Discrepancies between Sold Items in regular search vs Terapeak/Product Research

[jonathanbrightlight]

So I use the Product Research tool (formerly Terapeak) a lot.  Enough that I have regularly been stopped from using it for the rest of a day because I used up all my available requests (I've adapted my habits in searching to reduce the chances of that continuing to happen).

However, while I know there are reasons a sale might show differently or not at all in Terapeak when it shows in a regular search, such as an order that was never actually paid for, it feels like there have been far more differences lately than there ever were before.

For example, if I search for sold copies of the ISBN 9781606998441, I get four sold results within the past 90 days, for up to $70: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=9781606998441&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_fsrp=1&_od... 

If I search the same ISBN in Product Research, it shows a single sold copy for $15 in 2023, none recently: https://www.ebay.com/sh/research?marketplace=EBAY-US&keywords=9781606998441&dayRange=1095&endDate=17... 

Anyone else noticed similar results, and have either suggestions or theories?

[bashort]

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@jonathanbrightlight wrote:

So I use the Product Research tool (formerly Terapeak) a lot.  Enough that I have regularly been stopped from using it for the rest of a day because I used up all my available requests (I've adapted my habits in searching to reduce the chances of that continuing to happen).

However, while I know there are reasons a sale might show differently or not at all in Terapeak when it shows in a regular search, such as an order that was never actually paid for, it feels like there have been far more differences lately than there ever were before.

For example, if I search for sold copies of the ISBN 9781606998441, I get four sold results within the past 90 days, for up to $70: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=9781606998441&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_fsrp=1&_od... 

If I search the same ISBN in Product Research, it shows a single sold copy for $15 in 2023, none recently: https://www.ebay.com/sh/research?marketplace=EBAY-US&keywords=9781606998441&dayRange=1095&endDate=17... 

Anyone else noticed similar results, and have either suggestions or theories?

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How many requests are you allowed, I use it daily and did not know there was a limit

[jonathanbrightlight]

@bashort 

I don't know the limit, it's reasonably high, but there is one.  I was making it tougher on myself because I would search for a book, switch between active and sold a few times, change some filters, and I think every time I did that it counted as another search.  I've cut back and don't use Product Research for active listings and try to avoid any filter changes that aren't needed.

[eburtonlab]

While Terapeak should show all sales where money has changed hands for up to three years, there are many reasons why an eBay search of recent "sold" items may not show valid sales that appear in Terapeak.

A search of "sold items" will only return listings that have sold and ended within the last ninety days. Meaning that a multiple quantity listing that has sales but has not ended yet may not appear at all. A seller using the "out of stock" feature whose listing has sold may not appear until the listing actually ends -- which may be up to six months later for a single listing that is not restocked, or longer for a multiple quantity listing that is restocked or never actually sells out. So when sorting by "ended recently", that date may not correspond to the date of sale at all, even for a single quantity item.

You should be able to see the actual date of purchase of an item number using a link like this:

https://www.ebay.com/bin/purchaseHistory?item=136530978919

though, of course, that will still not tell you if money actually changed hands or if the transaction was actually successful.