NUMBER OF INVISIBLE LISTINGS IS ALARMING!!!!! you have the same problem and just don't know it?

[compscrap]

I have posted about this a few times.  It is making me so angry.  just found 3 items that were originally listed a couple of months ago. All three had sales and then stopped.  inventory numbers on all three were 1 or more. All three had listed upc codes. 

I could not find any of them visible in search.  No wonder sales stopped.  

ENDED THE LISTINGS.  DID SELL SIMILAR. NOW THEY ARE VISIBLE AGAIN. 

this is happening constantly. I have found at least 50 invisible listings. (not to mention the active listings that went in active)  I am very worried about my future with eBay. 

[dhbookds]

post one of the invisibles before you end/relist and let's see what we can see.

[janet9988]

 The ebay user agreement tells you that your item may not appear for a variety of reasons.    

Listing Conditions

When listing an item for sale on eBay Services, you agree to comply with eBay's Listing policies and Selling practices policy and that:

• You are responsible for the accuracy and content of the listing and item offered,
• Your listing may not be immediately searchable by keyword or category for several hours (or up to 24 hours in some circumstances). eBay can't guarantee exact listing durations,
• Your fixed-price listings currently renew automatically every 30 days, based on the listing terms at that time, until the quantities sell out or until you cancel the listing. Effective July 1, 2019, your fixed-price listings may renew automatically every calendar month, based on the listing terms at the time, until all quantities sell or the listing is ended by you or eBay, in its sole discretion,
• Content that violates any of eBay's policies may be modified, obfuscated or deleted at eBay's discretion,
• We may revise product data associated with listings to supplement, remove, or correct information,
• We strive to create a marketplace where buyers find what they are looking for. Therefore, the appearance or placement of listings in search and browse results will depend on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to:
  • buyer's location, search query, browsing site, and history;
  • item's location, listing format, price and shipping cost, terms of service, end time, history, and relevance to the user query;
  • seller's history, including listing practices, Detailed Seller Ratings, eBay policy compliance, Feedback, and defect rate; and
  • number of listings matching the buyer's query,
• To drive a positive user experience, a listing may not appear in some search and browse results regardless of the sort order chosen by the buyer,

[greg5000]

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@janet9988 wrote:

 The ebay user agreement tells you that your item may not appear for a variety of reasons.    

Listing Conditions

When listing an item for sale on eBay Services, you agree to comply with eBay's Listing policies and Selling practices policy and that:

• You are responsible for the accuracy and content of the listing and item offered,
• Your listing may not be immediately searchable by keyword or category for several hours (or up to 24 hours in some circumstances). eBay can't guarantee exact listing durations,
• Your fixed-price listings currently renew automatically every 30 days, based on the listing terms at that time, until the quantities sell out or until you cancel the listing. Effective July 1, 2019, your fixed-price listings may renew automatically every calendar month, based on the listing terms at the time, until all quantities sell or the listing is ended by you or eBay, in its sole discretion,
• Content that violates any of eBay's policies may be modified, obfuscated or deleted at eBay's discretion,
• We may revise product data associated with listings to supplement, remove, or correct information,
• We strive to create a marketplace where buyers find what they are looking for. Therefore, the appearance or placement of listings in search and browse results will depend on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to:
  • buyer's location, search query, browsing site, and history;
  • item's location, listing format, price and shipping cost, terms of service, end time, history, and relevance to the user query;
  • seller's history, including listing practices, Detailed Seller Ratings, eBay policy compliance, Feedback, and defect rate; and
  • number of listings matching the buyer's query,
• To drive a positive user experience, a listing may not appear in some search and browse results regardless of the sort order chosen by the buyer,

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I would think, "to drive a positive user experience" ... a buyer would want to see ALL listings that should appear in a search.

Especially if the item you can't see is:

• The item you want.
• Lower priced than the item eBay want's you to see.

[eunster1313]

eBay Typecasts Shoppers Using Technology

https://www.ecommercebytes.com/C/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2019/6/1561044175.html

10 Ways eBay is Creating a More Personalized Shopping Experience

https://www.ebayinc.com/stories/news/10-ways-ebay-is-creating-a-more-personalized-shopping-experienc...

[kataggr-44]

As a buyer I have learned to use alternative words to get all the items I am looking for.  Man's....Men's...and even order of wording bring up very different results for me.  I can even use the same wording twice in a row and get different listings.  One time I was searching new and I found something interesting but scrolled past it.  When I went back to search new again I could not find it.  It was not in ended or sold either.  It simply disappeared.

[tamaralea]

This is part of the reason I'm running auctions.  I'm hoping that I'll get exposure at the beginning and more likely, at the end.  Sales still aren't great, but I believe that changing formats will help.  

[whatmorefabric]

If you search for your own listings and than do not buy them,   they will  not appear or appear further down in searches.      Every search you do on an item without a purchase lowers the listing.

If you item is not currently searched for both on google and Ebay,  it will drop.\

If someone has a lower price,  yours will drop.

If someone  has better keys words and more of them,   it will be higher

If your listing and other listings have been around with no interest,  it will drag your store down.