So this is what happened. I had / have about 200 or so video games posted. They've been stagnant for about 4 years. I sold maybe 3 in the last 2 years. After watching this video, I ended and sell similar all of them. Didn't change anything about them, just reposted. I did this last night and sold 10 while I was sleeping. Im still getting notifications of games selling right now. I think its a shame that an item people obviously wanted at an agreeable price, was not being shown just because the listing was old. Now they're selling.
New subscriber here! I watched this video earlier today and tried it with one item so far. I went into a listing that I posted a few days ago and had ended it because I had made a big mistake in the listing. I went back to it under ended listing, I clicked on "sell similar" and no joke, I sold it a couple hours later! I'd like to think that this works, so I am going to try this with a few more listings and at least hopefully get some more eyes on my listings. Thank you!!! (I will come back for an update in a few days!)
Thanks Nic, really useful advice here, much more helpful than anyone I've ever spoken to at Ebay. In the process of trying to clear my stock so that I can close my shop after 14 years on Ebay, am gutted but no longer viable and after 14 years as a business seller, 16,000 sold items, over 5,000 positive feedback (100% positive) they have now decided my most recent listing was counterfeit goods (I sell beauty and fragrance) Have sent photos, invoices from retailer where purchased and jumped through every hoop, still wont let me list. As if I would risk 14 years worth of building a reputable business to risk things now all of a sudden, am so utterly disillusioned with their constant automated response and inability to look at facts. Sorry for the rant, appreciate the great advice in this video
I went through the same selling cosmetics with eBay. I actually got suspended so had to keep on at them. It was a Marc Jacobs shower gel which I had listed without the box. Coty who are the IP complained and I was suspended. I eventually got reinstated by badgering the IP holder for months with photos etc. Keep at them to clear your name. Still selling now but admit that the margins are very slim x
@@alisonriley6837 sorry to hear that, the way they treat long standing, reputable sellers is dreadful. I don't have the energy to deal with them any more, I do this as a side hustle and have a full time job. I'm still in the process of selling my remaining stock, cant wait until I can close my shop and move on to something else
I got my wife a nice bottle of perfume from a big store, she never used or opened it after two years so I sold it on eBay. The buyer that bought it, said it was counterfeit and was refunded by eBay and eBay took my 100% seller away from me. I told eBay and showed them the receipt of where the item came from and they said they did believe me, but the buyer is always right, I was fuming.
@@charlesforeman9438 sorry to hear that. They dont really care for the small sellers, I bought most of my stock retail on offer with very small mark up. Even though I sent over proof of orders, receipts etc they still stood their ground. I'll be closing my shop soon after 14 years of 100% positive feedback, such a shame.
@@bobbiellison4315 Take several items and list them together at a cheap price. Eg: i sold 7 small porcelain figurines for £10 recently. 20 DVD Movies for £10
@@bobbiellison4315 It's a UK expression, typically re: commercial offerings of several different items lumped together because the seller really wants rid of them
Did this with a small amount of my items yesterday morning and checked stats this morning and saw an almost 100% increase in both impressions and page views as well a couple of offers going out on those items yesterday. Well worth a few minutes of your time to refresh that stale stuff.
I actually started doing this about 4 months ago. I was stunned to realise that some things I thought I'd listed a few months ago were actually 7 or 8 yrs old! tacked about 400 listings over a week and all have now sold. Very effective system!
@@woofbarkyap can i give me some suggestions how to sell my items ...I've listed girls dresses but none of them is sold yet....it's been more than 2 months....and I'm really sad as I've spent plenty of amount on purchasing
Hmm… there must be more to it than that. My oldest non-replenishable listing is from April 2020. It is the second result in best match out of 15 available. Not all old listings are suppressed. Maybe other activity keeps it active, like adjusting the price. Is there a way to find only the stagnant listings?
Thanks Nic, really useful and appreciate you sharing. I try to get all my listings sold within 90 days in any case. I reduce the price every 30 days by between 10 and 25 per cent depending on the original margin i was trying to make. After 90 days im happy to just get my money back in order to reinvest in something that might be more successful.
