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lat9742 · ‎04-16-2022

Been trying to sell my abstract paint pours for months without any sales. Check similar items and they sell every day! Just can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. One of my listings is titled "colorful abstract canvas wall art painting". When that title is entered there are 5,500 results. I am the fourth one down.

Any help would be appreciated.

lat9742 · ‎04-19-2022

sorry for the confusion. none of the pieces are identical. I use the same colors and try to get similar results but of course they are always going to be a little different. i make each one myself.

argon38 · ‎04-19-2022

@sonomabarn67 wrote:
"I think you might actually be better off starting over with a new account."

Now that's some tough love!

🤣

I didn't mean it as a joke - it's a practical suggestion. How tough is it to set up an alternative selling account? eBay has no problems with multiple accounts (provided you don't list the same items twice). It isn't as if OP has a solid following that they would lose by switching. I don't see what they have to lose.

There have been some great selling suggestions on the thread, but as long as that bad feedback remains, OP will continue to be shackled in their selling efforts. Buyers have a vast array of listings to choose from, and for some the 94.1% feedback will be a stumbling block. Very often it's a split-second decision: people see the headline number, and buy what they want elsewhere.

soh.maryl · ‎04-19-2022

And you didn't ask about this, but that 1 1/2 qt Corning Ware Casserole that you are selling for $250 may be rare, but another seller has it for $9.95 without the lid.

sonomabarn67 · ‎04-20-2022

And I didn't take it as a joke. It's the concept of not taking responsibility for one's actions. I had a loon's neg feedback years ago on my account and as it takes a year to roll off your account, I started a frenzy of listings for really good postcards for a dollar ea with free shipping. After a month I had the top of my page filled with pos feedback and glowing comments. 11 months later found me out of the doghouse and on to my path of being made whole. I guess the process of opening a new account to fix one's mistakes is a popular one but not the action I would take.

argon38 · ‎04-20-2022

@sonomabarn67 wrote:
I guess the process of opening a new account to fix one's mistakes is a popular one but not the action I would take.

Negative feedback lets buyers express dissatisfaction with a purchase. It's a software feature on a commercial platform. It isn't the mark of Cain, or a mortal stain on the soul requiring the secular equivalent of sackcloth and ashes for expiation. I don't see a moral obligation on the OP not to switch their account, if eBay allows it. Not everybody can be expected to aspire to your standards (or your supply of postcards).

sonomabarn67 · ‎04-20-2022

As I said"is a popular one but not the action I would take."

Just curious, does ebay say why they let sellers open multiple accounts?

argon38 · ‎04-20-2022

@sonomabarn67 wrote:
As I said"is a popular one but not the action I would take."

I know. And your morality tale about how you were readmitted to society after 12 months as a reformed character (having learned your lesson the hard way) is only slightly spoiled by the disclosure that you still regard the customer in question as a "loon"!

Anyway, here's the policy on multiple accounts:

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/identity-policies/multiple-accounts-policy?id=4232

tryno2 · ‎04-20-2022

These aren't your original but aren't they the same piece listed twice?

373777611553 373779198809

and these

373779200181 372795424554

then there are these

373803467349, 373993454436, 373993454796, 374001342652, 374002275087 do you really have a total of 30 of those? Intentionally or not, it looks like you duplicating your listing.

These are your original, they are not just the same colors, they are identical

373993452427 373993453687

Have duplicate listing is going to hurt you sooner rather then later.

sonomabarn67 · ‎04-20-2022

Well, let's get this straightened out. No, let's don't, it's dinnertime and I've been called to officiate the festivities "fork, salad fork, asparagus tongs, marrow scoop,wet naps, etc." what? You forgot the Merlot? Let's just sit on the floor then. It's not worth eating under these conditions.

The customer in question really was a loon.

argon38 · ‎04-21-2022

@argon38 wrote:
It isn't as if OP has a solid following that they would lose by switching. I don't see what they have to lose

One disadvantage of starting afresh - which I ought to have mentioned - is that every new account is subject to initial selling limits. So it isn't entirely pain-free. It would also be forbidden to open a fresh account in order to get around policy sanctions (e.g., suspension of an account for duplicate fixed-price listings).