The "indexing delay" is not real | Selling

thishauntedhoard · 2023-02-19T06:11:40.408000Z

Can anyone explain exactly what this "indexing delay" is? It appears that this is an excuse rather than what is actually happening on the back end. If I list an item from this account, items appear in search results within 7-10 minutes, always. 100% of the time. If I list the same exact item from my other account with the listing identical in every way, it does not appear for over 12 hours and at that point it's so far down in the results nobody sees it. So why do listings from this account show up immediately, but listings from the other account don't show for 12+ hours? If indexing actually took that long, the listings I post from this account would not show within minutes. What is the determining criteria here? Does it have to do with seller level? Rating? There seems to be no rhyme or reason for it.

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