Difference in Sales Now & a Few Months Ago......

[Powerspot Destiny]

Hello,

A few months ago I started selling my stuff in the Second Life Marketplace...........

For a few months I sold around 3 or 4 items a week........Not much but enough to keep a small store open without having to spend money on rental.......

Starting about 2 months ago or so my sales plummeted to maybe 2 items in 2 months and I haven't sold any in several weeks......Can anyone tell me why sales have changed so much?........Is there something different in the Marketplace I am not aware of?.........As far as I can tell my product is still showing in searches at the Marketplace.

Thanks for any advice or help

[Deej Kasshiki]

You should take a look through the Merchants section of the forum for some theories and ask there. The residents who post there are very savvy and far more likely to have relevant info for you.

[Venus Petrov]

There may be a combination of things but you have already ruled out Search.  As I did not know your shop name, I checked out your profile.  I thought your shop was the one listed in your picks but that shop has no MP presence that I can see.  So, I searched MP on your name and found your items.

Issues could be related to:

Pricing -- how do your offerings compare to those of your competition?

Who are your customers? Your group is quite small so I hope you have a subscriber list and know to whom you are selling.  You could ask your customers what they would like to see in terms of new items and/or pricing.

The general economy has caused many sellers to feel the pinch.  You could try featuring an item each week to set at a 'sale' price to your group members/customers.

You might try putting your own shop in your profile picks.

[Rolig Loon]

Sales vary all the time.  If you have a small selection of items, a relatively low profile, or not many repeat customers, you can expect huge swings from one month to the next.  I have a half dozen items that account for a lot of my sales volume in Marketplace (and different ones that account for the bulk of sales in my in-world shop -- go figure), and that are pretty steady from one month to the next.  Some other items can sit there for months untouched or can enjoy a short burst of popularity and sell like hotcakes. It's taken me a long time to grow that short list of steady selling items.  If I didn't have them, I'm sure I'd see the same fluctuations you are.

[Pamela Galli]

I don't know about fluctuations -- as Rolig says, that's normal.

But as regarding your low sales in general:

* Your pictures are too tiny to see details

* Your product line is not cohesive.

* I can't figure out what you are selling in each listing - the main item and then a bunch of unrelated items called "The Neverending"?

 

 

[Marianne Little]

What Pamela said - I also think your pictures is too small. I was looking at a skybox, trying to zoom in, but the other pictures was not from that skybox, but other products you sell. That is a big drawback, I can't see what I am buying. 85 prims is a bit high for just a box, I need to see the furniture too.

It is a tough competition, and the summer is always seeing a drop in the sales. You have to beat all the 99L promos with beautiful pictures.