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mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
There is one small benefit of applying the out-of-stock option to both used and new recurring inventory. When one of your used items sells and goes out-of-stock, you can leave it out-of-stock until payment is received and then end it. Thus, if payment fails to arrive, and an unpaid item must be processed, it will be a lot easier to bring the unsold item back to life by simply changing the quantity back to "one". If you never have unpaids, then you won't see any benefit.
It doesn't "suck", it just doesn't work well for you. There is a difference. Lots of sellers like the option.
I don't use it as I prefer to manage all that myself. I do run multiple quantity listings. Some I can get more if I sell out and others I can't. So since this function can't be place on a by listing basis, it is only all or nothing, I don't use it.
I plan to be away at the end of the month and I don't have a store on my selling account. BUT, the out-of-stock feature will allow me to set all my quantities to zero (which takes away the buy button and hides the listing) so I can go on vacation. When I return, just restore the quantities and I won't have to relist, which would have been particularly troublesome for my variation listings.
@shipscript wrote:I plan to be away at the end of the month and I don't have a store on my selling account. BUT, the out-of-stock feature will allow me to set all my quantities to zero (which takes away the buy button and hides the listing) so I can go on vacation. When I return, just restore the quantities and I won't have to relist, which would have been particularly troublesome for my variation listings.
But if you are going to be away for less than 90 days you could just end everything as they stand at the time you need to end them. No quantity adjustments would be needed before you leave or after you come back. Just relist all of them upon your return. The relist retains the views and sales history on the listing. While a buyer won't see that information, it is there or so Ebay has said for years. That is the difference between relist and sell similar.
@myjunqueyourtreasure wrote:
No Relist does NOT retain the sales history (never has) which OOS/GTC does.
Humm. Maybe this changed and I missed it. So then are you saying there is now no difference between Relisting a listing and Sell Similar functions now?
@myjunqueyourtreasure wrote:
Relist has NEVER retained the "sales history". Ever.
Yes it did. It wasn't seen on the new listing, but it was considered. Same with Views. It is what made a difference between Relist and Sell Similar. But like I said, I could have missed the change. Heck they could have changed it long ago and I am just not aware of it. So what is the difference between Relist and Sell Similar?
@myjunqueyourtreasure wrote:
I'm pretty sure ebay keeps selling data "behind the scenes" on any listing. But most of us view "sales history" for buyer's info as what's shown ON the listing itself.
AFAIA relist keeps the ended qty, while sell similar reverts to the original qty - that's about the only difference I've ever seen, apart from a relist showing as such to any watchers.
On Relists, yes. On Sell Similar NO. A sell similar is like creating a completely new listing. All numbers are fresh and never used.
On a relisted listing or a renewed listing, the views and sales history follow the listing. Or at least that is how it use to be. I think we need to be refreshed on how it is handled in Ebay currently. It would be good information for all of us to have.
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