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Well, my sales were over budget. I did not put any effort in as I am moving. My buddy, who is putting the effort in, saw increasing sales through July.
Jersey, I look at yer stuff, and I don't get why you are not doing better. I am not being critical, trust me I am not. I do not know your genre.
Perhaps the use of a mannequin for photos? For $150 I really think you should have 12 pictures. At the $150 level, I am not calling it free (duh!), I do shipping included. I do not know yer cost structure, so, I am more asking than even remotely suggesting.
You description, I "think" is great, but, I am someone who reads. Most buyers do not read. It is highly recommended to use bullet points that summarize. You can still keep yer description, as is, and insert bullet points in the body. Eg:
- Jersey: Player name, number, team.
- Condition: Used with blood stains
- Fits: My Uncle Vinny who is 56 XXXl
- Refunds: Money back
- Shipping: From Canada, 5-10 days to the USA, 3-5 days in Canada, worldwide varies.
That is pretty much exactly what you say, but, a whole lot less words. Keep what you write and add the above, maybe in bold, not coloured. Coloured is bad.
Remember, if I say anything of value, keep it, it is yours. Discard the rest as "Who does he think he is!!!!".
My eBay sales in July were relatively slow at US$ 1,639.06 but considering I am retired and June, July and August are the three slowest months of the year, results were not too bad overall.
Hits and sales are improving from the lows experienced in late May and June.
In July I spent very little time managing my eBay store or uploading new listings as time was spent in preparing "stuff" for public auctions to be held in the Fall and packaging/shipping large "below face" lots to regular customers. I expect August will be the same.
@ricarmic wrote:Fortunately for me July perked up in the last week (as in 3 or 4 bigger sales), and as I mentioned in another thread, eBay is holding on better than the other online sites I use. You'll see my extremely dismal results in the non-ebay places I use, which seems extraordinarily like the results many are observing here. I don't really know what I did to preserve the eBay sales, I tried a lot of things in July which was probably a mistake as I don't know what it was that worked...I do know that I am selling more items but each is a lot smaller so it is taking me a lot more work to earn the same $$$$ this year.......
Here are my online results:
eBay:
2013 July results 7% lower than June
2014 July results 30% higher than June
2014 June results 8% lower than June 2013
2014 July results 14% higher than July 2013
non-eBay:
2013 July results 49% lower than June
2014 July results 31% lower than June
2014 June results 76% lower than June 2013
2014 July results 73% lower than July 2013
So, Ric, what are ya saying? Your non-eBay sales are down, dramatically and it is the fault of eBay and the hack? Your eBay sales are up because everyone says sales are down and this is the worst place on earth?
Or?
Maybe, just maybe, there is a larger set of dynamics pushing and pulling all the time? Fellow seller and I were chatting last night. Our American sales are up, international is down, his Canada is down, mine is higher than it should be. His overall sales have been consistently trending up for the last two years.
Sometimes, things change abruptly. In fashion one day, out of fashion the next. Catch a wave and the wave vanishes. 35 years in the liquor business and I saw that happen over and over.
@cumos55 wrote:Sales to US buyers is up ..... must be getting accustomed to the higher cost of postage... up in January 2013
Sales to Canadian buyers is down.... maybe an effect of the exchange rate.... Buy in US dollars and then find out their bill is 10 % higher in Canadian dollars ....
Sales are down overall... For sellers of books dealing with Canadian history.... My percentage of total sales has not changed.. An effect of the hack.... traffic is slowly moving up
July is a big holiday month.... traffic to listings while people are on holiday.... to buy in August... perhaps???
eBay's search engine??? ......................... An unknown reality
The future is yet to come....
My answer to this situation... List... List... List
I have been doing a lot of the same things for six years now. Time for a change. When I get to Dauphin I will have the ability to start over. A very rare opportunity.
@ricarmic wrote:
Hi MrE, well to be honest as I mentioned, I don't really know why ebay for me was better in July, and why eBay for me was better than it seems it was for many others. I did do a lot of things/experiments, apparently something worked, I just wish I knew what it was.
I am very thankful that July was as good as it was......
I keep harping on that. The complainers never try anything and then complain that the same old isn't working.
The non-complainers keep talking about trying different things and then say "I don't know what I did, but, it worked". Well, DUH? You tried!
I am getting into the rhythm of the free listings, after I have used up my 500. The free ones, I do DIFFERENT things. Well, the different things seem to make a difference.
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