Ebay Sales Down - Page 53

shrevecity · 08-11-2023, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by nam812

So now that I'm back from vacation and all caught up, it looks like I did just about 40% of my usual daily dollar amounts of sales while my store was in vacation mode.

I am deciding what to do with my store. Having surgery on the 23rd. May turn store off for a day or 2 to give me a few days to rest.. my handling time is long enough it should be OK but just dontvwant to get overloaded

jamcas997 · 08-11-2023, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by smanzari

Anyone else having issues with their seller overview today? Mine is literally blank (with the "toolbar") and was wondering if anyone was having the same issue?

My overview was down for about 30 minutes , but it is back up again.

smanzari · 08-11-2023, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by jamcas997

My overview was down for about 30 minutes , but it is back up again.

Now, Mine is up too (with a hiccup every blue moon) - its been a funny day, every time I go to do things I seem to have issues with the service

nam812 · 08-21-2023, 07:35 AM

I'm hoping this weekend was an anomaly. For a few months now I've been averaging about 7 -10 cards a day and slightly higher on the weekends, but this past weekend I had 0 sales on Saturday (not even believable) and only 4 sales on Sunday. My listings are predominantly mid grade vintage (mostly semi highs and highs) from 1957 to 1979.

There was a very big show on the east coast Fri, Sat and Sun (that I was set up at) that was very well attended, but I didn't think that would have hurt eBay sales.

Anybody else have a rough sales weekend?

Bosoxfan5990 · 08-21-2023, 08:51 AM

I wound up around the same in terms of volume this past F, Sa, Su, compared to the previous weekend, but down ~50% compared to 2 weekends ago.

msucollector4 · 08-21-2023, 09:01 AM

Is anyones desktop listing feature working? Mine hasnt been working for a few days

Raleigh504 · 08-21-2023, 09:03 AM

I had 19 sales from Thursday to Sunday (only 1 Sunday), I was also on vacation mode too. It is always a hit or miss for sales when I am away for a long weekend.

jamcas997 · 08-21-2023, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by nam812

I'm hoping this weekend was an anomaly. For a few months now I've been averaging about 7 -10 cards a day and slightly higher on the weekends, but this past weekend I had 0 sales on Saturday (not even believable) and only 4 sales on Sunday. My listings are predominantly mid grade vintage (mostly semi highs and highs) from 1957 to 1979.

There was a very big show on the east coast Fri, Sat and Sun (that I was set up at) that was very well attended, but I didn't think that would have hurt eBay sales.

Anybody else have a rough sales weekend?

This week 3 days Mon, Weds, Friday were ugly and combined at just $60 the other 4 days were good at $575 combined.

nam812 · 08-21-2023, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by jamcas997

This week 3 days Mon, Weds, Friday were ugly and combined at just $60 the other 4 days were good at $575 combined.

Is that 7 day average of $90 a day about normal for you?

Andr3000 · 08-21-2023, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by msucollector4

Is anyones desktop listing feature working? Mine hasnt been working for a few days

The “preview” hasn’t been working. I like to give it a quick peek before I list, but have had to list without it the last couple days.

msucollector4 · 08-21-2023, 11:44 AM

My first month of running an actual eBay "store" resulted in 23 sales which is nice. I usually add about 5-10 listings a week with a 5.5% conversion rate which gives me the confidence to try to scale up my operation

funkgut · 08-21-2023, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by nam812

I'm hoping this weekend was an anomaly. For a few months now I've been averaging about 7 -10 cards a day and slightly higher on the weekends, but this past weekend I had 0 sales on Saturday (not even believable) and only 4 sales on Sunday. My listings are predominantly mid grade vintage (mostly semi highs and highs) from 1957 to 1979.

There was a very big show on the east coast Fri, Sat and Sun (that I was set up at) that was very well attended, but I didn't think that would have hurt eBay sales.

Anybody else have a rough sales weekend?

Did you have any issues with your account. A return in the past few days or a late shipment? I notice whenever this happens, regardless of the reason, my account takes a hit for a few days. I think this goes into the algorithm when deciding how high your search ranks.

Don't know if that happened to you, but just thought I would throw that out there.

jamcas997 · 08-21-2023, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by nam812

Is that 7 day average of $90 a day about normal for you?

$5 above the average this month and 1 Jan to 31 July was $125 a day average.

Jan $2,644.68
Feb $1,879.04
Mar $7,700.75
Apr $4,201.74
May $3,204.33
Jun $4,292.77
Jul $3,285.93

beauspencer · 08-21-2023, 01:29 PM

My weekend sales were also intriguing. My impressions were up, but sales were down.

I decided to check Terapeak and did a very unscientific test for the week. I used the term "baseball card" and got daily sales volume for that term for BIN listings. Here were the results from this past week...

