If you list a similar item based on how a item sold in the past and it gets no attention then perhaps the item did not sell by a normal search result. Perhaps it sold as a promoted listing that was promoted internally by ebay or externally through social media. So for the silver spoon that has not sold and gotten little attention perhaps you should promote it. First open a campaign to see what the trending ad rate would be for the item but do not complete the campaign. Then edit the item and raise the price by percentage to cover the add rate. Then go back create a campaign with the trending add rate. Ebay has made multiple changes to clutter the search results making it harder for buyers to find items they want on ebay so they will have to search off site. This is being done to create a demand for promoting listings through social media. While it is not right and quite ironic that ebay a site for buying items can no longer be used for searching for the items being sold on their site. If you continue to resist and do nothing you make no money. Its hard to believe that raising prices causing inflation would actually work but try a few items and you may find like me it is worth it.
2 more just sold that have sat static for over a year. So far about 1 /4 of my sales have been through promoting nit only does it give a boost in sales the items that do not sell through it I get the extra money that I raised the price to cover the ad fees if the item sells through promoted listings.
