Curious how does another seller know I lowered my price?

[videogamescollection-824]

Hey question I am trying to find out how another seller that sells similar items to my self.  If I lower my price to match his he will go lower with in one day.  I have 800 items for sale so there is not way he looks every 4 hours on all items curious how he is doing it I am sure eBay has a way for him to know if he is not the lowest I am trying to find out how so I can compare my prices? Any help thanks in advance 

[rayjass]

It happened several times to receive an email from eBay when the price of an item I am watching drops down. Most probably the other seller is watching some of your items.

[videogamescollection-824]

ya that's what I thought but what's crazy is I can pick any random item and he will know within 2 hours I know eBay sends those out maybe he is just watching all 700 items.  

[rayjass]

Wow, he is a serious competitor! Lol!
Maybe he has somebody in his staff to check all competitive listings? I don't know!

[hurryagain]

Sounds like you competitor has a serious case of OCD.

[disneyshopper]

My guess is that the other seller has ADDED you to his SELLERS THAT HE FOLLOWS.  Not sure if that will trigger a message when you drop your prices or not.

[rayjass]

I follow maybe 30-40 sellers. From time to time I check some of them but has never got any message from eBay concerning their listings. Only when I watch an item and its price is reduced. But watching 700 items?!!! Unbelievable!

[amricons]

We have sellers that just copy our listing and then lower the price on theirs, they claim eBay made them do it, LOL

[theteamsetguy]

There are price tracking and analytics tools sellers can subscribe to. 

[littlesteamers]

I have a seller that copies listings including my pictures and then lowers price. Will eBay do anything?

[cadbury0007]

This is from eBay on twitter:

[theteamsetguy]

Yes, if you send them the item numbers.

[anneecakes]

He most certainly subscribes to what is called a "re-pricing" app. There are several and I think they are more prevalent over the A-word platform, but not unheard of here.

[disorderlieder]

Ebay hides results based on who is looking so no reason to lower prices to compete. I find it doesn't seem to effect sales much.

[wmorrisw]

in reply to amricons 09-10-2019 09:38:44 AM

I have a seller that copies listings including my pictures and then lowers price. Will eBay do anything?

Yes, open a claim against other seller for "copyright violation" with sub category of using your  photographs. ebay will contact them with the violation and most likely remove the listing that used your photos without your consent 

[wmorrisw]

I have a seller that copies listings including my pictures and then lowers price. Will eBay do anything?