Boosting sales is hard as heck. I have had my store open for a bit and have not gotten a single sale other than my very close friends. I had refined the search criteria as well as key words but the fact is that my goods are way way in the back of any search as well as anyone else's that is new. Unless someone is looking for exactly what I am selling, there is no sale at all. With my appearing in searches for my products only getting into the 900-1000's about now for 3 items it tends to make me think that there is not really much chance that I will get a sale.
I had thought greatly about my products as well as looking at others as well. To me it seems that if you only have a few, or one type that it will be almost impossible to get anywhere. Some of the other merchants I have noticed have several types of products. Some that do clothing also do buildings or some such things that open their market up for more eyes(naturally). I do also tend to think that if something is on the market, some may just opt to build something themselves.
Overall it seems to me that all of SL has a little bit of a slump, suppose that could be do to global economy and or holidays, perhaps both. It raises far more questions than what can be answered it seems.