eBay

cavrag · ‎07-27-2018

I have problem with promoted listing, when promote i don't have views, sales, nothing... without promotion i can make some sales. Somebody have similar problem?

orangehound · ‎07-27-2018

I think you are just encountering a coincidence ... and, I believe that you have far too few items listed to conclude any patterns regarding sales.

Promoted listings are good for items that have a lot of competition.

By the way, listing the same item twice is a violation of eBay's duplicate listing policy.

violette_auto_parts · ‎07-27-2018

had a sale of at least 1 item for the past 18 days with promoted listing
noticed the big traffic drop in my category down to 1% i watch the trends every day and am beating the odds so far

sauga_cards · ‎07-27-2018

Promoted quite a few items and my views actually dropped significantly on those items. Not sure why that would happen if they were really promoted.

321qwertyui · ‎07-29-2018

I have the same problem for a month now .

ayn-premium · ‎09-04-2019

me too same situation

nuclearomen · ‎09-04-2019

it's pretty much a waste of time, I was against this idea anyways but I decided to experiment with a few listings and did the promoted for a month on 5 listings, after 2 weeks with no new views/sales I then edited the promoted feature on them and increased the % ebay would get if they sold, I waited like a week and 2 days and 1 item sold, the rest sat for another week and I pulled the plug on the promoted feature... it's not worth it, your item "promotion" clearly depends on the amount you elect to give ebay if the item sells, the higher the percentage the more likely it will sell.

The great truth is there isn't one
And it only gets worse since that conclusion...
...There is something about the rigid posture of a proper, authentic blind
As if extended arms reached to pass his blindness onto others.

warbuyer99 · ‎09-04-2019

@nuclearomen wrote:
it's pretty much a waste of time

July 5th to August 5th. I agree it's a waste of time. 🙂

nuclearomen · ‎09-04-2019

@warbuyer99 wrote:
@nuclearomen wrote:
it's pretty much a waste of time
July 5th to August 5th. I agree it's a waste of time. 🙂

lol, ratio of fees to sales number don't make sense knowing the average percentage of trending rate for promoted items is 3-4.5%, but when I do the math I can get this number:
208.00 is 1% of 20,763.45 (actually it's 207.6345, round to nearest buck it's 208.00) so you sold 1 very expensive item at a 1% promotional election?

The great truth is there isn't one
And it only gets worse since that conclusion...
...There is something about the rigid posture of a proper, authentic blind
As if extended arms reached to pass his blindness onto others.

warbuyer99 · ‎09-04-2019

@nuclearomen wrote:
@warbuyer99 wrote:
@nuclearomen wrote:
it's pretty much a waste of time
July 5th to August 5th. I agree it's a waste of time. 🙂

lol, ratio of fees to sales number don't make sense knowing the average percentage of trending rate for promoted items is 3-4.5%, but when I do the math I can get this number:
208.00 is 1% of 20,763.45 (actually it's 207.6345, round to nearest buck it's 208.00) so you sold 1 very expensive item at a 1% promotional election?

It's the 1% minimum for promoted listings. You do not have to use the trending rate. It's the total promoted listings sales for 1 month.

warbuyer99 · ‎09-04-2019

You also do not pay anything for promoted listings unless they sell.

nuclearomen · ‎09-04-2019

@warbuyer99 wrote:
@nuclearomen wrote:
@warbuyer99 wrote:
@nuclearomen wrote:
it's pretty much a waste of time
July 5th to August 5th. I agree it's a waste of time. 🙂

lol, ratio of fees to sales number don't make sense knowing the average percentage of trending rate for promoted items is 3-4.5%, but when I do the math I can get this number:
208.00 is 1% of 20,763.45 (actually it's 207.6345, round to nearest buck it's 208.00) so you sold 1 very expensive item at a 1% promotional election?
It's the 1% minimum for promoted listings. You do not have to use the trending rate. It's the total promoted listings sales for 1 month.

Saying it's a waste of time after you promoted 5 listings is wrong. You've sold 6 total items in 90 days on the account you are posting from. If that's the same ratio your sales went up 17-20% because of the promoted listing.

And lol? It would take you over 30 years to sell that amount at you current pace. You're looking at ONE MONTH of promoted sales totals. Yet you claim it's a waste of time.

i've had 6 sales in 90 days? And your sure about this?? from an account with no sales and no items for sale I didn't judge you or make assumptions I can't prove did i? I've sold MUCH more then 6, you can't see my sales, just as I can't see yours so don't make assumptions. I've sold 34 of just 1 item in 30 days so you have no idea what your talking about. You sold 1 (ONE) item and didn't mention that, just thought posting a large figure would prove some point but I figured it out pretty easily though so don't go posting that promoted items for you is any better then anyone else when your bating the same average as others.

The great truth is there isn't one
And it only gets worse since that conclusion...
...There is something about the rigid posture of a proper, authentic blind
As if extended arms reached to pass his blindness onto others.

nuclearomen · ‎09-04-2019

@warbuyer99 wrote:
@nuclearomen wrote:
@warbuyer99 wrote:
@nuclearomen wrote:
it's pretty much a waste of time
July 5th to August 5th. I agree it's a waste of time. 🙂

lol, ratio of fees to sales number don't make sense knowing the average percentage of trending rate for promoted items is 3-4.5%, but when I do the math I can get this number:
208.00 is 1% of 20,763.45 (actually it's 207.6345, round to nearest buck it's 208.00) so you sold 1 very expensive item at a 1% promotional election?
It's the 1% minimum for promoted listings. You do not have to use the trending rate. It's the total promoted listings sales for 1 month.

i replied before you edited your post, but just so you know I wasn't attacking you, in fact if you look I even liked your post. I'm happy you made such a sale, it's pretty awesome, though I would say it's not typical for many sellers to make that much on one sale but it's still a sale regardless of amount. My point was Promotional sales for you in 1 month = 1, Promotional Sales for me in 1 month = 1 - I see that as the same, amount is irrelevant.

Like wise the point of promoted listings is boost through google, but have you tried search for your listed items through google? I do, and I can get every listing I have come up on google and they aren't promoted listings, so the question is really do you need promoted listings to sell your item, is the chances better or do we just assume that it is? Ebay themselves confirmed that they have ramped up efforts for listings to appear through search engines and social media ads when I mentioned to them that ebay search is broken and needs attention, that it's come to the point that one wants to find something on ebay you almost have to use google and that is without the promoted listings idea they implemented.

The great truth is there isn't one
And it only gets worse since that conclusion...
...There is something about the rigid posture of a proper, authentic blind
As if extended arms reached to pass his blindness onto others.

bigdeals.etc · ‎09-09-2019

Maybe now since Promoted Listings are no longer duplicated in results as it's organic listing... maybe buyers are avoiding that "Sponsored" text on your listings like the plague.