observation of sales since promo listing's taken away again **word of caution** | Selling

dobo5250 · 2023-05-11T14:39:30.374000Z

well since the 20th of last month my promo listings have been taken away again due to one refund i had to do -- now iam back at 2.51% bad boy rating so no promo listing allowed most of refunds i had are from last year june july and august so i guess i will have to just bite the bullet again like i have done every time before i get a refund to do -- i have now offered free shipping on almost all my listings 2061 of them and reduced all listings between 15 and 20 percent -- to make up for the lost promo listings -- but it hasn't worked -- sales are 6 small sales in three weeks - and month end was a disaster with store fees costing me to have my bank account over drawn and extra fees added to it - so instead of 85 dollars for the store it now cost me 146. 66 to have the store i have reworked about 20 to 30 listings a day since the 20th and have also tried another site site with 15 listings- to see what that will bring i had one sale from that site -still havn't been paid yet going on two weeks after the sale -- but i undertsnad first sale and every thing --so i will have to wait i can now tell you now that promo listings really work --my promo rate was at about 7 to 10 % each listing before and i was pleased with the 4/5 weekly sales it ground up for me -- now that promo listing has stopped and i am in the !@#$%^hiter with ebay and only six small sales over 21 days and with reduced profits because of the increased commision rate they charge iam now at 25% of sales cost not including my store costs of $85 monthly - iam now showing a negative cash flow so iam bleeding money -- i hope things turn around soon but this month it will not-- maybe next month when people see and thats the hope anyways the free shipping and discounts etc etc -- i can get back to postive cash flow - as my credit card fees are now an issue- costing me money too just to stay even and on this site *****again word of caution don't lose your promo rating -- stay under the 1.99 % rate they give you so this is a word of caution don't let your rating go at any cost as i have -- even though every refund sale except one wasn't my fault at all- but the powers at be won't listen --have tried 2 local flea market things but without a visa/mc machine most people today don't use cash - so i lost a few dollars on those with stall rates being what they are sold a couple items but the stall fees ate up what ever i sold -- it was fun mind you to talk to people as they past your wares -- but profits where nill those two times well back to relisting have some very low cost items i have to shift to include free shipping about 65 left to do and add some others to that other site good luck to all on these trying times for sellers though the "you tube" guys all say everything is fine - us low lifers here the truth doker bohm

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