Comments on: Recent sales and auction/bin mix http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html eBay & ecommerce made easy Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:02:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stuart http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html#comment-41382 Stuart Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:41:16 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4398#comment-41382 Cheers Chris, will try that. Well done on the 10,000, great achievement :-) Cheers Chris, will try that. Well done on the 10,000, great achievement :-)

]]> By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html#comment-41378 Chris Dawson Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:26:29 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4398#comment-41378 #19 List an auction with BIN. If it sells at an acceptable price relist editing into a multiple item BIN and it will have a recent sales value of 1 sale. It might not get you to the top, but it sure won't do any harm. The good thing about auctions is as they're sorted ending soonest they'll get right to the top of best match at the time they're due to end so for a short time puts you ahead of the pack :-) #19 List an auction with BIN. If it sells at an acceptable price relist editing into a multiple item BIN and it will have a recent sales value of 1 sale. It might not get you to the top, but it sure won’t do any harm.

The good thing about auctions is as they’re sorted ending soonest they’ll get right to the top of best match at the time they’re due to end so for a short time puts you ahead of the pack :-)

]]> By: Stuart http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html#comment-41374 Stuart Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:10:33 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4398#comment-41374 Hi Chris, thanks for quick response. I haven't tried that, but it would be useful if you could tell me how that would work. I was looking for hints with multiple item listings. I understood that with 'best match', you were better off with multiple listings, as the more you sold, the higher up the search results you were. My argument with eBay on this matter is that this new procedure definitely favours the bigger sellers, which I'm afraid I don't fall into (yet). Things won't be helped shortly as I go on Holiday on Sunday, which may knock me back down to the bottom again!!! I can't win :-( I will be putting some scheduled auctions on, timed to finish when I arrive back. If I relist an auction as BIN, will that hold a more favourable position in the results or will they go back to square one. Many thanks Hi Chris, thanks for quick response. I haven’t tried that, but it would be useful if you could tell me how that would work. I was looking for hints with multiple item listings. I understood that with ‘best match’, you were better off with multiple listings, as the more you sold, the higher up the search results you were.

My argument with eBay on this matter is that this new procedure definitely favours the bigger sellers, which I’m afraid I don’t fall into (yet).

Things won’t be helped shortly as I go on Holiday on Sunday, which may knock me back down to the bottom again!!! I can’t win :-(

I will be putting some scheduled auctions on, timed to finish when I arrive back. If I relist an auction as BIN, will that hold a more favourable position in the results or will they go back to square one.

Many thanks

]]> By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html#comment-41369 Chris Dawson Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:08:37 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4398#comment-41369 Stuart - have you tried auctions with BIN? Stuart – have you tried auctions with BIN?

]]> By: Stuart http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html#comment-41368 Stuart Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:57:21 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4398#comment-41368 All I can say is that I must be doing something wrong. I sell watches and since the change my sales have fallen dramatically. I was selling on average between 5 and 6 per day. September 25th couldn't arrive quick enough for me to get my business running to where I wanted it to be. I was looking to double my average sales. I subscribed to the Featured shop as this was presented as the best choice for my business. I flooded the system with loads of BIN multiple listings (far more than I ever had). The first couple of days went great. Then, as if someone had turned off a light switch, my sales fell through the floor. I checked where my listings were in search results and most of them were on the last pages. I have sold quite a few lower priced items and those listings are at the top, but my higher priced items haven't sold and are firmly stuck at the bottom of the search results. My prices are very competitive (in fact they're among the cheapest to be found on UK eBay). My main question is how the blazes do you sell your items in the first place if no-one can see them (I can't afford to you Featured First and Feature Plus doesn't seem to be an advantage now, as you only get to the top of your natural page). Please help - anyone!!!! All I can say is that I must be doing something wrong. I sell watches and since the change my sales have fallen dramatically. I was selling on average between 5 and 6 per day. September 25th couldn’t arrive quick enough for me to get my business running to where I wanted it to be. I was looking to double my average sales. I subscribed to the Featured shop as this was presented as the best choice for my business. I flooded the system with loads of BIN multiple listings (far more than I ever had). The first couple of days went great. Then, as if someone had turned off a light switch, my sales fell through the floor. I checked where my listings were in search results and most of them were on the last pages. I have sold quite a few lower priced items and those listings are at the top, but my higher priced items haven’t sold and are firmly stuck at the bottom of the search results. My prices are very competitive (in fact they’re among the cheapest to be found on UK eBay). My main question is how the blazes do you sell your items in the first place if no-one can see them (I can’t afford to you Featured First and Feature Plus doesn’t seem to be an advantage now, as you only get to the top of your natural page). Please help – anyone!!!!

]]> By: Isabella http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html#comment-40465 Isabella Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:36:54 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4398#comment-40465 Thanks Chris, am sure that's what I read somewhere.. :) Thanks Chris, am sure that’s what I read somewhere..

