mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
@farmalljr wrote:
@mam98031 wrote:They don't need a bigger store. Actually they would likely be fine with a smaller store. However they need to first figure out why they are getting charged for some insertion fees.
In post 33 I already mentioned why I think he is getting hit with insertion fees. Ending and relisting to keep your listings fresh is probably why they are going through so many insertion fees. If that is the case, then upgrading to a premium store would save them money as opposed to paying insertion fees.
But in reality, they would need to determine if ending and relisting so often is even getting them any more sales over if they relisted less frequently.
Quantity of items listed is not necessarily the amount of listings used every month. A store with 1K listings up with a 10K listing allotment, is not enough listings if you end and relist every other day. You will need at least 15K listings a month or you'll be paying for 5K insertions.
I understood the from your other post. However the OP has not said that they do this, so we still have no idea what is going on with the OP. I'm not willing to assume that this is their issue. It is a possibility, but we simply don't know.
@thelongball wrote:Just so you know - When you list something, your listing for 30 days. It automatically relist every 30 days and the relist counts as a listing. So your refreshing would not fix your issue. If you have 2000 listings then you have 2000 every month if left in the Buy it Now. Thats why your paying .10 for a listing. You are over your 1000 limit. So like you said if you continue to list more, you will pay more. The only way to reduce is to just list a 1000 at a time. Total of 1000 because they automatically relist. Thats why you see end dates. You don't just get 1000 a month every month and add them to last month's total. You seriously need to upgrade or like you said you are going to kill yourself listing more. 1000 at .10 each is a 100.00. plus your 21.95. Your paying twice as much as me. And your not getting the 50.00 free shipping supply's coupon, I'd think. I was always taught by my mentors that to make money you have to spend money. You should have upgraded months ago. Don't let the 59.99 price scare you.
Many of the OP's listings fall in the categories where they get additional free listings. So they should be just fine as things roll over and relist.
The OP has Premium Store at $59.95 for a yearly subscription or $74.95 if they pay monthly. So the OP has 10,000 listings with no insertion fee and an additional 50,000 listings in certain categories with no listing fee.
@dhbookds wrote:Doing a very rough count of listings in the store..........ignoring small count categories..........I see about 2500 listings versus 2220 shown.........so the answer, as has been suggested........is probably the charge for the 2nd category listing.........
But they have 10,000 free listings per month in any category? Even if they had every single listing with a second category, they should have enough free listings to cover them. And that is not even using the additional free listings of 50,000 in select categories, in which they do have some listings in.
I hope you will come back and answer some of the questions posted here. It would enable us to help you better with a bit more information.
Something that may help to is if you posted your Seller Hub section called Promotional Offers. This box shows all the details of the listings you have posted.
Here is mine.
Hopefully the OP will come back as that would be very helpful to get some answers as I previously stated. Then we can better help them.
As for their store level, they have answered that at least twice if not more. Posts 6 & 7 are at least two posts that they did.
I don't assume to know what the OP's schedule is. They were active yesterday for awhile. Hopefully they will be back soon.
@mam98031 wrote:
@dhbookds wrote:Doing a very rough count of listings in the store..........ignoring small count categories..........I see about 2500 listings versus 2220 shown.........so the answer, as has been suggested........is probably the charge for the 2nd category listing.........
But they have 10,000 free listings per month in any category? Even if they had every single listing with a second category, they should have enough free listings to cover them. And that is not even using the additional free listings of 50,000 in select categories, in which they do have some listings in.
2nd category listings aren't free............look at the listing form.......
Note............the charge to me is 25c because I have a basic store..........for Premium stores, it's 10c
@nobody*s_perfect wrote:
@mam98031 wrote: ... Even if they had every single listing with a second category, they should have enough free listings to cover them. ...Sellers have to pay the insertion fee for the second category; it is not charged against their free insertions.
Whoops, thank you for correcting my statement. My bad.
@fern*wood wrote:Another poster that posts, won't answer questions, doesn't explain things clearly, won't check anything we suggest they check, and just ignores us for the most part after starting the discussion. I guess we'll just quit trying to help. good luck
Maybe yes, maybe no. The OP is an active member of this community. They were active on the thread yesterday. It is possible they had something going on today that simply prevents them from coming back to the thread. Hopefully we will see them again so we can get some answers and try to help.
