You explained PL correctly.. eBay came up with a way to suppress sales/listings in order start charging sellers to be un-hidden within the platform. They did NOT come up with any kind of new way to bring in new/different buyers to see your items. They simply want you to pay MORE to get less. Please name one thing eBay has done to ACTUALLY benefit sellers in this last year and half? I’ll wait…
I couldn’t access my promoted listings campaign to end it and start a lower one on Wednesday.. no access to my campaigns at all.. new ads to get us to promote tho! Then when I finally accessed it and started a lower campaign 2.5% the wording said “this rate is very low and may cause your items and may prevent your items being seen? Why is 2% the minimum when this rate may actually prevent our items being seen?
@@ebuyerschoiceyou probably know, but it’s important to note that views refresh to 0 every 30 days. Watchers on the other hand remain until the watcher removes the item from their watchlist.
8:17 i got a dumb question today too on a lot of 9 Digital cameras Parts or repair in the title stated "Tested DO NOT WORK" the question i got "which ones work" these are the ebay buyers that we are dealing with same with a problem with an item it was a pair of zoom binocluars but the Thumb lever for the zoom was broken buyer was like this is broken what can i do" we went back and forth and i told him to open a return request and return them but i stated to him YOU can clearly see the thumb lever was BROKEN and NOT THERE in all 5 pictures and YOU STILL PURCHASED the item what made you think the zoom was going to work again seems like every year buyers BRAINS become smaller and smaller Like there not playing with a full deck!
Ebay tracking our response times makes me upset, too. 90% of the messages I get nowadays are "what's your lowest price" (nothing good ever comes out of doing business with these people) and the other 10% are asking questions that are answered in the listing. I can't even remember the last time I got a question about something that wasn't already in the listing.
it's just a reminder that we work for them and that is not why I got into reselling. I don't need someone telling me how to run my business when I am an outstanding reseller. haha
9:04 they want instant gratification! same with sellers espcially those that came in during the covid era (and even some older sellers (who had been around long before the covid era) that got accustom to the covid era sales amounts and sales velocity) they all expect instant gratification meaning putting the item up and NEEDING it to sell in 30 60 or 90 days when that is JUST not living in reality (a lot of those sellers are now gravitating to Whatnot 1 minute auctions)
Just remember that ebay makes changes to increase THEIR revenue and please THEIR stockholders. No other agenda, this is their only goal with all these changes. If it hurts your small business then so be it. You have to pivot, change completely or move on or suffer the consequences of thinking that ebay cares about every individual small business seller in their marketplace. Fact is they just don't.
Yes I respond quick because I’m home 24/7 but what about people working outside the home.. they are usually lame questions as all my measurements are listed in two places with capitals saying SEE MEASUREMENTS! If I get messages saying they could buy cheaper at the store, I just block .. it’s as if I can spot trouble in a heartbeat ..
100% "If I get messages saying they could buy cheaper at the store, I just block .. it’s as if I can spot trouble in a heartbeat ." same here id rather pass that off to the other 18 million sellers on ebay YOU CAN Have those buyers every day all day!
yep. at least then we'd know what they wanted. ebay is so greedy now and they aren't even delivering us buyers. they want to charge amazon prices but deliver craigslist service.
Scammers - pre- ship pictures as you ship including pictures of the scale - make sure you get a receipt from USPS that verifies Tracy and also shows the weight when they accept the package
Don’t be surprised if eBay ventures into dynamic Seller fees. Charging an undetermined fee based on their internal metrics. The Buyer pool is decreasing historically for the past couple years. this is a bad analogy but eBay is the BlackBerry of e-commerce. Once again I’m sending out fire sale offers to make my store fees that are due on the 1st. Merceri has just fell off the cliff which is disappointing.
If an item is so overloaded on eBay that I have to promote, I won't source it. Other than that I stopped promoting almost a year ago. Promoting only works if you have hundreds of identical items to sell. If you are selling single one of a kind stuff, promoting is pointless. My 2 cents.
In my country (Australia) postage costs have increased by 50 to 80% depending on parcel type etc over the last 5 years. Ebay takes ~14% of the postage cost that sellers charge. Therefore they're making millions extra from their postage tax, for doing literally nothing more. They just act like nothing has happened when they should be giving a discount somewhere else to compensate.
agreed spacelord. it's so pathetic. we could charge less for s&h if we didn't have ebay's greedy hands in that pot..which maybe would sell more, which would in turn make ebay more money. they are too short term focused.
Ai bots will vero us all out of Ebay business. It's just a matter of time. In a single month I've had 3 veros. I have not listed anything on Ebay in 3 months because I know that Ebay will have a mass account takedown just like what happened on Amazon. Focus on building a website. Not Wix and not corporate Shopify. Your website that you have total control over. Selling on Ebay use to be a rare thing, but now it's mainstream.
9:21 how i deal with these people is I tell them to google this or that (item name or model number or what not) and most likely you can find the answer sorry they need to do some work buyers have responsibilities too which includes PRODUCT research!
