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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 10157275, member: 79705"]For me, this bit is the part I think is the issue. Like [USER=36]@evelyb30[/USER] said, eBay has an algorithm and it will hide or bury listings that are not as "desirable." Of course they do not tell us what counts against you, but some things can be observed. For example, taking a break and not selling for a bit dropped me in views massively when I came back, for the same stuff and same ratings (because why should anyone take a break! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie28" alt=":brb:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p>For you it might be that you don't do volume. eBay likes big sellers with turn-over. So only a few listings may rate you low in the algo as a small-time seller. Then you lose sales, which I imagine is another factor, and you continue to sink.</p><p><br /></p><p>So my suggestion is to make more listings. You've already hit the bottom of your price threshold and others are selling similar, so that's not the issue. I'm sure you probably pack in the keywords and nice descriptions too. You might also change over from auction to BIN or vice-versa for older listings just to change it up, but idk what you normally do.</p><p><br /></p><p>I only do promo boost on a couple of lots of contemporary niche items I have a large quantity of and for which all net is profit. It does sell them, but not a fast clip. I wouldn't say the ad thing helps much but you can test it out if you like. Just make sure you look at the fee percentage, because it recommends a level of fee-to-view amount and you can adjust it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 10157275, member: 79705"]For me, this bit is the part I think is the issue. Like [USER=36]@evelyb30[/USER] said, eBay has an algorithm and it will hide or bury listings that are not as "desirable." Of course they do not tell us what counts against you, but some things can be observed. For example, taking a break and not selling for a bit dropped me in views massively when I came back, for the same stuff and same ratings (because why should anyone take a break! :brb:). For you it might be that you don't do volume. eBay likes big sellers with turn-over. So only a few listings may rate you low in the algo as a small-time seller. Then you lose sales, which I imagine is another factor, and you continue to sink. So my suggestion is to make more listings. You've already hit the bottom of your price threshold and others are selling similar, so that's not the issue. I'm sure you probably pack in the keywords and nice descriptions too. You might also change over from auction to BIN or vice-versa for older listings just to change it up, but idk what you normally do. I only do promo boost on a couple of lots of contemporary niche items I have a large quantity of and for which all net is profit. It does sell them, but not a fast clip. I wouldn't say the ad thing helps much but you can test it out if you like. Just make sure you look at the fee percentage, because it recommends a level of fee-to-view amount and you can adjust it.[/QUOTE]
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