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

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troglodyte said:

Where on Earth could I sell odd things like a vintage Avon bottle or a bundle of metal meat skewers nowadays?

It probably came up earlier but you could try a random mixed box on Ebay. Possibly best to be on a theme, kitchen items, toys, etc but people do like mixed boxes and sometimes get a better price than selling separately.

soolin

troglodyte said:

Ebay_oldboy said:

Hi. Late commenting here I know but I've only just seen this. I've been selling professionally on EBAY since 2004 and at the risk of sounding immodest, I've gained a LOT of experience in that time and have seen umpteen changes. I'd summarise the early 2025 position as essentially "EBAY is dead for most category sellers". What follows is wordy, so apologies in advance but I thought it worth sharking my experiences.

Thanks for all your thoughts. I agree the excitement of winning an auction (and sometimes being pipped to the post) was part of the appeal but nowadays you are often the only bidder anyway - so a good price but no fun.

I have never been a professional seller, just getting rid of odds and ends because I can't bear to throw away anything someone somewhere might want. The thing is that often they are the kind of thing that only a very few people might ever want. In the old days, I used to buy and sell items via the 'small ads' in the local paper  (remember those?) and when Ebay came along it was like a version of that but with a wider reach, which was great. Now I don't know where to go. I've never joined Facebook and even if I did that seems to be mainly for local sales of things like clothes. Where on Earth could I sell odd things like a vintage Avon bottle or a bundle of metal meat skewers nowadays?

I know they were probably just off the cuff examples, but Avon perfume bottles bring back memories , I have several dozen of the blasted things in storage, no B and M house will take them as they tend to go unsold at around £5 a crate load. I do remember the heady days where they sold, I remember selling each one individually , that market died several years back as people don’t want ‘stuff’ anymore. It’s there with the Wade Whimsies , Wedgwood Jasper ware and the Doulton ladies. I dread to think what I have still there in the old boxes.