eBay Tempts Cyber Week Shoppers with Bucks Promo

by: toolguy

I NEVER buy with my eBay app.

I only buy using my desktop. . . .

I guess I'll look elsewhere for sales & bargains!

by: angryllama

Cyber  Monday?   When IS Cyber Monday?  It certainly wasn't Monday, November 26th.  Certainly not in MY WORLD.

Ebay Brain Trust has SMASHED their Already THEIR BROKEN TOY sometime is this past 2 months sooooo much MORE badly that with 1,600 GTC listings up on eBay my own sales have plunged fully 50 percent in $ terms AND in number of Sales, too.

I can practically pin-point the DAY it happened as it was right after a 3-Day weekend when had 21 outgoing packages to mail out the first BUSINESS DAY for the USPS after that 3-day weekend. What followed was the deafening SILENCE of a thousand CRICKETS under my bed NOT Chirping.

Who the HAIL is benefitting from SO MANY of eBay's Active Sellers getting Kicked To The Curb?   Seriously.  WHO?

By the way.   My SALES that have been HALF of my previous sales were for ESSENTIALLY the same mix of items as to COST,  Number of MONTHS up on eBay, and Charged Postage vs. my VERY few "free shipping" listings.  

Not just venting here.   I've come to think that eBay has been COOKING THE BOOKS as to their  PUBLIC statements and  SEC filings. There is GOOD NEWS hiding that suggestion.  What Good News?   The Good News in that is that not only will the eBay C-Level fools get thrown out on their ear, but it raises the likelihood of them seeing $-Millions in Clawbacks and perhaps even Jail Time.

by: sasikat9

Our sales are down about 20 per cent but we attribute it to our closing of 3 of our anchor stores in the past two months. Items were sold at a couple of garage sales and flea markets. Thus our selection is down about 60 per cent and we it gets down to filling up the garbage can sometime in the next six months we are done, finished, through. Our last anchor store will close and we will be giving greedbay the finger.

by: b86fiero

I have to think a 15% off site wide promotion - usable with desktop or mobile - would have generated a lot more excitement among multi-purchase buyers and put some green in seller's stockings.

Perhaps eBay will throw everybody a cookie before the holiday shopping season is over.  Or just deliver limps of coal to all.  

by: b86fiero

Oooops - that should be lumps of coal.

Dang auto-fill wizardry!

by: indomama

I sell a mixture of art, home decor and handicrafts, and collectables, about 1000 listings, all gtc. My eBay sales are up 50% from a month ago, but down 27% YTD. My eBay sales have picked up (as the eBay rep likes to point out) but are nowhere near where they should be this time of the year (which the eBay rep likes to ignore) ....Sad

Website has made up for the downward spiral in sales thankfully....I will keep on learning and improving my website until eBay's demise.  

by: CanBrit

I'm personally feeling very special. In four days I sold 1 porcelain striker box for $12. Since I found it for .99 not a bad profit.

But last year, same time, I sold $5000 worth of jewelry. Hmmmm

by: CanBrit

Well, given that my three accounts received this promo, I'm guessing it's being sent to everyone.

by: papergoy

Cyber Monday was my worst day in a month.  Yesterday bounced back to be an average day.  It was a joke on Monday, and as everyone knows who reads what I post, I'm generally pro-eBay as my sales year-on-year are up.  Not in this instance- they were horrible.

by: CanBrit

@papergoy

I am sorry for that. Somehow your not being affected gave hope.

by: industrystones

@b86fiero
"NO". I believe when speaking of Ebay colloquially,  The proper word would be LIMP.
You stand correct.

by: NoMoreEbay

I'm thrilled. Picked up a watcher this week!

by: CanBrit

Promo's or no promo's. Doesn't matter. You have to make money to buy and it's not happening.

by: RKTOYS

No sales since November 18th.  Can't say the live show on the 25th did me any favors either though.  When I was shopping around, there was nothing going on in toys until Monday.  It's always crazy how much stuff Walmart sits on, refusing to stock stores or offer online, only to dump it at fire sale prices around this time of year.

by: comments

I have been extremely pleased to see my seller fees being used to finance promotions that increase sales. There are a few things ebay could be doing better but this is a very nice start.

In this case I have to give credit where it is due. Promos, coupons, and reversals of changes to view sellers other items and markdown manager 14 day things have helped to get me out of a major slump. Hats off to management for recognizing and innovating. Anxious to get my hands on the send watchers an offer feature too.

Now all thats left is to stop blaming me for my "snad" buyers remorse comment returns and I will be over the moon. So far 100% of my SNAD returns are buyers remorse "wrong color" "didn't like it" comments. I don't care who I am compared against it isn't fair to blame me for doing nothing wrong, forcing me to block buyers who don't understand what they did wrong. But I can't let them do it again can I?

by: ZZ

Makes sense to me that Cyber Monday was a bust for my listings. To get looked at on such a day I could have doubled my prices and run a 50% off sale.   Instead of phoney sales I simply cut prices 5% every month when I relist what hasn't sold. I'm starting to wonder about this strategy knowing that eBay doesn't even display what they call stale listings. I have been watching a couple sellers who sell similar items as myself and lately they have been getting sales at prices higher than what I have listed for the exact same items, while mine just sit there unnoticed.

by: Rexford

One of the most interesting things that I observe about some of the comments above is that some of the folks who used to boast about their robust sales while other sellers suffered poor sales are now complaining about poor sales.  Those same posters used to say that the sellers suffering poor sales "must be doing something wrong" or "must be selling the wrong items".

A few weeks ago I stated that, at least on my account, that I have experienced what I consider to be extreme throttling by eBay during the Christmas holidays.  I have seen it for at least three years and it appears to be happening again this year.   Each year in January sales return to "normal", if you can call anything on eBay normal these days.  "Normal" sales on eBay have become quite pitiful.  As for seasonal throttling, nothing eBay does surprises me.

by: b86fiero

Over dinner with several friends last night the subject of online shopping and great deals came up.  One of the guys actually felt quite offended by eBay offering the Bucks promo to only those who used the mobile app.  He is an older gentleman who does not have an i-phone.  He does his eBay buying via his desktop computer.  He shops eBay throughout the year for necessities and occasional birthday gifts.  He uses any Bucks accumulated before they expire to purchase and stockpile items he intends to give as Christmas gifts. He used words like ''discriminated against because I can't afford an i-phone'' and ''only the chosen special ones get these incentives.''  He feels eBay ignores senior citizens and the money they have spent on the site over the years.

By the time he was done speaking - in a quiet voice, not ranting - the rest of the group agreed they would not be shopping on eBay and were busy trying to convince me to close my eBay stores.

Funny how one person can affect the opinions and actions of others.

       

by: ebayout

Personally, selling on ebay has now reached approach/avoidance status, to say nothing of a conundrum.
I want the money, but the thought of sharing it with C-Level jerks is gut wrenching.
I can't be the only one.

by: Whatever

B - I think "discrimination" is the biggest mistake ebay has made all these years.

My sales were virtually -0- zip nada the entire weekend. Ebay virtually cut me off at the knees - simply speeding up the input on my own website - nothing left to do - the crying is all over. eBay is so obsessed with ruining all small seller business - seems like they have accomplished it quite nicely.

And just think the biggest recession is coming this next year - better dump your stuff now and try to stack your money.