Promoted listings and still no views

[crout-7]

I have been doing promoted listing for several months and some items dont even get views im not sure what the problem is and i have over 2000 items and only sell couple items a day this is frustrating what is even more frustating is ive listed on different selling apps and have got more view with the same exact listing.  So i dont know if the ebay app is having issues or its something im doing wrong, but its hard to stay motivated when you list so much more then your selling thanks for the help.

[gurlcat]

I can't even imagine having 2000 listings, wow!  Congrats on that, but these^ replies are full of excellent suggestions.

[johnrj1226]

looks like you  have sold 216 items in the last 90 days.  You can't  spend Views or  Watchers count - completed sales brings home the  bacon.

 eBays PL program does not promise you a rose garden  - just  like this Lynn Anderson song for 1970  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roxohOzFz3E

[frugalmarketplace]

There have been many excellent suggestions, so I took a look at the new items you listed and you didn’t use any of them. I saw a nasty t shirt that wasn’t even on the hanger straight . So my question is why ask, and not implement some of them. Just saying…isn’t it worth a try. 

[gurlcat]

Could you check, edit, and in some cases totally re-photograph .... 2200 listings in one day?

But I'm curious, what was nasty about the t-shirt?  I would think that'd be more important than how straight it was hung, but I know "nasty" gets used in very different ways by different people.

[frugalmarketplace]

@gurlcat 

Well I use “nasty” frequently. I should have said the t shirt looked like it was in my dirty clothes pile in the bottom of my closet. I cannot post a picture, but because I looked at a few of the new listings we were discussing , including the gray wrinkled tee with $9.00 shipping I have been getting those blasted auto offers. 

Of course it would be impossible to re do 2000 listings in one day. However I spent this afternoon working on my stuff. I changed my name from “my frugal boutique” to “frugal marketplace” I thought “boutique” wasn’t very unisex , then did some other things. My point was instead of continuing to list more items, why not work on the existing ones. 

That’s my point. Apparently not appreciated because we have not heard a peep from the OP. 

[gurlcat]

It looks like they haven't listed anything today.  So maybe they really are hard at work fixing flawed listings based on suggestions given here.  I like to give the benefit of the doubt.  -The exception is when someone posts a time-sensitive problem they're having but doesn't provide enough info on the situation ..... then never replies to questions about it.  I cannot stand that mess.  Why make a frantic post somewhere, get people invested in the problem and then just forget about it?

[frugalmarketplace]

@gurlcat 

Listings  were added about 6pm last night and they were not there when the original post was made. yes I agree.  ….if you ask for advice…maybe the seller didn’t like the answers, but we have all received a response we would have rather not have gotten. Oh well.    People tried. 

[inhawaii]

There is no way to MAKE people interested in your items.

[chapeau-noir]

I see they are, indeed, using my hangers - I had seen only photos of items on a bed with piles of stuff in the background, that bed sometimes seeming to be unmade and I can't even see what it is they have. Looking further they do have items on hangers, so that's good.

Thing is (I'm sticking to clothing here), apparel is a very competitive area and it pays to make some effort to have things present decently. Iron items, show them straight on hangers, get rid of clutter, etc. It's obvious these items were slung up as quick as possible, and I understand trying to keep large amounts of products running takes a lot of work. But since they asked, I still say clean up those photos.

Doing a few a day would do it. All things considered, though, they're not doing that badly, so they can build on that.

[johnrj1226]

For  starters, you  might  want to ditch your  return  policy of "Seller does not accept returns".

See the eBay Money Back Guarantee Policy has  the buyers back and it does trump your current policy which is  a negative policy. Read   this  policy. 

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/ebay-money-back-guarantee-policy/ebay-money-back-guarantee-policy...

In addition, buyers can do a credit card charge back up  to  180 days after the  sale was completed. 

Yeah the  buyer might  have to "prevaricate" a little in either situation to get  refunded and ya' just might ( a way better  than a  50/50 chance)  have to let the buy keep the item if you get eBay involved.  Just some advise from a '44  model that sold  tête-à-tête  for a career in the real world for 41.5  years and been with my newer  wive for over 43  ears ( 41  years married, 2  in sin  her  name is "She Who Must Be Obeyed".

GL

Do a 30 day return policy buyer pays shipping(in a remorse" return situation.   See these 2 adages  from the yesteryears still applies - you catch more bees with honey than vinegar"  &  "playing  hard ball won't  get you too far."