Drop in sales on majority of products
Hello has anyone found this past few weeks that sales have dropped off massively but still in buy box and monitoring sales and competetion has remained the same?
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Seller_77IcbQKVGdZo0
There have been numerous threads on this before. It could well be that the cost of living crisis is impacting sales especially if you are listing luxury or non-essential items.
Seller_3h73Wv2FjIws0
If you search the forum for the dozens of other threads asking the same, maybe you’ll find an answer.
My sales are up month on month for the last 24 months (except 1) . Maybe it’s just what you’re selling.
Seller_A4clBfzN2yKfJ
It’s also school summer holidays, factory fortnight and a lot of people have gone abroad for the first time in 3 years.
Seller_t8tPiUA5wff9m
The cost of living is putting of purchasers, along with the holiday season.
However, sadly it is only going to get worse early next year, once the reality hits.
The media is not helping, they quote the ‘Average’ price for Elec/Gas rising to £4,266, then talk about families. This is misleading.
So many will think they are talking about ‘Family’ size homes. The £4,266 price is based on 3100 kWh usage. Whereas a family of 4 in a 3 bedroom house uses between 4,000- 6000 these days. Their bill is going to be more around the £6,000 - £8,000!!
Of course you have single dwellers, and retired couples etc. bringing the average cost down.
But a lot of ‘Families’ are unaware of what is to come.
It is a mess.
Seller_ZjZ4slOF0jHpk
And that’s Posties just announced 4 days of strikes. 2 (non-consecutive) days at the end of this month (thanks! Better be before paydays) and 2 in September.
Seller_ZjZ4slOF0jHpk
B•gger!
26 and 31 August and 8 and 9 September
Seller_MKqIKPLIkiPWy
Bit slow here, not terrible though, just bumping along, the hot weathers not likely to help, and pent up demand, everyone’s desperate for a holiday (why the airports are in meltdown) not wasting money on tat in Bezos Bazzar 
The media is banging on doom & gloom, anyone noticed petrol prices are dropping now, but the media just harp on about £10k to boil a kettle this Xmas, just stop watching the news, have a beer, and enjoy the summer, the new variant will be with us soon 
Seller_t8tPiUA5wff9m
The ‘Media doom and gloom’ in regards to the energy bills is misleading and their £4200 estimate for some is a positive outcome! A lot will be in for a shock come next year.
I honestly cannot see how people are going to cope.
Our family of 4 in a 3 bedroom new build (energy efficient) semi. (I do work from home, but it would still be crazy without that usage)
This is our reality -
Seller_gOzZ4ehojzaW0
Yup my sales are annihilated across multiple websites
Seller_lljyzgTxr5fgI
We have a new, gas district heating system in out place and none of us pay any heating energy bills as they are all included in our service charge. There is no other gas in the building. Our electricity bill per month has doubled though, to £40, with Octopus. We also don’t pay any water rates as they are included in the service charge as well as a laundry with auto washers and tumble driers, also included. We are soooo grateful to be in this position and wouldn’t change it for the world.
What I think will happen though is a massive influx of new sellers in the run up to Christmas because lots of people will want to try and make extra money to help with the cost of living crisis. THis may cause issues for many sellers, especially with competitive pricing.
