What an interesting experiment Lindey. I noticed that you got a boost of sales on the first two days then sales started tapering off. The same thing happened to me when I first tried promoted listings. The first month or so, my sales were almost double, then they started tapering off until it was pointless to keep promoting. I also remember when I made my very first listing on ebay years ago, the item sold right away and I was shocked and hooked. My point is, I wonder if Ebay temporary rewards you when you make a drastic change to get you hooked then reverts back so that you have to keep making even more drastic changes? Chasing the Ebay algorithm is so frustrating!
I tend to agree in many circumstances. If someone is on a coast and I'm Midwest. It can cost $10+ to ship a sizable package. That definitely effects purchase price
Great video! You are doing an awesome job. I like how you pay attention to the trends and play to your strengths. Thank you and please keep em coming! 👍
USPS jacking up the prices again on Sept 16th so everyone can complain and rate you on your COST OF SHIPPING not realizing that USPS is the problem, not the reseller. Im so over it. When will it end? Its already costing me more then 10 bucks to send anything over 1lb now, no matter what that is. If its over 1lb is close to 10 bucks. Ridiculous.
This was a good video! But the one question I have is if you list an item which may have a higher price, but you also say “Or best offer”, why does the listed price keep someone from making a lower offer? Maybe I’m missing something.
Not everyone wants to send offers. A lot of people just want to buy it and move on. Literally every single sale I had over the first 7 days (not the weekend I was sending offers) were buy it now. No offers
I did it for a short time simply to drive some sales to wake up the algorithm. After a week I raised them back up and I've been selling items daily since 👍 I consider the practice of "race to the bottom" being purposefully pricing lower than EVERYONE and then holding your price there.
@autobuff6598 I gotcha! I do think race to the bottom is 💯 a problem but temporary price drops are a normal part of retail. I think purposefully listing lower than everyone and leaving your price there is the biggest contributer to that problem.
I ended all but 50 listings and slowly relisted back to 250. Most are one offs vintage and costume jewelry with some better sterling gemstone pieces. Very few exact comps found. Keep revising title, details and price or doing sell similar. Still very few sales. I have tried many strategies but nothing works. Should I try your experiment in my case?
Your videos and information is Awesome! So Helpful! I just closed my Ebay store and canceled by subscription. I have done this 14 years. I don't know what else to do. This is what I have done so long don't know what else I can do at home to make a little money. How do I get back with a simple store. My ebay is still up but I just want to see different items now and get back to ebay. How do i restart again with the same site.
I think you just saved me. My day job has been overwhelming so I have not listed in months - when I Went in to sell similar and schedule 5 a day the promo button was missing and then a message about rating and they prohibited promos. So I’ve done your trick to bulk drop the price to 50% - so we shall see what happens.
Yeah you can make slight gradual discounts over 90 days to drive up sales. Sometimes the str changes over tge months. If you don't check on it consistently. You can be over priced without realizing it. That could be why stuff isn't selling to. Also hows your str if it's really high stuff should go fairly quickly.
Hey there Lindey, great tips, sounds like you have been going through the same sales drought as myself. Quick question though, are/were you using promoted listings campaign at the same time of doing 50% off the prices during your test?
You aren't the only seller with slow sales. Before last week, I had not had one sale since June 20th - totally nonexistent dead summer sales. Only two small sale items last week that broke the summer-long slump. I ended my basic store subscription last year and went back to a starter store ($4.95/month) because I couldn't justify the cost of a basic store with not a lot of sales. I'm going to try this and see if I can jump-start things, too!
Try it! I haven't been catapulted into massive sales since but I have been getting 1-3 sales a day since without listing or doing anything else. It's worth a shot! ❤️
Great video! First time I’ve listened to you. I’m very interested in learning more about the FB business page. Could you link some videos of yours where you talk about that? Thanks!
Love your Channel, my wife and I have learned alot. Do you do flat shipping or Calculated shipping. We do free on about 85% of our sales we moved over to free shipping a few months ago and it seemed to help. But would rather not do it. Thanks
I always have a sacrificial lamb or 2 I'm willing to part with in my inventory. I buy small amounts until I can see what works and go from there. I'm trying something new right now so wish me luck!
