mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
If you don't mind not having Ebay decide certain preferences for you when listing an item, the the QLT is the right tool. But if you want to be in charge of how your listing is set up the ALF is the form for you.
It just depends on the seller. I don't think there is a right or wrong answer to your question. It is personal preference.
For some the QLT doesn't force them into anything that they would not have selected to have on their listing if they used the ALF. So the QLT is a great choice for them.
With all that say, no one should be scared or concerned to use the ALF. It is an easy form to use. It is a little longer than the QLT, but it is NOT complicated to us at all. The ALF is very easy and very quick to use.
@ittybitnot wrote:Then why would that Quickie tool even be a choice?
Nobody's_perfect answered quite well. It has some advantages to eBay in the defaults hidden it use of the quickie tool as well. Good til cancelled comes to mind with an auto relist feature whether you want to relist or not.
I remember when Ebay released this tool. They had said it was to help new seller. So they auto opt'd them into things / features that Ebay recommends.
Now certainly many of us could post good argument to that type of statement, but it remains to be Ebay's position. They don't feel that new sellers are equipped to make these decisions for themselves.
@nobody*s_perfect wrote:Hmm, they always used to be, before the quick form was invented.
I don't recall any new sellers who were confused about how to choose a duration for their fixed price listing. In fact, the only confusion about duration seems to come from figuring out how the "Good until canceled" duration works, yet that's what eBay has chosen for these newbies.
I don't either. But as in many things that Ebay does, their outlook is far different from those that actually use the site for its intended purposes.
Ebay tends to get pretty creative when they state a justification for some of the policies and/or functions of the site.
@abfabvintage wrote:Hi, Nobody: but particularly newbie sellers using the Quickie at ebay's direction come here to get those directions to fix and that was my point. If I was a newbie seller and had to use ebay to direct list, I would have no clue if using the Quickie or the Advanced would be better or not. Then complain later (if I used the Quickie) why my listing had BO on it that I didn't realize I had authorized. Why not just cut to the chase and only offer the Advanced? Guess I am digging my hole here with ebay. lolol.
When someone is considering selling on Ebay, it is up to them to do the research. Certainly they can't be expected to have the knowledge about selling here that takes years to accumulate. But the basics they can but often don't. They think selling her is as easy as listing it, selling it and shipping it. And that just isn't the case.
They need to learn how to best use the space allowed for titles. How to do descriptions, take good pics, etc. etc. etc. It isn't as easy as jumping in and swimming. It doesn't work that way which is why so many new sellers run into issues right off the bat. They haven't even taken the time to read up on the basics of selling. That isn't Ebay's responsibility to make sure they do that. That is the seller's responsibility.
