Amazon sales at 10-20% of expected amount
Hi
Has anyone noticed a massive drop in sales over the past month? We sell clothing and the beginning of winter always has a massive increase but we are only doing 10-20% per day compared to the last 10 years.
We turned off Invoice by Amazon as it was not registering zero rated sales (we sell thousands of safety boots that are VAT exempt) and was causing extra work for our accounts department - sales dropped immediately we did this so we then turned on after a couple of days - sales stayed low and we haven't sold any orders on the invoice by Amazon side so don't know if that has triggered something within Amazon?
We have recently lost half of our listings as inactive because Amazon have put arbitrary minimum / maximum prices against our SKU's which deactivated thousands of listings- we have rectified this manually and now have approx 26000 live SKU's with about half winning the buy box - sales are still well down - we are down well over six figures in the last month!
I've seen various discussions regarding the above, but no one has a definitive answer to what's going on and how to solve it before I have to gamble on a consultant knowing how to fix it - I'm desperate as this month is by far the biggest of the year. Sales on ebay and our website remain strong, so cannot put it down to credit crunch/difficult budget etc
Regards
Chris
26 replies
Seller_GPLxAbyNPI33I
Yes exactly the same here. For me I had a strong start to the year & sales were good across all platforms until Easter, then they all went off a cliff at the same time.
I had other issues in the business & closed my sites down early June & returned in August to find no improvement. Some of my suppliers are thousands down on last year, whilst others are scaling back to home storage options who once had warehouses.
Good indicators are talking to couriers from the major transport firms & when you go into a post office there is usually a queue out the door with people getting their parcels away, this time last year it could take me 30 mins to get served, but at the moment I get served right away.
Ebay has now offered free selling to personal accounts in a bid to attract more sellers (Excuse me but we need buyers!) Amazon is about to launch Customer Services sweep stake to win £100 (or you could just become a scammer & get it all for free anyway)
So seemingly all these online sites are struggling, the state of the economy, treatment of sellers etc & are living on platitudes & gimmicks. Ebay laid off in the region of 1,000 staff at the start of the year. When I joined ebay 21 years ago & Amazon sometime afterwards I thought this was a business with a lifetime longevity, sadly this is proving not to be the case.
Unless things change drastically for the better (not holding on my breath) then I think I will have to strongly consider a PAYE job again which is not something someone in their mid 60s anticipated until now.
All the best to everyone.
Seller_Mrso42lCWrN3m
Very quiet here too. The weather is still warm (ish) which doesn't help when I sell beanies and jackets :( I also work for a workwear business who doesn't sell on Amazon and that business is doing well!
Seller_WNgLvQF3YKSZQ
We have moved from Amazon to B&Q about 2 years ago, still have some sales on Amazon, but B&Q generate double what we had on Amazon, and from last Friday we have 150%-200% more orders as B&Q host big event.
And we dont have worry about account suspensions or funds reserve.
Seller_Fg2fqaWOnEtha
Nope, you can't go back. I am actually fairly busy although most sales are from a few products, so that means there are still buyers. I am also developing other ideas. I am not saying it to boast, just to let you know it's not all doom and gloom, there are still opportunities, although it's definitely harder, but we are tougher. I am not that far behind you in age and there is no way I go back PAYE.
Seller_K0MZK93UT63M5
Yes a massive drop for me. I'd usually sell a couple of items a day on average, but over the last few weeks all I've had is tumbleweed. Don't understand it at all as it's never been this bad in all the years I've been selling on here 😔
Seller_Jn1C4OLxhZFPv
We are also 70% down, we think its cost-of-living but no idea what to do.
Seller_d8WfbEccuaGMc
Hi all,
I have noticed worryingly low sales too, particularly for November.
Do we suspect there is an Amazon-wide issue currently?
This should be our busiest period and its currently one of the quietest periods of our entire year.
Seller_PU8ypkNZEJU9p
Just following on from above. We usually do between £200-£300 a Day on Amazon. Was expecting us to be way over £1k a day by now especially with about 100 extra items on with the Calendars etc. But we are literally down to under £100 a day.
