11-03-2018 11:16 AM
Did anyone else have a massive traffic spike on 10/2? I went from the normal 5k to over 20k listing impressions that day, with a similar surge in sales 10/2-10/4. I also had a lot more outside traffic (10x) on 10/3 than I have ever had. What gives? Did ebay mess up and give me all the sales that day? Did they redo the algorithm? Did I just happen to be SEOed correctly that day? Was that my back to school weekend? From there it has been a gradual decline for the rest of October.
Thoughts? Experiences?
11-03-2018 11:26 AM
It did pick up for us also. Then has held somewhat better than it was during the summer. Best regards
11-03-2018 12:07 PM
Thoughts?
Yes, don't worry about it. Don't consider algorithms or conspiracy theories or behind-the-scenes eBay actions.
Perhaps something you were selling was in the news that day and got a lot more people curious. Retail goes through ebbs and flows. Trying to think about eBay manipulation gets a seller's mind off the things that he/she can actually control and do in order to make money.
11-03-2018 01:00 PM - edited 11-03-2018 01:01 PM
I acually agree with softer silk that it is useless to think about it all because it definitely distracts you, but I also think ebay 100% manipulates seller's accounts. After 16 years on ebay with three seller accounts I do not see anyway other way to describe the insanity. I worked B&M retail for 25 years and never saw the Bizarre patterns that are observed here constantly.
11-03-2018 01:07 PM
11-03-2018 01:40 PM
I think that was a busy weekend for me, in my opinion there was so much going on with the news for so long that people were distracted before that, also there were five Fridays that month so probably more people getting paid, they probably paid rent then had money left so wanted to buy stuff. But if you overthink these things you'll go crazy, it could be a million reasons.
11-03-2018 02:16 PM
It just may have been your time on the rotation (algorithm) so you had more sales. That is normal. I get one about 6 weeks.
11-03-2018 03:45 PM
@rcmbullion wrote:Did anyone else have a massive traffic spike on 10/2? I went from the normal 5k to over 20k listing impressions that day, with a similar surge in sales 10/2-10/4. I also had a lot more outside traffic (10x) on 10/3 than I have ever had. What gives? Did ebay mess up and give me all the sales that day? Did they redo the algorithm? Did I just happen to be SEOed correctly that day? Was that my back to school weekend? From there it has been a gradual decline for the rest of October.
Thoughts? Experiences?
I would attribute that to the release of Ebay buck funds!
11-03-2018 04:19 PM
Yes, I noticed a similar pattern and see it reflected in a lot of "completed items" search results. Beginning to end of September was great for some items on my research list, more than 75% of them and then it nosedived around the 2nd/3rd or simply first week of October.
11-03-2018 04:38 PM
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kh-jean
It just sickens me how E-Bay was a pretty good thing when I started 12 year ago. I agree....E-Bay manipulates the accounts. Then when you call and speak to customer services it's always.....Oh, we so sorry. Well, your freakin right E-Bay you are sorry. They are taking jobs and our income right out of our hands which in America is theft. At this rate we ALL will be without if something is not done. This is the most screwed up company I have ever seen. Didn't start out that way.. All I want to do is sell and make a living (totally harmless).
11-03-2018 07:27 PM
That is true - I have had posts deleted and did not even receive a notification of it which is not very seller/company friendly.
I think the small sellers just have to face it --ebay is no longer the 12 or so years ago marketplace that the sellers loved. And it never will be again. That ship has sailed. They made lots of money off the small sellers' backs - the sellers made money too --and ebay has now evolved and is now giantbay, largebay, bigboxbay or chinesebay. You can still sell and make a small amount but it not the way to make a f/t living if you are a small seller. Small frys cannot compete with the bestbuys, overstock, timex, Targets etc...It is still an OK sideline-
11-03-2018 08:36 PM
11-04-2018 12:07 AM
@rcmbullion wrote:Did anyone else have a massive traffic spike on 10/2? I went from the normal 5k to over 20k listing impressions that day, with a similar surge in sales 10/2-10/4. I also had a lot more outside traffic (10x) on 10/3 than I have ever had. What gives? Did ebay mess up and give me all the sales that day? Did they redo the algorithm? Did I just happen to be SEOed correctly that day? Was that my back to school weekend? From there it has been a gradual decline for the rest of October.
Thoughts? Experiences?
I had been slow since the 18th of October, averaging about .5 sales per day and then had 9 sales in a 30 hour period around the 31st. None on the 1st.
None of those sales during the spike came from about 60 new listings I had put up over the course of 2 weeks.
11-04-2018 01:19 AM
Had 2 sales on the 3rd a short time apart, about an hour or less, one on an account that hadn't sold anything for 6 weeks, the other sale on another account that hadn't sold anything for 5 days.