promoted list item worth it?

[lvaddictt]

Hello guys!

I am trying to sell a brand item on ebay. First time the list was indexed very good on to the top of the first page. but after revised it (change the description and few modification at title) for couple of times, has been going down to the third and fourth pages. After that i decided to pay the promoted list but even with this the list now it is not in a very good position. 

I have 2 questions:

1. if i will sell the item and it will be returned i will be also charged for the promoted list? (I know that ebay charge you after selling item, but if the item will be returned they will still charge you?)

2. finally the main question it is , it is really worth to pay the promote list? Which are the tips to place your list item in a position on to the first page after keywords/categories?

Thank you in advance! I’m waiting for your answers. Thank you!

[chipper01work]

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@lvaddictt wrote:

Hello guys!

I am trying to sell a brand item on ebay. First time the list was indexed very good on to the top of the first page. but after revised it (change the description and few modification at title) for couple of times, has been going down to the third and fourth pages. After that i decided to pay the promoted list but even with this the list now it is not in a very good position. 

I have 2 questions:

1. if i will sell the item and it will be returned i will be also charged for the promoted list? (I know that ebay charge you after selling item, but if the item will be returned they will still charge you?)

2. finally the main question it is , it is really worth to pay the promote list? Which are the tips to place your list item in a position on to the first page after keywords/categories?

Thank you in advance! I’m waiting for your answers. Thank you!

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Can't answer your question to as whether it is worth it or not but I can tell you this. As a seller I refuse to use it and as a buyer I absolutely refuse to buy a promoted listing. eBay gets enough of my money for doing very little as it is. I will look for a seller who did not promote and instead passed a little of that savings to me via a lower price. 

[lvaddictt]

Agree with you! But if your list it is far away to be see by people because there are many items for that category? How can you’ll sell the item in this case?!

[chipper01work]

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@lvaddictt wrote:

Agree with you! But if your list it is far away to be see by people because there are many items for that category? How can you’ll sell the item in this case?!

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Well I look for lots of things in an item but promoted is not one of them,

I look for:

Quality real photos, not stock photos by eBay

Price

Item location

Price

Seller reputation

Price

Quality description

Did I mention Price?

I search and search some more until I find the listing I want to purchase (that is after I skip over the promoted listings)

[myjunqueyourtreasure]

Remember though, the seller may be TRS and using up the "free" quarterly credit they get for using promoted listings.

[twnpopcards]

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@myjunqueyourtreasure wrote:
Remember though, the seller may be TRS and using up the "free" quarterly credit they get for using promoted listings.

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@myjunqueyourtreasure 

Well once again you are getting punished for working to maintain the TRS label.  Now not only does Ebay require more and more from you to qualify for less perks, now the buyers are also punishing you for maintaining TRS...LOL

[slippinjimmy]

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@chipper01work wrote:

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Can't answer your question to as whether it is worth it or not but I can tell you this. As a seller I refuse to use it and as a buyer I absolutely refuse to buy a promoted listing. eBay gets enough of my money for doing very little as it is. I will look for a seller who did not promote and instead passed a little of that savings to me via a lower price. 

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Is that an eBay thing only? Or do you extend that to any product from any one who has spent money on advertising?

If you want to "punish" eBay you could take note of the item and find it without clicking on the sponsored listing, not sure why you would want to punish the seller and maybe even yourself. After all, if you find an item you want and the price is right the price is right....what would you do if you can't find another or the promoted one is by far the best deal?

[castlemagicmemories]

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@chipper01work wrote:

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@lvaddictt wrote:

Hello guys!

I am trying to sell a brand item on ebay. First time the list was indexed very good on to the top of the first page. but after revised it (change the description and few modification at title) for couple of times, has been going down to the third and fourth pages. After that i decided to pay the promoted list but even with this the list now it is not in a very good position. 

I have 2 questions:

1. if i will sell the item and it will be returned i will be also charged for the promoted list? (I know that ebay charge you after selling item, but if the item will be returned they will still charge you?)

