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Ebay sales way down?
 

Is it just me, or are ebay sales way down, like extremely sporadic. One day a few items will sell, then for 2-5 days, nothing. This on a 400+ feedback mp account. Perhaps the economic situation is worse than we are being told! Of those who do but, lots of questions about warranty, returns and just hard times overall.

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sales is down everywhere,brick and mortar stores like WMT,TGT have tons of inventory to unload.
Cost of everything has gone up,AMZN prime is now $139,USPS will raise rate for this holiday shipping,used cars cost more,so insurance cost more,houses cost more,food cost more.
Ebay is also known to rotate sellers,so everyone has a chance of selling something

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Coupled with summer lull depending on niche market

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Watched sales get cut in half around the first Fed Rate rise. I personally think we are in a mild recession, as the consumer quit spending on the cost of gas, and the rate rise that month.

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Mild recession...ppl touting as major

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Housing is in a recession,it is always the first sector which enters recession.

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Stock market first. Then housing 6-18 months later. But yes, housing is slowly crashing in many places. Rapidly crashing in many cities.

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It seems now days unless you use the eBay ad thing which makes
Fess crazy high sales are slow

But yeah summer is always slow
Depends what you sell you is it essentials or high price
/ discretionary items people might skip when money is tight

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More coming....

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sell something people need,not wish.
winter is coming,so wool sweaters,blankets,gloves,would be good

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You are correct. It doesn't help - I just saw where ebay lost like 15 million buyers the last year, this combined with existing economic issues make sales this season very difficult. It has to be one of the slowest holiday seasons yet. Price drops seem to have no effect, the views just aren't there. I agree that items that people must have are a better shot than luxury or nice-to-have items now, they just aren't selling.

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This is the worst Xmas I have ever experienced in all my years of selling online.
They are buying wool sweaters,shoes if they are cheaper than stores.
gold is going up,in the past they want to buy gold,now they are just buying food ,clothes.

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I sell the same stuff and I sold more per month in Jan,Feb,March

I was down for Oct November and december
Compared to q1

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Yes, just an update - I have never seen it this bad all the decades I have been on egay. This Christmas sales were pretty much non-existent, and since Thanksgiving it has been dismal.ay have to supplement income elsewhere if this continues, something is really wrong

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It turns out that many sellers are paying extra to have their items visible during Xmas,so my shop did not get much sale,a few low priced items.
Now Xmas is over,I am getting good orders,high $$ ones.( I think they are resellers,not consumers)

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It is not just you guys, but people on the eBay forums as well complaining about lack of sales.

It is because of eBay's BS bots and search functions that they messed up.

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No,consumers are just tapped out,when you get your paycheck,after rent,auto payment,auto insurance,phone,utilities,student loan and grocery , credit card minimum payment,there aint much left.
They are now switching to pay grocery with Buy now pay later.
the january cc statement wilth balance if not paid in full will carry a rate as high as 34%

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Yes, I think you are both correct - it is several causes coming together to create the perfect storm

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I have noticed a very small uptick on lower priced items beginning to move, but still nothing like the levels it was before Thanksgiving. It's like it all went downhill right before Thanksgiving and never recovered. These days I'm sure we are lucky to get what we can.

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And those layoffs,today it is Wayfair and Macy,thousands of workers plus store closing.
Citicorp will layoff 20,000 worldwide by the time it is done.

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People are still buying, it is just eBay's search and the tweaks they made are making low sales.

I am still making sales via etsy, Amazon and Mercari. There is certain products I can offload better on eBay though.

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also it's january, it's known to be a slower sale month specially compared to nov-dec