Slow sales, sometimes it pays to listen to your own advice. | Selling

ricarmic · 2023-06-01T22:03:46.993000Z

Frequent readers here will remember that a few times I've responded to the slow sales threads with the suggestion to use the not shipping time to review what other sellers are doing, how well your items search vs other sellers, compare differences with others that are selling more, experiment with various sales, promotional styles etc. A few weeks ago I had VERY slow sales, 10% of what I'd normally expect that was ongoing for weeks. My normal process for these is to review whether it is "me" or the "market" by checking my normal "watchees" list and sold items. I was consoling myself that my "watchees" were doing as poorly as me and that it was probably "market" related and to enjoy the spring weather moreso for a change! However I eventually noticed some discrepancies in what I'd normally expect to see in my own results, so I did a deeper dig of mine vs other results beyond my normal review and decided that my "bag of tricks" which has been very successful for likely a couple years at least wasn't cutting it anymore. My standard review process had gap(s) and those gaps told me I should be doing better. So I began experimenting. One of the experiments almost immediately brought me back up to almost my normal sales levels, and generally better than my "watchee" list, so my deduction that my problem was market/experienced by everyone else was wrong. Now because I had the lull, I've drifted off my normal work time/dedication level likely for the summer now, I know that there are further experiement refinements I need to make, but I'll resume that "later". The bag of tricks remains top secret of course, but the moral of the story is that experimentation is very important. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't but in either case it is necessary to do, especially if there's a change in your results.

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