mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
@dirk12955 wrote:When I go on vacation I'm not gone 2 weeks. Usually 7 days or less. I put my store(s) on vacation and change
my handling time to fit my schedule. The last time I was gone, I had more sales than I expected and was pleasantly surprised at the amount. No complaints whatsoever about delayed shipping.
When I went away and closed everything down. It solved the problem of having to worry about ebay stuff while I was gone, But it seemed it took too long for sales to pick back up when I got home and relisted.
I still find myself on my laptop while vacationing. Questions asked, INR complaints, More questions, More questions, it never ends.
The new Time Away function that replaces the Vaca function auto adjusts your handling time if you choose to leave your listings active.
It won't negatively impact your account as long as they are GTC / Fixed price listings.
A couple things to consider. Depending on how many listings you are talking about, this can be a good amount of work. It could also use up your monthly free allotment of listings quickly. Then you end up with some listings fees to pay on top of all the extra work.
You should take a close look at the Time Away function. You can hide your listings so no one can purchase them or you can leave them active. If you are gone for a full two weeks, hiding them is probably best especially at this time of year.
Also make sure you know the difference between the Relist function and the Sell Similar function, they are different. I know many say they are going to relist something and use that term to mean just listing it again. But there are distinctions between these two functions.
When you relist then all the views you had on the original listing will follow it when you relist as long as this is the FIRST relist you did off the listing. It will also notify any Watchers that you have on the listing that you have relisted the item as long as the buyer hasn't turned this feature off in their preferences. Only ONE relist to a listing is allowed to qualify for notification to buyers if they are watching.
Also if you are relisting a item that you had several of and some sold, and it is the first time you relisted this particular listing, then the sales history will follow the listing for Search return purposes. It won't show on the listing, but it is considered for up to 90 days after relist.
When you Sell Similar, it creates what the system considers a new listing. It resets the views and sales history. You are a brand new listing. Now on caution when doing this. If you sell similar a multi quantity listing that had some sales on it previously, the system will NOT deduct your previous sales. It will revert to the original quantity. So if you had a listing that had 10 for sale and you sold 2 for a new balance of 8, if you relist, the quantity will go back to 10, so you need to remember to adjust that.