Only problem with Etsy giving sales to people that have low shipping and low rates is that shipping is so much higher in Canada. .. so how can Canadian sellers make money on there?
@@hayfro Tell me about it. I had around $800 in sales last week and this week was about $500 and most of that was ear y in the week,, Last week the sales were consistent per day. I was really hoping sales were going to keep going up with the listings i've been doing but instead nothing I listed in the past 3 days were seen and I was sent hardly any options to send offers. Since a number of those items were items that noone else had on Ebay I was really surprised noone even looked at them ... they were pretty rare items. Items listed before those days people looked at. Almost like Ebay didn't want me to get much in the way of sales for 3 or 4 days or my Ebay store was hidden.
my apologies and i agree. youtube just places them and they put like 10 on one video and one on the other. i have since deleted over half on the one they overloaded and left the other alone. it was 2 in the morning when i posted these and I don't think the ad placement shows up for me right away and again, I don't put the ads in.
it was my brother in laws, when he moved earlier in the year and that was something i decided to keep as I really liked it. ended up getting a bunch of clothes and hats I kept for myself so it was like christmas a little. lol
I'm here, just busy crosslisting, killing it locally and enjoying not having to make youtube videos because they pay is awful. I have lost all joy talking about ebay. Am I finished...tbd but until my relationship with ebay improves or they become more seller friendly I just don't see the point in talking about them. I am sitting on some pretty massive discoveries that I may pass onto liz morton as I don't want to be targeted by ebay which is another reason I'm not really talking about them. You know...the old if you don't have anything nice to say best not to say anything at all. and...add in the fact that reseller content on youtube in my opinion as at an all time low. I can list on one hand who I am watching these days....
You explained PL correctly.. eBay came up with a way to suppress sales/listings in order start charging sellers to be un-hidden within the platform. They did NOT come up with any kind of new way to bring in new/different buyers to see your items. They simply want you to pay MORE to get less.
Please name one thing eBay has done to ACTUALLY benefit sellers in this last year and half? I’ll wait…
I couldn’t access my promoted listings campaign to end it and start a lower one on Wednesday.. no access to my campaigns at all.. new ads to get us to promote tho! Then when I finally accessed it and started a lower campaign 2.5% the wording said “this rate is very low and may cause your items and may prevent your items being seen? Why is 2% the minimum when this rate may actually prevent our items being seen?
@@ebuyerschoiceyou probably know, but it’s important to note that views refresh to 0 every 30 days. Watchers on the other hand remain until the watcher removes the item from their watchlist.
I simply can't name one thing Josh.
8:17 i got a dumb question today too on a lot of 9 Digital cameras Parts or repair in the title stated "Tested DO NOT WORK" the question i got "which ones work" these are the ebay buyers that we are dealing with same with a problem with an item it was a pair of zoom binocluars but the Thumb lever for the zoom was broken buyer was like this is broken what can i do" we went back and forth and i told him to open a return request and return them but i stated to him YOU can clearly see the thumb lever was BROKEN and NOT THERE in all 5 pictures and YOU STILL PURCHASED the item what made you think the zoom was going to work again seems like every year buyers BRAINS become smaller and smaller Like there not playing with a full deck!
You must spell out EVERYTHING in your listing cause most buyers are dumb as a rock!
@@ericenloe8967 this was stated in the title , in the description AND the condition note area as well! Yep they bet dumber year over year lol
Ebay tracking our response times makes me upset, too. 90% of the messages I get nowadays are "what's your lowest price" (nothing good ever comes out of doing business with these people) and the other 10% are asking questions that are answered in the listing. I can't even remember the last time I got a question about something that wasn't already in the listing.
it's just a reminder that we work for them and that is not why I got into reselling. I don't need someone telling me how to run my business when I am an outstanding reseller. haha
Hey Jeff, How you been doing? Everything ok on your end? We miss you man! Cheers,
just uploaded a video and I appreciate the message.
9:04 they want instant gratification! same with sellers espcially those that came in during the covid era (and even some older sellers (who had been around long before the covid era) that got accustom to the covid era sales amounts and sales velocity) they all expect instant gratification meaning putting the item up and NEEDING it to sell in 30 60 or 90 days when that is JUST not living in reality (a lot of those sellers are now gravitating to Whatnot 1 minute auctions)
Hey Jeff! What’s up? I miss your videos and your insights.
I'm here. hoping to have something out this week.
Just remember that ebay makes changes to increase THEIR revenue and please THEIR stockholders. No other agenda, this is their only goal with all these changes. If it hurts your small business then so be it. You have to pivot, change completely or move on or suffer the consequences of thinking that ebay cares about every individual small business seller in their marketplace. Fact is they just don't.
oh I've been pivoting since last summer.
Hey Jeff, hope all is well and great video as always!
Thanks Rosie!
Holly molly! he does exist! welcome back to the YT world!
