Any reason not to End then Relist items?

[kath.layn]

I recently ended all my listings for a week or so when I had to go out of town unexpectedly, then resisted them when I returned.  I see all my relisted items now look like new listings, with a start date when I relisted them.  Any reason not to do this again in the future to Refresh my listings?  Thanks

[frodobagginskennedy]

You can end your listings at any time you wish and relist them whenever you wish.  I use inkfrog for my account management.  They have a widget that will end the listings before they automatically renew.  I then relist them when I want to.

[gurlcat]

Depending on how many items you typically have listed, versus your available number of free listings (or willingness to pay 30 cents or whatever for new listings beyond your limit), I would say that ending/sell similar'ing is a great way to refresh any item over 30 days old, when ebay considers it stagnant and treats it as such, in search results.  And not just that, I do it for items that haven't even been listed for very long (as little as a few days in some cases) but gotten lots of views yet no sale (or even watchers), which means lots of people are interested in the item but I have it priced too high.  I could just 'revise' it to lower the price, but why stop there, why not end it, then sell similar it, with the lower price, make it a 'new' listing that will place higher in search results?   I also do it when I want to change something as minor as which photo is the 'main' one, to change the wording in the description, etc. 

Like I say this isn't for everyone, namely people with a high number of listings (whatever one considers a high number, ha).  Me, I make all my income on Ebay despite never having over 200 listings; right now I believe I have only 41, ha.  But I do that by selling things I can move FAST, and if they're not moving fast enough, I use the features to the best possible advantage. 

[simply-the-best-for-you]

The only downside is you will lose your watchers and the stats associated with that listing if you do a sell similar or otherwise list it as a new listing.   Personally, that's not an issue for me or most who sell one-offs, but can be an issue if you sell hundreds or thousands of the same widget.   A Sell Similar loses those things, a relist does not.   You can do either one depending on what you're trying to achieve. 

[m60driver]

Many of us who sell slow selling "long tail" items, like many collectibles and books, have found that ending listings and then relisting using the sell similar option increases sales.  Every week I end a certain number of listings, especially those with no watchers, and then relist about a week later.  The key is not to relist but to use the sell similar option.

[southern*sweet*tea]

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@m60driver wrote:

Many of us who sell slow selling "long tail" items, like many collectibles and books, have found that ending listings and then relisting using the sell similar option increases sales.  Every week I end a certain number of listings, especially those with no watchers, and then relist about a week later.  The key is not to relist but to use the sell similar option.

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Yep, that's how I keep things alive since I'm too busy/lazy to really list anything right now.

Stuff that has been listed for a year or so I'll end, then do a sell similar. eBay sees it as a brand new listing and treats it as such.  I always wind up getting a few sales that way.

[mandisattictoyz]

That’s actually the secret right now since an update from last October.  According to that, if your listings are just hanging around for a month or two the visibility goes to zero and they call them ghost listings.  I just ended 1100 listings and relisted them right after and everything tripled.  My external views and impressions were up like 2500%.

[kath.layn]

Thanks to all who replied.  It seems like an easy little move to get my listings seen.  

[inhawaii]

Any reason not to End then Relist items?

Any reason not to?

It wastes time?

Some sellers think it increases sales.

I don't.

[assortedcollectibles]

I did the same when i had to close down operations for a while.. relisted and i got tonnes of views, offers and even a few sales. Will probably do it again, but i am sure they will find a way to patch this loophole sooner or later.

[cellguy215]

That is the best way to do it. Sure you have people watching your item but many more people are watching newly listed items. 

[gurlcat]

I'm just about 'over' worrying about watchers.  Some are just watching in the true voyeuristic sense, either sellers of similar items watching for knowledge purposes, or people watching for whatever 'curiosity' reasons.  I don't know what average percent, all I know is how commonly I've sent steep-discount offers to watchers and gotten zero results.  The weird thing is how it doesn't even reduce the watchers number, in most cases.  Like sometimes I'll receive an offer from a seller on an item I put on 'watch' and totally forgot about it, then the offer reminds me but I'm definitely not interested anymore, either because I already found the same/similar item and bought it, or the item just isn't as 'cool' to me as when I saw it before.  So then I 'unwatch' the item, as a courtesy to the seller and myself, no need to waste each other's time again.  But for some reason, almost all my watchers keep watching no matter what.  Like what's wrong with you people?  LOL!  

Anyway, so often what happens when I send an offer to watchers and get no takers in 48 hours or whatever, then I'll end/sell similar the item for a lower BIN price but not as low as the offer I sent, and BAM it sells quickly just from being a fresh and shiny "new" listing. 

[gurlcat]

^ Forgot to say, AND the BIN buyer has to pay immediately, as opposed to an offer-taker, who could drag their butt for up to 5 days or just not pay at all.