Does anyone think there’s any hope of eBay fixing the search algorithm or going back to what we had before April 2018?? Seems like they are way to stubborn to admit they’ve killed the site with it and backtrack.
Like many sellers here, once they rolled out the change last year, my sales have had a very sharp drop off. I am struggling to make the same amount I made in 2017 when I had HALF the amount of listings I have now.
I personally believe buyers are making less purchases because they are not finding what they want in search. They’re being shown **bleep** from big box and China sellers. To get to the good stuff, I often have to scroll through loads of **bleep** listings. It’s exhausting.
The eBay AI thinks it knows that buyers want but they’re wrong! I’m having no problem selling stuff on other sites yet here, I’m struggling.
No to mention blackouts! Every month I can always expect that for a good 1.5-2 weeks, my listings are being blacked out or dropped so low in search that they might as well be hidden. I go from making daily sales to NOTHING overnight. No sales, no offers even coming in. My sales become a ghost town for half the month.
Wh y has eBay started doing this so much more recently? It almost makes one think that they turn you off when you reach a certain amount in sales to spread around the sales to others to keep the ruse going because they are hemorrhaging buyers. Rinse and repeat.
And then buyers abandon eBay because they can no longer find the kind of stuff they used to be able to find. 1% growth is a JOKE. Guarantee most of that game from fees from sellers and very little from buyers.
