Alert!!! Slow sales on ebay!

[FandangoKango]

600 sales a day I would be happy!

Sales also depend on what you are selling!

[RedShootingStar]

Originally Posted by MichaelW

Sorry but no life for you man :D:D:D

- Paid off house
- Paid off car for myself, and parents
- Graduated college, and well on the way to being paid off
- Real job on top of this
- Married
- Yes, to the social life

If this is no life, than count me in.

[Sandy D]

The new hippies are in the streets looting and not on their Ipad buying using Mommy and Daddys money is the reason why sales are down.

:D


I am selling mostly cheaper items right now, sales are not slower but I did notice they higher dollar items are not moving as much lately.

With the newly found wholesaler near me having items I am not familiar with I am hoping to grow more sales as I research the items and competition.

Sometimes I think it has to do more with the time listed, write up, feedback etc as people become very picky who they buy from when money is tighter.

I am seeing more sales with free shipping attached then ever before.

[ensignia]

I sell expensive cellphones and have noticed a massive decrease in sales and activity the past few weeks even though prices are lower and normally sell for much more. I think the new iPhone is responsible for my personal sales slump.

[RedShootingStar]

In general.......Expensive Items = Small market, low traffic, more problems.

This is not a knock of expensive items, but personal experience leads me to stick with 10-25 items. People have no issue dropping a $20 on something they need compared to a couple hundred dollars.

[MichaelW]

You rock bro

Originally Posted by RedShootingStar

- Paid off house
- Paid off car for myself, and parents
- Graduated college, and well on the way to being paid off
- Real job on top of this
- Married
- Yes, to the social life

If this is no life, than count me in.

[Hrad]

I haven`t noticed anything. In fact, I wouldn`t mind having slow sales now so I have more time to get ready for the insanity that will come late November/early December.
Woohooo

[stanislav]

Originally Posted by Hrad

I haven`t noticed anything. In fact, I wouldn`t mind having slow sales now so I have more time to get ready for the insanity that will come late November/early December.
Woohooo

Hahaha! I am so jealous of you to be honest. But at the same I am happy for you. I can only imagine how crazy it must be going for you during the holydays.

[stanislav]

Originally Posted by Hrad

I haven`t noticed anything. In fact, I wouldn`t mind having slow sales now so I have more time to get ready for the insanity that will come late November/early December.
Woohooo

double post! Sorry!

[FandangoKango]

I wish there were more holidays!

[MrMuscle]

Originally Posted by RedShootingStar

- Paid off house
- Paid off car for myself, and parents
- Graduated college, and well on the way to being paid off
- Real job on top of this
- Married
- Yes, to the social life

If this is no life, than count me in.

You list and sell 600 items a day on ebay , all by yourself? and have a real job on top of it?
Sorry, but i smell bull****

[Hrad]

Originally Posted by MrMuscle

You list and sell 600 items a day on ebay , all by yourself? and have a real job on top of it?
Sorry, but i smell bull****

It takes a minimum of 30 seconds to pack each thing for shipping.
30s x 600 = 18000s = 5H.

So if this guy is super-mega-efficient then sure he can manage that but there's no way he has any sort of life if he has a full time job on top of that.

Unless you don't sleep?

[stanislav]

First of all he said 600+ transactions. So it's more than 600. To be honest it's very difficult for me to imagine that someone can sell more than 600+ items per day on eBay. If his average transaction is 10$, it means that he is selling for at least 6,000$ per day. This comes to 180K+ every month. With 5000$ per month selling limit that are given to so many sellers on eBay it's difficult do imagine that someone will be allowed to sell more in one day what others are not allowed to sell in a month. Hmmmm ...

[BiN4RY]

Originally Posted by MrMuscle

You list and sell 600 items a day on ebay , all by yourself? and have a real job on top of it?
Sorry, but i smell bull****

Right, just because you're incapable of making such quantity of sales it must mean no one else can

[KingRay]

Originally Posted by stanislav

First of all he said 600+ transactions. So it's more than 600. To be honest it's very difficult for me to imagine that someone can sell more than 600+ items per day on eBay. If his average transaction is 10$, it means that he is selling for at least 6,000$ per day. This comes to 180K+ every month. With 5000$ per month selling limit that are given to so many sellers on eBay it's difficult do imagine that someone will be allowed to sell more in one day what others are not allowed to sell in a month. Hmmmm ...

