Listing items for auction sale...delayed visibility on site

[twinswin100]

I listed 8 5 day auctions over 5 hours ago, still not searchable on the site, when I check my email and click the link "view listing" I can see it there.  Is anyone else having similar issues?

[logical_antiquity]

been taking 24-48 hours for most of my listing to appear since july 1st. been odd but i dont bother trying to contact ebay anymore its to difficult i just assume this is the new normal....

[proudmarineandwife]

I have a crafting 5 day auction that ends today....with only 1 view the entire time.  😞

[eburtonlab]

New listings can take up to 24 hours to be indexed and appear in search. If you revise a listing before it completes that process, it goes to the back of the line again.

It does not always take the full 24 hours, but it can, particularly for new sellers, or sellers selling in a new or fraud-prone category.

[fashunu4eeuh]

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@proudmarineandwife wrote:

I have a crafting 5 day auction that ends today....with only 1 view the entire time.  😞

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Hi @proudmarineandwife Thank you for your spouse’s service and your sacrifices in supporting his efforts.

I took a look at your Crafter Companion bundle listing. It would be most advantageous to include more keywords in the title. In other words, you have multiple items in this bundle, can some of these others not fit into the title field as well?

The current title is “Crafters Companion Gemini 9"x 6" Plate Bundle and Storage Bag - BRAND NEW.”

If you drop the the word “and” and “Brand New,” that frees up more space so you can put in more items from the bundle in the title. “Brand New” will appear under the listing thumbnail in search results anyway by eBay.

Or perhaps in place of “bundle,” you could put “Lot of 6” at the front of the title to indicate the desirability of this item. More sellers use “Lot” over “Bundle” in the Gemini Search results. Certainly both are used, but it would be helpful to have the number of items in the bundle be shown.

The next observation is the length of the auction. Running a 5-day auction from Monday to Friday, with no weekend exposure, might limit some of the viewership of the listing. 

Of course, most bidding activity takes place in the last moment’s of the auction, so i wish you well, with robust bidding.

[proudmarineandwife]

Thank You @fashunu4eeuh  for taking the time to reply to my post...I really appreciated it!!!

My husband also wanted me to Thank You for your comment about his service. He is

retired from the Marines after serving 21 years. (I was a Marine Wife for 16 of those 21 years and

so Thank You for recognizing me too.)  

He was as far as he could go in his pay grade and decided to retire from the Marines. But as the

saying goes, Once a Marine....Always a Marine... that's him!  

I will definitely take into account your suggestions regarding my Crafter's Companion auction and 

probably list it to include also pictures taken by us as well as list it as a BIN instead of a 5 or 7 day auction.

Thank You Again!!!  C