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Book Auction had no views, inconsistent views Buy it Now? required info/search problem?

A week ago I auctioned an antique US Civil War book about General Robert E Lee, a prominent figure in a hot topic. The book is attractive and was competitively priced ($30)! Strangely, after 7 days the auction only received 14 views, which I suspect was just me looking at the my own auction. I think this has to do with the new feature of adding the book 'title, author, language' and not showing up in searches, and also maybe to do with ebay hiding some listings and promoting others in searches. So I relisted the book at buy it now https://www.ebay.com/itm/363481554241, with 'title, author, language' added, and in the first day had 30 views, but on second and third days had no additional views. Right now, the ebay search system is wacky, and having to add new 'required data' to listings more work than before though still easy, and the limited search results is annoying (I always prefer 'show all results') but more worrying in the screwed up views/search that all this is causing. Honestly, I'm not hopeful that will be resolved. I'm not listing many books, and I wen't back to my old book listings and added the 'author, title, language,' though this new 'required' info feature is not limited to books, and will likely only continue and make things worse. 

 

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Book Auction had no views, inconsistent views Buy it Now? required info/search problem?

Your book is very interesting....reasonably priced.   You just have to be patient (Rome wasn't built in a day).  EBAY is a long game....all it takes is the right person to come along.

 

Good luck to you!

 

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Book Auction had no views, inconsistent views Buy it Now? required info/search problem?

This is not about trying to sell one book, this is about the new 'required info' listing and the problems it is creating. Again, the auction had ZERO VIEWS other than my own. In the last two days I wen't back and entered 'required data' for dozens of old listings that were created before the new requirements, and I don't even have more than 100 items listing, I feel sorry for those seller who have hundreds or thousands of listings that now have to be 'fixed' or will not show up in searches. Many sellers are actually quitting because these new 'required info' is so onerous and even absurd. 

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Book Auction had no views, inconsistent views Buy it Now? required info/search problem?

Sorry, this response was mistakenly cited as the 'solution' and I cannot undue. Again, this thread is about the new 'required listing' and how it's causing severe problems. There will probably be no solution to this, other than increase my selling on competitor platforms, esp. OfferUp (which I have been doing for a few years now) 

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