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Problems with functionality??? Search Ebay for an it or book...they won't have it...Google the same

I have noticed more and more that when I search Ebay's search engine for a book or item they won't have one available...but I Google the same item, with the same search words and WHAM there it is for sale on eBay!!!  This has happened to me COUNTLESS times over and over again!!! This isn't fair to the sellers who are paying to list their items! The next time this happens, I'm sending the seller a message.  They can choose to reach out to eBay if they want to.  Just because we don't pay the STUPID and unfair $1.99 to have our itmes moved to the top, doesn't mean we shouldn't have the opportunity to show up at all!!!  I'm looking for other online platforms to sell on.  My business is fairly new on eBay but we are a deeply rooted establishment, only looking to spread our wings...,my opinion...we could almost afford another brick and mortar store for what ebay is charging, especially since we aren't showing up in the search results unless we use google!!!

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Problems with functionality??? Search Ebay for an it or book...they won't have it...Google the same

Can you give an example of such a search?

 

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Problems with functionality??? Search Ebay for an it or book...they won't have it...Google the same

I have also seen that BUT when I click on the Google link it takes me to an eBay page which says THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD and is no longer available. So being on Google is pointless if it is no longer available.

 

For the record I have had a similar situation with sellers other than eBay. It appears that Google never "cleans house".

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Problems with functionality??? Search Ebay for an it or book...they won't have it...Google the same

So Item Specifics, which are supposed to make our listings available in Google Search, is actually working?

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Problems with functionality??? Search Ebay for an it or book...they won't have it...Google the same

Several times I have searched for book titles on eBay only to come up empty.  Head over to Google and it pops up...from eBay!  Sometimes the item is discontinued but many times it isn't! The next time it happens I'll do screenshots and post the photos. 

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Problems with functionality??? Search Ebay for an it or book...they won't have it...Google the same

Yep! It's great that were showing up in Google, but I want to know that if someone comes to eBay looking for one of the books I have listed that its going to come up!

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