You can check out our RUclips Membership info here: ruclips.net/channel/UCpK1lhblbdm3yV4Je1TR_Fwjoin If you wish to help support our channel our Patreon page can be found here: www.patreon.com/TheAuctionProfessor We have a second channel that will cover making money from arts and crafts for those interested. There will be a lot of How To videos as well. Here’s a link: ruclips.net/channel/UCaViiCbXUWhekTbp8ttqUuw I also write articles for eCommerceBytes the best reseller news site out there. You can find my articles and tons of other great content here: www.ecommercebytes.com/ If you'd like to see the equipment, shipping supplies, and reference material we personally use you can find it all right here: www.amazon.com/shop/theauctionprofessor (We may get a small commission from links posted here and across our channel)
First, how are you going to get 10s of millions of sellers to all stop promoted listings? Second, try stopping promoting listings if you have only a small store of less than 500 items and are listing about 5 per day. See what happens to your traffic and sales. The auction professor has close to 35,000 items and is listing way over 100 items per day. You have to compare similar situations.
I agree I have found that increasing promoted listings does not necessarily help sales at all. I get more sales with a lower promoted listings % or no promoted listings at all then the ones I had with 10% promoted listings.
eBay definitely flipped a switch on this promoted listing mess within the algorithm. I refuse to partake in the money grab so none of my listings are promoted. In one day my daily sales dropped drastically and have not returned to previous levels. I have done nothing different. Still listing daily..even more actually..still the same items that regularly sold. Account is in perfect health, Top Rated, 100% +FB, etc. Now most days I have one low dollar sale and very low views on all items. If this is the algorithm pushing out sellers who don't promote, eBay is taking a big risk with their quarterly earnings. If my sales are way down it's not doing eBay any favors.
I totally agree. I sell very niche and unique vintage items and for this reason I actually do not even send people saving the item a large discount offer. I do send and offer, but not above 10%. Because I know that if they really are a collector and want it, they are not going to pass by my item over a few dollars difference. Sending an offer for me is much more about keeping my item in their awareness and popping up in their inbox. It boils down to how rare is your item and who actually wants it. That's why I do not haggle, If I send an offer and the person sends me a response of, but will you take a lower price, my standard response is a very polite 'sorry to disappoint, no thank you'. 9 times out of 10, they buy anyway. I call it playing Ebay Poker.
Yep, agree totally. People that look at my stuff DO have money, because I know it's rare or vintage. I try to price fairly though and watch the shipping cost in their favor.
This was a breath of fresh air...as a newbie I was constantly checking my eBay feed lazer-focused on Vs and Ws. From here on, all I'm doing is listen for the ka-ching sound and do the SellSims every week. Awesome video, sire...thank you!
I used to sell on eBay a few years ago & did pretty well. I decided to pick the hobby up again, new account now I see they want to charge you to promote!!!! I haven’t gotten ONE person to even view my items. It seems like eBay is saying either pay to promote or your item will just sit there….. not liking this! Def a money grab….
It's a good thing that customers don't have to view to buy. I've heard that eBay has begun placing ads on the listing page for other sellers' similar items before they even scroll to the description. It's definitely smart to stick to the niches and unique items.
Hi Don, sending some good news. I had never done End and Sell Similar in bulk before, until a few days ago. I have almost 3000 items in my eclectic vintage eBay store. I ended and sell similar relisted about 1800. Wow, what a difference. (The other 5 hundred were listed in spring and summer.) I've sold things, or at least got watchers, on items that have been for sale for a long time. Cathy from Massachusetts
I liked it because it helped me check myself. If i was getting no traffic on an item i would check category, title, details etc to make sure it was correct. To me i only promote cloths and dvds and it works for me. When i tried anything else sales were the same but made less money.