Soooo....all I have to do is cut all my prices in half to get sales? Wow! Breakthrough content 😂. I'm sorry, but really. Obviously many people search lowest to highest price. If your items are consistently the first in that search filter, your items will sell. But it's the fastest way to race to the bottom in pricing and ultimately hurts the value of items if everyone were to do this
Obviously this isn't something that nobody has ever thought of. That's not the point. Sometimes the simplest of acts can trigger sales and get the algorithm back on your side. Also, this does not contribute to "race to the bottom" I dropped my prices for a very short period and then raised them back up (who knows if any of my items were the cheapest during this test anyway...) The race to the bottom is a problem when sellers purposefully price lower than everyone else and leave their prices there. Completely different sales model - completely different intention. Also wanted to report even after raising my prices up again - I have been getting at least one day a day without doing anything else (prior to that it was *crickets*)
I don't currently. Years ago I tried it and I had negative results so I stopped. Might try again sometime but I just personally don't see a point in giving ebay more money for selling an item
Somehow the edit to buy now didn’t take 🙄 so I had to take 50 at a time to make it work. I took 100 of the oldest ones and ended them so I can sell similar. Wonder how long it takes to improve your status and get it back
The AI is really causing issues .. even on Mercari. I had craft item taken down and the reasons they gave didn't apply at all. I contacted them and they fixed it but it's a waste of time. Very interesting experiment. Without a store subscription can you still promote I wonder.
You can still do promoted listings without a store as far as I know but I hate the idea of paying extra to ebay for that. I'd rather find other ways to have the algorithm work in my favor. I haven't tried selling on mercari in awhile. Maybe I should try again and see 👀 never thought about AI causing issues over there too
It's about sell thru rate. I used to have 2500 items and only sold 5 a day. No I have a 1100 item store and I sell 10-13 a day. Stick to 50% sell thru.
I sell some diecast cars. Not Hot Wheels or Matchbox. I buy directly from the distributor. My prices are lower than the big diecast sellers on Ebay... and it is so difficult to sell them...
I started with local pickup only (scheduled porch pickups) but I have started shipping now! Shipping adds an extra layer but it's definitely doable and I love that I'm completely in control (within facebook guidelines of course)
WHY were you suspended, we need details. It is very hard to get suspension, usually they just kill listing and give you reasons. Suspension is very severe action
Do you mean the roasted nuts? Yes I am! I took a bit of a break in August due to school starting and it seemed like every weekend we have family in town or some sort of thing we were doing. Going to be getting back into it in September and looking forward to Christmas season!
It's probably been awhile since I've updated it! Thanks for letting me know. Until I get it replaced you can find me in advance search - my user ID is Bullseye.Bids
Oh and the pronunciation on that blood pressure cuff is "S-fig-monno-man-ah-meter". 🙂 I had to rehearse it to myself when I was in medical school because they wouldn't let you use real terms like...blood pressure cuff. Lol.
Nice work, but am I missing something, you had 331 items when you done 50% Off, you sold 29 items, yet when you increase by 30% you still have 331 items ???
The sold items dropped down to a zero quantity and are still technically active listings. I just need to go in and end them (you have to do that manually now
I revised 300+ items on early friday morning - once. I didn't do it every day. I don't think a revision alone would have had the same result but no way to know for sure. Basic listing refreshes just weren't working for me up until now which is why I was growing more and more frustrated
I really use to enjoy your videos. Not anymore. Let me start eBay doesn't care about you, they didn't retaliate against you. eBay has to protect themselves and the algorithm picks out certain things like expired items. If the "system" recognizes this it automatically sends the suspensions. Take responsibility, it's your fault you didn't take it down not eBay's. The issue with you partners you had, the huge amount YOU let them screwing you over with was your fault, your store failing..... your fault. You took down 1,000 items that may be an issue? I have almost 3k items and None are an issue. So much complaining. I don't want to see that. I have never had an issue with eBay in all the years I've been dealing with them. I just can't take the boo whoo videos anymore.