Mon - 34,186
Tue - 36,598
Wed - 38,423
Thu - 37,505
Fri - 40,333
Sat - 41,470
Sun - 41,790

smanzari · 08-21-2023, 01:34 PM

Nothing out of the ordinary for me this weekend BUT I did upload 2 Booster Boxes worth of Lorcana on Friday, so sure that helped

fungi2510 · 08-21-2023, 02:04 PM

I am sure that this has been answered here before, but what are good numbers for the click through rate and the sales conversion rate?

beauspencer · 08-21-2023, 02:08 PM

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I am sure that this has been answered here before, but what are good numbers for the click through rate and the sales conversion rate?

I pay zero attention to click through rate. A good sales conversion varies on your inventory. Typically anything above 7% or so is in good territory.

Just a reminder on what sales conversion rate is...

"The number of sales transactions divided by the number of listing page views."

Raleigh504 · 08-21-2023, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by beauspencer

I pay zero attention to click through rate. A good sales conversion varies on your inventory. Typically anything above 7% or so is in good territory.

Just a reminder on what sales conversion rate is...

"The number of sales transactions divided by the number of listing page views."

There are so many interesting/useful calculations that we can make to help with how the store is going. (t doesn't paste very well with excel). Sales conversion on the left (starting with 7.24% and Sell through rate on right with 7.71%. Overall I think I am pretty consistent and selling well.

Sales Conversion Rate Sell Through Rate (STR)

1/31/2023 7.24% 7.71%
2/28/2023 5.97% 5.53%
3/31/2023 7.04% 5.56%
4/30/2023 7.96% 4.54%
5/31/2023 7.21% 4.64%
6/30/2023 5.71% 4.22%
7/31/2023 6.93% 4.08%

shrevecity · 08-21-2023, 03:19 PM

I agree with others click through is not really important to me impressions conversion and STR are the key. STR should be from .5% to 1% for most sellers. Conversion should be ideally be over about 5% but it depends on the amount of listings you have as well. less than 100 listings I would want a higher number more than 1000 then the 5% is a good point.

There are lots of variables than can affect that numebr though. Auctions tend to gain more views and could skew your conversion rate overall. Or you list something everyone wants to see but very few want to buy.(listed one such item last week) Its getting views and watchers like crazy to the point I will take it down in a few days and relist it to reset it.

rwperu34 · 08-21-2023, 05:01 PM

I went 23 hours and 39 minutes from Sunday afternoon to Monday afternoon without a single sale. Needless to say, that is well outside the range of what I'd consider normal. For the two days I just processed (Saturday-Monday afternoon) my total sales and packages were within the normal range of variance though, so take it as you will.

rwperu34 · 08-24-2023, 01:47 AM

It looks like we'll soon be able to select 1500 items when we run a sale. I tried to tonight but at the end there was an error message, so I ended up with just the normal 500.

Bosoxfan5990 · 08-24-2023, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by rwperu34

It looks like we'll soon be able to select 1500 items when we run a sale. I tried to tonight but at the end there was an error message, so I ended up with just the normal 500.

I currently run for more than 500 items based on criteria, which allows newly listed items that meet the criteria to be automatically included as well.

jamcas997 · 08-24-2023, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Bosoxfan5990

I currently run for more than 500 items based on criteria, which allows newly listed items that meet the criteria to be automatically included as well.

I just used this one for my latest sale and had 1400 items plus new listings. I like it better than the 500 or the new 1500. This is because the new listings can be added as you go.

rwperu34 · 08-24-2023, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Bosoxfan5990

I currently run for more than 500 items based on criteria, which allows newly listed items that meet the criteria to be automatically included as well.

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Originally Posted by jamcas997

I just used this one for my latest sale and had 1400 items plus new listings. I like it better than the 500 or the new 1500. This is because the new listings can be added as you go.

The reason I don't like to use the criteria is because it's too difficult to exclude items. I'm only running sales on older inventory, so I'm not worried about the new stuff getting in there.

thenightman · 08-26-2023, 11:28 AM

I bought a lot of around 1300 basketball cards, a lot of them are Contenders and Contenders Draft, $1.00 cards at best.

I would like to get them gone, and if I can do that by running sales (like a buy 3, get one free, or a buy X and get X% off). Can I just run a sale on particular cards?

