eBay

theglo-68 · ‎10-11-2024

Hi

We have been selling on ebay for over 10 years. Sales have been down since start of 2024 but its completely dead. Like we look at our stats from July to September and sales figures are less that what we are paying ebay for Promoted listings etc.

Although we have moved our inventory to Amazon and tiktok but wondered what has actually happened to our Ebay. It used to be aweseome but we now cannot even afford to list. Listings are sat there doing nothing even with promoted listings.

November has been our difficult month so far as with Zero sales i mean come on there got to be something causing this loss. Is it new so called AI.

Please share your findings.🤔🤔

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typo_lee · ‎08-07-2025

I am a business been trading on here for 25 years and its safe to say I'm pretty qualified to have an opinion as to whats happening with ebay... its dying. 40% less sales than 3 years ago. Sales have literally nosedived. I think its due to ebay policies themselves as well as a combination of the economy, Temu, Shein, Amazon etc. A lot of people shop elsewhere now have far more platforms to choose from and that are far cheaper albeit sell cheap tat.

auctiongabble · ‎08-07-2025

Business here too, sales have literally stopped for months on here, I agree policy changes have impacted the whole site, things needed changing i agree but ebay could have gone about things a whole lot better than they did. Fees for business sellers along with ever increasing promoting which is ebays answer to everything now (even though alot of members know its is purely cash income for ebay) and alot of members have turned it off due to a recent change. The costs to run a business on here is not sustainable for the returns. A business will never be in full control on a platform. Ebay will never listern to the problems that are being voiced by so many members