 Hey there everyone welcome back to the channel again for another episode of Coffee Brewer Carl. So a bit of a catch up seeing how things are going with everyone in the community really. A few things to report for myself some big moves big changes on the channel just to liven up and make things a bit more interactive. We'll cover them to that just shortly. Also we'd like to cover today about sales in the bigger picture. It's a difficult one difficult one and just a general round up of the week so far really for myself. Yeah so where do we begin? So we've been working on some, I can't say we, I've been working on some ideas for the channel for making it a bit more interactive a little bit more less granular with the data there's plenty of data out there and I will keep informing of data where it's appropriate and where it can help yourselves. But I've been looking at a slightly larger field to try and help some of our newer e-base sellers in the community and some of the longer term ones who may have just lost their way or become a bit of a robotic rut scenario for themselves. So what I've been doing is focusing on some new playlists which some of you may have already seen around the more macro level as opposed to the micro level of e-base selling looking at the more broader scope of how to and where some of the pitfalls are a little bit more guidance on helping each other in your your journey across this wonderful world of ebay and with that we've also introduced another aspect to the channel which is the ebay trivia shorts. Now this is a a bit of a fun take but obviously at the same time a little educational for some I think there'll always be a question in there that will all get slipped up on that you may benefit from and go ah okay yeah that's good that's good good to know. So yeah more of a when you're taking a coffee break you know take 10 minutes out just have a play through some of the the trivia questions see if there's anything in there that's new and just just light heart sort of approach things really they're not massive brain teasers but some of them might just slip you up uh worth a look through give yourself a bit of a chuckle and yeah so we'll add the the playlist for those in the description below for you and we'll put that in the comments so you've got that there for you as well so sales wow where do we begin consistent I think it's about the probably the the only constructive positive comment I can make at the moment we are consistently selling daily but those sales are low so we're still coming up in searches which is great we're still getting buyers we're still getting a growing amount of uh offers to watchers which is good but the actual selling levels they're not where they were but they're also not where they should be especially for the time of year I mean we are in quarter four we're well into the first month of quarter four now as far as how well we're past the first month in fact so we're heading into halfway through quarter four um it could be all the usual suspects regarding financial standing for everyone uh looking for more budgeted type things maybe just buying less and prioritizing their their finances towards other areas possibly it's possible uh it's always going to be a knock on effect I don't think that the search issues that everyone that are having at the moment is going to be helping but at the same time there should still be a higher level of sales it's unfortunate but I'm going to take the the positive where I can that I'm getting to consistency um and just keep moving forwards with it get through this quarter unfortunately uh coming to January and then reassessings from there anyone that's been following the channel may have noticed from my last live I have mentioned that I've been having to consider the possibility of taking on some part-time work to make up the slack in sales which is frustrating to say the least um but that doesn't mean that I will be backing off on my commitment to eBay or to the channel um those hours will still be put in I mean I'm literally I'm up at five every morning I don't go to bed till at least midnight and that's seven days a week between eBay between YouTube and trying to filter in more social life uh as much as I can and personal life it's difficult and as I've mentioned in some of my shorts and some of my videos and content we do need to step back and I'm as big a culprit as anybody it's easy to get sucked in and not realize the amount of time you're putting into your business but we we must do what we must do and I do apologize for the quality of the screen if it is blurry or dropping out uh has has been mentioned um the camera is not the greatest I've tried three now and this is probably the better of the the selection at the moment that's working unfortunately it does slip out if I move around too much the focus refocuses and loses its crispness so I have to keep moving up and changing the the aperture I have actually I would just like to measure that I have actually purchased a GoPro style camera that after some research was meant to be good to increase the quality of the camera um which I have here um which just doesn't do what's needed I can't webcam at all with it uh is a generic GoPro so I don't know if I'll end up reselling it or if I will keep it for something I don't know at this point um but if you anyone else that may be looking at trying to do webcaming with these type of cameras I'd probably suggest going towards GoPro's they are more expensive that's what I was probably aiming for initially but then because of financial restraints I did rightly or wrongly opt for the cheaper option and I think I've uh paid the price for it so yeah so if anyone's got any ideas that'd be great uh before you do put in the comments I'd use your camera phone your phone on your camera unfortunately that is not an option for me uh the camera on the back of my phone is kaputz one of the lenses have gone and it won't enable me to use the microphone attached to this to the computer it's just doesn't work for me so I'm gonna have to probably end up save up and uh get a new GoPro or invest in a much higher level cost for a webcam so unfortunately we'll need to just deal with what we have with the quality we have I just don't have the funds we are literally bread lying at the moment especially with the sales and the profit margins uh and I know I'm not alone there's a lot of us in the same boat so you know let's stick together and keep keep keep plugging through we'll come out the other side of it eventually so yes so difficult times platforms as ever having it's uh it's little glitches sales not where we want them but the consistency is there which is good but on the positive side we are still here we are still going and we will keep going there is no giving in I've done this for over four years now I'm not giving in uh it is just a dip in the waves they will come back in time we just need to survive and get through it but uh yeah so thoughts and comments if anyone has any by all means drop them in the links in the the chat below we can discuss them if anyone has any ideas that they'd like me to cover in the the macro videos those that I'm putting out any subject matter you'd like me to cover any suggestions please put them in the comments below they'll be greatly uh taken and I will take very seriously and we will get some together for you I'm hoping to try and continuously create at least one content per day under the macro but there will be days unfortunately where that won't happen due to focusing on other areas of life and eBay but I will do my best so yeah tell me your stories tell me how your weeks are going that would be great to know if only just to know I'm not alone in the current situation but enjoy your coffee break and keep it real take care