I know of one company now that clears over 1 million per month on ebay alone. The sell large machinery, etc.

Imagine the fees on that????????

[party_stuff_online]

Hello this may help! If you have a sale you make a sale! eBay for some reason show you more if you have a sale on. This weekend i made 80 sales because i am having 5% off everything! I also purchased an eBay calculator to calculate my sales so i have enough on my prices to still make money and i can also offer Free shipping on some products and not lose out on costs the calculator has been awesome you can see eBay costs, PayPal costs postage costs and profit costs its been a god sent!! Hope this helps. Regards Connie

[Sandy D]

I know an huge antique dealer who sells on average of 200-250 items per day every day.

He has his wife and a daughter doing the listing and packing and he does the buying.

He said he did 300k on ebay last year.

He tells me he and his wife both put in 16-18 hours per day and in most days do not get everything done even with the daughter helping.

Not that is cannot be done but 600 items in one day, picturing, listing, answering questions, printing labels, packing, shipping etc it would be almost impossible for one single person to this this and work an 8 hour job and have a life of taking care of yourself, eating, cleaning your home etc.

I have sold 300 items in a a day before and without some help from the DH and the kids no way in hell could I have done all the work to get everything done to go to the PO the next day.

So for me, totally impossible for 600 items to be sold, packed etc along with an 8 hour day at work by one single person and do the everything that needs done in a day on top of that.

Without telling us the product, mind sharing your amazing organization skills that allow you to do 600 items in one day? All by yourself with no help at all?

My damn printer wont print that fast. :D

[waterproof]

All of this depends on what you sell and in some cases the Season. For example...don't sell Christmas in July or Camping equipment in January. If you want to significantly lower your non-payers, then alter/change your Buyer Requirements. It does help.

Good luck,
waterproof

Originally Posted by stanislav

Is it just me or eBay sales are indeed slow? It seems like a lot of seller are complaining how slow as of late their sales are. Also many sellers complain that they get a lot of non paying bidders. Anyone?

[MrMuscle]

Originally Posted by BiN4RY

Right, just because you're incapable of making such quantity of sales it must mean no one else can

Bin4ry,

Seriously ....

YES i am completely incapable of making such sales, and dealing with it all by myself, and having a another job on top of it, i totally agree with you......

Im not saying it isnt possible to sell 600 items a day on ebay, but come on, i find what this guy has said very very hard to believe, and doing it all through stealth on top of it.....

[jbluntz]

Originally Posted by MrMuscle

Im not saying it isnt possible to sell 600 items a day on ebay, but come on, i find what this guy has said very very hard to believe, and doing it all through stealth on top of it.....

You must not have read my post above, also forgot to add a good label printer can print 100 labels in less than a few minutes. How long does it take slap 600 labels on 600 packages? 1 hour? 2 maybe? 3 if you're slow maybe.

[Sandy D]

Originally Posted by jbluntz

You must not have read my post above, also forgot to add a good label printer can print 100 labels in less than a few minutes. How long does it take slap 600 labels on 600 packages? 1 hour? 2 maybe? 3 if you're slow maybe.

I would not say it is totally impossible but to work an 8 hour day and do all the things all of us have to do in a day to take care of ourselves, possibly others, eat, bathe, answer questions ( I know you like me get tons of questions spread out over different accounts that need answered ).

Sure a nice printer will help but as you said.

8 hours at work
1-2 hours to put on labels alone.
8 hours of sleep or even 6 as needed
That leaves 6 total hours left in a day to do everything else and work on 600 items, answer mail, go to the bathroom, eat, bathe, etc.

It would be awesome if this person is doing this all by himself but in my mind a single person with no responsibilities what so ever would have a hard time do just the necessary stuff in a day, work 8 hours and list, answer, pack, label etc 600 total items.

Commend this person if they do, they are like a machine.

[jbluntz]

Those are some good points, think it has to do with metabolism, some people can work 16 hrs a day no problem, while others are beat after a few.

I myself spend 16 hours a day on the computer, don't really consider it work though since I work from home, all depends on the person, I think,

as for me I'm an ebay junkie so 16 hours a day is pretty doable for me of course with plenty of breaks and other things in between.