How is this a boohoo video? Am I not taking responsibility by saying that I admittedly hadn't been checking the market prices on these items? That some might have incorrect shipping? If you see this as a "boo-hoo" video, I think that's how you're choosing to view it. I'm sorry that you seem to feel like me sharing my failures as well as successes with my audience as a problem for your viewing pleasure. I share these things because I AM HUMAN. I make bad choices and I choose to share those with the audience that I have so that maybe they can see that people can screw up in business and still come back from it. Sorry, I'm not as flawless of an entrepreneur as you are. Perhaps my transparency isn't your cup of tea ✌️
What an interesting experiment Lindey. I noticed that you got a boost of sales on the first two days then sales started tapering off. The same thing happened to me when I first tried promoted listings. The first month or so, my sales were almost double, then they started tapering off until it was pointless to keep promoting. I also remember when I made my very first listing on ebay years ago, the item sold right away and I was shocked and hooked. My point is, I wonder if Ebay temporary rewards you when you make a drastic change to get you hooked then reverts back so that you have to keep making even more drastic changes? Chasing the Ebay algorithm is so frustrating!
I think its a hustle. Thats why they have ai and a aligothim.
Shipping costs are by far the biggest impediment to sales on eBay.
I tend to agree in many circumstances. If someone is on a coast and I'm Midwest. It can cost $10+ to ship a sizable package. That definitely effects purchase price
@@LindeyGlenncost of doing business
yes, and they raise the price very often.
@@ericross9544 Wish the customers understood that but they don't.
I didn’t realize you could do a bulk percentage off!! You have taught me several things through the years!! THANK YOU!!!
So glad to help! ❤
Same.. can I do this on my phone???
@@conchitawashington4340 I don't think you can price drop in bulk from your phone. At least not in the app
@@LindeyGlennThank you!
Learned something new as usual, did not know we could change prices that easily.
I’ve done 25-40% off on the weekends & it helps on Sales. This weekend on Labor Day I did 40% off & got like 15 sales.
40% is alot
Good video Lindey! Keep up the sales 😊
Omg I don’t know why I thought you had quit reselling on eBay, so happy to see you’re not done!
Great video! You are doing an awesome job. I like how you pay attention to the trends and play to your strengths. Thank you and please keep em coming! 👍
Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️
USPS jacking up the prices again on Sept 16th so everyone can complain and rate you on your COST OF SHIPPING not realizing that USPS is the problem, not the reseller. Im so over it. When will it end? Its already costing me more then 10 bucks to send anything over 1lb now, no matter what that is. If its over 1lb is close to 10 bucks. Ridiculous.
I feel the same way. I keep asking people if they use the Promote listing because they charge a fee. Also Ebay hides people's listings.
Great video, thank you! Might do that with mine. Everything has 100% sell through at the right price 👌
Exactly!
Not true at all.
This was a good video! But the one question I have is if you list an item which may have a higher price, but you also say “Or best offer”, why does the listed price keep someone from making a lower offer? Maybe I’m missing something.
Not everyone wants to send offers. A lot of people just want to buy it and move on. Literally every single sale I had over the first 7 days (not the weekend I was sending offers) were buy it now. No offers
I might have missed it but did you continue to list while doing this experiment.
With the 50% off senerio,doesn't that contribute to the race to the bottom problem? I know that your usually against that
I did it for a short time simply to drive some sales to wake up the algorithm. After a week I raised them back up and I've been selling items daily since 👍 I consider the practice of "race to the bottom" being purposefully pricing lower than EVERYONE and then holding your price there.
@LindeyGlenn don't get me wrong I like the idea
@autobuff6598 I gotcha! I do think race to the bottom is 💯 a problem but temporary price drops are a normal part of retail. I think purposefully listing lower than everyone and leaving your price there is the biggest contributer to that problem.
I ended all but 50 listings and slowly relisted back to 250.
Most are one offs vintage and costume jewelry with some better sterling gemstone pieces. Very few exact comps found.
Keep revising title, details and price or doing sell similar. Still very few sales. I have tried many strategies but nothing works.
Should I try your experiment in my case?
