Listing sold in seconds. I'd like to know how to perform this feat.

[sumsum70]

Just listed eBay item 305139382578. It was sold in the time it took to go from listing complete to Selling Summary.

[coolections]

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@sumsum70 wrote:

And totally suspicious. This was purchased within seconds. Makes me think eBay is letting certain people see new listings before everyone else and auto-purchase.

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I have had listings sell within 10 minutes many times. If it is on a buyer's saved list they get notified the second the listing goes live. I also have many saved searches and Ebay notifies me almost daily of new listings on my list.

[legalbeagle52]

Congrats!!  I've had that happen more than a few times in my 20+ yrs. of selling.  It's not suspicious to me.  I always got such a kick out of it.   

Before I had a chance to check on the listing... it was gone.   And paid for.  It was either a very "hot" - just out item - or coincidentally someone happened to look for it at the exact time it went up.   Or they were notified as others have mentioned.  After all, we are selling to millions of people ...

Enjoy the quick sale, it doesn't happen all that often.

[coolections]

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@lacemaker3 wrote:

if an item is in one of my saved searches, then it can show up on my feed. I bought one item that I saved search for within a couple of minutes, because I happened to be on the ebay.com page

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@lacemaker3   You do not even need to be on Ebay if you click the link saying notify me. Your phone will ring when a listing appears. You can even save a search to only notify within a certain price range.

[albertabrightalberta]

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@sumsum70 wrote:

Just listed eBay item 305139382578. It was sold in the time it took to go from listing complete to Selling Summary.

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Are you seriously complaining about an item selling too fast!?!?! 

Most sellers come here complaining that their items sit, and sit and sit for months.

I think you may have listed it at too low a price, but that's on you. 

Your conspiracy theory doesn't fly.

[albertabrightalberta]

I had an item I listed recently. 

Listed at 10:01

Sold at 10:03

And my conclusion was that I underpriced it.

[coolections]

Depends on how you look at it. I sold one within 5 minutes and was happy for the price I got. There was only two others and those sellers had ridiculous high prices no one would ever pay that much for. All it takes is beating the competition and still make a profit.

[albertabrightalberta]

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@coolections wrote:

Depends on how you look at it. I sold one within 5 minutes and was happy for the price I got. There was only two others and those sellers had ridiculous high prices no one would ever pay that much for. All it takes is beating the competition and still make a profit.

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My listing was for a mixed lot of junk jewelry. Most was 925 (sterling) with a couple of 14K stud earrings. It sold for $100. 

[sumsum70]

If you read #2, it was bought and paid for within seconds, then cancel requested. Private FB buyer with lots of purchases.

It was not too low of a price or even a popular item. It was "just right" priced in my opinion.

I believe #4 by onefootflippers is the most likely scenario. There is no way a real person, even if notified of a saved item could have bought it in the time I clicked "I'm done" and went to "selling". When I say it sold in seconds, I don't mean just under a minute, more like 2 seconds.

[yuzuha]

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@albertabrightalberta wrote:

I had an item I listed recently. 

Listed at 10:01

Sold at 10:03

And my conclusion was that I underpriced it.

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I once mispriced some Pokemon cards and they sold before I could even edit the listing, so yeah, LOL.

[vintagecraze50]

Yep. I had one like that this week. Turns out the buyer lost an auction for the same one they wanted, told me so, then immediately saw mine seconds after I put it up.  Cha Ching. Love it! Actually this week we have been doing fabulous. Did it coincide with us doing promoted and sales, probably yes.

[vintagecraze50]

Yes, that can happen too if the price is out of this world. People are scanning this website 24/7.

[dbfolks166mt]

This: https://www.ebay.com/itm/305139382578

Which isn't something expensive or that sells every day, so why it would be purchased automatically is beyond me.

     Thanks for the link. Agree it is kind of a niche item but there are also not many listed and not many that have sold. When I look at the others that are out there your price is a bargain. Some tech savvy buyers have software programs running that constantly scan for items they are looking for and I assume some of the software may automatically handle the purchase when and if the item(s) are found. 

[brightlightbookseller]

Saved search, or if someone is watching a particular seller.

[brightlightbookseller]

Guarantee someone had a saved search for that.  Then, they realized after purchasing it wasn't exactly what they needed, hence the cancel request.

[johnrj1226]

Well "SUM days UR a diamond and SUM days a chunk of coal." - inspired  by a 1981 Jon Anderson song.

https://en.wikipedia.or/wiki/I%27m_Just_an_Old_Chunk_of_Coal_(But_I%27m_Gonna_Be_a_Diamond_Someday)