Serious errors in promoted listings& sell similar..ghost town no sales effect

[lordchamberlainsmen]

Tested this twice..over 500 listings but only *newly created* listings sell. 

Method 1 March 5/6: end desired items (200+)..go to them, sell similar.

Batch edit revise promotions...make up dated name (mar6), choose rate..tells you it's done! No, it's not!!

Testing said newbie listings: revise item, gander promotion info: OLD past campaigns!!!! This indexes you as old old listings via date! Plus, it's trying to acquire fees wrongly. 

Method two: 150 listings, first Stop Promoting. Then End listing. Grab, sell similar, choose dated name March9, new rate%> tells you it's done!

NO, it is NOT! Revise item to peek at new work listing--- has OLD campaigns dates!!!!! This is why a ghost town since Xmas week. Btw, if I stopped promoting, where is it pulling ANY campaign dates from???

Xmas was insightful. 500+ listings, nary a view or sale. Three days of typing, templating, batches of 50, manual end/create new by template 1by1.

Quadrupled sales. 

Sorry but promoted listings are a hobbling device, not a boon. And or taking inapropos fees without user permission, and scarily, if I hadn't checked n peeked inside listing, aha it lies.

I'd be still duped. 

[gurlcat]

Yeah, I talked about that at the end (sorry, I'm a windbag writer).  It imports whatever the last suggested ad rate was when the item sold. 

[pereirahawk]

I don't have the technical know how, but I have a feeling from my experience, that ending and selling similar doesn't have the same effect as it once did.  

Maybe there is a way that Ebay can embed code into the listing to determine how many times a listing has been re-listed as "sell similar".  As I said, it's more of a thought or feeling based on my experience.  

[gurlcat]

Your feeling appears to be correct, as I showed with some listings in my reply above.   But it's not about how many times you've done it with a listing; even the first time it will still be handicapped in search results. 

[argyleavenueantiques]

Not if you relist  as a NEW Listing. Goes back to the top. Seen by all!

[argyleavenueantiques]

Thats what I do. Then its considered a new listing, gets seen again, and item will sells a lot of the time!

[argyleavenueantiques]

Works for me and I do it all  time. I will check, and item shows up as a new listing.

[janet9988]

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@frodobagginskennedy wrote:

so you are willing hurting sellers who are trying everything to make a sale when some of them are going days without sales?  Thanks for letting me know!!

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Well sellers who are willing to step on other sellers backs simply by PAYING for it are doing the same thing.

 As  a buyer I do not go make a complaint to the head office. When I don't like what a company does I just quietly  shop elsewhere.

I hate company surveys that act like they care a bout a buyer's experience.

Any company only cares about their own bottom line.

[slippinjimmy]

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@pereirahawk wrote:

Maybe there is a way that Ebay can embed code into the listing to determine how many times a listing has been re-listed as "sell similar".  As I said, it's more of a thought or feeling based on my experience.  

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Every listing made on eBay includes a UUID, every picture uploaded to eBay includes a UUID, this has been true for 20+ years.

[inhawaii]

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@janet9988 wrote:

I try to avoid buying from "sponsored" listings.

I disagree with the whole premise of them.

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 The whole "premise" for promoted listings is for ebay to make more money.

I can understand that.

As a seller I don't use promoted listings.

As a buyer I will buy from whoever I feel is the best seller with the best price, sponsored listing or not.

[sailinship]

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I delisted some high end promotions. I am curious to see if eBay will try to push these listings to sell since I will still get charged for the 12-15 % promoted listings I took off in a 30 day period. It was just a thought on doing this. I mean, after 30 days I took off the listing eBay will lose the extra money if they don't sell.

I also noted since I stopped promoted listings..I only have 265 promoted out of 2000+. And I have went from almost no new Domestic Buyers to International Buyers. This is interesting because eBay makes more from my International Buyers than Domestic Buyers. I was only getting Domestic Buyers for months and now it's mostly International Buyers ...I also charge for International Shipping and not Domestic Shipping which is free.

Luckily, I have repeat buyers."


When I first did promoted I too saw a DRASTIC increase in international sales, and I came to the same conclusion you have, higher shipping, means higher FVF. But, they are also trying to increase buyers, so that's a good thing.

[rrandcc]

Dear Adventurer, Does relist8ng help or not?