Selling Similiar and Changing the Title

[hook-and-hanger]

This question is for those of you that end listings and then sell similar.  I believe that will give the listing a new number and make it more visible, but do I need to change anything in the listing for this to happen? Can I just end a bunch of listings, click sell similar and then just hit enter?

I know it will help to refresh things like photos, titles or descriptions but I was just curious if I actually had to change anything at all to refresh the listings.

Thanks for any help given.

[mam98031]

You are correct, Sell Similar creates a new listing.  You don't need to change anything, but if it needs a bit of an update, now is the time to do it.  And before you post it, make sure the quantity is how you want it.

[inhawaii]

Double check EVERYTHING as if you're starting fresh!

Don't just assume that all the info will carry over. It sometimes doesn't. 

[toysaver]

I do sell similar all the time.  You don't need to change anything.   In the long run it will not make it more visible or likely to sell.  The other stuff you mentioned may do that.  "I know it will help to refresh things like photos, titles or descriptions"

[vintagepl]

my feeling is that if I have to end & sell similar, due to the fact the item hasn't sold yet I usually will lower my price a bit too. Hoping it will sell at a lower price & I wont need to end & sell similar again.

[hook-and-hanger]

Any thoughts on how often one should end and then re-list?  Once a week, monthly or once a year?

[m60driver]

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@toysaver wrote:

I do sell similar all the time.  You don't need to change anything.   In the long run it will not make it more visible or likely to sell.  

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I have found that it gets me a small bump in sales, not a big bump but a small bump.  My hypothesis is that (1) some Ebay buyers search by newly listed and (2) old listings tend to get buried by the algorithms unless someone uses very specific search terms related to the title.  I believe that many folks like to window shop and since Ebay eliminated many categories these window shoppers use more generic search terms and what Ebay considers old stale listings often get buried in those searches.  But we will never know and be forced to guess as I doubt any one person at Ebay knows how all the algorithms and AI combine to produce search results.

[mam98031]

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@vintagepl wrote:

my feeling is that if I have to end & sell similar, due to the fact the item hasn't sold yet I usually will lower my price a bit too. Hoping it will sell at a lower price & I wont need to end & sell similar again.

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You don't need to do that.  You can revise the listing and that will cause it to reindex within the next 24 hours.

Personally I use the bulk editor every now and again to refresh my listing.  I will change something on all of them, my handling time, return policy, shipping method, etc.  That will cause all those listing to reindex in the next 24 to 48 hours.  

If for any reason I changed something that I really would prefer it was what it said originally, then after 48 hours I will bulk edit them back to what it originally was.  That causes another reindex, but that is fine.  They all got refreshed.

[mam98031]

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@hook-and-hanger wrote:

Any thoughts on how often one should end and then re-list?  Once a week, monthly or once a year?

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Once a week or even monthly is likely too soon.  Remember buyers come here all the time.  Not all buyers show up the first week you have something listed or even the first month.

Take a peek at what I posted in this post I linked below.  Because closing and relisting isn't necessary.

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/Selling-Similiar-and-Changing-the-Title/m-p/33589472#M2171101

[redlinear]

Once every six months.  Every couple of months would be ideal, but....wow the work.  
The search algorithm (to a large extent), seems to favor new listings over old listings. 
I had 20 Toyota parts been on eBay almost a year.  NO Toyota sales in 6 months.
Ended them all, waited a week, put them back on, changed nothing.
Sold 4 Toyota parts the following week. 

[chapeau-noir]

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@hook-and-hanger wrote:

Any thoughts on how often one should end and then re-list?  Once a week, monthly or once a year?

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I think it depends on your market. Whatever hasn't sold in 60 days I sell similar. Whatever hasn't sold in one cycle after that gets taken down because it's out of season.

[gwens*4saleitems*]

Especially the ITEM SPECIFICS .......... if you missed one, that will haunt you. :{ until you fix it.

[gwens*4saleitems*]

I go 5-6 months. If I see no views then it's time.