Sales drop off collides with MP conversion messages? Things that make you go hmmm...

[ricarmic]

For those who's sales have dropped off, did they drop at about the same time the "you need to register for MP messages" started?

As others have mentioned, my sales on .COM now have all but dropped off.

I noticed this morning that I got my first email advising I need to join MP the SAME DAY my .COM sales fell off.

As you might know from other threads I got my ID country of registration changed, however I'm still getting the countdown messages from .COM and very low .COM sales continue. (and I can't register yet on the Canadian side)

The .CA sales and sales and international sales are more normal.

My US "late shipping" rate has also increased, probably around the same time, I don't remember what day the last two arrived, so it is possible that is the cause too.

Interested in any other observations.

[lotzofuniquegoodies]

@ricarmic 

Steady drop since enrolling. Sales dollars are down. Total Number of sales per 90 days is down. Feedback is rare to non-existent. All traffic numbers are down including on promoted listings. New watchers are down. Random offers from buyers are VERY irregular.(tiny waves). New listings are up by 15 to 18 %. Even tinkering with listings has little affect.

-Lotz

[triber]

Mine are all down too, I only got my MP demand a few days ago, so that is certainly not the cause of the downturn for mine.

[msmaggie060]

My sales are down this month, so far by half. Nothing to do with MP though, I’ve been on MP since end of April, last month my sales were about normal for this time of year.

[hlmacdon]

Absolutely. Traffic got throttled as well. Went from having a very strong previous month to tanking. Anecdotal checks of skus showed deranking across best match to the point where best match was recommending listings far further away than a listing that would have been in the same ZIP, lower priced, etc.

[darak10]

teetering.  I've noticed more of a roller coaster effect (one day very high sales - the next day very low sales, and back and forth) is going on for me since MP started.  Been chatting with Lotz about this and we think the recent tanking  - ten days ago for me sales went off a cliff, I am around a tenth of what I usually sell per day the last ten days - has more to do with ebay tinkering with listing and search categories.  It makes absolutely no sense, theres no logical explanation for such a loss in sales other than stuff is not getting found via the search functions.  I have had drops before, but they are usually no more than a couple days and back to normal...the recent drop for me is now around the 10 day mark.  Its completely unprecedented for me and makes absolutely no sense...customers dont just disappear like this willy nilly, the under the hood tinkering they are doing must be the cause.  

[blackranda2]

Everything on eBay has droped off in the last few months.  Sales, feedback, notifications for new listings, etc, etc...  And it is not just because it is a slower time of the year. Last year at this time my sales were booming. Maybe due to Covid but this year it is a dramatic drop from other years.  And don't be surprised if it gets worse.  Something drastic is wrong here but not sure what??  Even more reason for me to cut and run now rather than wait for 6 more months as intended. 

[pjcdn2005]

My sales dropped off before it was 'requested' that I join MP.  Once I signed up..they haven't actually changed me over yet...sales stayed the same.   As someone else mentioned, last year at this time sale were great but I've always found May -July fairly slow.   I admit that I haven't been too motivated lately so the lack of new listings isn't helping in my case.

[marnotom!]

My hypothesis is that it’s a slowdown of online sales as the spectre of a new post-COVID “normal” (barring any rampaging variants) is on the horizon, combined with the tweaking with categories.

[electronicifycanada]

I have been on MP since Febuary and I noticed a 50% dip in sales the past month.

I think it's cause many places are opening now and it's supposed to be a slow time of year still.

[needsmorerobots]

Mine dropped off initially after I enrolled into MP.