Anybody else notice any Less Traffic on Ebay

[michaeltech0_0]

My store seems to be very slow.

This is my First Summer selling on ebay and notice in the past 25 days my items are not getting any hits. Is summer months slower than every other month, not including summer items in my question.

[zarzuella]

Am I missing something or does your store have only one item?

[katiusciav]

michael-ebay is typically slow in the summer months, but apparantly pick up alot between sept-christmas...i'm waiting patiently...hopefully its slow for non paying bidders too...

[michaeltech0_0]

My main selling focus is on Ebay.com for now.
I do have 1 item in Ebay.ca.

[zarzuella]

Still puzzled.

When I log in to view my own store on .com I have 1676 items. When I log in to my store on .ca I still show 1676 items.

When I look at your store in .com I see 58 items; in .ca, only one. That will certainly affect your sales. Bizarre.

[katiusciav]

in .ca, only one

this was happening to me awhile ago...even though i selected worldwide...which is why i don't list on .ca anymore, even if there's a promo...its not worth it to me...exposure is everything..

[tobyshitzu]

Op only selecting USA availability. Dropshipper?

[michaeltech0_0]

Ya, I have been experimenting, this seems to be a waste of time for the past month dropshipping.

[zarzuella]

Good call, Tobyshitzu

[scouttech-outfitters]

Don't think it's traffic...usually summer's are slow for me, but this year June-July almost put me into the Gold Powerseller bracket...the past couple weeks I've experienced a HUGE drop in email volume though

[zarzuella]

Yes, I've been having a decent summer, too, until the last week or so.
There's always a reason for a listing sale on .com ....

[eureka9988]

My sales are down in the last couple of weeks as well. Maybe people are on vacation!
Renee

[katiusciav]

yup...i start mine tomorrow! road trip here we come! weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

[whoscloset]

I was busier than usual for the summer months until this past week.

[momosworld]

This was the slowest season we have had in 6yrs, about 40% lower in sales then every other yr.

Moez

[jeffglobal]

Same here, semi-quiet summer, but VERY quiet August. History will repeat itself and things should pick up in September for all. I've been focusing my efforts on stocking up on items this summer (for a September boom) rather than wasting time with auctions or adding new items to the store at a time when there is clearly less traffic on-line to justify it. You'd think eBay would noticed this trend too would have thrown some added incentive posting sales days to sellers this past summer...

[cello10]

Guys and Gals, the reality is there isn't much less traffic online in the summer. I've lived in Florida and have friends in other hot weather climates and the heat pushes people in those areas inside. For them, it's like winter is for us and they spend more time online in the summer than in their "winters". Even in northern climates as well these days, when it gets hot and humid many more people are retreating inside to the comforts of AC.

I used to buy into the "it's slow in the summer" belief as well, until I did some reseach and saw that there were plenty of sellers doing quite well in the summer (and all year round in fact). Obviously these individuals were thinking outside of the box. My conclusion was that it comes down to whether your business is "season proof" or not.

[westernstargifts]

My sales dropped every month from April to July. They have increased greatly in August. I thought too that it was because of vacations and a slow summer season. Then I heard on the radio that people who camp now have gone from asking campgrounds if they have internet hook-up to being astounded if they don't have it. So much for the theory that not as many people are on the internet.

I agree with Marcello that a business should be season proofed. I will be looking to add products that will sell in the summer months.