After going through a dismal summer. sales started to pickup. Recently though it has dropped considerably. Usually sales should be better this time of the year. I am concerned that the Christmas season is going to be a bust. If this does become to be, I am going to have to make some decisions about continuing on Ebay. This has been the worst year I have had since selling on Ebay 2003.
I hear to often that sales our down for many sellers but bay profits continue to increase at a substantial rate, so I am not holding my breath in having any assistance from ebay to encourage buyer confidence. Recently Ebay had made changes to some of its policy to give buyers more buyer confidence , but unless they do a better job in getting the message out to others than to only the current buyers, it wont get any better. Why Ebay cant advertise more like they do with their sister KIJJI. Advertising Ebay on some site pop-ups isnt enough.
I would be curious to know what the growth rate is with sellers versus buyers over the years. While I am sure both are up, I wouldnt be surprised if the seller ratio is running away from the buyers, meaning overall less sales for individual sellers.
