Dire sales

hubb

I have been selling on Ebay for some years and usually sold all my items listed. This year it has got steadily worse, especially as I am now a business seller and can't list for free anymore. I re-list an unsold item only for it not to sell again but still have to pay listing fees. It's very depressing. The Ebay fees coupled with Tax, it soon won't be worth it.

Anyone else finding this ?

RFW

hubb wrote: »

I have been selling on Ebay for some years and usually sold all my items listed. This year it has got steadily worse, especially as I am now a business seller and can't list for free anymore. I re-list an unsold item only for it not to sell again but still have to pay listing fees. It's very depressing. The Ebay fees coupled with Tax, it soon won't be worth it.

Anyone else finding this ?

Listings haven't been free for that long, so how did you manage before?
Having said that things change, buyers, sellers, etc, you need to give up or evolve, not just sit back and watch the sales dwindle.

Sootzer

Have you checked similar completed listings from other sellers? That will tell you if your pricing is right or indeed if there is still a market for the products you sell. HTH.

firesidemaid

don't relist the item exactly as it is.

if i am not sure about something i list is as a new listing - if it doesn't sell, i re-list it as something else i know WILL sell. that way the first listing is a sort of free/trial offer! well it is in my head. i then try the original item again as a NEW listing using 'sell similar' and repeat!

does that make sense?;)

soolin

If something doesn't sell then move on. I change my stock constantly, once an item has saturated the market, or has fallen out of favour i move on to a new market.

Not everything has a value, th etrick is to know when to give up and research new markets.

TurkishDelight

As I've just spent a good 8 hours packing and wrapping stuff I can honestly say that sales are booming :rotfl:

Going_4_A_Million

Just an idea, how about looking at completed listings of similar items and seeing what the difference in description/pictures/pricing to what has sold and yours?
Hope sales pick up for you soon
G4AM

hubb

No need to rub it in Turkishdelight

TurkishDelight

hubb wrote: »

No need to rub it in Turkishdelight

I wasn't trying to rub it in, sorry.

More meant to be a lighthearted post- there is a brightside to low sales.

If it helps you feel better the overnight shift was my birthday. :rotfl: