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Couple things about managed payments. I have 3 stores on ebay. 1 of them is managed payments and 2 are note. It’s been seamless for me. Only problem I’ve had is that you can’t sell any type of currency or anything else that falls under the same ebay category for whatever reason. Hope they clear that up before this becomes mandatory.
In reference to using paypal to spend; you can link your card to a bank account so you can spend with it.
Another glitch I am dealing is within the business policies. I am trying to bulk edit and change the business policies on my listings. If I try to change more the 100-200 at a time nothing happens.
Well, it’s confirmed; I just lost a sale because of the glitch one of your calls spoke about international customers not being able to pay. The guy was very patient and we both called ebay and spoke to two different reps each giving us different instructions to follow. I even explained to the rep about this issue other sellers were having and I was blown off. Frustrating!
I understand your point. I have 9000 items listed across 3 stores. There is that precentage of sales I think you lose when your not actively posting new items. When I can’t list for a while (a vacation for some other project has my attention) I do get a drop in sales. The longtail stuff will sell slow and steady and become even slower the longer it sits in inventory. A large inventory is great, especially for people like Jay and yourself who are involved in other things, but I do experience that drop in sales when I am not actively listing new stuff.
I bought them both with the last coupon. They are welcomed additions for me
There are a few points I’d like to make in reference to the disccussions on the podcast. Yes I’ve noticed sales have been down. As of last week, my sales are up from last year, but for several months this has not been the case (8 days vacation in September did contribute to this).
I think there are several reasons for this:
One, that I haven’t heard mentioned by anyone is shipping costs. Every year shipping costs increase faster than the rate of inflation. Could it be that shipping costs have gone up so much that people may be buying looking other places to buy their items (local market places??? FB Market Place, Criaglist, Offer Up, etc.)
Two, Jay has mentioned the change in what people are looking for, for example Jay and Ryanne’s cleintel for what they sell may be dying off.
Three, there is a lot more competition online these days. Poshmark is grabbing up the clothing market and now dabbling into other catagories, Etsy has been a factor for a while, all the online local market places are becoming more and more active.
Four, the glitches. The glitches just keep coming and in 4th quarter!?!?!? Just as I was listening to your podcast last night packing orders, I was contacted by a customer from Italy who just bought something and was unable to pay. On my end it’s awaiting payment; on his end it’s showing the item ending and can’t find it to pay. Coincidentally one of your calls had this same issue. (and I do have managed payments on that store). I’m sure all of us can make a list of all the glitches they have been dealing with.
I myself have 3 ebay stores and dabble in 7 other online platforms. I plan on putting more attention on these other platforms and looking for others and maybe a Shopify store by using some type of cross posting software because of these other sites and because I no longer trust ebay to protect my data. I need to have some type of back up. Last year they lost photos, this your item specifics. I have 9000 listings on Ebay and can longer rely on them to protect this data.
I think you may have a point Jay. I read the comments from everyone and I think that there may be several issues going on. I think what people are buying is one of them.
Their was a guy from Japan that called in last week. The option to send offers to watchers he spoke about is available for one of my 3 stores. I’ve used it and it is a great feature.
Hey Scavengers, I have 3 accounts and receieved a message from Ebay on two of them with a report about my returns. One account was good and the other in big bold letters about my return rate being high. I sell several items a day on this account and in the course of a year, only four of the items were sent back as item not described. Out of those 4 items, 3 other them were really buyer remorse that I didn’t bother fighting or ebay ruled in the buyers favor. I guess from now on, I’ll have to make that call; I was unaware that this counted against you. If I would have known I would have handled things differently. (And besides that, how is that return rate high?).
Also you mentioned about a spreadsheet that really didn’t make a whole lot of sense; that was my experience as well.
Jay, last week I picked up an Insane Clown Posse wall clock at a thrift store $3.99. I saw it, and quickly grabbed it knowing what kind of fan base they have. It was priced a little high but I think I can do okay with it.
I found this youtube video of someone that had one for sale in 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgTuoUfMjkM
You could try sending this guy a message and ask him how much he got for it
Try to find a packing supply in your area. There is a United Packaging in my area and I pickup at the loading dock. I get the 1/2″ bubble 12″x1000′ for $35
Someone on ebay sent me a message and pointed out that this painting might be by Pierre Bertschi who was a Swiss painter born in 1941. I did some research and the signatures are a match. He’s no Picaso, but at least I now have the correct artist listed. I also bumped up the price a little.
