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I've had a staggering decline in my ebay sales for like 6 months now. And I'm curious to see if other sellers have had a similar problem. Particularly among other who sell used toys like me. I'm trying to figure out if this is something I'm doing wrong or just a general fall in ebay sales or even used toy sales in general.

It just throws me because I've had slow but steady increase in sales since I started selling years ago. July I had record sales, almost twice my normal sales. Then sales dropped right off. Almost 40% down the next month. And still falling every month since. Now I'm under 50% of my normal sales. January was my lowest sales ever.

Anyone buy used transformers from other public sites like ebay? I'm trying to find other sites I can list on. I've looked at a few but their transformers listing were pathetic. Under 1000 transformers listed on the whole site. And their search functions also sucked.

I don't sell on Ebay often but had a few things listed last week. Since I don't meet criteria they've initiated their 21 day hold on all my payments coming in. Meaning I have to ship out of my own pocket and wait up to a week after the buyer receives their item before they'll release funds to me. Not happy. As for other sites, check out Crave. I've bought and sold on there and it seems to be a lot less headache than Ebay.

Hmm. Crave is interesting. But I REALLY don't like that you need a facebook account. I HATE those types of sites.

How much of a fee do they charge buyers?

LD2062 wrote:How much of a fee do they charge buyers?

10% of the purchase price. Which can add up so you have to factor that in when you're selling something.

but once again, you got to pay shipping out of pocket. You don't get your money until the buyer gets his/her item. Then they got 2 days to view and pay for the item. They pay Crave, then Crave pays you.
And I found out if you sale an item, you gotta ship it FAST. 2 days after purchase. If you dont' supply a tracking number within 2 days of purchase, the sale gets cancelled. It makes it very difficult if you make a sale late Friday night and you don't see it until late Saturday night. LOL.
Check your email daily when selling on Crave

I don't care for that. Post office near me closes at 1 on Saturday. I can rarely get there on Saturday.

I'm also leery of the returns. How easy for someone to just swap out a figure or remove an accessory. Also people just being disappointed with the figure. I know I would have been happy to return RID ultra magnus.

Galvatron wrote:but once again, you got to pay shipping out of pocket. You don't get your money until the buyer gets his/her item. Then they got 2 days to view and pay for the item. They pay Crave, then Crave pays you.
And I found out if you sale an item, you gotta ship it FAST. 2 days after purchase. If you dont' supply a tracking number within 2 days of purchase, the sale gets cancelled. It makes it very difficult if you make a sale late Friday night and you don't see it until late Saturday night. LOL.
Check your email daily when selling on Crave

All good points, Galvy. Thanks! The buyer does pay up front, though. Crave takes their 10% in buyers fees and holds the rest until the terms specified by Galvy above are met.

LD2062 wrote:I don't care for that. Post office near me closes at 1 on Saturday. I can rarely get there on Saturday.

I'm also leery of the returns. How easy for someone to just swap out a figure or remove an accessory. Also people just being disappointed with the figure. I know I would have been happy to return RID ultra magnus.

Getting to the PO on Saturday is a real pain. Mine only stays open from 10-12. I agree on the returns no matter who you're selling through.

I sell on both and usually list on Crave first now. If the item doesn't sell then i list it on Ebay. Both sites seem to even out as far as getting more bang for your buck when selling. I will admit Crave is easier to list items on though.


As far as getting to the post office, I use the automated machine early in the morning when i ship packages as long as they are small enough to fit in the bin.

I think the market is just really saturated now with Transformers. Maybe that's the reason in a decline from sales

Perhaps. But I don't understand why that would cause such an abrupt and plummeting drop in sales. I didn't see any pickup in sales for the holidays either. December was my 2nd worse month ever.

Maybe competition from Crave. I know they are growing and a lot of people from Ebay are heading there.