It's insane. Been listing similar items from many categories since 99'. I have no store it's not a business. I used to get views and watchers and would sell things. The last year or more it's very quiet, sales have dwindled down to very little. I don't think anyone sees my listing or nobody is browsing / buying. They push 'promoted' listing $$$. Thinking of trying another platform....
because of your helpful info , i'm doing well with my sells ! And not spending money on ebay promos , cause it doesn't work . As well all of those updates ebay wants me to do , such a waist . I spend time doing more research & better photos . Thank you so much !
As for Sponsored ads, I pass over them when I'm buying. I notice the sponsored ads items are higher than some other items. I'm looking for low price same product.
I place things on my watchlist anticipating having more money I want to spend down the road. It's like a reminder that there is something I would like to buy that I don't want to forget. Stuff could sit on there for a long time before I pull the trigger. Sometimes I will never pull the trigger. Another reason why watchers might not mean much. I wonder if other people do this?
You are my guru by the way 😊. I love to go to estate sales and I hear some loudmouth re-sellers showing off their 'knowledge' to their buddies walk past great stuff that I've learned about from Auction Professor. 🎉
Do you think "promoting" even at 3% pushes sales? Does Ebay take into consideration the fact that you are promoting when they see items or do they see an algorithm and put you higher on the list because of promotions? Just wanted to see everyone's opinion. I am testing now. I took off all promotions as of today and will see what happens. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom.
I agree watchers mean very little, but there are some benefits having watchers. As mentioned, offers can be sent, but it also flags the listing in search results and listing itself as having watchers. So if part of a buyer's prerogative in picking a seller is that others are interested as well, the item may have a better chance at selling. I do regularly check my watched items because it lets me know the interest that others have in my items and what may be a future sale. Even if it never gets bought, at least someone was interested (although it may be another seller) and I may not pull it from my inventory as a dead item. The only thing that annoys me is that if the buyer never un-watches the item, it will forever be a watched item. eBay should add the option for sellers to kick it from buyers watch list if say a year has gone by, or just do it automatically with a warning to the buyer.
I don't pay much attention to views but I know almost all the areas I sell in are at a dead halt. Only one still producing is video games. Everything else, collectables, toys, everything is just not selling. Was fine until March and then just fell off.
My store was going a bit slow... Then out of desperation I "killed"my listings, then reposted using "sell similar"... Got amazing results aka sales... I did this about 10 days ago and I'm super happy about the end results thus far... Just an observation is all
Great video about you, your business and your clients and niche. I guess it is directed for those who sells vintage only and that have been doing so for many years...I have a bunch of items that I have been cluttering my garage in a very organized manner but I now started to list and it sold a few items. But I buy what I like and my buyers might have the same taste. One thing I learned : man are negotiators hhhahahaah wish you all a good Sunday!
I've had sales that have been on for weeks with no views, and then someone will come along and just buy and pay for the item. Views aren't that important, but I like to see watchers of my items. eBay have stuffed sales up for many people, I look at my item on the screen and eBay are showing many sellers selling the same thing for different prices. All this will do is force sellers like me to undercut other sellers to be able to sell your item. This is so wrong, surely it's hitting eBay's income & profits with low prices on the platform, at least I hope it's hitting eBay, as It's hitting me with pages of the same items I am selling with other seller items on my page. Thank you, Don. Charles in the UK Ps I will never do free shipping EVER.
Completely agree! Been selling since 2002…PIONEER DAYS (when both parties were in control of their own funds & you could MAIL A CHECK to the seller!🤣)…I’m not a huge huge seller, but decently consistent. I’ve never “depended” on my sales, it’s always been a hobby…but I pride myself on having a good eye & finding greaaat deals!! Like you, I believe many of my watchers are other sellers who want to sell an item like mine…we alll do that, don’t we?…these numbers do not matter! I’m not a proponent of immediately sending an offer to a watcher simply because …I believe this method has trained buyers to EXPECT the seller to accept the offer AND, 3/4 of the time, the buyer won’t pay! As a rule, people know they can always email the seller & make an offer (99.9% of those who do this with me, I indulge their offer with gratitude!! ~ ALSO, this allows me to modify my listing price specifically for them, SO I’ll GET PAID…the “make offer” payment system is BAD!! Buyers don’t even have to pay!..sellers get screwed!) ….I love that you mentioned the promoted listing comments 8:05-10:30. I believe it’s totally a money grab also! I have some with zero results. Forget that!! I’m new here, new sub..Your video just popped in my feed! Great video.