It wouldn't hurt to try! Although if your pieces are super unique - you might just be waiting for the right buyer
Your videos and information is Awesome! So Helpful! I just closed my Ebay store and canceled by subscription. I have done this 14 years. I don't know what else to do. This is what I have done so long don't know what else I can do at home to make a little money. How do I get back with a simple store. My ebay is still up but I just want to see different items now and get back to ebay. How do i restart again with the same site.
I think you just saved me. My day job has been overwhelming so I have not listed in months - when I Went in to sell similar and schedule 5 a day the promo button was missing and then a message about rating and they prohibited promos. So I’ve done your trick to bulk drop the price to 50% - so we shall see what happens.
I didn't know you were back on Ebay. I thought you quit Ebay. I love your channel
I too thought you quit Ebay?
I quit doing ebay full time. I never closed my ebay account. I just put most of my reselling energy elsewhere
@@LindeyGlenn Why did you quit doing it full time?
Interesting, wondering if sales continued to be at least slightly up prior to experiment.
Hey Lindey! That free shipping to Hawaii scenario happened to me a few weeks ago. I knew it could happen, gambled, and lost 😅 great video!
Yeah you can make slight gradual discounts over 90 days to drive up sales. Sometimes the str changes over tge months. If you don't check on it consistently. You can be over priced without realizing it. That could be why stuff isn't selling to. Also hows your str if it's really high stuff should go fairly quickly.
Hey there Lindey, great tips, sounds like you have been going through the same sales drought as myself. Quick question though, are/were you using promoted listings campaign at the same time of doing 50% off the prices during your test?
I don't do promoted listings at all. I tried it years ago and hated it
First time viewer, I picked a great one to view. Lots of great advice here! Do you promote your listings?
Thank you!! No I never promote. Tried it years ago and I found it had a negative reaction with my store
You aren't the only seller with slow sales. Before last week, I had not had one sale since June 20th - totally nonexistent dead summer sales. Only two small sale items last week that broke the summer-long slump. I ended my basic store subscription last year and went back to a starter store ($4.95/month) because I couldn't justify the cost of a basic store with not a lot of sales. I'm going to try this and see if I can jump-start things, too!
Try it! I haven't been catapulted into massive sales since but I have been getting 1-3 sales a day since without listing or doing anything else. It's worth a shot! ❤️
we felt it about 10 days before school started. q4 coming though
GREAT VIDEO Lindey!
Great video! First time I’ve listened to you. I’m very interested in learning more about the FB business page. Could you link some videos of yours where you talk about that? Thanks!
Here's a video showing my process from start to finish th-cam.com/video/JK2augy5w3k/w-d-xo.html
Love your Channel, my wife and I have learned alot. Do you do flat shipping or Calculated shipping. We do free on about 85% of our sales we moved over to free shipping a few months ago and it seemed to help. But would rather not do it. Thanks
Calculated every time!
I always have a sacrificial lamb or 2 I'm willing to part with in my inventory. I buy small amounts until I can see what works and go from there. I'm trying something new right now so wish me luck!
Subtracting 50% and then adding back 30% leaves you at 35% off the original price. I’m not sure everyone realizes that.
Soooo....all I have to do is cut all my prices in half to get sales? Wow! Breakthrough content 😂. I'm sorry, but really. Obviously many people search lowest to highest price. If your items are consistently the first in that search filter, your items will sell. But it's the fastest way to race to the bottom in pricing and ultimately hurts the value of items if everyone were to do this
Obviously this isn't something that nobody has ever thought of. That's not the point. Sometimes the simplest of acts can trigger sales and get the algorithm back on your side.
Also, this does not contribute to "race to the bottom" I dropped my prices for a very short period and then raised them back up (who knows if any of my items were the cheapest during this test anyway...) The race to the bottom is a problem when sellers purposefully price lower than everyone else and leave their prices there. Completely different sales model - completely different intention.