If ebay know this, why don't they just stop shadow banning listings instead of putting this ridiculous burden on people? Frankly, they ought to be taken to court for hiding listings that people are paying them to host.
I wholeheartedly agree, there should be a lawsuit! This is SO frustrating!!! All they have to do is let the dagum items sell, collect their portion from fees, and let everyone be happy! So SICK of the games!!!
this 100% works. When I finally figured out that this was important - some of my things that were over a year old and I just kept relisting instead of sell similar actually sold. Great advice!
This was very useful. Thank you. Do you know, does ebay charge fees based on how long a listing has been live? For example, are their fees the same for a listing that's been up for 60 days versus 30 days?
I have been doing this, perhaps a little half hartedly, for years and seen it work to some extent. But knowing I need to work on it after the 90 day threashold makes a big difference and turns this into a real strategy rather than a hope for the best activity.
hi nic im planning to start ebay ,can you breifly explain about postage coz last items i listed and purchase the postage but with some of stuff royal mail was saying to my customer that i didnt paid enough postage ,can you tell how to deal with that
Nice to hear confirmation from Ebay with the sell similar. I do however do sell similar before the 90 days, especially if a niche is oversaturated, like postcards.
Hey Nic, some good advice. Question - i have a new business account and have to pay to list. These 'stagnent' items are costing me money either way, if I sell similar or stay put. As they will charge again to re list. Any advjce on lowering the costs on business accounts? Many thanks
I just mark down anything older than 90days stoppped ending and selling similar a while back plus im gonna be getting rid of my sku system and going by date same way technsports does his much quicker so end and sell similar wouldn’t work unless i moved the items down the queue
For my money often a simple rewording of the listing will often enhance the viability of the listing. Gets past the stagnancy and other parameters. I am not a 'Pro' seller on Ebay. However I have NOW a decent low end rep from buyer response. Have not been active on EBay in a while. I am sure you Nic and Andrea look for similar items as well already as stated in this video. One thing many do not think often is if there are 'many' listings of similar items maybe hold of on listing those items 'UNTIL' less items of that type are available. If that 'type' of item continue to be available at less than attractive return give up on it and move on. (Unless you are some absolute sales wizard and can perform miracles) Above all wording is the key to beating the AI in charge of deciding if a post is desirable or not
Multiple item question Nic. At what point do you class a listing of multiple items as stale? I have several multi item listings that haven't had a sale in 90 days. Is it worth ending and selling similar, or let them tick along?
When ending a listing it gives me some options of why, ie No longer available, item lost or broken etc. Theres probably about 5 options. Question: which is the best one to choose, to not upset the ebay gods.
Select ‘item no longer available for sale’ as there are no repercussions from this option. I list on multiple platforms and always use this option when ending items on eBay. Ive done it hundreds of times and it doesn’t affect me negatively.
It annoyed me when towards the end of last year I decided to start selling my unwanted stuff for the first time, I listed a few things but nothing sold. I also had on standby other items, but as it got close Christmas I decided to hold back till after. Imagine my shock when I decided to start my selling at the beginning of this year, and i found eBay had deleted all my items that I had ready to list. I had at least six items all gone I'm not sure if I want to prepare everything again for selling, it was a waste of time and also the way eBay treat their sellers I'm not sure whether to try again.
Ebay lies though. I sold a auto grille used with a crack and said has a crack showed multi pics of the crack. Buyer filed a not as described because it has a crack. Talked to ebay and they said list it as for parts or repair not working and that will protect you. Well did that with a vintage Ferrari radio and guess what they filed a not as described and returned it still with parts missing and taken apart. Was listed as is for parts or repair. So They got there 225.00 back and ebay does nothing about this. This has happened a few times now. Ebay is complicit with helping people steal. Market place has been better lately. Ebay needs big changes. They are prime for competition. Ebay use to be so much better.
Be a private seller and don’t offer refunds. Make sure you take pictures of the item and detail it well with the imperfections. They can still ask for a refund but just decline it saying yes it is
@@razzinho17 Even if they do this eBay will force the return if the buyer says the item was "not as described". You can't really win with eBay because they don't look at a sale subjectively. All they do is agree to the buyers demands and issue refunds without researching.
