DROP IN SALES SINCE NEW BUYER PROTECTION 4TH FEB 2025

[lo.maggi]

Has anyone else noticed lack of sales since the buyer protection update 4th february 2025. I used to sell quite a lot and virtually sold nothing since 4th Feb. Can anyone else relate to this and what can we do?

[specialk1937]

ebay know they are on to a good thing, and instead of being satisfied with
their lot, as they have grown, they become complacent, start to get greedy,
and end up by taking the *bleep*!

[embicycle]

Wow that’s bad , I am the same doing zero myself having been averaging £500-600 per month ( but I did tend to probably spend £250 of that buying stuff ) … but it’s a nightmare ! ..Our problems  probably do not matter to the hierarchy at EBay … I’m no economist but my turnover must have been £10,000 per year , multiply that by thousands and even allowing for the fortunes they are spending to woo new buyers / sellers it does not add up ! … they must know it’s not working . Decent folk like us are being punished for no reason .
What do we do , I am treating it as a break , but my options are limited , sell the really good items very cheaply and pay fortunes to promote them , skip my lesser items to the tip , or sit tight and wait … 
Best of luck , hope things turn in your favour .


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[mle_supplies]

Its getting silly now.



No Sales but I still have to pay listing fees.



So instead of eBay paying me, I'm having to pay eBay (I'm sure that's the
wrong way around)



Vinted is looking more and more like the way to go

[hayes1645]

Or Gumtree

[dmishka1]

Yes I have.

[zagrebear]

I would say that I sell 50% less in the 7 weeks since February 4th and getting worse, not to mention waiting for 2 weeks to get paid as most of my stuff is posted without tracking.

It has been a disaster for private sellers and if eBay don't see this then we are wasting time trying to sell here.

[jetie-39]

Hi there

Yes totally. 

I have had a bag up for over four weeks, which was unheard of in the past!  Hardly any watchers (although we all know they can mean nothing), no enquiries, and just radio silence, and I have four items up for sale!   Not a single bit of interest, it's really weird!

Tbh the buyers protection is not much, therefore, I wouldn't say it would be enough to put others off, unlike Vestiaire Collective who charge a fortune! 

Good luck with your sale/sales and let's hope it's the after Christmas overspending and now as it is coming into Spring that things start to pick up.

Any thoughts anyone?

[specialk1937]

Yes, I agree, if ebay doesn't see this as a wake up call then the rot will
have truly settled in!

[wanni88]

Sadly ive asked to have my account closed after six years of using ebay 

I changed over from private seller to biz and i was no longer able to print of labels to post had to refund 4 people and had bad feedback which ebay said they would remove in two hours which they have not 

on top of this the fees after changing were massive should be a flat fee per listing instead making it fair for all people no matter what type of account you have 

Im now looking at other companys which is a shame as the ebay app is so simple to use 

Be well All 

[hayes1645]

Wishing you the best of luck.