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    Hi: I'm a seller on eBay. Do you use PROMOTED listings or regular listings

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    stcarl-8756
    stcarl-8756
    2297View listings
    Posted 2 years ago·Last reply 1 year ago
                                           
             
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    kh-stanley1

    kh-stanley1

    ·1 year ago
    3View listings

    Hi everyone,

    Due to the age of this thread, it has been closed to further replies. Please feel free to start a new thread HERE if you wish to continue to discuss this topic.

    Thank you for understanding.

                                           
    ten_o_nine

    ten_o_nine

    ·2 years ago
    7497View listings

    If cards are in demand, no need to promote, if they are not, promoting will not help much.

                                           
    biggymoe

    biggymoe

    ·2 years ago
    24956View listings

    @ten_o_nine

     

    Perfect response!!

                                           
    bigpoppa_sd-sports-cards

    bigpoppa_sd-sports-cards

    ·1 year ago
    522View listings

    @ten_o_nine - Saw your post and want to clarify.. thx

     

    So Basically, you're saying net:net - it doesn't help to promote?  Just curious.  Looking through various conversations on here looking for guidance as well. 

     

    Is this a fair translation of your reply?  "In demand, no need to promote.  Not in demand, promoting may help slightly, but not much?"  

     

    Or.. did you intend to give different advice for items that are not in high demand?  Would love to figure this out in general... a good strategy / guidance, etc.  Feel like I'm giving eBay money right now and would like to be more efficient.  

                                           
    martin2001

    martin2001

    ·2 years ago
    56060View listings

    I don't sell sports cards (perhaps something similar) but it should not matter what you sell. You need to try it for yourself. Use promotion on maybe on a half of your listings. Once you get sales, you can compare which is more productive, promoted or non-promoted listings. Also, don't use the percentage recommended by ebay, nor the 'dynamic' rates, before you get the feeling how things work. Start with a lower rate and if you get no sales, slowly increase it.

     

    All my listings are promoted and I would say 90% are sold via promotions. ebay recommends 8-10% rate. I use 4%. Perhaps I could get more sales with a higher rate, but what I get is just enough for me.

                                           
    ten_o_nine

    ten_o_nine

    ·2 years ago
    7497View listings

    @martin2001 

    All my listings are promoted and I would say 90% are sold via promotions.

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    That's a huge number, only 10% organic, probably before promotions came along, 100% of your items sold thru organic search.

                                           
    bigpoppa_sd-sports-cards

    bigpoppa_sd-sports-cards

    ·1 year ago
    522View listings

    @martin2001 - would you say that this your reply here is relative today, 13 months later?  any updated data and/or advice, guidance?  thx 

                                           
                                                                                     
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