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Promotions not showing search results.

I have noticed eBay is not showing promotions in search results this week. This has been an on and off situation for a few months now and it is hurting our sales. I have called eBay several times and all they can say is they are doing updates and test. Is anyone else experiencing this as well?

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Re: Promotions not showing search results.

bump

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bumping won't get eBay's attention.  They do not monitor the community you have to @ mention one of the usuals or breakdown and use social media ie facebook or twitter (very business like there).

 

 

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It got you to reply so its working. I am not looking for help from eBay, I am looking for other members experiencing the same issue so that I can approach eBay and show them its not just my account having the problem. 🙂

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I've had this happen on and off too.  I called and LUCKILY got a hold of a great CS 🙂  He read to me verbatim what they are supposed to tell us/the rules for these things are.  Even he said it made no sense.  It said that if you had more than one promotion running it will randomize how it shows them.  I asked then WHY do you ask us to prioritize them, number them.  He had no answer, agreed.  He even put me on hold a couple of times when I questioned eBays coding system at times I questioned their tech's replies as to why they were not showing.... too much info at once (I had a sale going on too, won't work with a strikethrough, whatever excuse they could come up with, etc).  I had them hands down for each point, CS agent agreed, tech even ending up agreeing and magically within an hour or so all my promotions started showing up. 

 

Then that one ran out, new one started, and ya....back to where I was before, it's not showing again. 

 

So do I need to call each and every single time to say hey your software isn't working again?  Seems so.  That's pretty rdidiculous but seems my only choice - and I can't even know how long how long it will 'hold.'

 

This problem DOES truly change where my listings show up in the ranking. 

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I am still having this issue. Anyone have any luck having their promotions show in search results?

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Re: Promotions not showing search results.

 

 

 

Did anyone figure this out?

 

I have been having this problem forever.  More than a year.  I noticed the Buy 3 Get 1 Free just disappears.  Also the product ratings. (star reviews).  They just come and go.

 

I only had promotions for a few different products.  Now in an effort to increase sales I created promotions last week  for the other 80% of my listings.  All different promotions tailored to each product.  Things I thought would work.     

 

My reward for spending hours creating promotions??    My reward was to notice my sales really low and notice that the promotions are not even showing up above the big picture inside the listing.  You know that the "big huge" red/gray letters with (Add to Cart) that shows up above the photos!   Gone!!    They just disappeared.  And I am was going to call customer service but as you all know.  I don't waste time calling customer service regarding this?   They just basically say they don't know what is going on?

 

This kind of stuff has been killing us.  It is very depressing too.

 

 

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I have this exact same problem, no tag on my promotions.  I have redone the promotion as suggested and still, the same thing.  I have called probably 10 times over many months and once again tonight.  It is very upsetting especially when you see the green tag on other seller's items. This is a VERY unfair advantage for those who do have the tag to click on which shows all other sale items when it is available, as it should be available to every seller who has a promotion. I have a buy 2 get 1 free sale, it also makes it easier for a buyer to see that you MUST ADD 3 TO THE CART as I get hundreds, probably closer to thousands by now that don't realize you have to put 3 items in the cart for this particular sale.  (Yes, I state this in my title, in my description and with the sale it shows up below the picture although recently this has also moved all the way down below the description making it even harder to notice)

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This issue has popped up yet again for me. This is ridiculous, I pay Ebay thousands per month and $400 for an anchor store, if the store features don't even work  what are we paying for?

 

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I'm wondering if you have had an answer for this problem.

I'm experiencing the exact same thing and when you call eBay the representatives are unable to give a transparent and clear response on this problem.

The promotions show up once the buyers click on the listing from the search results but in the search result itself it doesn't show up.

 

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This is insane really.I can't believe after all this time.They still ahven't fixed this.I'm looking for a solution as well.Have you guys found any ?

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