I thought I was doing OK but just look.

[musicyouneed]

I happened to be on the .com board today.  I came across a topic where the seller posted their seller dashboard summary page.  

This buyer sold 601 items in the last year and earned $108,534.95.  I sold 676 items and earned a measly $7,278.82.  What a lot of work for only $7,278.92.  

The seller only has 358 listed and only sold 24 items.  I have 1,050 listed and sold 196.  I think I am selling the wrong kind of stuff.   The sellers sells T-Shirts, watches and Nintendo and XBox games.  This doesn't look like a big time seller but WOW, I am impressed.  

[momcqueen]

Do the total on the Dashboard include items that were Paid and Shipped? Or only bought? I actually don't know; the numbers in one part of ebay's tally include certain aspects and in another, they don't. I'm not saying the other seller didn't hit that mark but ebay can be a litte *cough cough* funny about the numbers they choose to show you when they want to remind you how awesome you're doing on the site. Like, that number might include $98,345 in Unpaid Items too. Or the total with FREE SHIPPING included as the amount if everything the other seller sells has a higher selling price but no postage charges. Both will skew the count. So, don't despair: the grass isn't always greener. 

[cumos55]

$108,535 divided by 601 is about $180 per sale.

Seller is highly selective as to what is sold.

Find the right niche... and it can be done...... but to do so they must work hard to find the right   inventory.

[rose-dee]

I suspect it's also easier for a U.S. seller (if that's what this was) to do well selling domestically in the huge market available to them, than for a Canadian seller to try to sell even the same goods to that market at the same level.  And of course we also don't have the market size here at home either. 

Our only advantages, in selling from Canada to a mainly U.S. market, are the currency exchange and novelty.  So if you're trying to keep up with U.S. sellers, I think a Canadian seller has to offer interesting or unique goods at a significantly better price, with shipping at least no higher (and preferably lower) than what a U.S. buyer would pay purchasing domestically. 

Of course if the seller you quote is a Canadian, then as 'cumos' says, that seller has found a niche with demand (at least for the moment).  

[pjcdn2005]

According to the OP - "The sellers sells T-Shirts, watches and Nintendo and XBox games."

I can't see how those type of things could average out to $180 per sale. That seems odd.

[momcqueen]

Maybe we should hunt down the dotcom seller in question and ask them to share the secret to their success. Maybe they the had the original Superman comic on that ID too. Or an entire collection of vintage Atari games in one fell swoop. Who knows?

[cumos55]

Superman sold for 3.2 million dollars.......

[musicyouneed]

I know that I can't tell the sellers name but maybe you could figure it out by searching:

New! Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 1TB Limited Edition PlayStation 4 Console Bundle

They have sold 7 of these at $550 a pop.  

[ricarmic]

It is interesting what the conversations on here can educate or make one think to do...

I've been frustrated that in my eyes my average item selling price has been lower this year than in past years.....but this was just from what I think I've been picturing and selling

However your comment prompted me to go look at my own report and much to my surprise, my average price is almost double what I would have guessed and it is 20% higher than it was the last time I looked a year or two ago!

Makes me not so sad to be taking the time to picture the $9.99 lots (I generally aim for a minimum of $15 to $20) which seem to be selling a lot faster than even the $19.99 items.

It does make me recall that I had a buyer that bought a $14.99 item and then subsequently bought several thousand dollars of stuff (sadly a few years ago). Would they have purchased everything else if they didn't buy the first small lot? That memory keeps me going whilst I'm listing the "small" lots....

[ricarmic]

For those wondering and who haven't seen this before, here's a link to an old thread that explains how long it takes me to sell an item....

http://community.ebay.ca/t5/Seller-Central/My-experience-so-how-long-does-it-take-me-to-sell-1-ebay-...

Usually after all is said and one I get to keep about 25% of what I sell, so a $10 item on its own, means I made $2.50 for half an hours work, it's been a long time since minimum wage was $5 an hour.... good thing the $10 are on my low end and my average is higher than I thought!