Thank you Nic, very good knowledge - relative newbies here - we've also noticed some of our items will not attract any views at all for weeks then maybe 10 - 25 in a day, is this normal anybody?
Chances are they will have had offers already as we send them out daily, so if they were actually interested they would have bought it - I never worry about the watchers
hi Nic not sure if you read or answer comments ? i have had an ebay account for many years and sold all kinds of stuff, i saw what i thought was a good seller, buying and selling adult magazines, there are still hundreds for sale now, but when i listed mine ebay immediately took them down stating i had broken a rule ! any idea how to get around this ? im left with hundreds of magazines i cant list
just went to do this and mine all say 6 days ago when i relisted them all. i just end all then relist all, does this mean my items have been assigned new item numbers then?
I had this last Thursday at Ebay Business Roadshow .. had a very interesting 1 to 1 chat with a Ebay Pro Trainer..he taught me more in the 20 mins than ive learnt in 20 years using eBay :)
So End the listing - then Sell Similar = gives a new number and makes it a new item. What is the difference? If you End the Listing and create a new listing it gives it a new number and is a new listing? What am I missing?
Worth mentioning that list similar will also wipe out all watchers. If you intend to drop price might be worth at last shot by sending out offers at the new price before ending and using sell similar.
People saying when you end the listing you lose all the watchers , if for example you have 10 watchers and the item is being ended as its over 90 day's old then its highly unlikely any of those watchers are going to buy the item. Just end the item anyway , had many items with plenty of watchers not sold then sell within 48 hour's of relisting.
Ive been on ebay selling for 15 years but when they brought in promote my sales have struggled. Mine and a lot of business sellers all agree. . .they want you to pay to get views.
if you have more listings than your monthly free listing allowance then this won't work. but fear not. prmote all your listings and hey presto your sales literally double in a flash. works for me.
Once you sell similar all your dates of oldest listings will change, now it's a "new" listing. You will end up with old listings in your store that look as though they are new. Ebay also doesn't leave the listings in order that they were listed. So, if you can't find something it can be in any box, you no longer have a date to go back to and see what else you listed that day. i have tried selling similar and it doesn't work as good as just spending a couple of minutes and pulling up the older items and moving photo's and keywords filling out more item specifics. Selling similar is dangerous also, besides having duplicate listings, you can also loose listings if you aren't careful. It's not worth the risk.
I agree. It seems like everyone who talks about listings dropping off uses this trick of end listing & sell similar. I think when you bulk edit, there can be errors that eBay does not alert you to. For example, a listing might have been valid when created, but would be invalid as a new listing (returns policy, item specifics etc.). The old listing will tick along, but selling similar will not work unless you manually change the required setting.
All those things I do as a seller since 2001 but it doesn't make any difference. My sales are just dire. I think it's people who do paid promotions who get featured more. I do some at 2-5 %, but why should we have to do this when we already pay fees. If I have to go higher with the ads then the pirce has to go on the item making it look expensive
eBay just wants resellers to keep making new listings. The only problem with doing a sell similar sale is you have to take pictures again if you didn't save them on your phone, camera or hard drive.
Most of the scams are coming from BUYERS who make false claims that the electronic item arrived damaged, whenever the item arrived just fine but the buyer can now ship back a broken item they already owned, while receiving a refund. If you secretly mark your item they can also claim you blemished it with a secret mark and is not what they ordered, etc. Showing a photo to the ebay moderators that you marked the item, and that the item the buyer returned was not the one you shipped will rarely work in your favor. Ebay will side with the buyer and YOU will get screwed. Ebay is literally dying a slow painful death due to the understandable boycotts and decisions by sellers to go somewhere else. Facebook Marketplace is the only way to go now. You meet with the person, exchange cash for the item, you're done.
I tried this the day after you posted this video, now I've got no views or watchers on pretty much everything 🤷♂️. Seems like no-one else wants my old tat either 😂
Cheers Nic for the information.... Very clear and precise as always! I will definitely put this into practice over the upcoming days. Its been clearance after clearance the past couple of weeks. No time for videos or listing as we`ve got a house full of other peoples furniture?! Best wishes to you and Andrea - Steven & Clair
Once you have "sold similar" on an item, remember to "delete" the sold similar item from your ended /unsold listings to avoid any duplication of listings 😁
Absolutely. However, if you accidentally try to list something twice, ebay will prevent this. However, you should remove the listings because if a listing sells, you can accidentally list an item that you no longer have.
