posted on February 18, 2005 06:19:52 AM new
I haven't had a sale in over ten days. Not just Ebay but everywhere. Did something happen that I am not aware of ??????
posted on February 18, 2005 07:31:22 AM new
It's not just you popnrock, I have 250 items in my store, no bids in a week. 68 regular auctions running, ending soon, only 11 have bids. Maybe it's tax time again!
posted on February 18, 2005 08:10:50 AM new
I'm Selling everyday but not much. I dropped my E-Bay store. If I don't do well with auctions,I'm certainly not going to do well with a store. I've got 112 listings left on auction maybe as they go off sales will pick up.
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posted on February 18, 2005 08:25:57 AM new
It's one of those things that a broad statement does not really apply. The first 17 days of February have been fantastic for me, my ebay store sales are about 53% of what I set as a goal for myself each month, and February is a short month. This week's auction seems a little slow, last week's was great though.
Not trying to be a cheerleader here, but it reminds me of a coin show - Same venue, same customers, and one dealer can have the best show in their life, and the other can have the worst. It doesn't necessarily reflect on the coin show, there are just so many factors why one person did well and one person didn't. Of course the one who did poorly is going to blame the show, but is that really fair or accurate?
posted on February 18, 2005 08:38:05 AM newHere too our eBay Fixed Price Auction Sales (the only type we run), and Store Sales have greatly slowed down.
Our web site sales are about normal; in fact, they are running way ahead of February sales on our web sites for last year (2004).
I just checked our monthly charts for the last three years on our web sites, and see that Jan.- May are some of our best selling months. Statistics on such are provided for us by our cart provider (Just Add Commerce). All of our web sites run through one cart system, so we get some very good information and history on sales activity.
Who knows - perhaps the eBay 5-cent sale put so many items into the eBay system, that sales are being spread out much further, making fewer sales for each individual.
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posted on February 18, 2005 08:43:28 AM new
Anyone have the stats of auctions currently running? This is one of the reasons I don't like these promotions. I don't usually take part in them, and I think they affect sales. My auction sales are definitely below average this week, in terms of bids at this point, and amount bid.
posted on February 18, 2005 09:36:40 AM new
Usually, my eBay sales (antiques and collectables etc) are best when listings are at about 12 million. Anything over that seems to makes them drop incrementally -- not surprising. Too much clutter at the moment.
Shows, on the other hand, have been stronger than usual for the past two months. Nothing wrong, then, with the marketplace, simply the venue.
posted on February 18, 2005 10:18:02 AM new
Ralphie & I have had a WUNDERFUL week --
"Who could have possibly envisioned an erection — an election in Iraq at this point in history?" Prez.Jim Beam, at the White House, Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 2005
posted on February 18, 2005 11:41:13 AM new
I haven't sold anything on feebay in years. Sooner or later they will run out of places to search for new clients, then feebay will turn it's attention to all of the users they have flippantly alienated. Ha, good luck.
Say there, Maine-iac, howse things "up dere, Down East?"
"Who could have possibly envisioned an erection — an election in Iraq at this point in history?" Prez.Jim Beam, at the White House, Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 2005
posted on February 18, 2005 08:12:27 PM new
I haven't listed auctions in several months and try to never list things that are personal (the kids old clothes, etc.) under my selling name but I couldn't pass up the $0.05 day. I have 15 auctions listed with 8 of them having bids. One item has 18 bids!
I stopped listing auctions because I felt like I was donating my merchandise for the sake of store advertising but this week seems to be shaping up nicely.
