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Posted by beani-s-film-and-fiction on 05-Oct-2011 12:16 Report
Admin you must do something to get traffic to our sales.... I just give up!
Please cant you do what ebay does and get more traffic to our listings? No one seems to see them. I have had so little sales it is ridiculous, yet I sell heaps on ebay, mainly DVDS, books and CDs. So I give up... nothing for sale anymore, what is the point of doing all the work, seller picks of the days, sales, marking things down, doing bulk packs, auctions, BIN if there are no customers? Everything that works successfully for me elsewhere, didnt work here. I give up. So as I am moving interstate anyway I thought, I shall just end all my listings and go. And before anyone says oh why didnt you do more advertising? I DID. I had two hits a day on SPOTD and only one person responded in all those months. I sent out flyers to my ebay customers and I told everyone about Q/S and I gave out business cards I had printed on, with my referral number and I didnt even get one of those. I have been selling on facebook for 3 weeks and made $500 on a garage sale site there. So its not like I dont know how to sell. There is something wrong here on Q/S but I cant put my finger on it... all those fees I paid, for nothing. I never ever made enough to cover my costs and my suggestions to Q/S for them to allow us to use our referral money towards our fees was ignored, more than once. I didnt even get a repy. So I am quite disenchanted. Sorry but I feel let down and disappointed.
 
Replied by techA on 05-Oct-2011 12:48 (Ref 2314377) Report
God That font is horrid. What fees? If you mean shop fees or relisting fees you had a choice there, that's hardly Quicksales fault.

Good luck with your move, bit of a pointless thread really when your moving anyway, but also because this has been discussed a hundred times & more and nothing much has changed, although it should be picking up sales wise now because Xmas is only around the corner.
Replied by lane-ends on 05-Oct-2011 13:00 (Ref 2314379) Report
You mean your giving up on the competition to be the seller with biggest inventory of unsold item?
Replied by mygifts2 on 05-Oct-2011 13:01 (Ref 2314380) Report
 I don't suppose my opinion would be worth much as I am not trying to make a living out of this - just extra money to go towards holidays etc.

No-one can tell you why you don't do as well here as elsewhere and there are a lot of sellers doing very well on this site.  I also do spotd (when I remember lol) but usually only when I have listed new items into my shop.

I recently was away for a month (on a holiday) and my shop was closed.  Took a week after I came back for people to find me again and in the past 6 days have had 6 sales.  Not a lot to some, but satisfying for me.  I agree with the other member too, Xmas is coming and with it so should the sales.  I'll be browsing shortly to find gifts for family etc.

I do make enough each month to cover my fees (shop and fvf, because they are the only fees I incur)  with a bit left over for me.  So I will continue to run my shop, introduce new items and one day maybe I'll be run off my feet.
Replied by lane-ends on 05-Oct-2011 13:03 (Ref 2314381) Report
Given the site is collect zero listing fees and next to no selling fees they have no money nor incentive to put time or dollars into this site, puzzles me how it continues to function with lack of funds it brings in for the owners.
Replied by bratsnthings on 05-Oct-2011 13:16 (Ref 2314386) Report
I am not giving up on this site. I actually like it here too. My sales have been alright actually. You dont have me complaining. Also because you are moving interstate, doesnt mean you have stop selling here. I have also made quite a few friends here as well and that I feel makes it worthwhile too. Also alot of people who sell and buy on ebay, may not like Quicksales and prefer to stay there. Its the same here. For us who love this site, hate ebay. So it can go both ways. If the other site is successful, doesnt mean that this site is doing bad..Business is different everywhere.And just like any business, you can have your good months and your bad months. Its just how business opperates. As Monty said, Christmas is  just around the corner. I feel this this site will be busy. ALot of us work and have families and dont have enough time to go to the shops, so Quicksales will be busy, especially with Christmas coming up.

Hope everyone is well?

marie
Replied by marian-48 on 05-Oct-2011 13:37 (Ref 2314390) Report
Beani at least you are selling your items somewhere, so stick to what is best for you. Thats what I do now, Marian
Replied by brightmore on 05-Oct-2011 13:38 (Ref 2314391) Report
I get more clicks here for similar items  than on eBay, so we do get the traffic here but sales are slower than I'd like!!!!!!