Ye this is BS! It will work if you have not done a relist in months! But try that next week and the following week and again. I bet you anything it does not work after the 1st time. Iv tried and got tried of doing it over and over. I have not relisted since May of 2024. My sales SUCK! And im not willing to do it again for one simple reason. I cannot run 30 60 90 120 day special events. Start relisting and that number resets to ZERO! How are you supposed to then run sales events based on AGE? Think about that.
Others have done it long before Retro Reselling. To be quite honest its one of the most obvious things to do, im not sure how anyone can drag this out for 10 minutes....
eBay has shut that "trick down" I can't say for certain what is happening with your business, but I can tell you that ebay has said that simply ending a listing and relisting it (whether as a relist or sell similar) does not provide any great boost
So this is what happened.
I had / have about 200 or so video games posted. They've been stagnant for about 4 years.
I sold maybe 3 in the last 2 years. After watching this video, I ended and sell similar all of them. Didn't change anything about them, just reposted. I did this last night and sold 10 while I was sleeping.
Im still getting notifications of games selling right now.
I think its a shame that an item people obviously wanted at an agreeable price, was not being shown just because the listing was old.
Now they're selling.
@@drizzo4669 I think this is where I am now.... It seems like I only get likes and views on my newly posted stuff and nothing on the older items. Thxs
New subscriber here! I watched this video earlier today and tried it with one item so far. I went into a listing that I posted a few days ago and had ended it because I had made a big mistake in the listing. I went back to it under ended listing, I clicked on "sell similar" and no joke, I sold it a couple hours later! I'd like to think that this works, so I am going to try this with a few more listings and at least hopefully get some more eyes on my listings. Thank you!!! (I will come back for an update in a few days!)
A massive thank you for this advice, I started it yesterday and today after watching your video and my sales have rocketed 😃👍 can’t thank you enough
that's fantastic
Thanks Nic, really useful advice here, much more helpful than anyone I've ever spoken to at Ebay. In the process of trying to clear my stock so that I can close my shop after 14 years on Ebay, am gutted but no longer viable and after 14 years as a business seller, 16,000 sold items, over 5,000 positive feedback (100% positive) they have now decided my most recent listing was counterfeit goods (I sell beauty and fragrance) Have sent photos, invoices from retailer where purchased and jumped through every hoop, still wont let me list. As if I would risk 14 years worth of building a reputable business to risk things now all of a sudden, am so utterly disillusioned with their constant automated response and inability to look at facts. Sorry for the rant, appreciate the great advice in this video
So sorry to hear this...
I went through the same selling cosmetics with eBay. I actually got suspended so had to keep on at them. It was a Marc Jacobs shower gel which I had listed without the box. Coty who are the IP complained and I was suspended. I eventually got reinstated by badgering the IP holder for months with photos etc. Keep at them to clear your name. Still selling now but admit that the margins are very slim x
@@alisonriley6837 sorry to hear that, the way they treat long standing, reputable sellers is dreadful. I don't have the energy to deal with them any more, I do this as a side hustle and have a full time job. I'm still in the process of selling my remaining stock, cant wait until I can close my shop and move on to something else
I got my wife a nice bottle of perfume from a big store, she never used or opened it after two years so I sold it on eBay. The buyer that bought it, said it was counterfeit and was refunded by eBay and eBay took my 100% seller away from me. I told eBay and showed them the receipt of where the item came from and they said they did believe me, but the buyer is always right, I was fuming.
@@charlesforeman9438 sorry to hear that. They dont really care for the small sellers, I bought most of my stock retail on offer with very small mark up. Even though I sent over proof of orders, receipts etc they still stood their ground. I'll be closing my shop soon after 14 years of 100% positive feedback, such a shame.
Also i take all my old items that do not sell and put them together as a JOB LOT random bundle at a bargain price. They do well
Job lot? Forgive my ignorance, 😊 what is that?