As a new seller with only moderate success the views are what I am using to determine if people are even seeing the listing. And each month resetting the count, obfuscates which items are still not being seen so I wouldn't be able to know to change things on it. I'm sure views are useless _when sales are being made,_ but I don't like that they changed the counter because it's harder to know what listings need fixing.
Thankyou for you honesty. I really respect your invaluable guidance. You're my go to guy. Nobody can compare. I thankyou kindly. Waves from Scotland. 💐
Ive been doing this full time since 98' on multiple selling marketplaces i sell mostly niche items some mine is the only listed and some there might be 25 but when there are itens on ebay that have hundreds even thousands i have always had this mindset especially with items that there are 10 or less i say if they want it they will buy it n If not they can find it elsewhere. I also have this mindset you only need one person to buy an item (then just got to stumple upon it) which makes watchers and likes mean nothing
My items are staggered, so not all end and relist automatically all on the same day. But views on all my items were zeroed out simultaneously on the same day. And then two days later, the watcher numbers were restored. It just seems odd.
I had 43 likes and almost 1,000 views on Mercari on an item. I had two watchers on ebay with just over 100 views on the same item. It sold on ebay instead of all those likes on Mercari. I think people just like to collect things virtually. The only problem I have is with Google Search with my items. Mine are not sponsored. Sooo. You know.
Thanks for your advice, this year I had 45k in sales by doing this part time, I typically have about 30 items listed . Now, I figured, well if I double my listings , I will sell more and make more money. WRONG! I have 200 listings now and sales have dropped to almost nothing..ugh! this month will be tough. I will go back to my 30 to 50 listings and keep my day job.
Maybe sales are down because it's January. In the cab business in Chicago, business is way down in January. People have SPENT all their money on the holidays - Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Now, in January they're broke.
I know my views are low and not mucb sales but thats becaise of my flair up with my back preventing me listing. But aunday i should be able to start listing more.
Does eBay totally control the 'Make Offer' feature? in other words, a seller has to wait for eBay to provide the 'Send an Offer' link pathway? Thank you
The views do not "refresh themselves" after 30 days. A view will only show for 30 days from the day the view was registered. It is a rolling 30 day calendar where views drop off after the 30th day. You may have 2 different views that are a week apart, one view will drop off before the other.
I think it’s when views vanished with sales!! So there’s a correlation for sure in clothing! It’s call suppression or not promoting .. the odd time eBay slips I get tons of sales n views and then it’s back to manipulation.. I think you are a big biz .. some are smaller so we notice !!
Believe it not. I seem to sell when I'm playing with ebay daily. If I list many items and don't check on it daily. Nothing for a week or two. If I monitor daily, check my status, log in, starting messing with things, I'll sell. Almost rewarded for a daily user?
Here's my concern---I went to ZERO views on most of my items all of a sudden. I'm not a huge seller, I've got 75 items listed. For example , I had consistent views on a certain item , 20 views one day , then zero the next day, along with most of my other listings.
When I retire in a year, I can do more listing. But I wonder if you could do a video about which site is better for which type of product? I know Poshmark is for clothing but is Etsy better for Vintage for example? Or is it just luck. I'm not interested in doing a bunch of social media promotion.
It doesn’t make sense to promote niche items. But promoted listings are putting listings in front of other buyers. It’s like the soda fridge at the checkout. It’s an extra space. “ There is no one model fits all” is truth.
