Comments on: eBay.com turn on recent sales tracking early

By: Linzi

Linzi — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:26:16 +0000

Still interesting though – thanks for the heads up – I was convinced I’d missed something I should have read

By: Chris Dawson

Chris Dawson — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:37:36 +0000

#24 It's hidden away on the eBay dev blog, I've not seen the information widely available on more general boards or workshops. To be honest recent sales only carries over from the previous seven days sales, so any re-relists of the original listing are likely to be outside the time frame pretty quickly anyway

By: Linzi

Linzi — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:14:55 +0000

HI Chris
Where did you get that info from? (the child inheriting the sales record of the immediate parent once)

I am only asking cos I haven’t read it anywhere which suggests I’ve missed some vital page or workshop
Thanks

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:21:26 +0000

Thanks Jimbo.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:03:41 +0000

Marcus I imagine that the idea is to use “good till cancelled” and top up the quantity as you go along.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:56:04 +0000

There’s another big question I have.

How can we use automated listings now, if we need to effectively relist the same item?

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:29:48 +0000

Nightmare!

I know that they keep trying to find ways of reviving auctions, but for some items auctions no longer work. Certainly they have never worked for jewellery, and they don’t work any more for bog standard CDs. It’s only the rare ones that people are prepared to wait a bit longer for.

So I’m going to end up at the bottom of the heap below all the big sellers – no more exposure than current shop listings, but for 3 times the price!

Gee thanks for nothing ebay.

By: Chris Dawson

Chris Dawson — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:57:25 +0000

#17 Up until the 24th ending soonest is still the main sort criteria, but I’d be starting to get multiple items listed ready to take advantage of recent sales once the changes occur

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:51:28 +0000

So I guess it also makes the stock control aspect of SMP obsolete as well. Looks like there is some room in the market for some new back end management tools (somthing which intergrates with sage would be nice).

By: Marcus

Marcus — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:46:50 +0000

Thanks again Chris.

So listings no longer move up the search results page? I create multiple copies of the same listing for exposure reasons.

If I only list the item once every 7 days it surely will gain less exposure – at least until the 24th?