No idea what is happening
Seller_0AG9i8qKfX9Eu
Definitely Temu etc are effecting , the government needs to do something as they are breaking uk businesses and they are chinese
Amazon sales at 10-20% of expected amount
Hi
Has anyone noticed a massive drop in sales over the past month? We sell clothing and the beginning of winter always has a massive increase but we are only doing 10-20% per day compared to the last 10 years.
We turned off Invoice by Amazon as it was not registering zero rated sales (we sell thousands of safety boots that are VAT exempt) and was causing extra work for our accounts department - sales dropped immediately we did this so we then turned on after a couple of days - sales stayed low and we haven't sold any orders on the invoice by Amazon side so don't know if that has triggered something within Amazon?
We have recently lost half of our listings as inactive because Amazon have put arbitrary minimum / maximum prices against our SKU's which deactivated thousands of listings- we have rectified this manually and now have approx 26000 live SKU's with about half winning the buy box - sales are still well down - we are down well over six figures in the last month!
I've seen various discussions regarding the above, but no one has a definitive answer to what's going on and how to solve it before I have to gamble on a consultant knowing how to fix it - I'm desperate as this month is by far the biggest of the year. Sales on ebay and our website remain strong, so cannot put it down to credit crunch/difficult budget etc
Regards
Chris
Amazon sales at 10-20% of expected amount
Hi
Has anyone noticed a massive drop in sales over the past month? We sell clothing and the beginning of winter always has a massive increase but we are only doing 10-20% per day compared to the last 10 years.
We turned off Invoice by Amazon as it was not registering zero rated sales (we sell thousands of safety boots that are VAT exempt) and was causing extra work for our accounts department - sales dropped immediately we did this so we then turned on after a couple of days - sales stayed low and we haven't sold any orders on the invoice by Amazon side so don't know if that has triggered something within Amazon?
We have recently lost half of our listings as inactive because Amazon have put arbitrary minimum / maximum prices against our SKU's which deactivated thousands of listings- we have rectified this manually and now have approx 26000 live SKU's with about half winning the buy box - sales are still well down - we are down well over six figures in the last month!
I've seen various discussions regarding the above, but no one has a definitive answer to what's going on and how to solve it before I have to gamble on a consultant knowing how to fix it - I'm desperate as this month is by far the biggest of the year. Sales on ebay and our website remain strong, so cannot put it down to credit crunch/difficult budget etc
Regards
Chris
26 replies
26 replies
Seller_GPLxAbyNPI33I
Yes exactly the same here. For me I had a strong start to the year & sales were good across all platforms until Easter, then they all went off a cliff at the same time.
I had other issues in the business & closed my sites down early June & returned in August to find no improvement. Some of my suppliers are thousands down on last year, whilst others are scaling back to home storage options who once had warehouses.
Good indicators are talking to couriers from the major transport firms & when you go into a post office there is usually a queue out the door with people getting their parcels away, this time last year it could take me 30 mins to get served, but at the moment I get served right away.
Ebay has now offered free selling to personal accounts in a bid to attract more sellers (Excuse me but we need buyers!) Amazon is about to launch Customer Services sweep stake to win £100 (or you could just become a scammer & get it all for free anyway)
So seemingly all these online sites are struggling, the state of the economy, treatment of sellers etc & are living on platitudes & gimmicks. Ebay laid off in the region of 1,000 staff at the start of the year. When I joined ebay 21 years ago & Amazon sometime afterwards I thought this was a business with a lifetime longevity, sadly this is proving not to be the case.
Unless things change drastically for the better (not holding on my breath) then I think I will have to strongly consider a PAYE job again which is not something someone in their mid 60s anticipated until now.
All the best to everyone.
Seller_Mrso42lCWrN3m
Very quiet here too. The weather is still warm (ish) which doesn't help when I sell beanies and jackets :( I also work for a workwear business who doesn't sell on Amazon and that business is doing well!
