I’m not a large seller by any means. I stay under 50 items per month (do not have a store) That being said, I usually sell close to 50 items just about every month.
Since the the beginning of June, I’ve had about 75% less sales.
All my items will show viewers for the first few minutes, some items will show viewers for almost 24 hours - none any more than 24 hours.
A lot of people in this forum are under the assumption this is a glitch, and the item is still receiving views, even if not being shown.
The evidence I’ve seen shows otherwise. Not sure why eBay is cycling sellers accounts into “blackout periods” but until they can inform us, individually, that they are doing so, I believe we all have a right to question and critique this practice.
For example,
I picked up a pair of Open Box Beats headphones locally, retail price $299, selling on eBay “new (other)” at an average price of $161 - I listed mine for $145 and had 90 views in an hour. Then nothing. I waited 24 hours, and suddenly it began to switch back and forth between 90 and 0 views. So no more views in that 24 hours?
This morning I got frustrated and relisted the item with a fresh new listing. I lowered the price to $140 (making it the lowest price for the item new other) and again had over 100 views in a small window of a couple hours.
Then suddenly a couple hours later the view counter stopped rising - and guess what? The views reset to 0, and I’ve heard nothing from any potential buyers since.
I do not think eBay sellers are asking too much to be treated fairly, with respect, and to not be subjected to weird rolling tests or other restrictions we were never told about.
