Amazon sales tank what are you doing about it?
So we are in year 9 of selling on Amazon. This year, with over 500 SKUs our sales are appalling. Our prices are competitive, our products are on trend and all metrics are ok. What's lacking is buyers. At present we are 44% down on the same period last year and this October was our worst in 9 years. @amazon reading these forums we are not alone. Yes, the economy is pants but as you increase the charges on us year on year what are you doing in return to give us buyers? Is this turning into a tired old oil tanker business that can't steer itself out of the storms?
Amazon sales tank what are you doing about it?
So we are in year 9 of selling on Amazon. This year, with over 500 SKUs our sales are appalling. Our prices are competitive, our products are on trend and all metrics are ok. What's lacking is buyers. At present we are 44% down on the same period last year and this October was our worst in 9 years. @amazon reading these forums we are not alone. Yes, the economy is pants but as you increase the charges on us year on year what are you doing in return to give us buyers? Is this turning into a tired old oil tanker business that can't steer itself out of the storms?
6 replies
Seller_HFHgeklg7QWlB
Same here, worst sales in 13 years on Amazon. Getting out when my stock is sold. Amazon don't care about us. The more we panic the more we spend on the iniquitous ' advertising' scheme.
We lose our livelihoods and Amazon profits increase.
Minerva_Amazon
Hello @Seller_eh18p6n4mh4NW and @Seller_HFHgeklg7QWlB ,
Do you currently a promotion strategy to improve search results or discovery for your products? Are you seeing a decrease in traffic to your products OR are you seeing the same traffic, but less sales?
You can find this and much more info in your Business Reports under the "Reports" menu in Seller Central. If you are experiencing a steady decline in traffic, I recommend reviewing the Listing Quality Dashboard help page to start.
Seller_tQCfsb3zoC4AP
Same here worst sales in 17 years as a seller here. The main reason for myself is that most of my inventory cannot get them listed due to Amazon having 2 policies that directly contradict each other. Been requesting help from the seller prevention dept since September 2019
Other sales channels the sales are increasing I have to convince myself on a daily basis to keep selling here it has become such a horrific experience
Seller_w0NuiqSLJxWvi
we are down 54% on last year. Its got to be the economy and impending budget I’m guessing
Seller_scExl4xpi8Duk
We are down roughly 20% in UK year on year and selling on Amazon from nearly 20 years. For us we can see traffic has gone down. How we are dealing with this is to spend less on ads and increase profitability. We are focusing on conversion rate improvement as well via better listing images and content. We are dropping some products too which are not giving much profit. We will still end up making same profit as last year I think as we will spend way less on Ads this year.