I want my referral fees as well... yesterday someone I told about quicksales joined but did not understand the referral process and I missed a referral again. I am on the brink of being able to get my referral fees but something like 40 c short and have been for about 3 years...
Replied by quickbuys on 05-Oct-2011 14:34 (Ref 2314399) Report
same as mariAn, you do what you have to do.
i do love quicksales and hope the best for this site.
Replied by boo512 on 05-Oct-2011 16:02 (Ref 2314410) Report
 Given the site is collect zero listing fees and next to no selling fees they have no money nor incentive to put time or dollars into this site, puzzles me how it continues to function with lack of funds it brings in for the owners

Lane_ends, the only people who can say for sure how much money management have coming in from selling fees, shop charges and listing extras is admin and I'm sure they are not about to tell you or I.  Just because some of the relatively few sellers who frequent the forum are complaining of no sales, doesn't mean there are none.  Admin once confirmed that only about 3% of the population of the site use the forums, so there is a good chunk of sellers out there going about their business without bothering to let us know how they are doing, and the odds are there are a good proportion of those that are doing very well indeed.  The site continues to grow at around the same rate it always has, and despite claims of low traffic, my personal experience is that lately I have many more lookers and watchers than in the past.  In fact last month with over 1000 listings (more than I  had on offer for several months previously) at the end of the month there wasn't a single item in my list that hadn't had at least 3 views, and over a third had numbers in the double digits.  Not only that but over 10% of my items had watchers and half of those had multiple watchers.  To me all that says the buyers are here, if they are not buying from me, I'd say that is more likely to be something to do with what I'm offering rather than what admin are doing.
Replied by marian-48 on 05-Oct-2011 16:19 (Ref 2314416) Report
I would be more than happy to pay a listing fee to keep the site honest and useable to all sellers.
All the fake sellers would not list thousands of items if there was a fee.
I really believe Just Listed on the front page is a total turn off to new & old buyers, as it seems whenever I look its bombarded with fake items which are very often identical items.
When a seller lists with Express Lister the whole of that feature is swamped with the same items, while smaller sellers items dont even get a look in!
In life you only get what you pay for, I do believe, so  if everyone wants everything to be free, well so be it, but dont expect huge gains. Marian
Replied by nonswimmingturtle on 05-Oct-2011 16:35 (Ref 2314420) Report
I sell on both sites and find sales about even, and am happy to not pay the high fees here that I do over yonder, the beauty of QS is the easy way of listing, Ebay are always changing things and it is so annoying its not funny, I cleared my clicks 4 days ago and already have had heaps more so there are people  visiting this site, I have had far more people visit here than on Ebay and I can see where the traffic comes from. As said before it is free to list with minimum FVF fees, and you cant get any better than that.
And someone is getting sales, I know because  I have bought 10 items today and am still looking, I buy here before I go anywhere else.
Replied by bratsnthings on 05-Oct-2011 16:39 (Ref 2314422) Report

I have had some new buyers lately, so I think this site will keep growing too.

marie
Replied by pashmina on 05-Oct-2011 18:45 (Ref 2314440) Report
Hi everybody...just got home and I am reading all of the above comments

I am sorry that some are not happy here....and yes who knows what works and what doesn't but surely closing up shop and going is not the answer?


Anyway Beani...good luck on your new venture...and I hope it's a better 'fit' for you than QS was




EDIT: I think it's a good idea for those trying to make a living, to not have ALL their eggs in one basket.

For me it's easy to list everything on here and see if I get a sale a day, as I had always planned.  Some days I do, some I don't....but it seems to pan out in the end
Replied by sexijoseph on 05-Oct-2011 19:03 (Ref 2314443) Report
Sales have been steady from month to month . Quicksales has been a great help through these tough times . My last carpentry job from my #1 company was 17th May . I have had some small jobs ( a few days ) since but the regular sales here have payed for my home . I have been given 5 days work IN A ROW from Tuesday this week . Whooohooo . Thinga are looking up :o)
Replied by torty41 on 05-Oct-2011 19:35 (Ref 2314446) Report
Couldn't agree more Marian (with a listing fee that is) but I think you're on a hiding to nothing with your obsession with fakes. They aren't exclusive to QS. They're everywhere and a listing fee won't change that.

What it might do is get better quality items listed and get rid of the under two dollar items.

Tony
Replied by marian-48 on 05-Oct-2011 19:38 (Ref 2314447) Report
Most of the sellers of items under $2 left when the final value fee went from 25cents to 40cents. Marian
Replied by gypsycat on 05-Oct-2011 20:34 (Ref 2314456) Report
 Look I'm happy if I get 1 sale here a month. But 6 months ago quicksales called me at home and said if I came back I would have a free v shop for a month and that they were also going to be doing advertising for the site to attract more buyers

 Well here we are 6 months later and no advertising. Personally it doesnt really bother me but I can imagine some here would be furious and probably feeling a bit duped also.
Replied by throughthelookingglass on 05-Oct-2011 21:45 (Ref 2314463) Report
I'm sorry; I couldn't read the OP due to caps & font colour. I have read all other responses. I'm happy with my current sales. Aug & Spt were unusually slow for me, making me despondent, but have picked up for Oct already.

