Not that it’s such a great thing in my case, but at least I will be losing less money. I just reviewed my sales on Amazon, which started out in the 100K annual revenue back during COVID, down to now where it is less than 40 sales per month. It’s actually been that way for a little while. August 2025 was my last month selling over 40 orders.
I think one of the reasons for the sales slump, aside from the general world issues, was when I let the repricing software I had been using for years lapse. That was one of the casualties of the current economy. Just couldn’t afford it as sales were already in decline. Unfortunately I also don’t have the time to run through repricing manually as things currently stand.
On the flip side, I have been building up my own webstore and branching out. ebay and TikTok have been seeing gains recently, and I have also started doing affiliate sales, both as a seller-on-commission and as a supplier for other websites. I’m in the gaming space, and I now work with our local FLGS supplying some of their titles which has been going pretty decently.
Still fighting each month to make all the bills. I started during COVID and expanded too rapidly and didn’t account for the excess disposable income with all the government assistance so I over ordered. Been in a $50k debt situation since the end of 2023, but even so, it’s been that amount the whole time while still growing the business slowly, so it’s technically an improvement.
Pivot pivot pivot. Don’t settle. Keep looking into new opportunities. Make more informed decisions. Rinse, repeat. I’m not done yet, but today still feels like a bit of a turning point. Another kick in the pants in a long series of them saying “Don’t get comfortable, keep a look out, and jump on any opportunity that comes your way - there is no status quo!”
See, these are those “soft” malignant economic consequences that aren’t easily reflected in a line graph.