@@bobbiellison4315 Take several items and list them together at a cheap price. Eg: i sold 7 small porcelain figurines for £10 recently. 20 DVD Movies for £10
@@bobbiellison4315 It's a UK expression, typically re: commercial offerings of several different items lumped together because the seller really wants rid of them
Thank you! Great info I never knew about, definitely going to try this.
Hi Nic Thanks for the informative video most of the things you said i already new but there were a few bits i didn't know
Nic, thanks for the advice!
This makes so much sense!
I love your video's!!!
So much information and tips!
Thanks Nic, very clearly explained, good to know I'm doing it right, looking forward to the rest of this series
Thank you :)
Did this with a small amount of my items yesterday morning and checked stats this morning and saw an almost 100% increase in both impressions and page views as well a couple of offers going out on those items yesterday. Well worth a few minutes of your time to refresh that stale stuff.
Fantastic results :)
Hi Nic Great video found it very useful thankyou will definitely go though my listings thankyou for your advise Kevin
Glad it was helpful!
I actually started doing this about 4 months ago. I was stunned to realise that some things I thought I'd listed a few months ago were actually 7 or 8 yrs old! tacked about 400 listings over a week and all have now sold. Very effective system!
Yes it really works - eyes on your listings instantly increase and sales follow!
@@woofbarkyap can i give me some suggestions how to sell my items ...I've listed girls dresses but none of them is sold yet....it's been more than 2 months....and I'm really sad as I've spent plenty of amount on purchasing
Hmm… there must be more to it than that. My oldest non-replenishable listing is from April 2020. It is the second result in best match out of 15 available. Not all old listings are suppressed. Maybe other activity keeps it active, like adjusting the price.
Is there a way to find only the stagnant listings?
Absolutely imperative relevant information! Just what I've been looking for based on my current questions floating within my head. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Nic, really useful and appreciate you sharing. I try to get all my listings sold within 90 days in any case. I reduce the price every 30 days by between 10 and 25 per cent depending on the original margin i was trying to make. After 90 days im happy to just get my money back in order to reinvest in something that might be more successful.
Thanks very much for the useful information i will remember that especially i ve relisted items before so might start using your approach
If ebay know this, why don't they just stop shadow banning listings instead of putting this ridiculous burden on people? Frankly, they ought to be taken to court for hiding listings that people are paying them to host.
I wholeheartedly agree, there should be a lawsuit! This is SO frustrating!!! All they have to do is let the dagum items sell, collect their portion from fees, and let everyone be happy! So SICK of the games!!!
Great info, will definitely try these tips out 🙂
this 100% works. When I finally figured out that this was important - some of my things that were over a year old and I just kept relisting instead of sell similar actually sold. Great advice!
Yup - it works :)
Thanks for the video it was really useful. How often do you recommend ending your listings and selling similar?
Thank you that was so helpful, taken lots of notes and will definitely use that method for sell similar items in future
Excellent value with your advice and thought why something doesn't sell in the first 90 days 👍
great work through - never knew that 'start date' table head existed - thanks loads!!!
Fantastic :)
This was very useful. Thank you. Do you know, does ebay charge fees based on how long a listing has been live? For example, are their fees the same for a listing that's been up for 60 days versus 30 days?
I have been doing this, perhaps a little half hartedly, for years and seen it work to some extent. But knowing I need to work on it after the 90 day threashold makes a big difference and turns this into a real strategy rather than a hope for the best activity.
Many don't wait 90 days, some refresh monthly
Hi, can you use sell similar on multi items or do you need to do them one at a time?
This was a very helpful video. You did a thorough job explaining it. New subscriber here.
hello Do you use custom GPT and APIs?
After all this time I never knew that start date option was there, it's a game changer, thanks Nic
Glad it helped :)
hi nic im planning to start ebay ,can you breifly explain about postage coz last items i listed and purchase the postage but with some of stuff royal mail was saying to my customer that i didnt paid enough postage ,can you tell how to deal with that
Nice to hear confirmation from Ebay with the sell similar. I do however do sell similar before the 90 days, especially if a niche is oversaturated, like postcards.
Thanks nic I’ve just done sell similar with a good few
Items fingers crossed I get the stick moving
@@jenniferhenderson6154 any update?
