Sometimes, sellers are doing just fine when all of a sudden, the sales start varying and dropping day by day.
Here are a few reasons why this happens.
1. Losing the Buy Box
Most of the sales happen through the Buy Box, which is the best place for generating sales for all third-party sellers who want to be successful on Amazon. They must always aim to win the Buy Box on Amazon, which gets rotated between sellers that are deemed good enough to have it.
If you are the only person who sells the product on Amazon, then you will be fin, but if there are multiple sellers, you will be facing serious competition for the same Buy Box.
So, if you have lost the Buy Box, or it is being shared with different sellers, this can explain the reason as to why your sales have dropped all of a sudden.
If you want the Buy Box back, you must make sure that you have good software, and that you are competitively priced. Your feedback should always be positive and as engaging as possible.
2. Experiencing negative feedback
There are two ways for a person to leave their feedback on Amazon, one is for the seller (seller feedback) and the other is for the product they’ve purchased (product review).
If you are a private label seller then getting a 1-star product review can hinder your sales dramatically. Any bad seller feedback review is bad for your product. The moment you get negative feedback, you should examine the problem and find out where it is within Amazon’s feedback guidelines. If there is a problem with the shipping, then Amazon will remove this feedback, so that it doesn’t affect the product.
The other feedback can be removed by the customer if you work with them on the problem and solve any misunderstandings they had with the product/service. But, never force a seller into removing feedback.
Find out where you went wrong, and do whatever you can to regenerate sales.
3. Look up your product the way a customer does
You should always put yourself in the customer’s shoes and think the way they would. Check your product’s visibility, if your product is on page one or not, how your product is being displayed on the mobile. Check if you have listed your products with the correct keywords and that your images are updated and of the best quality.
4. Seasonal trend
Sometimes, based on what you sell, you may experience some months when your sales are slower than usual. Like sunglasses are bought more during summer instead of winters. It is good to keep track of when your figures escalate or fall so that you can identify any seasonal trends.
5. Ending a sales promotion
Sometimes, Amazon sellers decide to run promotions for the entire year in order to boost sales and product visibility. If your promotion has recently ended, then it might be the reason why your sales have gone down all of a sudden. This is why you should keep track of any campaign dates that you have in order to know when it ends and how it affects sales.
6. Check your campaigns
Many Amazon sellers use Amazon PPC ads in order to drive traffic to their product listings. Using an Amazon PPC campaign can directly affect your sales if your payment method gets denied or if your Amazon Sponsored Ad campaign comes to an end.
Conclusion
There will always come a time where your product will experience a drop in sales. However, you should ask yourself some questions, like what your competitors are doing, what your buyers are doing, how your prices are as compared to your competitors, and your reviews.
However, this slump is always temporary and along the year, this will even itself out.