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Thanks and thanks for the pointer to AilliA's list. I had not seen it.
Your diagnosis is the sharpest one in this thread: sellers risk nothing, so free listings pile up while buyers, who carry the risk, stay where trust already exists. Dropping the fee removed friction and created no demand, which is the same finding from the other side.
Marketing it is. One constraint I keep: listings get promoted on X or Nostr only when the seller ticks the box for it, so "show off interesting listings" runs on opt-in. Slower but consistent with the rest.
Patience: noted and taken.
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I would consider myself pretty in-tune with what exists in the Monero ecosystem, and the first time I heard about Kashilo was earlier this week in a post of AilliA's here: #339008
Besides that, Network effects: XMR Bazaar has existed for much longer and users already trust it. these users have little reason to switch platforms until kashilo has the same level of trust and as good user experience, not just listings. Sellers, however, don't have much at risk, they don't really have much to lose by putting a listing up. That explains your "lots of listings but few deals" conundrum.
In my view, the two things you should try to tackle are :
1- marketing, get some word of mouth going, get your name out more, and show off what you're building, promote interesting listings. Show up in social media. Go on Monero Talk/Monerotopia
2-patience/perseverance.