Hey Nic, some good advice. Question - i have a new business account and have to pay to list. These 'stagnent' items are costing me money either way, if I sell similar or stay put. As they will charge again to re list. Any advjce on lowering the costs on business accounts? Many thanks
I just mark down anything older than 90days stoppped ending and selling similar a while back plus im gonna be getting rid of my sku system and going by date same way technsports does his much quicker so end and sell similar wouldn’t work unless i moved the items down the queue
We all do what works best for us :)
For my money often a simple rewording of the listing will often enhance the viability of the listing. Gets past the stagnancy and other parameters. I am not a 'Pro' seller on Ebay. However I have NOW a decent low end rep from buyer response. Have not been active on EBay in a while. I am sure you Nic and Andrea look for similar items as well already as stated in this video. One thing many do not think often is if there are 'many' listings of similar items maybe hold of on listing those items 'UNTIL' less items of that type are available. If that 'type' of item continue to be available at less than attractive return give up on it and move on. (Unless you are some absolute sales wizard and can perform miracles) Above all wording is the key to beating the AI in charge of deciding if a post is desirable or not
hello could I send you a PM to be sure that I have understood correctly and not make any mistakes when using the software
will go through mine tomorrow be nice to clear out old stock cheers
Multiple item question Nic. At what point do you class a listing of multiple items as stale? I have several multi item listings that haven't had a sale in 90 days. Is it worth ending and selling similar, or let them tick along?
It's a judgement call really - no sale in 90 days may indicate that starting fresh could be a good plan
Thanks Nick, that was a huge help 👍
That jumper really is very nice, lol it looks so cozy, great find
It really is :)
When ending a listing it gives me some options of why, ie No longer available, item lost or broken etc. Theres probably about 5 options.
Question: which is the best one to choose, to not upset the ebay gods.
Select ‘item no longer available for sale’ as there are no repercussions from this option. I list on multiple platforms and always use this option when ending items on eBay. Ive done it hundreds of times and it doesn’t affect me negatively.
It annoyed me when towards the end of last year I decided to start selling my unwanted stuff for the first time, I listed a few things but nothing sold. I also had on standby other items, but as it got close Christmas I decided to hold back till after. Imagine my shock when I decided to start my selling at the beginning of this year, and i found eBay had deleted all my items that I had ready to list. I had at least six items all gone I'm not sure if I want to prepare everything again for selling, it was a waste of time and also the way eBay treat their sellers I'm not sure whether to try again.
Great information. I knew there was a reason I keep watching you. Thanks
Awesome! Thank you!
This is SO helpful! Thank you! 🙏🏻 😊
Thank you so much for your wise words...
Ebay lies though. I sold a auto grille used with a crack and said has a crack showed multi pics of the crack. Buyer filed a not as described because it has a crack. Talked to ebay and they said list it as for parts or repair not working and that will protect you. Well did that with a vintage Ferrari radio and guess what they filed a not as described and returned it still with parts missing and taken apart. Was listed as is for parts or repair. So They got there 225.00 back and ebay does nothing about this. This has happened a few times now. Ebay is complicit with helping people steal. Market place has been better lately. Ebay needs big changes. They are prime for competition. Ebay use to be so much better.
Be a private seller and don’t offer refunds. Make sure you take pictures of the item and detail it well with the imperfections. They can still ask for a refund but just decline it saying yes it is
@@razzinho17 I have done all that and ebay just does it then on their own.
I've had this happen on high end vintage fisher reels. I nolonger ship to China and Japan for this reason.
@@razzinho17 Even if they do this eBay will force the return if the buyer says the item was "not as described". You can't really win with eBay because they don't look at a sale subjectively. All they do is agree to the buyers demands and issue refunds without researching.
Thanks so much for sharing this invaluable information!!!
Thank you Nic, very good knowledge - relative newbies here - we've also noticed some of our items will not attract any views at all for weeks then maybe 10 - 25 in a day, is this normal anybody?
Maybe somebody shared the listing?
What is the thoughts on items that have watchers, as presumably they will be lost. Are they just window shoppers with no intention to buy?