Also wanted to report even after raising my prices up again - I have been getting at least one day a day without doing anything else (prior to that it was *crickets*)
I am busy lowering prices on my old listings that I had dreams about how valuable they really aren't LOL
I can relate lol
Good video. 👍
Thank youuuuu! More of these please. ❤️
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Loved this content! Thank-you
So glad! Thank you ❤️
I don't have store but do this all the time just manually drop everything sell alot but low price but adds up
Very informative content, thank you!!
Lindey do you use promoted listings?
I don't currently. Years ago I tried it and I had negative results so I stopped. Might try again sometime but I just personally don't see a point in giving ebay more money for selling an item
Awesome information!!❤
Great idea Lindey! Cheers,Pat🎉
Great information! Thanks!
Somehow the edit to buy now didn’t take 🙄 so I had to take 50 at a time to make it work. I took 100 of the oldest ones and ended them so I can sell similar. Wonder how long it takes to improve your status and get it back
Holy cow, your basement is a warehouse. Great setup.
Why can't I find where I can bulk edit prices 😫 do you need a subscription or need to be at a certain level to be able to do that?
if you go to your active listings page you should have an EDIT button above all of your listings. Click that and EDIT ALL
The AI is really causing issues .. even on Mercari. I had craft item taken down and the reasons they gave didn't apply at all. I contacted them and they fixed it but it's a waste of time. Very interesting experiment. Without a store subscription can you still promote I wonder.
You can still do promoted listings without a store as far as I know but I hate the idea of paying extra to ebay for that. I'd rather find other ways to have the algorithm work in my favor.
I haven't tried selling on mercari in awhile. Maybe I should try again and see 👀 never thought about AI causing issues over there too
AI is the devil. I have never seen it improve anything. Ever!
LOVE your shirt
Thank you!
Great Video! Also, I need that shirt!
The lady that has it all looks and personality. If only if only if only. She is truly amazing looking. I think she should do modeling.
But that shirt!!!! *chef’s kiss*
Zombies eat Brains, It looks like you'll be safe..😅
It's about sell thru rate. I used to have 2500 items and only sold 5 a day. No I have a 1100 item store and I sell 10-13 a day. Stick to 50% sell thru.
Did you do the bulk edit and sending out offers with or without your Ebay store?
I no longer have an ebay store. It's just a regular ebay account
@@LindeyGlenn Thank you, I don't either...I didn't know you could do a bulk edit, thank you:)
@@zenkittyunboxed yesss! Such a time saver!
Was everything 50% off at buy it now? Or auction?
Buy it now
I sell some diecast cars. Not Hot Wheels or Matchbox. I buy directly from the distributor. My prices are lower than the big diecast sellers on Ebay... and it is so difficult to sell them...
So this means that we will have to sell more bc we will have to mark outlr prices lower😢
On facebook , do you ship everything out or you let people pick up in person ? I would prefer shipping out to keep my privacy .
I started with local pickup only (scheduled porch pickups) but I have started shipping now! Shipping adds an extra layer but it's definitely doable and I love that I'm completely in control (within facebook guidelines of course)
WHY were you suspended, we need details. It is very hard to get suspension, usually they just kill listing and give you reasons. Suspension is very severe action
Ty very helpful. Good job.
Awesome video, this is how I'm feeling with Amazon I'm deactivated going on a month. UGH
ugh! I quit amazon yeeeeears ago. I keep wondering if I should consider it again but I've heard it's worse now than it was 5 years ago
I'm sorry! I hope you get your Amazon account back up soon!
We do FBM on Amazon, mostly books, and our sales have gone to hell, only $545 YTD. We're gonna shut that down at the end of the month.
Sometimes I move price up and get a sale.
Maybe like reverse psychology for watchers?? Thinking they should buy it before price goes up again?
I've done the same with good results. I suspect the algorithm sees this and it wakes it up...
How is the good truck type business are you u still doing that
Do you mean the roasted nuts? Yes I am! I took a bit of a break in August due to school starting and it seemed like every weekend we have family in town or some sort of thing we were doing. Going to be getting back into it in September and looking forward to Christmas season!
@@LindeyGlennHave to admit, the roasted nuts I ordered from you not too recently were the best I ever tasted. Way better than store bought brands.
can it work on poshmark?