I have a question, good content just discovered you and will subscribe. My impressions take a dive like.95% every night is that normal? 150,000 down to 1,200
I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or what but I've been trying to sell collectible Coins and Currency on ebay and I'm getting almost nothing accomplished! I put them up in a Auction format and some of the current Coins I have up SHOULD be selling for a BUNCH more than they are. For example I put up a $1 dollar very collectible Note for a starting bid of .99 cents. From other listings I've looked at on ebay and what my experience tells me this Note should bid up and sell in excess of $10 to $15 dollars or so.....but nope. After being "relisted" 3 times it finally sold for....99 cents!!! So in most cases I give Free Shipping so in effect I'm losing money! That's just one example. Now if I pay the ebay "Promote Listing" fee the Coins/currency gets more action but I still ended up losing even more money. Again, I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Within 3 weeks, I have made $556 on eBay selling items. Because of Promotions and deductions from a bank I had 5 years ago, have received a Total of $10.42 out of all sold items. Getting old, eBay.
eBay for mass market items...no point. I used to sell niche buyer stuff too and promoted listings were a waste of time. They work, while they still work, for commodity goods only.
The problem I have is items I used to sell frequently and got views are no longer getting views or selling like hey did. Can't reset views when you get 0 views on an item within the 30 days. I sell vintage auto parts. This stuff used to go fast.
I had an item with 32 views and I said "Holey Moley! 32 people looked at it and didn't buy it?" So I ended and sold similar. Most of views are probably sellers stealing my description, lol
I guess you did NOT watch the video as this was STATED MANY times in the video. As I CLEARLY statred in the video the ONLY watchers we even look at are the ones we can send offers to.
@@TheAuctionProfessor hi, i think regardless of being they are watchers or not....its okay to send them offers. The more receivers of offers, the more chances of buying.
One is not allowed to send offers to all watchers. Offers you get to send are handed to you by eBay only. So watchers mean nothing, but offers sent lead to sold listings. Make sense now?!🧚🏻♂️🔨
You can check out our RUclips Membership info here: ruclips.net/channel/UCpK1lhblbdm3yV4Je1TR_Fwjoin
If you wish to help support our channel our Patreon page can be found here: www.patreon.com/TheAuctionProfessor
We have a second channel that will cover making money from arts and crafts for those interested. There will be a lot of How To videos as well. Here’s a link: ruclips.net/channel/UCaViiCbXUWhekTbp8ttqUuw
I also write articles for eCommerceBytes the best reseller news site out there. You can find my articles and tons of other great content here: www.ecommercebytes.com/
If you'd like to see the equipment, shipping supplies, and reference material we personally use you can find it all right here:
www.amazon.com/shop/theauctionprofessor
(We may get a small commission from links posted here and across our channel)
very good info
0 views, 0 sales on 2 Ebay sites for me. 0 to 1 watches. Well, that's SOMETHING!
We should ALL stop promoted listings, then maybe eBay will stop gouging us for more money.
First, how are you going to get 10s of millions of sellers to all stop promoted listings? Second, try stopping promoting listings if you have only a small store of less than 500 items and are listing about 5 per day. See what happens to your traffic and sales. The auction professor has close to 35,000 items and is listing way over 100 items per day. You have to compare similar situations.
I agree I have found that increasing promoted listings does not necessarily help sales at all. I get more sales with a lower promoted listings % or no promoted listings at all then the ones I had with 10% promoted listings.
eBay definitely flipped a switch on this promoted listing mess within the algorithm. I refuse to partake in the money grab so none of my listings are promoted. In one day my daily sales dropped drastically and have not returned to previous levels. I have done nothing different. Still listing daily..even more actually..still the same items that regularly sold. Account is in perfect health, Top Rated, 100% +FB, etc. Now most days I have one low dollar sale and very low views on all items.
If this is the algorithm pushing out sellers who don't promote, eBay is taking a big risk with their quarterly earnings. If my sales are way down it's not doing eBay any favors.
@@dreWRX It's a double edged sword though. If your sales are down then it doesn't benefit you either.