Chances are they will have had offers already as we send them out daily, so if they were actually interested they would have bought it - I never worry about the watchers
How do you find all of your jumble sales and charity warehouse sales nic ?
Google, facebook, word of mouth, local papers
hi Nic not sure if you read or answer comments ? i have had an ebay account for many years and sold all kinds of stuff, i saw what i thought was a good seller, buying and selling adult magazines, there are still hundreds for sale now, but when i listed mine ebay immediately took them down stating i had broken a rule ! any idea how to get around this ? im left with hundreds of magazines i cant list
I can't speculate on the reasons... you would have to contact ebay to find out why they have chosen to end your listings
Best do some changes. Very useful advise
just went to do this and mine all say 6 days ago when i relisted them all. i just end all then relist all, does this mean my items have been assigned new item numbers then?
If it's a promoted listing you're going to have to set the promotion listing again
I had this last Thursday at Ebay Business Roadshow .. had a very interesting 1 to 1 chat with a Ebay Pro Trainer..he taught me more in the 20 mins than ive learnt in 20 years using eBay :)
Do you have any tips you can share ??
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@@jamesmoore8624no 😂
Hi Nick all the sellers I know do this as normal, nice video for beginners. Keep up the good work.
As you say - helpful if you didn't know
So End the listing - then Sell Similar = gives a new number and makes it a new item. What is the difference? If you End the Listing and create a new listing it gives it a new number and is a new listing? What am I missing?
the difference is between 'relist' and 'end, sell similar' if you just relist it is treated as the same stagnant listing...
Such good info, thank you! 👍
If I have 20 of the same item eBay makes me list them individually, I'm just a normal seller is there any way to list these as a quantity
I just add quantity 20... does a private seller account not allow for multiples??
Brilliant advice Nic- many thanks
Worth mentioning that list similar will also wipe out all watchers. If you intend to drop price might be worth at last shot by sending out offers at the new price before ending and using sell similar.
Good point - maybe tweak the price first then refresh if the watcher's don't bite
People saying when you end the listing you lose all the watchers , if for example you have 10 watchers and the item is being ended as its over 90 day's old then its highly unlikely any of those watchers are going to buy the item. Just end the item anyway , had many items with plenty of watchers not sold then sell within 48 hour's of relisting.
I never worry about the watchers - they will have been sent offers anyway and not bought so can't want it that badly...
Ive been on ebay selling for 15 years but when they brought in promote my sales have struggled.
Mine and a lot of business sellers all agree. . .they want you to pay to get views.
Promote means big £ for ebay...
Pay to play is what made me leave eBay, one of the cherries on the poop sundae. It's blackmail in fancy dress. NOPE. No sale.
hey presto , ebay make more money for charging to list again....very clever
I find refreshing my listings (SELL SIMILAR) helps
Brilliant tips! Thanks 👍
No mention about Promoted listings Nic? This is a fundamental part of selling these days.
For eBay it is 😂
great information. what a valuable channel
if you have more listings than your monthly free listing allowance then this won't work. but fear not. prmote all your listings and hey presto your sales literally double in a flash. works for me.
Once you sell similar all your dates of oldest listings will change, now it's a "new" listing. You will end up with old listings in your store that look as though they are new. Ebay also doesn't leave the listings in order that they were listed. So, if you can't find something it can be in any box, you no longer have a date to go back to and see what else you listed that day. i have tried selling similar and it doesn't work as good as just spending a couple of minutes and pulling up the older items and moving photo's and keywords filling out more item specifics. Selling similar is dangerous also, besides having duplicate listings, you can also loose listings if you aren't careful. It's not worth the risk.
I agree. It seems like everyone who talks about listings dropping off uses this trick of end listing & sell similar. I think when you bulk edit, there can be errors that eBay does not alert you to. For example, a listing might have been valid when created, but would be invalid as a new listing (returns policy, item specifics etc.). The old listing will tick along, but selling similar will not work unless you manually change the required setting.
Fair enough - it works for us and many others - do what's right for you.
Thank you for sharing the knowledge once again 😊
My pleasure...
Thank you Nic!
