GTC - What is the problem?

[mypostingid15]

First, 

Free listings

it's a promotion used by ebay to entice new sellers to list their items, it's not an entitlement for others to manipulate the system.

second,

Stores

ebay offers stores that come with 250 free listings starting at $15, if you can't afford that, then think about this, it cost around $15 to ship a 2p package from east to west in the USA. 

Third,

OOAK

if you have an OOAK item and it doesn't sell in 30 days on ebay, then you can decide if you want to relist manually or automate.

It seems to me that this change will affect sellers that are gaming the system.

[jtro8059]

I just don't see GTC changing that. I think you will have the same people using free listings and I think if anything they will let them sit longer. I don't think the people who are not tracking their sales are going to track their fees. I think there are many people who list twenty or thirty things endlessly. Even fifty items, if they went over, it would cost them what? $15 to be charged twice for the same listings in one month? You think the people who don't care if their items sell are going to care about $15? I don't.

The majority of listings on eBay people are paying for, either through a store or as extra listings. So either those people are willing to just throw money away, probably a small percentage, or they want to get their money's worth. If it's worthwhile for them to pay for a store or the listings, and the cost isn't a deterrent to letting the listings sit, then perhaps the prices need to be raised. I personally would prefer an increase over the forced change to GTC. I would pay for convenience. But then, we'd all be here having a different argument I suppose.

Anyhow, I do believe that the majority of eBay sellers do want their items sold. Either that, or there are just a Lot of people using the free listings. Another solution, make it a pay site, no free listings. I'm not saying I support this, but there have to be better ways to deter 'lazy' sellers from clogging the site. I personally reevaluate Every Single Listing and usually lower the price each cycle. After a certain point, I take down the listing. Otherwise I'm wasting my time and buyers' time. My time and energy isn't free, nor is storage, and I want to encourage people to shop eBay for my own benefit.

[jason_incognito]

I would say that too many people think it is eBay's job to get their stuff sold.

The change to GTC will at least knock their listings off of the "newly listed" searches. Hopefully also the "ending soonest, but I can click on auctions only to weed out the stuff that nobody wanted in the last 30 days.....

[etrusca]

Hi Fernwood :

is this what you are looking for ?

Keep scouring under Seller Center

things keep presenting in different ways depending on which page you lick on 

but here is the monthly rate - the other  chart I gave you didnt show that

so who knows if this is still available - I wouuldnt want to pay an extra 

$6 x 12 ~ 72 - that's 3 1/2 months worth of  selling fees ! = 500 listings !

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/selling-fees/store-fees?id=4122

[castlemagicmemories]

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@jtro8059 wrote:

I just don't see GTC changing that. I think you will have the same people using free listings and I think if anything they will let them sit longer. I don't think the people who are not tracking their sales are going to track their fees. I think there are many people who list twenty or thirty things endlessly. Even fifty items, if they went over, it would cost them what? $15 to be charged twice for the same listings in one month? You think the people who don't care if their items sell are going to care about $15? I don't.

The majority of listings on eBay people are paying for, either through a store or as extra listings. So either those people are willing to just throw money away, probably a small percentage, or they want to get their money's worth. If it's worthwhile for them to pay for a store or the listings, and the cost isn't a deterrent to letting the listings sit, then perhaps the prices need to be raised. I personally would prefer an increase over the forced change to GTC. I would pay for convenience. But then, we'd all be here having a different argument I suppose.

Anyhow, I do believe that the majority of eBay sellers do want their items sold. Either that, or there are just a Lot of people using the free listings. Another solution, make it a pay site, no free listings. I'm not saying I support this, but there have to be better ways to deter 'lazy' sellers from clogging the site. I personally reevaluate Every Single Listing and usually lower the price each cycle. After a certain point, I take down the listing. Otherwise I'm wasting my time and buyers' time. My time and energy isn't free, nor is storage, and I want to encourage people to shop eBay for my own benefit.

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It's great that you evaluate but there are those, as you know, who don't do that.  They create the listing, decide what price they want, and no matter what, they are adamant and will not budge, change, evaluated or lower their price.  I've seen listings go on for literally years at prices no one in their right mind would even consider.

[rfund2021]

You can list things on other sites for free. I just started doing this and sold stuff within 2 days! No listing fees. No store fees. Unlimited listings for an unlimited time period. Just straight final value fee.