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Quote:I've been here since May. I've had basic store most of the time, but I did upgrade to a featured a few months ago. After a couple of months, I dropped back down to a basic. I worked on my category headers a few weeks ago and traffic has now come to a standstill.
2006 - 12 sales
2007 - 0 sales
I'm trying to hang in there because I believe in Wagglepop, but I don't know how much longer I can justify being here.
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Quote:Basic Store
Jan. - 1
Feb. - 2
Mar. - 0
Had my inventory up to 90 items but moved some to another auction site and went back to ebay, very discouraging.
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Quote:Level - Basic since Sept. 2006
2006 - 0 sales
Sales:
Jan. - 0
Feb. - 1
Mar. - 0
Some of you sellers are doing pretty good. Keep up the good work
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Quote: have a basic store
Jan = 1
Feb = 3
Mar = 1
These are invoices, some of these have multiple sales.
this one's a hoot
Quote:I don't post much either--but thought I would pass along my info too:
Basic Store
Jan - 1 sale
Feb - 0 sales
Mar - 1 sale
I sell on 'e-Nother site'. Am a power seller there, using the EXACT same auctions. So for me, the difference is in the amount of viewers. There are just not enough here yet--but am hanging on because I think Wagglepop has a great chance for giving the 'other e-Place' a run for their money!
You've had 2 sales in 3 months -- WP traffic reports look like a black hole. Yep, WP will sure give eBay a run for its money, all right!
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Quote:Not enough to warrant the time or money I have to put into everything, on top of working full time. And with the health scares in the family lately, I think this time would be better off spent with them.
And this from a BIG CHEERLEADER
Quote:Basic store:
Jan. - 9
Feb. - 9
Mar. - 4
These are invoices that have been paid. Several are multiple purchases. Sales and traffic have dropped off dramatically the last few weeks.
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Quote:Good morning, I do not post very often but wanted to add my wonderful sales!!
I have had a Basic Store since the first part of February and have add 0 sales.
I would really like to sell something soon, anyone have any ideas.
Yeah, I have an idea -- PUT DOWN THE KOOLAID and PUT YOUR TIME AND ENERGY INTO SOMETHING THAT WORKS.
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Quote:Basic Jan & Feb
Jan 7 invoices
Feb 5 invoices
March Featured Upgrade: 7 invoices so far
A total of 37 items for 3 months, most invoices under 10$
I've got about 700 items consistently & hanging in there.
Hmmm ... 7 invoices under $10. That's a total of $70 for a $50 featured store. Great business decision, Popper.
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Truth, you and I are on the same page. As I have said here on several occasions, Ray will squeeze as much blood as he can from these sellers for as long as he can, then go buy a new pair of fuzzy slippers, take his bankroll and move on to the next scam. It goes like this:
1) Monthy fee to Ray - no sales for Poppers. Score? Ray 1, Poppers 0
2) AdSmart words = $$ to Ray, no traffic to Poppers. Score? Ray 2, Poppers 0
3) Wagglestuff = $$ to Ray, more worthless crap for Poppers. Score? Ray 3, Poppers 0
4) Featured & Showcase stores = $$ to Ray, no increase in traffic or sales to Poppers. Score? Ray 4, Poppers 0
5) Ray sells Popper info to "3rd party partners" = $$ to Ray, nothing for Poppers. Score? Ray 5, Poppers 0
6) Ray gets Poppers to write "product guides" for free (although they can't use them to promote themselves or their stores). Ray has rights to guides for sale, or ?? = $$ to Ray, nothing for Poppers. Score? Ray 6, Poppers 0
7) Ray can step up his own stores under various aliases on a site others are paying for, and make a few extra $$ "off the books" by pushing his own crap. Score? Ray 7, Poppers 0.
8) Ray gets bored and shuts down site. Takes his $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and starts new scam. Score? win-win for Ray, lose-lose for Poppers.