Seller_WNgLvQF3YKSZQ
We have moved from Amazon to B&Q about 2 years ago, still have some sales on Amazon, but B&Q generate double what we had on Amazon, and from last Friday we have 150%-200% more orders as B&Q host big event.
And we dont have worry about account suspensions or funds reserve.
Seller_Fg2fqaWOnEtha
Nope, you can't go back. I am actually fairly busy although most sales are from a few products, so that means there are still buyers. I am also developing other ideas. I am not saying it to boast, just to let you know it's not all doom and gloom, there are still opportunities, although it's definitely harder, but we are tougher. I am not that far behind you in age and there is no way I go back PAYE.
Seller_K0MZK93UT63M5
Yes a massive drop for me. I'd usually sell a couple of items a day on average, but over the last few weeks all I've had is tumbleweed. Don't understand it at all as it's never been this bad in all the years I've been selling on here 😔
Seller_Jn1C4OLxhZFPv
We are also 70% down, we think its cost-of-living but no idea what to do.
Seller_d8WfbEccuaGMc
Hi all,
I have noticed worryingly low sales too, particularly for November.
Do we suspect there is an Amazon-wide issue currently?
This should be our busiest period and its currently one of the quietest periods of our entire year.
Seller_PU8ypkNZEJU9p
Just following on from above. We usually do between £200-£300 a Day on Amazon. Was expecting us to be way over £1k a day by now especially with about 100 extra items on with the Calendars etc. But we are literally down to under £100 a day.
No idea what is happening
Seller_0AG9i8qKfX9Eu
Definitely Temu etc are effecting , the government needs to do something as they are breaking uk businesses and they are chinese
Seller_GPLxAbyNPI33I
Yes exactly the same here. For me I had a strong start to the year & sales were good across all platforms until Easter, then they all went off a cliff at the same time.
I had other issues in the business & closed my sites down early June & returned in August to find no improvement. Some of my suppliers are thousands down on last year, whilst others are scaling back to home storage options who once had warehouses.
Good indicators are talking to couriers from the major transport firms & when you go into a post office there is usually a queue out the door with people getting their parcels away, this time last year it could take me 30 mins to get served, but at the moment I get served right away.
Ebay has now offered free selling to personal accounts in a bid to attract more sellers (Excuse me but we need buyers!) Amazon is about to launch Customer Services sweep stake to win £100 (or you could just become a scammer & get it all for free anyway)
So seemingly all these online sites are struggling, the state of the economy, treatment of sellers etc & are living on platitudes & gimmicks. Ebay laid off in the region of 1,000 staff at the start of the year. When I joined ebay 21 years ago & Amazon sometime afterwards I thought this was a business with a lifetime longevity, sadly this is proving not to be the case.
Unless things change drastically for the better (not holding on my breath) then I think I will have to strongly consider a PAYE job again which is not something someone in their mid 60s anticipated until now.
All the best to everyone.
Seller_GPLxAbyNPI33I
Yes exactly the same here. For me I had a strong start to the year & sales were good across all platforms until Easter, then they all went off a cliff at the same time.
I had other issues in the business & closed my sites down early June & returned in August to find no improvement. Some of my suppliers are thousands down on last year, whilst others are scaling back to home storage options who once had warehouses.
Good indicators are talking to couriers from the major transport firms & when you go into a post office there is usually a queue out the door with people getting their parcels away, this time last year it could take me 30 mins to get served, but at the moment I get served right away.
Ebay has now offered free selling to personal accounts in a bid to attract more sellers (Excuse me but we need buyers!) Amazon is about to launch Customer Services sweep stake to win £100 (or you could just become a scammer & get it all for free anyway)
So seemingly all these online sites are struggling, the state of the economy, treatment of sellers etc & are living on platitudes & gimmicks. Ebay laid off in the region of 1,000 staff at the start of the year. When I joined ebay 21 years ago & Amazon sometime afterwards I thought this was a business with a lifetime longevity, sadly this is proving not to be the case.