2. finally the main question it is , it is really worth to pay the promote list? Which are the tips to place your list item in a position on to the first page after keywords/categories?

Thank you in advance! I’m waiting for your answers. Thank you!

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Can't answer your question to as whether it is worth it or not but I can tell you this. As a seller I refuse to use it and as a buyer I absolutely refuse to buy a promoted listing. eBay gets enough of my money for doing very little as it is. I will look for a seller who did not promote and instead passed a little of that savings to me via a lower price. 

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You're not alone; others have said they won't buy from promoted listings as well, and others have said they won't use it to sell.  

I can remember one example of a promoted listing.  I followed it for ages to see what would happen.  It was an item that was broken in several spots and listed at a price far above what one would expect to pay for this item.  After a few listing cycles, they raised the price.  It just kept rolling over, and rolling over, and rolling over...

[clu3]

I just promoted a listing last week as a test to see what it's about.  So far it doesn't seem to have done anything for views - no more than I would have expected without the so-called "promotion".

[castlemagicmemories]

As you can see, it's  not always effective.

[chipper01work]

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@myjunqueyourtreasure wrote:
Remember though, the seller may be TRS and using up the "free" quarterly credit they get for using promoted listings.

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I am TRS

[chipper01work]

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@slippinjimmy wrote:

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@chipper01work wrote:

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Can't answer your question to as whether it is worth it or not but I can tell you this. As a seller I refuse to use it and as a buyer I absolutely refuse to buy a promoted listing. eBay gets enough of my money for doing very little as it is. I will look for a seller who did not promote and instead passed a little of that savings to me via a lower price. 

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Is that an eBay thing only? Or do you extend that to any product from any one who has spent money on advertising?

If you want to "punish" eBay you could take note of the item and find it without clicking on the sponsored listing, not sure why you would want to punish the seller and maybe even yourself. After all, if you find an item you want and the price is right the price is right....what would you do if you can't find another or the promoted one is by far the best deal?

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Find me a promoted listing that is by far the best deal. I think that will be like finding bigfoot. eBay worked fine for nearly 20 years, for both buyers and sellers, without promoted listings and did billions and billions of sales where buyers found the items they were looking for without items being "promoted" (most would suggest it worked far better 10 years ago than today). It's another money grab by eBay and nothing more. If you want to promote listings knock yourself out. You won't be using my money to do it though.

[castanea_sue]

I experimented with two listings. One was a pair of boots. I let that expire on my last day of fixed 30 days, and won't relist it for awhile, since my understanding is if it sells within 30 days of being promoted, you will still be charged. Don't know about the promoted vs. unpromoted duplicate listing, but would suspect the seller would be charged on a purchase from either.

The second experiment is on some t-shirts that I designed and had screen printed. There are so many t-shirts out there, they were never closer than 2 or 3 pages from the top, no matter how specific the search terms. A couple days after choosing the going promoted rate, the going promoted rate increased. I already had to increase the price of my shirts to cover the increased fees. At $20 including first class shipping and the 8.3% promoted rate, I am making less than $2 over my cost on the shirts. So there was no way I could increase to 8.9%. For this I have gained a handful of views and a couple watchers that didn't pan out.  I'll leave it for a bit longer, but am pretty sure at this point Ebay is not the venue for these shirts.

Probably won't do any more promoted listing experiments.

[castlemagicmemories]

When promoted listings came out, I was more prone to look at the listings and found some were, IMO, over priced.  Sometimes there are good items being promoted but have also seen broken items, which may make sense because they might be harder to move.

Some buyers, from posts I have seen, are annoyed by promoted listings due to the duplicate listing and won't buy, or because they feel sellers shouldn't have to promote for visibility.

[mg152]

You won’t buy from me if I use promoted listings? I don’t understand that. Most of my sales lately are promoted listings but I don’t use the outrageous rates that eBay says is trending. I cut those rates in 1/2. If it’s trending at 7% I do 3 or 3.5%.
You shouldn’t punish me for paying to get my listing seen.