:)

]]> By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html#comment-40361 Chris Dawson Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:10:53 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4398#comment-40361 #14 I believe from experience and heresay that recent sales lasts for seven days #14 I believe from experience and heresay that recent sales lasts for seven days

]]> By: Isabella http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html#comment-40356 Isabella Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:40:17 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4398#comment-40356 Is there an amount of time specified after the sale of an item, for it to be 'boosted' when re-listed? I'm sure I read that it had to be within a time frame.. thanks Is there an amount of time specified after the sale of an item, for it to be ‘boosted’ when re-listed?

I’m sure I read that it had to be within a time frame.. thanks

]]> By: paul http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html#comment-40288 paul Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:50:25 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4398#comment-40288 We used FF for 2 items... a plier set and a jewellery making kit. I bought 100 sets of pliers (normally sell 1 set a day... currently selling 7).. the kit is selling 13 per day (previous sales 1 to 2). Its clear it works and the boost should remain for the rest of the listing (put 500 kits on in one go - thats really hopeful!) The maths is simply.. first 2 days of each listing covered the costs.. £39 seems a lot for 7 days BUT try it if you have an item you know will sell if promoted We used FF for 2 items… a plier set and a jewellery making kit.

I bought 100 sets of pliers (normally sell 1 set a day… currently selling 7).. the kit is selling 13 per day (previous sales 1 to 2).

Its clear it works and the boost should remain for the rest of the listing (put 500 kits on in one go – thats really hopeful!)

The maths is simply.. first 2 days of each listing covered the costs.. £39 seems a lot for 7 days BUT try it if you have an item you know will sell if promoted

]]> By: keithf http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html#comment-40252 keithf Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:27:10 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4398#comment-40252 Higher ranked fixed price listings can also end when removed by eBay for policy violations. The listings ranking highest may become more prone for scrutiny with a view to reporting them for a policy violation to eBay. Higher ranked fixed price listings can also end when removed by eBay for policy violations. The listings ranking highest may become more prone for scrutiny with a view to reporting them for a policy violation to eBay.

]]> By: Ed (BuildaSkill) http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html#comment-40213 Ed (BuildaSkill) Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:02:15 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4398#comment-40213 #9 / #10 - Remember though that Hong Kong's small and start-up sellers are (like most non-UK residents) probably paying the full 40p (less VAT) per BIN, and have neither the income, nor the savings, to afford the UK's new shop subscriptions (beyond the basic level). UK refuses to give overseas shop users the reduced insertion fees, regardless of overseas shop subscription level, and if the seller account is not on the "right" overseas sites, they get no FVF discounts for sales on the UK either, despite previously advertised cross-border discounts. It is only the UK reneging on this offer, all other named sites are honouring it. Cut overseas sellers some slack - UK is screwing them every which way for fees, and in ways you cannot imagine they are punishing them whilst not using the same measures against UK-resident sellers. Remember too, a lot of these sellers are also overseas British citizens listing on their home-country site whilst expatriate. How would you like it if you were overseas and began losing privileges you enjoyed when at home, or were deliberately discriminated against back in your own country, just because you weren't physically there? I'm very pleased for those seeing an upswing in sales, it's just a shame the playing field is so tilted against being a global marketplace. eBay UK will be a much poorer place as word gets out and the international sellers stop listing on it. The site (in terms of choice, and listing numbers in many niche categories) has been in decline for a couple of years already, this latest strategy will simply accelerate that, making space for the likes of Argos, Woolworths, and Tesco to move their inventory onto it. I would not be surprised to see the entire contents of Littlewoods and Grattans catalogues on there by the end of 2009. Sales to the UK from UK listings was never a major chunk of my GMV, I can afford to lose them. The question is; will UK-residents continue buying from eBay sites other than .co.uk with all these changes now in place? Ed #9 / #10 – Remember though that Hong Kong’s small and start-up sellers are (like most non-UK residents) probably paying the full 40p (less VAT) per BIN, and have neither the income, nor the savings, to afford the UK’s new shop subscriptions (beyond the basic level).

UK refuses to give overseas shop users the reduced insertion fees, regardless of overseas shop subscription level, and if the seller account is not on the “right” overseas sites, they get no FVF discounts for sales on the UK either, despite previously advertised cross-border discounts. It is only the UK reneging on this offer, all other named sites are honouring it.

Cut overseas sellers some slack – UK is screwing them every which way for fees, and in ways you cannot imagine they are punishing them whilst not using the same measures against UK-resident sellers.

Remember too, a lot of these sellers are also overseas British citizens listing on their home-country site whilst expatriate. How would you like it if you were overseas and began losing privileges you enjoyed when at home, or were deliberately discriminated against back in your own country, just because you weren’t physically there?

