3 Things You Can Do When You Have Slow Ebay Sales

Slow Ebay sales happen to every seller at some point.  Some weeks are just better than others when it comes to selling online.  Since I’ve started back selling on Ebay consistently, there are weeks that go by when I only make a couple of sales.  Some weeks I have no sales at all, but that’s when I use that extra time to make some adjustments to current auctions in order to increase the chances that my items sell. It would be so much easier to sit and complain and wonder why my items aren’t selling, but I have decided to be more proactive and use that time in a better way.  Here are three things I do when I have slow Ebay sales:

Improve your pictures– Maybe when you started selling Ebay you didn’t have the best lighting to take pictures.  I recently purchased a lighting kit which greatly improved the quality of the pictures of items I have up for auction.  Now when I have slow Ebay sales, I work on going in and retaking some of my pictures for the auctions I currently have running.  This can be a little time consuming, but if it will help make an item sell, then it’s definitely worth it.

Add in UPC numbers– I recently heard on an online selling podcast that your items are more likely to be picked up by Google in searches if you add in the UPC number of the item if it is available.  This helps narrow your specific item down to what people may be searching for.  It’s also important to have good pictures with no water marks or writing on them because Google likes the items to look uniform and the focus to be on the item itself.  Sometimes when you list an item this might be filled in for you if you use the “sell similar item” feature when you list, but if not, it doesn’t hurt to go back through your auctions and add those in when you have them.

Share your auctions on social media– One great feature of Ebay (and other selling places online) is that with a press of a button, you can easily share your auctions with your followers and that increases the amount of people who might check our what you have for sale.  Now, you don’t want to constantly spam your followers all day long with your whole inventory, but sharing one or two items daily across several social media platforms can get more eyes on your items when you have those times of slow Ebay sales.

It’s easy to get discourages when your sales on Ebay slow down, but don’t give up and do nothing.  Try applying these three practices and chances are, you’ll see an improvement in sales soon.

Photos: Simon