mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
Spoke with An EBAY REP today who told me that EBAY Spent MILLIONS on a Study from some Independent Company who determined the GTC was the Way to Go. Maybe Ebay should Ask for a Refund!!!!!.
That may or may not be true. We have no way of knowing if the CSR was actually sharing real information with you or something they made up in the hopes of making you feel better.
It Only works for Bulk Sellers Not All Catagories Especially Vintage and Antiques.
That is an assumption that is not true. That is your anger and dismay over this new policy talking. I do understand it and I respect that GTC is just not right for every seller. I really don't dispute that at all. I believe it.
...Heres another Thing I ask them to remove 2 Defects I Got For Tracking being Scanned along the Way.. I Had Uploaded it Way on time and Shipped Early, But when Uploading the Tracking 2 Items had a Digit wrong. I corrected it and told them to check the USPS Site to Verify Tracking all the Way and Delivery. BUT NO We Can't do that...
That is correct. They aren't going to do that for you. Sorry it upset you so.
I Have Made My Sole Living on Ebay for 11 Years and this GTC Thing That is suppose to work GREAT Yeah Right, I have Made $138 This Week.
That can't possibly have ANYTHING to do with the GTC mandate. WAY WAY too soon. This only started on the 18th. Every single NEW GTC listing shows up as a NEW listing. And not all of the 30 day FP listings have ran their course either. Those posted prior to the 18th do get to run their full time. It will be quite a while before we know the impact for everyone being GTC will have overall.
Probably 80% of Store Owners it doesn't work for them.
What do you base that on? That is pretty high. I don't know how many sellers have stores, but there are over 25 million active sellers worldwide. I think this is your anger about this policy showing and honestly I do get that an understand that this is both scary and upsetting. When your financial situation is threatened, it more than rocks your world in a very bad way.
ALSO STRESSED to the Ebay Agent I talked to That with this GTC When Shoppers Shop They LOOK FOR ENDING SOONEST.
Your GTC listings will show up in Ending Soonest searches just like if it were a 30 day FP listing. So this you can take off your worry list. This function will work just fine with GTC.
I won't venture out and give you ideas on how you might be able to make GTC work for you, but if you do want to entertain ideas, just say so. Maybe some of us can help you adapt if you desire to do that.
You are totally missing the point. If he lists an item as a 3-day listing, as soon as the item is listed it "only" has three days remaing. Hence, the sense of urgency to get it now or very soon is created.
I didn't miss their point. I was trying to give them options that might work for them within the mandate. Each person has a choice to make. Continue to fight the change because they feel it just won't or can't work for them or try to find a way to work within it. That is a decision for each seller to make for themselves. Some will stay, some will go. Some will adapt, some won't.
But understand. To offer options on how working within the current rules may be of use to any given seller does NOT mean that the person offering alternative ways agrees with the changes. I have repeatedly said that I don't think this change will work for everyone and I do believe that. For me GTC works fine. For others GTC works fine. For others GTC is a hot mess for them. I get all of that.
So the choice you and others have to make is are you going to try and learn a new way of running your little business or not. There is no right or wrong answer. You just need to decide what direction you want to go.
That doesn't mean you have to stop voicing your opinions and observations to Ebay. They need to know how their sellers feel about the policies.
When that same item is listed as a GTC listing, as soon as it is listed it has 30 days remaining. Hence, no more sense of urgency.
The first time a GTC is listing, it shows up in the ending soonest search returns like any other 30 day FP would have. However the amount of time left on the listing doesn't show when you enter the listing. I think Ebay needs to add this and it may help some sellers move product more quickly.
The thing to do is to see if sales pick up during the last 3 days of the 30 day period. From my experience in the past of listing many items as 30-day listings, some as GTC listings and some as 10-day and some as 7-day, I have found the GTC listings, by far, have a much lower sales rate.
I think this is a very valid point.
In the meantime you might consider 7 day or 10 day auctions with a BIN price. I know that may not work for many sellers, but it may work for some. It's an option in at a time of only a few options.
...With My Store I Pay $300 Mo and Have 11,000 Free Listings offered Free I Never Have anywhere near that Many
Then why are you paying for the high priced store if you don't even come close to using the allotment of free listings? For example a subscription to a Premium store costs $59.95. That gives you an allotment of 1500 listings. So if you looked at this just specifically to the free listing allotments, the cost difference between the stores is 299.95 - 59.95 = $240.00. If you were paying for each listing, that $240 would get you 2,400 listings. So the 2400 + the 1500 with Premium stores = 3,900 listings. If on a normal month you are running less than 3,900 listings, then the Premium store is a better value for you. Of course if you are close to or exceed the 3,900, then the Anchor store could be a good fit for you. I don't know how many listings you average in a month, so you really need to run your own numbers using what you normally run in your store to see if you have spending too much money on the larger store or not.
For YEARS I have Used 7 Day Listings NEVER USED 30 Days Because for My Business it Did Not Work, and ALWAYS Had Sales with 7 Day Listings. That is the Model That works For Me. Of Course GTC Shows up in Ending Soonest, 30 Days From NOW. When I shop I use the Ending Soonest so I Don't Miss Something. because I Know if I Put Something GTC in My Watch List I Usually Forget About it BEFORE it Makes up to Ending Soonest. You Tell Me WHAT STORE or Any Business for That Matter Can Stay Afloat With Maybe a Few Sales Now Every 30 Days.
Are you suggesting that sellers that use GTC listings can't survive? I understand it is not a format that you normally use. You are in good company, there are lots of sellers that don't use it or have never used it. And you don't have to use it now. It is completely up to you. You do not have to adapt to the change. That is your decision to make. Whatever you decide to do I wish the very best for you.
