More often than not, it is only the sellers
and the sellers themselves who need to shoulder responsibility for poor
performance in Amazon or eBay or any other e commerce marketplaces per se.
However, there are times, when performance in terms of sale, visibility and
profits does witness a steady decline for reasons that are way beyond the scope
of the sellers to being into effect. Here are 3 such external factors that have
wreaked havoc in e commerce selling for which the sellers cannot be held
accountable…
- Turbulence
in the economy – Turbulence in the economy
like the one that was faced only a few years ago, can cause prospective buyers
to lose their purchase power. If this happens, sellers in ecommerce
marketplaces or any marketplace for that matter can lose their sale by the
millions if not disappear temporarily from the platform. No Amazon eBay management software can
address loss in sale caused by economic upheaval in the nation / world.
- Unexpected
problems faced by wholesale source – Wholesale
sources play a very important role in eBay Amazon selling, especially for resellers and retailers.
Basically, the retailers and resellers get their stock from a wholesale
source at reasonable prices, which they list and sell for optimum profits.
However, wholesalers are independent bodies and may face their own crisis
for reasons in which the concerned sellers have no control at all.
If the former
cannot supply to the latter, the latter will have to remain out of stock for an
indefinite period of time which can contribute to losing their listing or
ranking in the marketplace.
- Sudden
shift in marketplace policies – This has been
one of the primary reasons why many top performing eBay sellers have lost
their positions in the marketplace. The Cassini rollout had lead to a
havoc that only a few sellers have survived without significant damages. Sellers
usually have no say or control on marketplace policy changes which make
them only a victim to the sudden surprising shifts.
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