I’m very pleased for those seeing an upswing in sales, it’s just a shame the playing field is so tilted against being a global marketplace. eBay UK will be a much poorer place as word gets out and the international sellers stop listing on it.

The site (in terms of choice, and listing numbers in many niche categories) has been in decline for a couple of years already, this latest strategy will simply accelerate that, making space for the likes of Argos, Woolworths, and Tesco to move their inventory onto it. I would not be surprised to see the entire contents of Littlewoods and Grattans catalogues on there by the end of 2009.

Sales to the UK from UK listings was never a major chunk of my GMV, I can afford to lose them. The question is; will UK-residents continue buying from eBay sites other than .co.uk with all these changes now in place?

Ed

]]> By: Whirly http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html#comment-40202 Whirly Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:10:28 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4398#comment-40202 #9 drop your BIN price and up your postage, Hong Kong sellers have gotten away with it for years, if you join the club I dont see why you should feel guilty, eBay obviously dont give a duck. #9 drop your BIN price and up your postage, Hong Kong sellers have gotten away with it for years, if you join the club I dont see why you should feel guilty, eBay obviously dont give a duck.

]]> By: Hereford United fan http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html#comment-40201 Hereford United fan Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:54:25 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4398#comment-40201 I would like them to improve UK listings above non UK. That would help me loads. I sell watches and there is loads from Hong Kong to compete with. I would like them to improve UK listings above non UK. That would help me loads. I sell watches and there is loads from Hong Kong to compete with.

]]> By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html#comment-40199 Chris Dawson Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:25:21 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4398#comment-40199 #7 Yes it is, but only on the first relist. You can't launch a new auction but have to go into ended items and relist the item with sales #7 Yes it is, but only on the first relist. You can’t launch a new auction but have to go into ended items and relist the item with sales

]]> By: Andy Toogood http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html#comment-40198 Andy Toogood Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:16:15 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4398#comment-40198 Does anyone know if you relist using Turbo Lister whether previous sales history is carried through? Does anyone know if you relist using Turbo Lister whether previous sales history is carried through?

]]> By: Kate http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html#comment-40196 Kate Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:47:26 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4398#comment-40196 I just don't know what's going on. CD sales (which are never multiple items, just one-offs) have increased tremendously, to the point where I'm having to let my inventory run down (ie not list any more CDs at the moment) because with a full time job I don't have time to get the stuff packed up and sent out - at least not if I want to grab a few hours sleep each night. The jewellery on the other hand seems to have completely died. I actually sold a pair of earrings today, that's the first since the changes. And yet most of my jewellery items have multiple items, and some have had previous sales. What on earth is going on? It's exactly opposite to what I expected... I just don’t know what’s going on. CD sales (which are never multiple items, just one-offs) have increased tremendously, to the point where I’m having to let my inventory run down (ie not list any more CDs at the moment) because with a full time job I don’t have time to get the stuff packed up and sent out – at least not if I want to grab a few hours sleep each night.

The jewellery on the other hand seems to have completely died. I actually sold a pair of earrings today, that’s the first since the changes. And yet most of my jewellery items have multiple items, and some have had previous sales.

What on earth is going on? It’s exactly opposite to what I expected…

]]> By: faculty-x http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html#comment-40190 faculty-x Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:19:50 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4398#comment-40190 i did make this point on another forum but it did not go down well….but anyway How are we protected from buyers buying loads from a seller, not paying and then mutually agreeing the sale void is the item still search ranking improved. i did make this point on another forum
but it did not go down well….but anyway

How are we protected from buyers buying loads from a seller, not paying and then mutually agreeing the sale void

is the item still search ranking improved.

]]> By: Sean Mewse http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html#comment-40187 Sean Mewse Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:01:58 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4398#comment-40187 I'm lovin it! Both the search and 5p listing fee. But the increase in sales I like even more, long may it continue, Sean I’m lovin it! Both the search and 5p listing fee. But the increase in sales I like even more, long may it continue,

Sean

]]> By: Whirly http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html#comment-40180 Whirly Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:47:23 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4398#comment-40180 I encouraged someone to buy online today and not over the phone,, that really hurt :lol: I encouraged someone to buy online today and not over the phone,,

that really hurt :lol:

]]> By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html#comment-40178 Chris Dawson Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:14:50 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4398#comment-40178 #1 Simple answer is no. If you changed the description and/or title to a new product you'd lose any recent sales advantages #1 Simple answer is no.

If you changed the description and/or title to a new product you’d lose any recent sales advantages

]]> By: david http://tamebay.com/2008/09/recent-sales-and-auctionbin-mix.html#comment-40176 david Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:24:09 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4398#comment-40176 any idea how much you can edit a relisted item and still retain the search boost benefit? Could you edit your relisted item, once submitted, and create a whole new listing? any idea how much you can edit a relisted item and still retain the search boost benefit? Could you edit your relisted item, once submitted, and create a whole new listing?

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