Yes I respond quick because I’m home 24/7 but what about people working outside the home.. they are usually lame questions as all my measurements are listed in two places with capitals saying SEE MEASUREMENTS! If I get messages saying they could buy cheaper at the store, I just block .. it’s as if I can spot trouble in a heartbeat ..
100% "If I get messages saying they could buy cheaper at the store, I just block .. it’s as if I can spot trouble in a heartbeat ." same here id rather pass that off to the other 18 million sellers on ebay YOU CAN Have those buyers every day all day!
if i had a brick and mortar id say don't let the door hit ya on the way out!
What they've done is unsustainable. They should have just raised fees 2%
yep. at least then we'd know what they wanted. ebay is so greedy now and they aren't even delivering us buyers. they want to charge amazon prices but deliver craigslist service.
Scammers - pre- ship pictures as you ship including pictures of the scale - make sure you get a receipt from USPS that verifies Tracy and also shows the weight when they accept the package
Don’t be surprised if eBay ventures into dynamic Seller fees. Charging an undetermined fee based on their internal metrics.
The Buyer pool is decreasing historically for the past couple years. this is a bad analogy but eBay is the BlackBerry of e-commerce. Once again I’m sending out fire sale offers to make my store fees that are due on the 1st.
Merceri has just fell off the cliff which is disappointing.
If an item is so overloaded on eBay that I have to promote, I won't source it. Other than that I stopped promoting almost a year ago. Promoting only works if you have hundreds of identical items to sell. If you are selling single one of a kind stuff, promoting is pointless. My 2 cents.
I refuse to buy anything off a promoted listing as well.
@@nebulousvoid Same here. You can almost bet that it's never the best deal.
In my country (Australia) postage costs have increased by 50 to 80% depending on parcel type etc over the last 5 years. Ebay takes ~14% of the postage cost that sellers charge. Therefore they're making millions extra from their postage tax, for doing literally nothing more. They just act like nothing has happened when they should be giving a discount somewhere else to compensate.
agreed spacelord. it's so pathetic. we could charge less for s&h if we didn't have ebay's greedy hands in that pot..which maybe would sell more, which would in turn make ebay more money. they are too short term focused.
eBay has no clue as to how to help seller because NONE OF THEM SELL ON EBAY!
Ai bots will vero us all out of Ebay business. It's just a matter of time. In a single month I've had 3 veros. I have not listed anything on Ebay in 3 months because I know that Ebay will have a mass account takedown just like what happened on Amazon. Focus on building a website. Not Wix and not corporate Shopify. Your website that you have total control over.
Selling on Ebay use to be a rare thing, but now it's mainstream.
eBay's idea of promotion is forcing your item into a page of completely unrelated items; not one keyword in common.
9:21 how i deal with these people is I tell them to google this or that (item name or model number or what not) and most likely you can find the answer sorry they need to do some work buyers have responsibilities too which includes PRODUCT research!
Only problem with Etsy giving sales to people that have low shipping and low rates is that shipping is so much higher in Canada. .. so how can Canadian sellers make money on there?
these platforms need to stop micromanaging and sabatoging our business.
@@hayfro Tell me about it. I had around $800 in sales last week and this week was about $500 and most of that was ear y in the week,, Last week the sales were consistent per day. I was really hoping sales were going to keep going up with the listings i've been doing but instead nothing I listed in the past 3 days were seen and I was sent hardly any options to send offers.
Since a number of those items were items that noone else had on Ebay I was really surprised noone even looked at them ... they were pretty rare items. Items listed before those days people looked at. Almost like Ebay didn't want me to get much in the way of sales for 3 or 4 days or my Ebay store was hidden.
Way too many ads on these vids, Fro. Normally not near as many. You may want to check the settings. Other than that great content as normal.
my apologies and i agree. youtube just places them and they put like 10 on one video and one on the other. i have since deleted over half on the one they overloaded and left the other alone. it was 2 in the morning when i posted these and I don't think the ad placement shows up for me right away and again, I don't put the ads in.
YES, make it faster to list, all these dumb ass pop up menus and stupidly placed item specifics
Love the News Boy Cap! Makes me think of the early 1900's
Yea! Should have left it in 1900😂
it was my brother in laws, when he moved earlier in the year and that was something i decided to keep as I really liked it. ended up getting a bunch of clothes and hats I kept for myself so it was like christmas a little. lol
I wonder what's going on with you. Maybe nothing to report except you're having crappy sales like the rest of us.😮
I'm here, just busy crosslisting, killing it locally and enjoying not having to make youtube videos because they pay is awful. I have lost all joy talking about ebay. Am I finished...tbd but until my relationship with ebay improves or they become more seller friendly I just don't see the point in talking about them. I am sitting on some pretty massive discoveries that I may pass onto liz morton as I don't want to be targeted by ebay which is another reason I'm not really talking about them. You know...the old if you don't have anything nice to say best not to say anything at all. and...add in the fact that reseller content on youtube in my opinion as at an all time low. I can list on one hand who I am watching these days....