No advertising NO sales is Ebay POLICY now !

[home-crafts-uk]

Sales are less than half compared to last year

Ebay wants us to pay for advertising, when we are already paying shop fees, final value fees , and transaction fees ! If yoy don't promote theres no sales

Also they are bieng very cheeky and don't show the organic version of the itmes, only the sponsered one!

I am also thinking of downgrading my listings, and shop and sell just minimal itmes which actually can make money, rest it seems I am working for ebay and Royal Mail.

[typo_lee]

Ebay is now a dead platform for us. So we just focus on Amazon now.

[typo_lee]

Your correct as the search is broken so shows totally irrelevant results.

[outrageouslygorgeous]

Can I ask what other platforms you use. I have been selling on ebay for 14 years and in the old days turned over 3.5k-5k regularly, now I struggle to turnover 1k with double the costs! We need more platforms.

[therenewalworkshopltd]

There are some fairly obvious ones for clothing.

We are not supposed to post them on the forum.

If your selling new clothing, then there are quite a lot of different platforms available.

Just do a search, all well known.

[outrageouslygorgeous]

Thanks, I am on two others. To be honest I am thinking of giving it all up.
The sales get fewer each year, you need to sell cheaper to get the sales
and the costs go up. I could earn a living before but now it is impossible
:(.

Thanks again.

[therenewalworkshopltd]

Maybe you need to think about diversifying your range then?

Clothing has become rather crowded now.

Far to many selling too cheaply, just to get a couple of quid in.

So it's very much become a numbers game.  

[vintage_clearout]

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@switch_elec wrote:

You have to add the promoted listing cost onto the price of the item, ultimately the consumer pays for this as it drives prices up on eBay. Promoted listings was a desparate short term money grab for shareholders without considering the long term effect it would have. Customers are shopping elsewhere now because eBay is no longer a good place for finding deals. If you aren't doing so already I would recommend investing in your own website.

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Literally in your case I used you once on here and then every other time on your own site 😉

So I guess it is always worth keeping some sort of presence here but as you say also investing in your own site.

That said it always amazes me (this is a posting / purchasing account) how I cough-cough that you might want to do a quick google & buy direct from me to save a cool 20% (on an item listed at £500 here) and how many just don't "get it".

[e.bay33]

exactly what happened with me. I have left eBay and looking for alternatives. As you mentioned we are wasting our time by working for eBay and Royal Mail and get nothing. After a long time working on eBay it seems that its time to say goodbye eBay  as a seller. No advertisement fees no sales (its eBay Policy) pay and play.