No Sales in April/May 2025 - Ebay Bank Holiday weekend What happened?

[theglo-68]

We have over 200 ebay listings with Zero Sales all Bank Holiday Weekend.

Ebay was once our best selling platform but since start of 2025 we are going downward with sales. Our sales were exceptional last year but even though we are advertising both paid and General still sales are not hitting.

What is the result of this downward decline - Has anyone else noticed it. We are now paying over £50 to ebay everyday for Promoted listings but getting no Sales.

Please share your thoughts.

[firstgardencity]

The message you have just left says that you don't have any listings.

theglo-68

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Could this be the reason for no sales?

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[the_book_seekers]

The OP has posted on an account only used for the community boards.

[auctiongabble]

Quite a few people are experiencing the very same based on what ive read on the forum.

No sales since March for me

[edwardian-dreams]

I only get views or watchers imo (because I don’t know how the stupid algorithms work) when I have something on someone’s saved searches or I list something at a *bleep* price that many may be interested in 

for over a year views have been controlled 

before then I used to get several 

now I have items listed 20 days ago with zero views

that’s not normal 

because people view for all sorts of reasons not just when they’re looking for something 

[typo_lee]

We are totally dead. EBay is finished and we are going to close our store 

[messier44000]

Tons of you-tubers with 1000s of views showing how to apply stickers for bikes, cars, motor-home, boats etc.

Many of which have a link to buy in their description.

Said it before and will say it again. Costs nothing but time to try, and give yourself more on-line exposure

[guymafo]

I’ll be cancelling my shop subscription at the end of the month on my business account. 
First quarter sales are down by 50%. 
Switched promotions off already. Ending listings as they come up for renewal. 
Sales on other platforms are good.

I listed a collectible vintage item on here (I had 5 of them) and on the V site. Sold all 5 on there in 3 days, eBay no traffic, no interest, nothing. 

I do think this chaos has been created by the changes being rolled out inefficiently, with so many glitches and lack of communication. 

It’s bumpy and messy, but I’m not investing my time and money while it transforms into whatever the future of eBay is. 
GM

[superchallenge]

488 listings, 16 sales between Friday 00:01 and Sunday 23:59. Was 20 for the same time last week. Standard variance.

Nobody can really help with your listings, OP, as nobody can see them. £50 a day for promoted listings with 0 sales is madness.

[lucy_farmer]

'I do think this chaos has been created by the changes being rolled out inefficiently, with so many glitches and lack of communication. '

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I think the shouty social-media stuff that's been going on since all the changes has also had an effect :

Yeah I know the BPF, SD and payment hold stuff that's being shouted about *doesn't* affect business accounts.

But, let's be honest, an awful lot of social media users will just see the message 'ebay is now carp' and not read any further. And consequently go somewhere else to do their shopping (they've got a lot of choice these days that they didn't have before )

Even my husband's staid and slightly scholarly coin-collecting forum has been pretty gobmacked by the mess ebay have made. (and it usually takes no less than a 1954 penny to get them at all worked up!)

[iansims]

People are currently boycotting eBay due to the site changes and other financial reasons.

[typo_lee]

Plus its the easter school break and families are spending on breaks away with the kids. Where I live I paid the other day £16 for 4 single scoop ice creams. The UK has gone nuts and families are prioritising spending.

[haq-59]

I think it's because the business side or company itself are trying to make as much as possible off promotion listing appranly all outsourcing, quite silly considering people vist ebay you would of thought they did most if not all in house. There's a decline in there profits and I suspect it will continue because individuals don't like to be micro managed by AI and to top it off more fees.

Seems like penny snatching 🤔 

[gbrtrading1]

The first thing to deal with is your promoted listings. Set them to pay only if you sell.

Ebay sales seem up and down at the moment, but the Bank Holiday weekend was OK for sales here, so zero sales would be very concerning and something you'd need to investigate.

[vintagechinashop]

It’s usually quiet for me at this time of the month but it hasn’t been a good month as a whole this month my sales are about 50% down but I have sold a few things on other sites so I think it’s just quiet here 

[paintedbynurgle]

im down 60% compared to feb and im down 120% compared to last April!

ive no idea what is going on my external views are through the roof, and views overall are at an all time high

[wyntersemporium]

Quiet again for me. One or two sales. Last Thursday was busy and then quiet.

[wyntersemporium]

Very quiet here , other places are doing okay. 

[haq-59]

The views maybe not genuine as I've seen 0s views then hundreds for the same day then back to 0 in the same days. Which leads me to suspect either there messing with the views so people will spend more on promoted listings therefore ebay making more money from there sellers or there's a bug. The company seems to be trying to be amazon. Amazon works because they've put the work in and the products are more retail, ebay WAS because of the uniqueness of its sellers which seem to be going to other platforms or other methods of selling.

Such a shame as ebay was a fun place to come.

[kirstmaccol0]

I had over £400 waiting in funds. I would normally have used that to bid on items or to purchase items. As soon as anything clears I now remove it as ebay are taking postage from available fees rather than off individual orders. So if I have only £23 available and rest pending if I sell 4 items that day they take £3.45 x4 of the available balance £14 dissappears straight away along with other fees so my available balance isn't always guaranteed to be there and I can't rely on it to pay for items. I now remove all available funds and then left sat waiting on more to clear. If I sell and no balance is cleared it comes off pending ie if I am expecting 5 payments to clear tomorrow might not have the total owed due to postage for other items coming from that money. It's actually ridiculous. I've started listing some items on fb marketplace and