I totally agree. I sell very niche and unique vintage items and for this reason I actually do not even send people saving the item a large discount offer. I do send and offer, but not above 10%. Because I know that if they really are a collector and want it, they are not going to pass by my item over a few dollars difference. Sending an offer for me is much more about keeping my item in their awareness and popping up in their inbox. It boils down to how rare is your item and who actually wants it. That's why I do not haggle, If I send an offer and the person sends me a response of, but will you take a lower price, my standard response is a very polite 'sorry to disappoint, no thank you'. 9 times out of 10, they buy anyway. I call it playing Ebay Poker.
Yep, agree totally. People that look at my stuff DO have money, because I know it's rare or vintage. I try to price fairly though and watch the shipping cost in their favor.
Exactly if there going to fuss over $10 or $15 they should not be buying on ebay they have bigger issues to probably worry about
This was a breath of fresh air...as a newbie I was constantly checking my eBay feed lazer-focused on Vs and Ws. From here on, all I'm doing is listen for the ka-ching sound and do the SellSims every week. Awesome video, sire...thank you!
It comes down to the fact that the more views you have, the more people that dont want to pay for your item. Great points by the Professor.
Congrats on 100k subscribers! Well deserved!
I used to sell on eBay a few years ago & did pretty well. I decided to pick the hobby up again, new account now I see they want to charge you to promote!!!! I haven’t gotten ONE person to even view my items. It seems like eBay is saying either pay to promote or your item will just sit there….. not liking this! Def a money grab….
It's a good thing that customers don't have to view to buy. I've heard that eBay has begun placing ads on the listing page for other sellers' similar items before they even scroll to the description. It's definitely smart to stick to the niches and unique items.
Hi Don, sending some good news. I had never done End and Sell Similar in bulk before, until a few days ago. I have almost 3000 items in my eclectic vintage eBay store. I ended and sell similar relisted about 1800. Wow, what a difference. (The other 5 hundred were listed in spring and summer.) I've sold things, or at least got watchers, on items that have been for sale for a long time. Cathy from Massachusetts
I liked it because it helped me check myself. If i was getting no traffic on an item i would check category, title, details etc to make sure it was correct.
To me i only promote cloths and dvds and it works for me. When i tried anything else sales were the same but made less money.
It's insane. Been listing similar items from many categories since 99'. I have no store it's not a business. I used to get views and watchers and would sell things. The last year or more it's very quiet, sales have dwindled down to very little. I don't think anyone sees my listing or nobody is browsing / buying. They push 'promoted' listing $$$. Thinking of trying another platform....
I am having that issue now. No views. I’ve been selling since 2002.. now can’t sell anything…so frustrating 😞
because of your helpful info , i'm doing well with my sells ! And not spending money on ebay promos , cause it doesn't work . As well all of those updates ebay wants me to do , such a waist . I spend time doing more research & better photos . Thank you so much !
As for Sponsored ads, I pass over them when I'm buying. I notice the sponsored ads items are higher than some other items. I'm looking for low price same product.
I place things on my watchlist anticipating having more money I want to spend down the road. It's like a reminder that there is something I would like to buy that I don't want to forget. Stuff could sit on there for a long time before I pull the trigger. Sometimes I will never pull the trigger. Another reason why watchers might not mean much. I wonder if other people do this?
Awesome 100K subs! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Love the commercial at the end - I sang along and remembered every word!
You are my guru by the way 😊. I love to go to estate sales and I hear some loudmouth re-sellers showing off their 'knowledge' to their buddies walk past great stuff that I've learned about from Auction Professor. 🎉
I noticed last week that all my view counters were set to zero. It was so weird.
Do you think "promoting" even at 3% pushes sales? Does Ebay take into consideration the fact that you are promoting when they see items or do they see an algorithm and put you higher on the list because of promotions? Just wanted to see everyone's opinion. I am testing now. I took off all promotions as of today and will see what happens. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom.
