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Delete or not to delete Items that have weak sales?

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harmonikas996 says

Like many of above said: NEVER !!! I personally have some items that have no sales at all, but some of them were uploaded in the beginning and looking how at the level of the first and the last uploaded helps me see how i have improved my skills.

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Rewroc says


Had I deleted my items, I would have lost 53 sales already. So just like everybody above, no. Don’t ever delete your items. It gives one more variety to your portfolio.
Twice i have made a decision to delete something at the end of the month, and then had sales… after over a year without any interest! Upgrading is the best idea.

LOL I was going to delete my item after almost a month without sale and for some unknown reason I said to myself… I’ll do it tomorrow and… bang! There was a sale of that item the next day!

Moral of the story: Procrastination FTW ! :D

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Hetch says

Friends, thank you all for your insights. This dilemma I solved thanks to you. Nothing will be deleted! :-)

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survivor says

Or you can try to submit it as a free file of the month and if you are lucky, it will bring you some traffic ;)

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JRChild says

Good post – I was considering deleting some stuff and this changed my mind!

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punedesign says

I don’t agree with you guys, if the item doesn’t sell more than 2 months, you should delete it immediately, there are too many and no benefit from them.

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corrella says

I don’t agree with you guys, if the item doesn’t sell more than 2 months, you should delete it immediately, there are too many and no benefit from them.
I totally agree with you. I have deleted items which doesn’t sell.
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