I'm paying for a wedding in the first week of Nov & my QS sales have made this possible. It is possible to make money here on QS.
Replied by techA on 06-Oct-2011 07:40 (Ref 2314491) Report
Aug & Spt were unusually slow for me, making me despondent

Sorry ttlg, but you must've been saving all year( or more) in order to pay for this wedding from QS sales alone, unless your having  sandwiches & water for the reception.

See Aug & Sept to me shouldn't be that slow, this is when people start getting their tax back.
I don't really think the recent slow sales can be blamed solely on QS though, our economy is shot and then you have other sites popping up including FB, auctions sites have to start taking these other sites into consideration when planning their growth strategies otherwise they are just going to be left behind, and lets face it!!! QS sales wise has been struggling for a while now, even before the turn of the above events.
Qs is not the only low fee site anymore, you get a FB page and it's totally free,not saying it doesn't have it's own set of problems as it does, but some people are really making a living out of it. QS needs to do something, I don't know what exactly, but while ebay are going backwards with the things they are putting on Aussie sellers i would say NOW would be a great time for QS  to do that something. Would be a shame to see this site come to an end.
It's nice that people are getting more lookers on their items, but we all know that unless it turns into sales theres no real point of celebrating those lookers.
Replied by suez_bitz on 06-Oct-2011 08:11 (Ref 2314500) Report
OP

Font hard to read but Im with you.  Ive had one sale lately but yet on ebay sell something nearly everyday (when you average it out).  I even sell on my works website more than I do on here too (sad really).

Im not giving up and still have item on here listed which I tweak regularly in hopes they will sell.

We definately need more advertising
Replied by issabella10 on 06-Oct-2011 08:29 (Ref 2314504) Report
There really is an opportunity for qs to become more creative in putting it's name out there , especially now that eBay is most definately trying to alianate most of it's members by messing with both sellers and buyers ways of using the site.

If methods of advertising that cost high $ are not feasible , think outside the loop .

For instance the qs Facebook page get's little attention - go and use it qs - and members here so it becomes a daily updated page .



Replied by remaynerecycled on 06-Oct-2011 11:43 (Ref 2314527) Report
I didn't realise that it had been six months since the phone calls were made. That's extremely unfortunate as they were made to lure sellers back with promises of better things. I know quite a few that were phoned and most said no. Some got numerous calls and still said no. So they've now got some sellers back and six months later still nothing that was promised to them? Good luck getting them back a third time.

I know I know, doom and gloom, knockers, and so forth. But that has now given the site a very big kick to reputation with bigger sellers who sell on multiple sites and will be sharing that experience. REALLY BAD!
Replied by techA on 06-Oct-2011 11:52 (Ref 2314530) Report
Damn wheres the like button when you neeed it :P
Replied by remaynerecycled on 06-Oct-2011 11:57 (Ref 2314533) Report
I know. I look for it a lot on here lately. I mentally liked Lane ends caustic comment about withdrawing from the competition.
Replied by mypuppy on 06-Oct-2011 13:59 (Ref 2314546) Report
 The answer is really simple and Christmas being on the way won't make ANY difference to sales unless the site is ADVERTISED and the general community made aware that the site exists.

Quicksales has the potential to BE a great selling/buying option to ebay but the marketing department lacks focus.Time to listen QS. LET PEOPLE KNOW YOU EXIST .
Replied by sailor07 on 06-Oct-2011 19:22 (Ref 2314616) Report
I SERIOUSLY GET THE CRANKS

I see heaps of ads on foxtel for carsales.com.au

At the end of the add underneath they have 3 of there other sites. Please don't quote me but i think its boats, caravans and real estate. Surely  it wouldn't cost much more to add quicksales.
Replied by pashmina on 06-Oct-2011 19:55 (Ref 2314628) Report
Perhaps the ads on Foxtel etc...were produced BEFORE Carsales bought Oztion?