I agree watchers mean very little, but there are some benefits having watchers. As mentioned, offers can be sent, but it also flags the listing in search results and listing itself as having watchers. So if part of a buyer's prerogative in picking a seller is that others are interested as well, the item may have a better chance at selling. I do regularly check my watched items because it lets me know the interest that others have in my items and what may be a future sale. Even if it never gets bought, at least someone was interested (although it may be another seller) and I may not pull it from my inventory as a dead item. The only thing that annoys me is that if the buyer never un-watches the item, it will forever be a watched item. eBay should add the option for sellers to kick it from buyers watch list if say a year has gone by, or just do it automatically with a warning to the buyer.
I removed my views column. It's an old technology. It should be removed from Ebay. I pay attention to watchers.
I don't pay much attention to views but I know almost all the areas I sell in are at a dead halt. Only one still producing is video games. Everything else, collectables, toys, everything is just not selling. Was fine until March and then just fell off.
My store was going a bit slow... Then out of desperation I "killed"my listings, then reposted using "sell similar"... Got amazing results aka sales... I did this about 10 days ago and I'm super happy about the end results thus far... Just an observation is all
What do you mean I'm not selling anything and discouraged.
This video helped. We just started selling and my wife is getting discouraged. We have sold a few things but a lot of our stuff has 0 views.
Great video about you, your business and your clients and niche. I guess it is directed for those who sells vintage only and that have been doing so for many years...I have a bunch of items that I have been cluttering my garage in a very organized manner but I now started to list and it sold a few items. But I buy what I like and my buyers might have the same taste. One thing I learned : man are negotiators hhhahahaah
wish you all a good Sunday!
I've had sales that have been on for weeks with no views, and then someone will come along and just buy and pay for the item. Views aren't that important, but I like to see watchers of my items. eBay have stuffed sales up for many people, I look at my item on the screen and eBay are showing many sellers selling the same thing for different prices. All this will do is force sellers like me to undercut other sellers to be able to sell your item. This is so wrong, surely it's hitting eBay's income & profits with low prices on the platform, at least I hope it's hitting eBay, as It's hitting me with pages of the same items I am selling with other seller items on my page. Thank you, Don. Charles in the UK Ps I will never do free shipping EVER.
Completely agree! Been selling since 2002…PIONEER DAYS (when both parties were in control of their own funds & you could MAIL A CHECK to the seller!🤣)…I’m not a huge huge seller, but decently consistent. I’ve never “depended” on my sales, it’s always been a hobby…but I pride myself on having a good eye & finding greaaat deals!! Like you, I believe many of my watchers are other sellers who want to sell an item like mine…we alll do that, don’t we?…these numbers do not matter! I’m not a proponent of immediately sending an offer to a watcher simply because …I believe this method has trained buyers to EXPECT the seller to accept the offer AND, 3/4 of the time, the buyer won’t pay! As a rule, people know they can always email the seller & make an offer (99.9% of those who do this with me, I indulge their offer with gratitude!! ~ ALSO, this allows me to modify my listing price specifically for them, SO I’ll GET PAID…the “make offer” payment system is BAD!! Buyers don’t even have to pay!..sellers get screwed!) ….I love that you mentioned the promoted listing comments 8:05-10:30. I believe it’s totally a money grab also! I have some with zero results. Forget that!! I’m new here, new sub..Your video just popped in my feed! Great video.
As a new seller with only moderate success the views are what I am using to determine if people are even seeing the listing. And each month resetting the count, obfuscates which items are still not being seen so I wouldn't be able to know to change things on it.
I'm sure views are useless _when sales are being made,_ but I don't like that they changed the counter because it's harder to know what listings need fixing.
Thankyou for you honesty. I really respect your invaluable guidance. You're my go to guy. Nobody can compare. I thankyou kindly. Waves from Scotland. 💐
Don giving straight facts here! Congrats to you guys for reaching 100K Don!🏆🎉👍💪😎
thanks a lot for all these videos you make, really helped me a lot thanks for everything and wish all success to you
So good. As a collector I watch nearly 100 items at all times just to keep it as a wish list, even if I have no intention of buying it right away.
I've' sold many items with no watchers, as well. I sell out of print items, 10-20yrs old...less competition!
Your wall / shelf is lookin great Don! Love the Turtles and the Gi Truck!
