How are your eBay auctions doing?I am not a mathematician, but I am a business person and the numbers on eBay (from a sellers perspective) are not looking good.
Let's look at two basic factors in your profitability as a seller.
1. How much do you pay in fees?
2. How many people see your stuff?
Fees and traffic are an intertwined phenomena. If fewer people see your auctions, you will get fewer bids and fewer items will sell. Selling fewer items means more listing fees for items that do not sell. So, if eBay raises it's fees and eBay traffic is down, it's a double whammy (technical term for you lose money).
It's no secret that eBay fees have gone up, I estimate a doubling of eBay seller fees over the last two years.
What some people may not know is that eBay traffic is down by millions of visitors in the last six months.
Fees are up, traffic is down, sell-through rates are down and average selling price per item is down, leaving many eBay Powersellers looking for work or an eBay alternative.
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