Indexing

[baywoodmike]

What's up with eBay's indexing? I put an item up for a 7 day auction and couldn't find it in any search engines for a day and a half. Ebay's answer was it was being indexed when I asked them. Why am I paying for a 7 day auction and only getting 5 1/2 for buyers to find & bid on it? This not right! It cost me time and possibly bids from buyer's. What can be done to fix this?

[evry1nositswindy]

Just because you can't see it doesn't mean others can't.  That being said, I see no active items for you, just an item that sold June 30.

[ebooksdiva]

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@baywoodmike wrote:

What's up with eBay's indexing? I put an item up for a 7 day auction and couldn't find it in any search engines for a day and a half. Ebay's answer was it was being indexed when I asked them. Why am I paying for a 7 day auction and only getting 5 1/2 for buyers to find & bid on it? This not right! It cost me time and possibly bids from buyer's. What can be done to fix this?

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You have no active listings at this time. You had an auction end June 30th.

You aren’t paying to list because the first 250 listings are free. What you are paying for is subtitles and the  fvf when your items sells.

The listing you claim you posted did you perhaps click save for later by accident and that listing you thought  you posted live is actually sitting drafts? Just a thought. 
FYI…an international buyer could still bid and win your auctions and have the item shipped to a US address or freight forwarder regardless of your listing stating US sale only. 

[albertabrightalberta]

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@baywoodmike wrote:

What's up with eBay's indexing? I put an item up for a 7 day auction and couldn't find it in any search engines for a day and a half. Ebay's answer was it was being indexed when I asked them. Why am I paying for a 7 day auction and only getting 5 1/2 for buyers to find & bid on it? This not right! It cost me time and possibly bids from buyer's. What can be done to fix this?

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2 options: 

1. Make the auction 10 days. That way, if it takes more time to index, you'll get the full 7 days of visibility.

2. Make your item(s) fixed price. Auctions aren't popular and few items generate bidding wars. Just list at the lowest price you're willing to sell for.

Even the item you sold didn't get multiple bids from multiple buyers. It sold at the starting price. (The winning bidder just put in a higher proxy bid in case there was other interest but he won it for the opening bid. That should tell you something.) 

[eburtonlab]

Indexing is what allows users to find your item when they search -- all the keywords in your listing have to be added to the index database so that when one of those keywords is entered into search, your item turns up. With over a million listings added each day, the process is not instantaneous; it can take up to twenty-four hours in certain categories.

If you revise a listing before indexation is complete, your item goes to the back of the line and the process starts over.

List your item about twenty-four hours before you want it to be seen, and resist the urge to revise it until it appears in search.