I'm continuously learning from your videos! Thank you for sharing your videos!
Ive been doing this full time since 98' on multiple selling marketplaces i sell mostly niche items some mine is the only listed and some there might be 25 but when there are itens on ebay that have hundreds even thousands i have always had this mindset especially with items that there are 10 or less i say if they want it they will buy it n If not they can find it elsewhere. I also have this mindset you only need one person to buy an item (then just got to stumple upon it) which makes watchers and likes mean nothing
My items are staggered, so not all end and relist automatically all on the same day. But views on all my items were zeroed out simultaneously on the same day. And then two days later, the watcher numbers were restored. It just seems odd.
I had 43 likes and almost 1,000 views on Mercari on an item.
I had two watchers on ebay with just over 100 views on the same item.
It sold on ebay instead of all those likes on Mercari.
I think people just like to collect things virtually.
The only problem I have is with Google Search with my items.
Mine are not sponsored. Sooo. You know.
Thanks for your advice, this year I had 45k in sales by doing this part time, I typically have about 30 items listed . Now, I figured, well if I double my listings , I will sell more and make more money. WRONG! I have 200 listings now and sales have dropped to almost nothing..ugh! this month will be tough. I will go back to my 30 to 50 listings and keep my day job.
Maybe sales are down because it's January. In the cab business in Chicago, business is way down in January. People have SPENT all their money on the holidays - Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Now, in January they're broke.
Unbelievable great speaker! ❤❤❤
Thank you for so much for sharing your wisdom of experience. Always appreciate and learn from your videos!
I agree with you. It Just take one the person to sell your item.
I know my views are low and not mucb sales but thats becaise of my flair up with my back preventing me listing. But aunday i should be able to start listing more.
Does eBay totally control the 'Make Offer' feature? in other words, a seller has to wait for eBay to provide the 'Send an Offer' link pathway? Thank you
Yes
I wasn't selling anything until I promoted some items. Things sold good in spring, so I promoted more items, now almost no sales.
Great point 👉 what do you think about the "top" seller status ? Is it worth it ? Thank you, mel
Sales are dead for me. Not sure what’s happening.
very informative. thank you sharing your insight as it relates to your experience. 🙏🏾
I noticed ebay is like a roller coaster of sales. I just go with the flow.
The views do not "refresh themselves" after 30 days. A view will only show for 30 days from the day the view was registered. It is a rolling 30 day calendar where views drop off after the 30th day. You may have 2 different views that are a week apart, one view will drop off before the other.
As I stated views refresh (start at 0) every 30 days.
If u dont look at the watchers, how do u send watchers price changes.
I think it’s when views vanished with sales!! So there’s a correlation for sure in clothing! It’s call suppression or not promoting .. the odd time eBay slips I get tons of sales n views and then it’s back to manipulation.. I think you are a big biz .. some are smaller so we notice !!
Im in this boat...super awesome brand new vintage rare stuff...no buyers😢
Believe it not.
I seem to sell when I'm playing with ebay daily. If I list many items and don't check on it daily. Nothing for a week or two.
If I monitor daily, check my status, log in, starting messing with things, I'll sell.
Almost rewarded for a daily user?
What do you guys think about this new super promoted listings?
Here's my concern---I went to ZERO views on most of my items all of a sudden. I'm not a huge seller, I've got 75 items listed. For example , I had consistent views on a certain item , 20 views one day , then zero the next day, along with most of my other listings.
I’ve had things sell multiple times with 0 views. Like how did they see it to buy it?
Don’t make sense, you have to have a view before someone can buy 🤦🏾♂️
you said you don't watch watchers .... then who / how are you sending offers to?
Something is odd. Maybe just the overall economy. 7 sales on Monday. 0 Sales Tuesday. 0 Sales Wednesday. 1300 items up. Strange.
Facebook gets me more sales that rotten ebay and I keep all the profit!!
What does it mean if you have watchers and no views?
Someone scrolling can click watch without clicking on your listing.
