Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?
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The email Tradesy sends me says these are your stats with their recommendations on how to "improve" my listings. I email them back and say when my views improve - I'll spend time improving my listings - LOL. Something like 30 views for 300 items listed - means most items are not even looked at.
OK I found that email from Tradesy (titled "Your Closet Suggestions and Stats are Here". I have about 200 items and 175 views. So a little more than you are getting. I Have a few sunglasses with the good brands like Dior that bring in lots of views.
I have 113 items with 76 views and 16 favorites in the last 2 weeks.
299 items with 220 views and 22 favorites. I wish the favorites would translate into sales!!!
yep, end of 8th day for me and counting.
and thanks to non-scanned packages buyer missed the delivery, now it's in "notice left" state. I won't see my money until 2018.
LOL - A LOT more views. I think its because most of my stuff is listed as designer OTHER - I don't have Chanel, LV etc. I have mostly b and c level designers that people wouldn't necessarily search for. It could also be you got like 100 views on one very popular item because they don't say. I know on ebay I can get like 200 views on one item but no views on another so then I try changing the category I listed in. No way to know what's happening on Tradesy - I just think the traffic is less and the searches are targeted for things outside the high end designers. But since I don't know what everyone is selling - hard to say. Just can tell you my experience.
Post office is almost like down for the Christmas rush because I signed up for that usps program that they send you in the morning a photo of the mail you're expected to get that day - this way you know what's coming or if something is missing you know. The past week I've been getting emails saying your images haven't been scanned. So they're not even scanning the regular mail they usually scan daily.
If it is a brand they don't have in their system, it makes it much more difficult to sell. Most of my items aren't high end designers but they are brand names people know. However, I sold a couple planners that weren't brands that people would normally search for. I don't think many Tradesy buyers are even looking for planners. I think that most of my sales come from people finding my item in a google search. Perhaps making sure you use the right keywords could be the best thing you can do to get views and sales.
I really hate not knowing how many views each item is getting and how it is trending. They have the worst stats of any listing system I've used.
I've changed categories on a few items on Tradesy, but that messes things up. I have an item that I changed category on, and it showed up in both categories, then when I removed it after it sold on ebay, only one of categories got removed. The item still shows in my closet but when you click on it, it says not available. I can't remove it.
So I found out today, that the sales I was referring to in this post, actually ARE international sales. I sold 2 items to a Florida location on NOV 22. The funds aren't going to be released until Dec 13. Some sales I made after Nov 22, have already been released so it prompted me to call Tradesy.
These international sales are trying my patience, over a month to expect your money? But at least the standard 5 days for US based sales is still reliable.
Oh yeah- I've got a few of those "other" items on Tradesy and I'm certain they never get any traffic at all. One is a Kobi Halperin NWT dress. Kobi Halperin is a mid level brand sold at Neiman Marcus and elsewhere- Tradesy doesn't know about it so they call it "other"- in other words that item gets relegated to the Tradesy no mans land... I know because it took them about 3 months to "clean" the main photo for that listing, like nobody even knew it was there.
I have 4 items that were never cleaned. One is a Dooney & Bourke and another is a Coach, so both are popular brands. Another is a brand they recognize but isn't very popular. I have no idea why these photos haven't been cleaned. One of them I took the photo in my bathroom because I thought the background wouldn't show! I also have a brand they don't recognize that hasn't been cleaned.
I'm still getting my scans but they never show any packages I'm getting, which is what I care about most.
Yes, it doesn't make sense. We can't always tell if the sales are international so we don't have a choice in refusing to sell to these buyers. They can't be returned, so the money shouldn't be held that long. My US sales aren't being released in 5 days. I have one that is on day 8 and my last release was on day 9. Neither of these items were returned.
