Every once in a while I send offers to buyers on listings with tons of standing watchers. I offer like 10% off and call it something like a "Mid Month Sale" only for my best buyers. This always shakes up a few sales.
Just having watchers doesn't hurt. But they're there, so shake em up!
The "watcher" function is next to useless from a seller perspective. Lots of reasons why people use that function outside of consideration of purchase. Best to just ignore it.
It's not useless unless you think that having a watcher(s) means a guaranteed sale. It doesn't, never has and never will.
What it does mean is that people are finding your listing and are interested in it (for whatever reason) enough to add it to their watch list.
What I said works for the OP's post. Besides, if watch listing doesn't translate into a sale, it's not worthy of much interest. Like you say, watchers aren't a predictor of an impending sale. So it is ignored if one is smart. Pretty much true for any seller if you get right down to it.