Thanks a bunch 👍🏽
Thank you so much for this I owe you big time. Thank you thank you thank you.
When I retire in a year, I can do more listing. But I wonder if you could do a video about which site is better for which type of product? I know Poshmark is for clothing but is Etsy better for Vintage for example? Or is it just luck. I'm not interested in doing a bunch of social media promotion.
Store name on ebay to order off of?
How do I find your eBay stores?
I found Waldo, I just sold a Waldo yesterday at the Fleamarket
QUESTION: Don can you use Terapeak on your cell phone when sourcing? Thank you Don love your videos.
Yes You Can.
@@TheAuctionProfessor Don would you happen to know of a video on this, I looked but could not find one?
It doesn’t make sense to promote niche items. But promoted listings are putting listings in front of other buyers. It’s like the soda fridge at the checkout. It’s an extra space. “ There is no one model fits all” is truth.
Anyone else find the "levitating" doll a bit creepy? 😉
No views, no purchases all week. On Etsy sales are great. IDK
Came for the knowledge, stayed for the mustache.
I have a question, good content just discovered you and will subscribe. My impressions take a dive like.95% every night is that normal? 150,000 down to 1,200
Great content Don!
I say the only view or watcher I care about is the one that buys! Lol ( a 40 yr retailer ).
I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or what but I've been trying to sell collectible Coins and Currency on ebay and I'm getting almost nothing accomplished! I put them up in a Auction format and some of the current Coins I have up SHOULD be selling for a BUNCH more than they are. For example I put up a $1 dollar very collectible Note for a starting bid of .99 cents. From other listings I've looked at on ebay and what my experience tells me this Note should bid up and sell in excess of $10 to $15 dollars or so.....but nope. After being "relisted" 3 times it finally sold for....99 cents!!! So in most cases I give Free Shipping so in effect I'm losing money! That's just one example. Now if I pay the ebay "Promote Listing" fee the Coins/currency gets more action but I still ended up losing even more money. Again, I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Within 3 weeks, I have made $556 on eBay selling items. Because of Promotions and deductions from a bank I had 5 years ago, have received a Total of $10.42 out of all sold items. Getting old, eBay.
Ich habe Furz und Durchfall! 😂
How much of your sales can be attributed to that you have a RUclips channel about Ebay ? Maybe people buy from you because they know you.
About 0 as we do not even share our store here on RUclips. Nor are the types of items that we sell of interest to those that watch our videos.
Why ebay has no views on products ?
Anyone here to explain me to resolve this problem.
Found Waldo!!
eBay for mass market items...no point. I used to sell niche buyer stuff too and promoted listings were a waste of time. They work, while they still work, for commodity goods only.
Very good explanation I do not promote n I’m selling I like this video ❤
I won't play into the promoted ebay money grab. It's the same as raising fees. Blockbuster days are coming ebay.
The problem I have is items I used to sell frequently and got views are no longer getting views or selling like hey did. Can't reset views when you get 0 views on an item within the 30 days. I sell vintage auto parts. This stuff used to go fast.
Way down laat 2 days
Guess idk if you heard him or not but it means nothing to him.
I had an item with 32 views and I said "Holey Moley! 32 people looked at it and didn't buy it?" So I ended and sold similar. Most of views are probably sellers stealing my description, lol
So I you don't pay ant attention to watchers them why do you send offers??
Of course you pay attention to watchers!
I guess you did NOT watch the video as this was STATED MANY times in the video. As I CLEARLY statred in the video the ONLY watchers we even look at are the ones we can send offers to.
@@TheAuctionProfessor hi, i think regardless of being they are watchers or not....its okay to send them offers. The more receivers of offers, the more chances of buying.
One is not allowed to send offers to all watchers. Offers you get to send are handed to you by eBay only. So watchers mean nothing, but offers sent lead to sold listings. Make sense now?!🧚🏻♂️🔨
Great video❤
Thanks Don
Good items at good prices matters. I make more with 75 listings than most make with a thousand listings.rarity and desirability matters most to me.