03-30-2019 09:00 AM
WELL, THIS WAS MY FIRST WEEK OF RUNNING BIN"S ON NEW GTC POLICY. A TOTAL LOSS OF SALES. AS EXPECTED, I KNEW IT WAS A LOSER FROM THE START. I HAVE ONLY SOLD 2 ITEMS FROM 2 DIFFERENT STORES. DURING A WEEK SPAN I AVERAGE OVER A DOZEN, AND ON ENDING DAYS OF LISTINGS UP TO A DOZEN ADDITIONAL SALES. IT HAS BEEN 7 DAYS AND I HAVE 22 DAYS TO RUN. MY LISTINGS ARE BURIED SO FAR BACK IN THE PAGES, THAT NO BUYER WILL EVER SEARCH BACK THAT FAR TO BUY A SIMILAR ITEM. AS STATED BEFORE, I AM DOWNSIZING BOTH STORES, NOT COST EFFECIENT, WILL TRY A NEW LISTING FORMAT, IF THAT FAILS, THEN I WILL BE LEAVING EBAY AFTER 15 YEARS. GOOD LUCK TO ALL STAYING IN.
03-30-2019 09:23 AM
I don't understand. eBay said in the announcement that it was to help our sales...
03-30-2019 11:15 AM
I went ahead and reviewed your sales history for this account and I went back from today to the start of the GTC change (12 days ago) and also the 12 days before the change and your sales look the same? The number of sales for both period are only one or two sales difference.
I see about a dozen sales for both periods outlined above for this account. Not sure about the other account your mentioned?
Good Luck Selling!
03-30-2019 11:33 AM
ebay lied. Only their public’s will profit.
03-30-2019 11:34 AM
03-30-2019 12:27 PM
TOTAL DISAPOINTMENT! AS EXPECTED!
I get your point, but that's a contradiction in terms.
03-30-2019 12:36 PM
What change has ebay ever made that wasn't a failure?
03-30-2019 12:43 PM
I AGREE MY SALES AND VIEWS ARE WAY DOWN SINCE GTC. THIS IS JUST AN AUTOMATIC REVENUE GRAB. PAYPAL STOCK VALUE HAS TRIPLED SINCE THE SPLIT WHILE EBAY VALUE IS FLAT SO THEY HAVE TO RAISE MORE REVENUE ON SELLER'S BACKS! ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS, TIME FOR ME TO LOOK AT SELLING ON OTHER PLATFORMS. INSTEAD OF HELPING SELLERS EBAY LOVES TO NICKEL & DIME US. I WANT TO DETERMINE WHEN I LIST ITEMS & FOR HOW LONG SO I CAN CHANGE ONLINE INVENTORY. EBAY SAYS WE HAVE TO DO THE MATH TO DETERMINE HOW LONG A LISTING LASTS. WELL EBAY NEXT MONTH WHY DON'T YOU DO THE MATH AS REVENUES DECLINE DUE TO THE GTC POLICY. YOU HAVE TO LOVE BEAN COUNTERS WHO HAVE NO CLUE HOW THINGS WORK IN THE REAL SELLING WORLD.