Terrible sales this whole year
This has been the slowest year ever when it comes to sales. I have been in business for 10 years and i never seen anything like this. Black Friday and Cyber Monday was a pretty much non existent and so far Christmas season is the same thing. This is not only happening with Amazon , its the same thing with my other platforms. I am curious how anyone else is doing?
Terrible sales this whole year
This has been the slowest year ever when it comes to sales. I have been in business for 10 years and i never seen anything like this. Black Friday and Cyber Monday was a pretty much non existent and so far Christmas season is the same thing. This is not only happening with Amazon , its the same thing with my other platforms. I am curious how anyone else is doing?
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Seller_VJuu2i3QMFPD3
Same here. Since the pandemic ended, sales have been steadily declining, and 2025 has been the worst year so far. Consumer spending has continued to shrink, while Amazon and Walmart have opened the door wide to Chinese sellers, intensifying price pressure and competition. This year,70% of 3rd party sellers on Amazon.com are based in China. Just Google it,
Seller_qTJiCxRI8PpIZ
It's not just you. We've been having the same problem. Slow sales on all platforms plus more returns than ever. Not only more returns than ever but returns for the stupidest reasons ever, "Changed my mind" "bought by accident" stuff like that. We've definitely had our lowest online sales year in a very long time.
Seller_4zBzdtgCyS9EI
My sales doubled in one of my stores the last few weeks, and yet dropped more than 30% of what they should have been in the other.....
Seller_Sram36TnVt73c
Things seemed to start going out of whack last December as my December sales for 2024 were lower than my November 2024 sales and it's looking like the exact same pattern is happening this year.
Seller_S9GHoSdpBtbtq
you’re not alone
Amazon has been manipulating the bs k end
It’s not just the economy
Seller_KcEtz9Bkb8qhY
PEOPLE ARE BROKE!... that's not me yelling, but me screaming.. You are witnessing the decline of the consumer as they are tapped out with APR's on credit, their rent, housing.. all other costs... wages are not rising fast enough, and consumers simply do not have much left in their tanks..
We started seeing sales fall off a cliff in March of 2025, but began to slow around election time..
All of Amazon's sale events were a bust for us, we had many deals running, heck even coupons with 35% off, which we lost money on but we neeeded to keep the order volume up.. We have samples on sale by 50%...
The fact remains, people are broke, interest rates and increasing food and insurance costs are crippling the middle class consumer...
Just wait for all the layoffs coming in January, people are going to stop paying their mortgages, credit cards etc etc...
The fed has left rates much too high, INFLATION appears to be falling as consumers are simply not spending as much, but prices are still rising because the raw goods costs are higher... IE tariffs.
Seller_zGoDlPZLneGhF
Each and every day new overseas sellers join Amazon and flood the platform with cheap goods. Competition on Amazon has never been more fierce.
The day Amazon opened their doors to Chinese and overseas sellers to sell their goods directly on the platform was the beginning of the end. Today about 50% of 3rd party sellers on Amazon are Chinese sellers.
These Chinese sellers operate under a different set of rules, IP Laws do not apply to them, and they virtually can do anything they want (hijack listings, attack competitors, etc). Not to mention the CCP subsidizes their shipping to the US so they can basically get their goods to the US for free. US based sellers simply cannot compete on price (regardless of where their products are manufactured).
The percentage of consumers who are willing to pay more for quality reduces everyday. Consumerism has reached a point where a large majority of buyers simply want the best price and see many items as disposable.
In my eyes, this is economic warfare. We produce very little in this country these days, and that is a much bigger problem than most realize.
Seller_sqat6vVeTC9Y5
No point for part time sellers. Amazons fees are brutal. Might as well shut up shop.
Seller_7YsvN5D6xCmhm
Have not sold a book in December . Have had very few sales since July. This year my book sales will be down 75% from last year. Part of the reason is the way Amazon filters out new books by making them hard to locate for buyers. Anyone tell me why that is. Probably 25% of my books are filtered out that way.
