Ebay items just not selling any more - not even getting views, what has changed?

rollingmoon

Whalie said:

As a buyer, I have stopped even looking at E bay.  Too many crooks!  Hard to tell the good from the bad.  Having my last few buys all going wrong (fortunately not high value), I have lost all trust.

But, given that eBay always sides with the buyer, surely your issues were resolved favourably?

troglodyte

Whalie said:

As a buyer, I have stopped even looking at E bay.  Too many crooks!  Hard to tell the good from the bad.  Having my last few buys all going wrong (fortunately not high value), I have lost all trust.

So where do you go instead? I feel as though buyers must be looking elsewhere, but where have they (you) gone?

troglodyte

rollingmoon said:

This seems weird in the context of other comments in this thread, but since eBay introduced the 300 free listings/month I'm getting more watchers and more completed sales. I'm not a business seller tho... just selling off stuff from various collections that's accumulated over the years.

Like you I'm not a business seller either, and not selling anything that could possibly be sourced from China instead. Things like vintage bits and pieces - underwear, children's books, household gadgets. Where else would I sell those?

troglodyte

I don't know what is stopping people even looking at my items for sale. On my profile it says I have been a member since 2005, I have 100% positive feedback, I don't sell the kind of things that can be bought for pennies from China, they are the kind of things that only a few people might possibly want but you might expect others would look at, even if only for a laugh or to say 'Oh yes I remember having one of those!'

troglodyte

vacheron said:

I've had a very quiet last few months, even after the fees were removed. When the fees were in place I had my ebay promoted listings all set at 2.1% based on something I read a while back. 

As a test I bumped all my auctions up to 13.5% to replace the fees, and things have certainly kicked up. Though the kind of things that are selling may just be due to Christmas getting closer?

Thanks for the suggestion, I will try some promotion and see if that makes any difference.

troglodyte

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head said:

If OP is still reading, worth using promoted listings standard, as the fees are now free paying 2.4% on around a third to a half of sales is well worth it IMHO.

Yes I'm still reading! I have now tried promoting the couple of things I have on there at the moment, will see if that makes a difference, thanks!

Mayaboo

I’m not sure why but I’m now getting a lot of people watching my items . Are these the previous vinted buyers and sellers who’ve come over now there’s no fees? They just watch item for weeks even when I drop the price they don’t sell, I never had this problem before 

Murphybear

Whalie said:

As a buyer, I have stopped even looking at E bay.  Too many crooks!  Hard to tell the good from the bad.  Having my last few buys all going wrong (fortunately not high value), I have lost all trust.

Have you just been unlucky? 

 I started buying an entire new wardrobe having lost 6 stone  . I researched the items for sale, checked whether similar items were being sold for more/less and looked at the sellers reviews.  I must have bought 100 items.  I have not had a single problem apart from a lovely Dannimac in immaculate condition that was advertised as large and it turned out to be small.  It cost so little I didn’t contact the seller and gave the jacket to my favourite charity.  Let me know if you think I should have told the seller.

Ive not needed/wanted to return anything.  In most cases the items were nicer than the photos.  

So, my experience has been positive.  Have I just been very lucky?  I bought quite a few items from one seller and she has found a few items for me that I struggled to find.  Lots of lovely sellers. Having read all the MSE and other articles about eBay I have got the impression that most of the “crooks” were probably buyers not sellers.   

 

Murphybear

RedImp_2 said:

BlueonBlue said:

I believe that in general people are feeling the cost of living pinch and the purse strings are tight .

All the more reason to find a secondhand bargain on EBay.

As I said in another post I have replaced my entire wardrobe having lost a lot of weight.  I have been amazed at some of the lovely clothes I’ve bought for little money.  Beautiful M & S cropped trousers for as little as £2 . 1 hardly worn, 1 brand new.  For some items I was the only bidder.  

troglodyte

Murphybear said:

 I started buying an entire new wardrobe having lost 6 stone  .

 I have been amazed at some of the lovely clothes I’ve bought for little money. For some items I was the only bidder.  
 

First, congratulations on your weight loss, that's amazing!

Secondly, I have also bought things on Ebay and it seemed I was the only bidder. That made me wonder whether other people were having the same issue I was having - no-one seeing their items at all.

I have relisted my items and this time chose the promotion option as suggested here, and it did seem to make a difference, I could see I got 8 to 10 views per item rather than none at all. Still didn't get a buyer though but I guess it's an improvement!