views

[maller12nillard]

I have around 130 items and lots of zero views this has been going on for 3 weeks after contacting and talking to yes I call them talking heads because these people that I talk to all say the same thing oh give it 3 days and it still cotinues if there is a glitch it has been going on 3 weeks these people dont help they are not professional almost all my items had lots of views and nothing this is so annoying

[sapphirz]

I had one item that had no views but 1 watch how does that happen? I believe their new system is buggy at best. Hopefully they iron it out or use some bug killer to take care of this problem.  As long as they know the problem is there at some point they will fix it. 

[simply-the-best-for-you]

As explained in several threads lately, it is COMPLETELY possible to have watchers with no views & has been for ages, well over a decade.  You can put something on your watch list without clicking into it, by clicking the heart or 'add to watchlist'.  I do it all the time.  

The 0 views have also been explained a lot.  About 2 weeks ago, Ebay changed the way they are calculating views, by making it a rolling 30 day count instead of a lifetime of the listing count.  Therefore, there are now a lot more 0's & low numbers.   They also removed all bot views, which were 30% or so, of views, b/c those were never potential buyers, they were just bots. 

[toomuchstuffagain35]

So ebay decided to change the views counter to user only related views on a rolling 30 day schedule, but why take away the sort views function? For those with many listings it makes the change useless.

[coolections]

Views reset to ZERO every month now. Don't worry about views, only buyers count.

[wmc_store]

Same problem regarding my store. Already I listed more than 250 items. But the impression count, Click-through rates & Sales conversion rate is somewhat low. 

[simply-the-best-for-you]

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@toomuchstuffagain35 wrote:

So ebay decided to change the views counter to user only related views on a rolling 30 day schedule, but why take away the sort views function? For those with many listings it makes the change useless.

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I have no idea.  I didn't even know that was an option.  It's not something I ever used. 

[eaux-de-vie]

Not getting those either. I think for the first time in the many years I have been selling on here I am going to be owing them money to pay my store fees. 

[fashunu4eeuh]

The reason they all say the same thing is because they read from a script. If you need help, you are better off coming to the forum. The overseas customer service has been known to say whatever to get a caller off the line. Sometimes they give incorrect or conflicting information. The posters here are very knowledgeable, being fellow buyers and sellers like yourself.

As described, eBay has reset the view counts across the board and has removed the bot views from the tally, to give an actual snapshot of a listing's true traffic.

[qualityrelics]

This is not accurate. Views contribute to the algorithm and increase an item’s visibility.  Regardless of whether views come from a bot or a human, eBay has hurt sellers with this view change. 

[qualityrelics]

Views contribute to the search algorithm, thus improving a listings visibility. 
it doesn’t matter if it’s a “bot” or a human, this change has significantly hurt sellers. 

[rabites-n-chocobos]

I have no Idea what you are talking about.

[dhbookds]

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@qualityrelics wrote:

This is not accurate. Views contribute to the algorithm and increase an item’s visibility.  Regardless of whether views come from a bot or a human, eBay has hurt sellers with this view change. 

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Since the change applied to everyone........it should just lower the base line.............if what you say is accurate.  They could still be counting the bots since the announcement ONLY said the change affected view count.