Community Chat, Oct 31st from 1:00 pm PDT - Volume Pricing Discount

[alan@ebay]

Hi Sellers, 

As the holiday season approaches, we know you are looking to optimize performance in any way you can. To help with these efforts, eBay has launched the Volume Pricing tool.  This tool enables promotional discounts for buyers that purchase two or more of the same item.  Those that have taken advantage of this new capability have already driven significant increases to order size.  In some cases, where sellers have been able to offer combined shipping, sales margin has also seen an improvement.

So how can you take advantage? Sellers can begin incentivizing buyers to purchase in greater quantities today. The Volume Pricing tool can be accessed via the marketing tab in Seller Hub.

To make things even sweeter, we are running a *promotion (through November 22nd) for sellers that enable volume pricing discounts on their listings.  For every incremental purchase made through volume pricing, we will give you a 50% discount on final value fees.

Join the conversation below from 1-2 pm Pacific on Oct. 31st. We would love to hear about how you plan to incorporate Volume Pricing discounts into your strategy this holiday season.

Thank you!

[alan@ebay]

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@dollybeauty wrote:
Happy BOO day to you, Alan! What are you this year?

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I kinda forgot that today was the day, to be honest. People are wearing costumes in the office, I'm wearing regular clothes. I feel silly. 

What about you? 

[Anonymous]

When this is expanded to include variations there shouldn't be a restriction that each variation has to be multi quantity. The fact that it's including multiple variations should meet the quantity requirement. Is this how you're setting it up?

[long_live_the_seller]

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@mam98031 wrote:

Selecting which listings you want in the sale IMHO could be much easier than it currently is.  If we could select listings similar to how we do with the Markdown Manager I think that would be extremely helpful.

Do we have any idea as to when the program will be updated to allow for Variation Listing.  That is a huge one and it would give sellers an even better tool to use for advancing sales.

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We will continue to iterate on listing selection.  I agree, there are opportunities to streamline the flow, especially for sellers with large inventories.

We are targeting early 2019 for variation compatibility.

Thanks.

[ritasloft]

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@johnsonsales-wisconsin wrote:

I wonder if someone has set up a VPD that is working and if so, will you give me enough information that I can find  one of your listings so I know what itis supposed to look like?

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Here is one of mine that still has the "amount" discount on it: https://www.ebay.com/itm/263939570157

[mam98031]

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alan@ebay wrote:

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@mam98031 wrote:

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@johnsonsales-wisconsin wrote:

I wonder if someone has set up a VPD that is working and if so, will you give me enough information that I can find  one of your listings so I know what itis supposed to look like?

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You are welcome to look at some of mine.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Beads-Glass-4-Dark-GREEN-FLOWER-Flowers-16MM-Handmade-Vary-Slightly/3315448...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pendant-Beads-Mother-of-Pearl-MOP-SHELL-FLORAL-34mm-Blue-Orange-Lot-of-4/39...

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Oh cooool! Thanks for sharing! Nice items too. 

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Thank you Alan.  There is more if you want them, just ask.  LOL

[dollybeauty]

This time of year is very busy in the freight business. I am afraid that I must be satisfied viewing the creativity of others. (and watching for children!)

[mam98031]

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@ritasloft wrote:

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@johnsonsales-wisconsin wrote:

I wonder if someone has set up a VPD that is working and if so, will you give me enough information that I can find  one of your listings so I know what itis supposed to look like?

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Here is one of mine that still has the "amount" discount on it: https://www.ebay.com/itm/263939570157

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Yours presents quite differently than mine.  Do you know why?

[johnsonsales-wisconsin]

This information (below from someone else's listing)  is not showing up in my listings.  I have spent hours and hours trying to set up the promotion.  I was told to come here today to get help.  I would really appreciate knowing what the issue is and what to do about it:

Bulk savings:

Buy 1

$4.99/ea

 

Buy 2

$4.79/ea

 

Buy 3

$4.59/ea

[long_live_the_seller]

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@regionfishing wrote:

Alan, It also seems that some sellers are able to still sell at various qtys and discounts due to the original method of volume discounts, ie the csv file loader from a couple months ago. Does not seem fair that their items still work when new items will not work.

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This is good feedback.  I agree that increased flexibility will accomodate more situations and needs to be featured in the new user interface.

I pass the feedback on to our team.

Thanks.

[johnsonsales-wisconsin]

Thank you. Sure wish I could do that. After five tries, I gave up. Was told I would get help here.

[Anonymous]

Alan,

Will you consider a sticky post in this forum that you can update with chat topics a week or two in advance when there's a dedicated topic like today?

I wanted to attend the payments chat but didn't see last week's topic until it was too late to rearrange my schedule.

[mam98031]

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@johnsonsales-wisconsin wrote:

This information (below from someone else's listing)  is not showing up in my listings.  I have spent hours and hours trying to set up the promotion.  I was told to come here today to get help.  I would really appreciate knowing what the issue is and what to do about it:

Bulk savings:

Buy 1

$4.99/ea

 

Buy 2

$4.79/ea

 

Buy 3

$4.59/ea

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You may want to check how your sale is set up.  If the SKU box is checked and you are using item numbers, or the other way around, that could be your problem.  That is the mistake I made.

And since we can't edit, you will have to delete it and do it again, however you can cut and paste the item numbers.

[long_live_the_seller]

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@johnsonsales-wisconsin wrote:

I have tried 5 times to set up a volume pricing discount.  Except for one line on the listing above the first photo that says "save with volume pricing " there is no way to let the buyer know what the discount is and on what items.   Without letting the buyer know what it is, it is worthless.  I have spoken to two agents and no one seems to know what the problem is or how to solve it.  

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Hi johnsonsales-wisconsin,

Are you attempting to use the CSV upload or the eBay User interface to create your volume pricing discount?

Also, if you would like to send me a message with any screenshots of your attempt to create a Volume Pricing promo, I would be happy to help you troubleshoot.

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

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@mam98031 wrote:

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@ritasloft wrote:

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@johnsonsales-wisconsin wrote:

I wonder if someone has set up a VPD that is working and if so, will you give me enough information that I can find  one of your listings so I know what itis supposed to look like?

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Here is one of mine that still has the "amount" discount on it: https://www.ebay.com/itm/263939570157

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Yours presents quite differently than mine.  Do you know why?

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I like that list view a lot better. It's easier to read!

Amazon has the boxy view and I always hated it.

[ritasloft]

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@mam98031 wrote:

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@ritasloft wrote:

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@johnsonsales-wisconsin wrote:

I wonder if someone has set up a VPD that is working and if so, will you give me enough information that I can find  one of your listings so I know what itis supposed to look like?

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Here is one of mine that still has the "amount" discount on it: https://www.ebay.com/itm/263939570157

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Yours presents quite differently than mine.  Do you know why?

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I belive so - this one is still running from the original roll-out with the .csv upload which allowed an "amount" discount  (which allowed a dollar-amount to be discounted, not just a percentage discount).