Inadvertent Experiment - eBay Rewards Consistency!

[pls-consignments]

If anyone wonders how important "consistency" is for a seller, let me share my personal experience.

For the last 6-weeks or so, I recently had to give most of my attention to my aging parents. This prevented me from spending time photographing and listing an average of 5-items per day, which was my routine for years. With nearly 1300 items, I decided to just focus on discounts, offers, and refreshing.

Well, after the first week, my sales began to fall and eventually plummeted to about 15-20% of normal. For the last several days, I've been trying to list daily, but not many sales... yet.

The lesson? List at least 1-2 items EVERY day, so the algorithm sees activity. You'll be sorry if you don't. 😉

[penny_sioux]

i haven't heard that about HTML but agree the fancy formatting on the computer view really messes up on the mobile view.  i'm not sure what ratio of buys are mobile (prob 50%+ these days?) so that has to be something to consider.

[chapeau-noir]

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@pls-consignments wrote:

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@fbusoni wrote:

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@winterpalace25 wrote:

Do you relist or sell similar? Does it make a difference?

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I have only relisted and have had some success, but my listings are all top rated plus, which gives them an advantage over others.  

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I will have to disagree with that one. It used to be an advantage until eBay began monetizing seller advantages with PL. 

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Not to mention that the so-called 'advantage' is applicable only to the narrow range of like-items, and disappears if one's market is small. eBay has caught a live one with that.