Unless things change drastically for the better (not holding on my breath) then I think I will have to strongly consider a PAYE job again which is not something someone in their mid 60s anticipated until now.
All the best to everyone.
Seller_Mrso42lCWrN3m
Very quiet here too. The weather is still warm (ish) which doesn't help when I sell beanies and jackets :( I also work for a workwear business who doesn't sell on Amazon and that business is doing well!
Seller_Mrso42lCWrN3m
Very quiet here too. The weather is still warm (ish) which doesn't help when I sell beanies and jackets :( I also work for a workwear business who doesn't sell on Amazon and that business is doing well!
Seller_WNgLvQF3YKSZQ
We have moved from Amazon to B&Q about 2 years ago, still have some sales on Amazon, but B&Q generate double what we had on Amazon, and from last Friday we have 150%-200% more orders as B&Q host big event.
And we dont have worry about account suspensions or funds reserve.
Seller_WNgLvQF3YKSZQ
We have moved from Amazon to B&Q about 2 years ago, still have some sales on Amazon, but B&Q generate double what we had on Amazon, and from last Friday we have 150%-200% more orders as B&Q host big event.
And we dont have worry about account suspensions or funds reserve.
Seller_Fg2fqaWOnEtha
Nope, you can't go back. I am actually fairly busy although most sales are from a few products, so that means there are still buyers. I am also developing other ideas. I am not saying it to boast, just to let you know it's not all doom and gloom, there are still opportunities, although it's definitely harder, but we are tougher. I am not that far behind you in age and there is no way I go back PAYE.
Seller_Fg2fqaWOnEtha
Nope, you can't go back. I am actually fairly busy although most sales are from a few products, so that means there are still buyers. I am also developing other ideas. I am not saying it to boast, just to let you know it's not all doom and gloom, there are still opportunities, although it's definitely harder, but we are tougher. I am not that far behind you in age and there is no way I go back PAYE.
Seller_K0MZK93UT63M5
Yes a massive drop for me. I'd usually sell a couple of items a day on average, but over the last few weeks all I've had is tumbleweed. Don't understand it at all as it's never been this bad in all the years I've been selling on here 😔
Seller_K0MZK93UT63M5
Yes a massive drop for me. I'd usually sell a couple of items a day on average, but over the last few weeks all I've had is tumbleweed. Don't understand it at all as it's never been this bad in all the years I've been selling on here 😔
Seller_Jn1C4OLxhZFPv
We are also 70% down, we think its cost-of-living but no idea what to do.
Seller_Jn1C4OLxhZFPv
We are also 70% down, we think its cost-of-living but no idea what to do.
Seller_d8WfbEccuaGMc
Hi all,
I have noticed worryingly low sales too, particularly for November.
Do we suspect there is an Amazon-wide issue currently?
This should be our busiest period and its currently one of the quietest periods of our entire year.
Seller_d8WfbEccuaGMc
Hi all,
I have noticed worryingly low sales too, particularly for November.
Do we suspect there is an Amazon-wide issue currently?
This should be our busiest period and its currently one of the quietest periods of our entire year.
Seller_PU8ypkNZEJU9p
Just following on from above. We usually do between £200-£300 a Day on Amazon. Was expecting us to be way over £1k a day by now especially with about 100 extra items on with the Calendars etc. But we are literally down to under £100 a day.
No idea what is happening
Seller_PU8ypkNZEJU9p
Just following on from above. We usually do between £200-£300 a Day on Amazon. Was expecting us to be way over £1k a day by now especially with about 100 extra items on with the Calendars etc. But we are literally down to under £100 a day.
No idea what is happening
Seller_0AG9i8qKfX9Eu
Definitely Temu etc are effecting , the government needs to do something as they are breaking uk businesses and they are chinese
Seller_0AG9i8qKfX9Eu
Definitely Temu etc are effecting , the government needs to do something as they are breaking uk businesses and they are chinese