08-21-2023, 07:35 AM	#1304
nam812 Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 941	I'm hoping this weekend was an anomaly. For a few months now I've been averaging about 7 -10 cards a day and slightly higher on the weekends, but this past weekend I had 0 sales on Saturday (not even believable) and only 4 sales on Sunday. My listings are predominantly mid grade vintage (mostly semi highs and highs) from 1957 to 1979. There was a very big show on the east coast Fri, Sat and Sun (that I was set up at) that was very well attended, but I didn't think that would have hurt eBay sales. Anybody else have a rough sales weekend? __________________ My sportlots inventory - https://www.sportlots.com/dealers/?dealer=nam81267

08-21-2023, 08:51 AM	#1305
Bosoxfan5990 Member Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: MA Posts: 14,013 rossisportscards	I wound up around the same in terms of volume this past F, Sa, Su, compared to the previous weekend, but down ~50% compared to 2 weekends ago. __________________ X & IG: rossisportcards. Bethel Johnson & A. Vinatieri. "A Goldin Shower of sorrow and regret." -ninjacookies (11/25/24) "I'm back." -Bosoxfan5990 (2/8/25)

08-21-2023, 09:01 AM	#1306
msucollector4 Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Ridgeland, MS Posts: 1,493 hailstatecards21 msucollector4	Is anyones desktop listing feature working? Mine hasnt been working for a few days __________________ Looking for Former Mississippi State players If you see something on my Ebay store and you would like to make an offer, just shoot me a PM

08-21-2023, 09:03 AM	#1307
Raleigh504 Member Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: NC Posts: 2,670 ig_bljhsports	I had 19 sales from Thursday to Sunday (only 1 Sunday), I was also on vacation mode too. It is always a hit or miss for sales when I am away for a long weekend. __________________ https://myslabs.to/brasm_sports5 https://www.ebay.com/str/jrbuddysportsandmore

08-21-2023, 11:44 AM	#1311
msucollector4 Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Ridgeland, MS Posts: 1,493 hailstatecards21 msucollector4	My first month of running an actual eBay "store" resulted in 23 sales which is nice. I usually add about 5-10 listings a week with a 5.5% conversion rate which gives me the confidence to try to scale up my operation __________________ Looking for Former Mississippi State players If you see something on my Ebay store and you would like to make an offer, just shoot me a PM

08-21-2023, 01:29 PM	#1314
beauspencer Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 1,573 onemillioncubs	My weekend sales were also intriguing. My impressions were up, but sales were down. I decided to check Terapeak and did a very unscientific test for the week. I used the term "baseball card" and got daily sales volume for that term for BIN listings. Here were the results from this past week... Mon - 34,186 Tue - 36,598 Wed - 38,423 Thu - 37,505 Fri - 40,333 Sat - 41,470 Sun - 41,790 __________________ Madison (WI) Card Show - Saturday, November 29 (sports & Pokemon). Sunday, November 30 (Madison Pokemon Show) at Madison Marriott South.

08-21-2023, 01:34 PM	#1315
smanzari Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: N/A Posts: 10,638	Nothing out of the ordinary for me this weekend BUT I did upload 2 Booster Boxes worth of Lorcana on Friday, so sure that helped

08-21-2023, 02:04 PM	#1316
fungi2510 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 10,043 mkeil1980 fungi2510	I am sure that this has been answered here before, but what are good numbers for the click through rate and the sales conversion rate? __________________ Check Out My Cards ID = fungi2510 Check me out on Sport Lots. http://www.sportlots.com/inven/invenbin/dealerpage.tpl?dealer=dmkeil02

08-21-2023, 03:19 PM	#1319
shrevecity Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 28,059	I agree with others click through is not really important to me impressions conversion and STR are the key. STR should be from .5% to 1% for most sellers. Conversion should be ideally be over about 5% but it depends on the amount of listings you have as well. less than 100 listings I would want a higher number more than 1000 then the 5% is a good point. There are lots of variables than can affect that numebr though. Auctions tend to gain more views and could skew your conversion rate overall. Or you list something everyone wants to see but very few want to buy.(listed one such item last week) Its getting views and watchers like crazy to the point I will take it down in a few days and relist it to reset it.

08-21-2023, 05:01 PM	#1320
rwperu34 Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 8,322	I went 23 hours and 39 minutes from Sunday afternoon to Monday afternoon without a single sale. Needless to say, that is well outside the range of what I'd consider normal. For the two days I just processed (Saturday-Monday afternoon) my total sales and packages were within the normal range of variance though, so take it as you will. __________________ Me: Did I win? Gixen: Yes. You won. Now you're broke.

08-24-2023, 01:47 AM	#1321
rwperu34 Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 8,322	It looks like we'll soon be able to select 1500 items when we run a sale. I tried to tonight but at the end there was an error message, so I ended up with just the normal 500. __________________ Me: Did I win? Gixen: Yes. You won. Now you're broke.

08-26-2023, 11:28 AM	#1325
thenightman Member Join Date: Feb 2018 Posts: 6,675	I bought a lot of around 1300 basketball cards, a lot of them are Contenders and Contenders Draft, $1.00 cards at best. I would like to get them gone, and if I can do that by running sales (like a buy 3, get one free, or a buy X and get X% off). Can I just run a sale on particular cards?