Sold about $700 on eBay in January, nothing in February, nothing in March and about $700 in April , so far nothing in May and I am still a silver Power Seller.
The only thing I can figure out is that eBay is averaging in our December sales assuming that many people would loose PS status as a result of their fee increases or closing stores, bad marketing.
My December sales would keep me a silver PS for 5 months.
I would imagine that a drop of 30% or more of Power Sellers might look like we were leaving eBay as opposed to simply having bad sales because of all the changes that are hurting many of us.
In this way, there would be time for new Sellers to become Power Sellers to replace others, especially since the parameters have been lowered for the amount you need to make it to PS level and it doesnt matter if you are selling contraband items or not.
Malcolm