Cheers Nic 😊👍
thanks guys x
Good information ❤❤
Thanks
Thanks Nic, that will save me a lot of time. Cheers
My pleasure - glad it helped :)
Thanks, very useful info.
Thank you for sharing useful information right from ebay.
My pleasure :)
Excellent video. Such a great video
Thank you very much!
Great video Nic
Glad you enjoyed it
All those things I do as a seller since 2001 but it doesn't make any difference. My sales are just dire. I think it's people who do paid promotions who get featured more. I do some at 2-5 %, but why should we have to do this when we already pay fees. If I have to go higher with the ads then the pirce has to go on the item making it look expensive
End and sell similar works for us and from the comments here it's has instant results for others too
@@NicHills it does get an instant boost but people hardly buy
eBay just wants resellers to keep making new listings. The only problem with doing a sell similar sale is you have to take pictures again if you didn't save them on your phone, camera or hard drive.
No it keeps the pictures when you sell similar (as long as it is from your own listing)
@@NicHills okay... I will try this but as a basic store I have limited listings available.
Most of the scams are coming from BUYERS who make false claims that the electronic item arrived damaged, whenever the item arrived just fine but the buyer can now ship back a broken item they already owned, while receiving a refund. If you secretly mark your item they can also claim you blemished it with a secret mark and is not what they ordered, etc. Showing a photo to the ebay moderators that you marked the item, and that the item the buyer returned was not the one you shipped will rarely work in your favor. Ebay will side with the buyer and YOU will get screwed. Ebay is literally dying a slow painful death due to the understandable boycotts and decisions by sellers to go somewhere else. Facebook Marketplace is the only way to go now. You meet with the person, exchange cash for the item, you're done.
Many thank for the great tips xxx vheri
My pleasure :)
Good advice young man thank you
Thanks :)
I tried this the day after you posted this video, now I've got no views or watchers on pretty much everything 🤷♂️. Seems like no-one else wants my old tat either 😂
Brill. Thank you
Fantastic information thank
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Thanks Nik Great Info
Thanks:)
Well i never, cheers Nic
Cheers Nic for the information.... Very clear and precise as always! I will definitely put this into practice over the upcoming days. Its been clearance after clearance the past couple of weeks. No time for videos or listing as we`ve got a house full of other peoples furniture?! Best wishes to you and Andrea - Steven & Clair
Glad it was useful :)
Once you have "sold similar" on an item, remember to "delete" the sold similar item from your ended /unsold listings to avoid any duplication of listings 😁
Top point - otherwise you have to unpick the OLD sell simlairs from the new ones later on down the line.
Absolutely. However, if you accidentally try to list something twice, ebay will prevent this. However, you should remove the listings because if a listing sells, you can accidentally list an item that you no longer have.
You take forever to get to the point
Ye this is BS! It will work if you have not done a relist in months! But try that next week and the following week and again. I bet you anything it does not work after the 1st time. Iv tried and got tried of doing it over and over. I have not relisted since May of 2024. My sales SUCK! And im not willing to do it again for one simple reason. I cannot run 30 60 90 120 day special events. Start relisting and that number resets to ZERO! How are you supposed to then run sales events based on AGE? Think about that.
Always check your keywords
The first 4 words in the title are the most important.
I had a bad week 2 weeks ago i just moaned to ebay, moaned on my channel and i think they watched as 47 sales this week haha
Sometimes I list a item and it gets tones of views I then sell it and re list it and it gets barely any views
@xavier3930 it's all just luck I think, best person wins
They don't care unless you pay to promote it.
That is similar to a reel in instagram that goes in hybernation
Retro reselling did this video years ago
Others have done it long before Retro Reselling. To be quite honest its one of the most obvious things to do, im not sure how anyone can drag this out for 10 minutes....
As I said - it's nothing new and you may already know this (as we did) the comments from all the people the video has helped was the point...
eBay has shut that "trick down" I can't say for certain what is happening with your business, but I can tell you that ebay has said that simply ending a listing and relisting it (whether as a relist or sell similar) does not provide any great boost
This was direct from an ebay advisor and also we and others have seen instant results - so, yes it does work and is true.
Terrific info Nick, I have always done the re-list option, thanks.
Glad it was helpful :)