My May eBay sales have been… well, let’s call them “character-building.” Abysmal might be a more accurate word. After a little soul-searching (and a lot of refreshing my Seller Hub), I’ve narrowed it down to a few possible culprits.
The Economy (aka: Everything Costs Too Much)
Gas is expensive. Groceries are expensive. I’m not buying many “wants” these days, so I can’t exactly expect strangers on the internet to impulse-buy my inventory either.
My Inventory
Maybe my items just aren’t what people are hunting for right now. Time to check sell‑through rates, drop prices on the slowpokes, or—deep breath—delete the true duds. And those early AI-generated descriptions I used when I first started? Yeah… apparently some buyers can sniff those out like a bloodhound. Time for rewrites.
Maycember Madness
Have you heard of this? Maycember is the chaos twin of December—same energy, fewer twinkle lights. Kids finishing school, graduations, sports, ceremonies, end-of-year everything. Nobody has time to shop online when they’re sprinting from event to event with a lukewarm coffee and a folding chair.
So What’s the Plan?
Slow Down the Buying
This is a “buy only what you KNOW will sell fast” season. No slow movers. No “maybe someday” items. No “but it was only $2” temptations.
Refresh Old Listings
Time to give the veterans a glow-up: new photos, new descriptions, new life. If they’re going to sit around, they might as well look fabulous.
Run a Sale
Instead of manually dropping prices one by one like a sad little game of whack‑a‑mole, I might just run a storewide sale and let the algorithm sprinkle its magic.
Be Patient (Ugh, I Know)
Single-sale days—or worse, no-sale days—sting. But I’m giving it a couple of months. When summer hits and people finally get a moment to breathe, maybe they’ll wander back to online shopping. Maybe the economy will loosen its grip. Maybe the algorithm will remember I exist.
And if not… well, at least my inventory will be clean, refreshed, and ready for the comeback.
Slow sales aren’t fun, but they’re not forever. I’m treating May like a pit stop, not a dead end. Engines off, tune‑up in progress… and when June rolls around, I plan to hit the gas.