (were still friends), model some of the clothing I sell that should increase traffic given she has a nice figure

I sell clothes in the U.K. Two clothing items sold since 18th of Jan.
Great sales up to that date. I must be the time of year. Everyone has had bills come in perhaps?
Any other clothes sellers care to chip in?

[J dub 1984]

Originally Posted by luverlyjuberly

I sell clothes in the U.K. Two clothing items sold since 18th of Jan.
Great sales up to that date. I must be the time of year. Everyone has had bills come in perhaps?
Any other clothes sellers care to chip in?

Ironically I just had a sale, not a big sale but just like you going 10 days without a sale makes you wonder? But your right a lot of people are paying off their Credit Cards from Xmas/Holiday Gifts from the past two years according to some poll they did. I heard that on the radio a few days ago which makes sense. I always felt January was a month for returns given I did a high volume of selling in the months prior some years, and January would usually be good for sales and February it's real dead.

I just think there's so many online platforms trying to compete as well as the dumb reality tv shows showing the industry to people the past 5 years saturated the market heavily imho.. oh well that's life I guess

[yankee]

Originally Posted by aquabats

What do you think about having 1000 account and never paying ebay fees?

If you were following such method , would you consider yourself saving big amount of $ ??

I would consider this theft and crap like this should not be on this forum.

[aquabats]

Originally Posted by yankee

I would consider this theft and crap like this should not be on this forum.

Aren't we already cheating the system?

What do you think when ebay suspend your account and remove the items, then buyers get panic and open disputes. We loose money.. Isn't it theft?

Don't you think that they hide our listings and prevent us from making good money and yet we keep paying their huge fees. Isn't it theft?

I am just trying to make a point, I always pay ebay fees but i would not consider it theft if one was not paying ebay fees.

[tannedweekend]

Agree with Yankee.
Even we dont like some EB policies and the way they treat the sellers.
This forum is NOT about non paying or avoiding fees, its about trading on EB
There is no need to make the point, we know what you try to say...

[aquabats]

Originally Posted by tannedweekend

Agree with Yankee.
Even we dont like some EB policies and the way they treat the sellers.
This forum is NOT about non paying or avoiding fees, its about trading on EB
There is no need to make the point, we know what you try to say...

How do you know what i try to say? I don't try to say anything. If i wanted to say something, i would just say it..

I asked a question, and i shared my opinion. That is it.

[yankee]

Originally Posted by aquabats

Aren't we already cheating the system?

What do you think when ebay suspend your account and remove the items, then buyers get panic and open disputes. We loose money.. Isn't it theft?

Don't you think that they hide our listings and prevent us from making good money and yet we keep paying their huge fees. Isn't it theft?

I am just trying to make a point, I always pay ebay fees but i would not consider it theft if one was not paying ebay fees.

No. I disagree with everything you just said.

[aquabats]

Originally Posted by yankee

No. I disagree with everything you just said.

i respect your opinion.

[jakobrockz]

When I had my original account in 2012/2013.. I made more $$ from Dec 27 to Jan 8 then I did the whole year. I'm surprised I didn't get limited!!

[aquabats]

Originally Posted by jakobrockz

When I had my original account in 2012/2013.. I made more $$ from Dec 27 to Jan 8 then I did the whole year. I'm surprised I didn't get limited!!

I believe that ebay system has enhanced tolerance to sellers since they lost revenue in the last few years.

[jakobrockz]

During that time I did everything by hand and with my laptop. I remember that I had my laptop plugged in USB to my half broken printer and literately every time I printed a label to package... Another item was sold. It was the most fun I've ever had on eBay.

[james13v]

Sales picked up the last couple days . Today so far I've sold 70% of what I'd normally sell in the entire day.

I can't get excited tho, because any time I've had a good day, ebay throttles me. Imagine, being WORRIED about having a good sales day. That's what ebay has accomplished.

" ugh, great, I sold a lot today. not again......"

[tida2004]

Sale is okay so far.