I don't see why not! Every selling platform has a similar algorithm I'm sure
Much appreciated!
Fridays and Saturdays are the best days anyhow
awesome info
Thank you!
hey Lindy, your ebay link says store not found
I think the link expired and I've been bad about updating. Here it is! www.ebay.com/usr/bullseye.bids
凄い在庫用のスペースですね。
Your ebay link is broken Sorry, this store was not found.
It's probably been awhile since I've updated it! Thanks for letting me know. Until I get it replaced you can find me in advance search - my user ID is Bullseye.Bids
Can you please help me out
Oh and the pronunciation on that blood pressure cuff is "S-fig-monno-man-ah-meter". 🙂 I had to rehearse it to myself when I was in medical school because they wouldn't let you use real terms like...blood pressure cuff. Lol.
Thank you!!
How old is the video?
upload date is below the video, uploaded a little over 1 month ago
My stores needs to wake up very soon like in the next 24h i am expecting changes because otherwise I am going in the hole very very badly
Nice work, but am I missing something, you had 331 items when you done 50% Off, you sold 29 items, yet when you increase by 30% you still have 331 items ???
The sold items dropped down to a zero quantity and are still technically active listings. I just need to go in and end them (you have to do that manually now
Lol 😊sphygmomanometer it's a blood pressure cuff
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You did 300+ revisions multiple times, which I wonder if revising alone would have contributed to the increase
I revised 300+ items on early friday morning - once. I didn't do it every day. I don't think a revision alone would have had the same result but no way to know for sure. Basic listing refreshes just weren't working for me up until now which is why I was growing more and more frustrated
I LOVE your content and your videos. Attempting to pronounce that “meter” cracked me up.
🤣 I try
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It sounds like your plan worked but who can afford to go in the hole by giving 50% OFF?
Depends on how much you've spent on inventory I suppose.
Great Video, thanks!!💙
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Pricing and sell through rate has alot to do with it
Items and prices is all that matter. The rest of the algorithm voodoo is just nonsense.
Soo
..if ebay sellers aren't making sells, how's ebay making money?😮
you're very pretty
On your ebay
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I rarely sell on ebay ... they just do not protect sellers . they treat sellers like they are untrustworthy
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I thought you leaving ebay.
Ebay SUCKS, they allow scammers to thrive, severely punishing honest sellers.
The economy is terrible. It’s really a horrible time to sell anything.
I would buy you😍
smig no man ometer lol blood pressure cuff
Thank you!!! 😂
Questiton, if yo
I really use to enjoy your videos. Not anymore. Let me start eBay doesn't care about you, they didn't retaliate against you. eBay has to protect themselves and the algorithm picks out certain things like expired items. If the "system" recognizes this it automatically sends the suspensions. Take responsibility, it's your fault you didn't take it down not eBay's. The issue with you partners you had, the huge amount YOU let them screwing you over with was your fault, your store failing..... your fault. You took down 1,000 items that may be an issue? I have almost 3k items and None are an issue. So much complaining. I don't want to see that. I have never had an issue with eBay in all the years I've been dealing with them. I just can't take the boo whoo videos anymore.
I'm not saying your statement doesn't have validity, but without firsthand knowledge of the listings in question, etc. You're just a troll.
How is this a boohoo video? Am I not taking responsibility by saying that I admittedly hadn't been checking the market prices on these items? That some might have incorrect shipping? If you see this as a "boo-hoo" video, I think that's how you're choosing to view it. I'm sorry that you seem to feel like me sharing my failures as well as successes with my audience as a problem for your viewing pleasure. I share these things because I AM HUMAN. I make bad choices and I choose to share those with the audience that I have so that maybe they can see that people can screw up in business and still come back from it. Sorry, I'm not as flawless of an entrepreneur as you are. Perhaps my transparency isn't your cup of tea ✌️
I really hate negative people like really really really
Wow that wasn't necessary
Awful.
Only scammers and crooks use eBay now
Always I think that, Price is the most important thing on eBay.
What is your Facebook name?
BullseyeBids
Http://facebook.com/bullseyebidding
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Ebay sucks
Please message me
Very useful information. Thank you.