Items in cart
I recently noticed an interesting thing, generally if you're on the store a lot you can tell when people are in the store as inventory will tick up and down, indicating they are adding it to cart or such. I generally have about 2,000+ listings currently, still in the infancy of growing the store front, I had noticed this a little while back and thought it was kind of cool because it gave me an idea that someone was "in" the digital store, browsing, considering items and checking out what deals we offer (for + items). Generally when I see this happening a sale takes place shortly there after.
But then I had a thought recently.
I noticed today that over 50+ items had reappeared to the count and ALL of the listings are BIN and I do not do the auction format, at all. Everyone has costs, including myself and giving things away won't keep me in business nor allow me to grow but people are very persistent at keeping item prices down as of late which has made for a brutal market this year, more so than in the past year. But then it dawned on me and now I need to know.
If someone adds an item to their cart and doesn't purchase it but leaves the item remaining there, does this keep other customers from putting it into their cart? The idea here is in a REAL store, if there is only 1 gallon of milk left and customer grabs it and walks around the store with it until close and that's the only gallon of milk you have, no one else can buy it, right?
So does that hold true on eBay too? Cause it kind of seems like it.
simply-the-best-for-you
·3 years ago@inhawaii is absolutely correct. Someone having one of your items in their cart does not prevent someone else from buying it.
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·3 years agoWhat you are seeing isn’t buyers adding and subtracting to their cart, your items are relisting they appear to subtract from your inventory then they are added back when the relisting process is completed.
If someone adds an item to their cart and not pay for whatever reason, another buyer can come along and purchase it.
9pluscollectables
OP3 years agoAgain these are Buy it Nows.
I can see the items ending today and it is usually between 20-30 items a day, not 300.
I've never see this, ever. So I disagree here.
inhawaii
·3 years agoNo, it does not.
Otherwise I could go to my competitors and put 100 items in my cart to keep others from buying from him.
9pluscollectables
OP3 years agoThat's exactly my point, the items missing compensate for a drop in sales mathematically. I run my numbers REALLY tight.
So I don't believe this.