@internet-coins wrote:
Why do I get views at the beginning of a 30 day listing, and then again about 2-3 days before the listing ends, but next to nothing in between? I get the feeling i'm not visible for most of the month. Is there some kind of algorithm cycle that takes place here? I'm not the first to mention this, should I say, fact? Ouch, that was harsh, I'm sorry.....
I think it is a fact that listings get more views at the beginning and the end, but I do not think it is algorithmic. I think it is a combination of many factors:
- As a buyer, I have well over 100 saved searches on multiple accounts. Each day I get a dozen emails notifying me that new listings have appeared that match my saved searches. Almost all of those items get a view from me in the early days of the listing.
- As a buyer, I also have broad searches that I perform daily. I run those searches by "Newly Listed" so I can snap up attractive fixed price items early before others see them. So newly listed items in those searches get views in the early days of the listing.
- After I run those broad searches as Newly Listed, I run them by "Ending Soonest" so I can snap up any auction listings that have attractive prices and are nearing the end (or any fixed price items I may have missed). So those items get views at the end of their listing period.
- When I put something on my watch list, I tend to review the items that are closing in the next day or two to decide if I want them. So again,
- Lastly, when a watch list item is on its last day, eBay usually sends me an email telling me it is ending. So once again, this often prompts me to give those items a view at the end of their listing period.
I would say that out of every 100 items I view, 95 of them are in their first of last days of the listing.
So again, I do not think it is algorithmic - I just think this is the way many regular buyers use the site.