Does anybody know?
Replied by lane-ends on 07-Oct-2011 04:53 (Ref 2314644) Report
Given the dollar value changing hands of boats, cars, caravans and real estate its not hard to see why QS is low piority for the owners, makes you wonder why they bought it in the first place
Replied by dezirable-books on 07-Oct-2011 07:29 (Ref 2314646) Report
Rearding carsales advertising this site...  I noticed on my carsales newsletter yesterday that the quicksales logo was down the bottom with their other logos :)

I've tried to paste it here, but too many letters 
Replied by dezirable-books on 07-Oct-2011 07:29 (Ref 2314647) Report
quicksales.com.au bikesales.com.au boatsales.com.au homesales.com.au caravancampingsales.com.au
Replied by dezirable-books on 09-Oct-2011 07:48 (Ref 2314907) Report
I actually just had a look at the quicksales facebook wall and noticed that the quicksales team had a stand at Darling Harbour Sydney at the Online Retailer Conference at the end of September.  

I wonder how that went for them?
Replied by aggiesattik on 09-Oct-2011 20:26 (Ref 2315037) Report
I've only had a couple of sales in the last month but I am staying.  I am happy now that I don't have to pay for auto relist as I have a Vshop.  It gives me a chance to showcase a lot of items that I can't afford to list on the 'other site'.  I also like the friendly atmosphere here, the forums and also the fact that there isn't the star rating regarding postage etc.  I'm not pressured to get my items made up so quickly that I end up working weekends or worry about losing powerseller status from over impatient customers feedback. 

As for the Carsales advertising, I do have to say that I noticed the gigantic billboard at the AFL grand final for Carsales ( Yay for the Cats !!).   Would have been nice to be Car Sales / Quicksales - imagine the traffic we could have gotten from that!

Cheers, Ang.  :-)
Replied by j7339 on 10-Oct-2011 19:40 (Ref 2315133) Report
After all this time - I still don't know what the answer is for sales.  As I said in the past - I don't think I ever knew.

I have 3 different stores - and the last sale in any of them was in June.

I don't mind paying the small store fee - but the rest of it is just keeping stuff listing.  I don't know whether I am hoping anymore - just using the listings as a way of showing what is available.

There are lots of reasons why - and no everybody has money at the moment - but the same things are selling - for the same prices etc.

With the free listing - I am still listing new items all the time  - but little or no interest.
Replied by feelin-couture on 11-Oct-2011 11:27 (Ref 2315206) Report
I'm with you i have not been bothered with the site lately either as there is just no movement here and to add salt to the wound a massive new ebay venture was all over ACA last night as usual no mention of here as promised.
Replied by marian-48 on 11-Oct-2011 12:38 (Ref 2315215) Report
FC ~ I saw that also, Marian
Replied by dutchmiranda on 16-Oct-2011 13:06 (Ref 2315852) Report
It is slow here at the moment for me.
But I do not have much listed and I also have not been in the forum much.Selling elsewhere heaps (no not ebay or similar) so going what works for me at the moment. Still think this site is great and has heaps of potential.
Replied by tabit on 17-Oct-2011 15:22 (Ref 2315993) Report
I have not sold anything on my 2 ID's since early April. Lots and lots of lookers but that is all. Have dropped from 900 plus listings to 35 - maybe that is the reason. Will keep trying though. It is a good site and has been for me in the past.  MJ
Replied by missbonnielovesglitter on 18-Dec-2011 22:07 (Ref 2325252) Report
i find (when i list here) that I only sell about 2 items a month, whereas I sell 5 items a week on ebay.
& I only sell anything here when I have lots of items for sale. If I have one or 2 items nothing sells

SUGGESTIONS: 1. is there a quick way of copying listings (of unsold items mine) from ebay to here ?


I let my ebay buyers know about this site & that sometimes results in a sale.
Replied by dezirable-books on 19-Dec-2011 02:05 (Ref 2325264) Report
Yes, you can, if you use Turbolister on ebay, you can import into quicksales's Expresslister.

How do I import items from Turbo Lister?

The above link will tell you how, but you have to install Express Lister first.   Go to the site map (down the bottom of each page), click on that, and you will see the Express Lister instructions half way down the page.  Also look at the Express Lister FAQ for more help.
Replied by kme01 on 08-Jan-2012 12:30 (Ref 2327886) Report
Qs did do the radio ads,also i have seen qs on their cars,someone must live in my area thaT works for them as i constantly see the car at the local supermarket
Replied by dezirable-books on 08-Jan-2012 12:41 (Ref 2327887) Report
Yes, they did do the radio ads as per the announcement.   You can go into Announcements, scroll down to 22/11 and listen to the ads, they don't have a link that I could find, but you can click on the ad and listen to it from the Announcement.

22-Nov-2011
id: 200999

quicksales radio ads

Hi Everyone,

We have just released some new radio ads for quicksales.com.au to the market and if you haven’t heard them yet, check them out below. We hope you like them! We have more exciting things coming up which we can’t tell you about yet, but watch this space.

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