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earthbound1986
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The new ebay "top rated seller" stuff is causing me to get no sales!!

Oct 27, 2009 11:12 AM
I have been a ebay uesr for years now. I have a really good feedback score of over 1500 (all positive feedback)! Now because of the way items show up after a search, I am not making any sales. It used to be that if you offered free shipping, your item would come up near the top. Now I am still offering free shipping and the items are not selling because no one can find them.
Another thing is the auction listings are selling for more than I am asking on my "Buy it now". I can't get any views on my auctions because they are way down on the list. I don't really see any pattern to this madness anyway. I am finding sellers with lower feedback than me that have their items displayed near the top. I am just very confused with the whole new layout of ebay.
Ebay keeps getting worse and worse!
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hondamedic
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Re: The new ebay "top rated seller" stuff is causing me to get no sales!!

Nov 1, 2009 10:38 PM

Hi superior-quality4les.. & welcome to The Part Timers Forum!

Well, what are your alternatives? There are many other auction sites but the traffic is much lower. As many of your items are NIB you could sell them over at "The River". If you feel fees are high increase your starting price to compensate. Your first re-list should be free but if you're forced to re-list again increase the starting price. Before you list do an Advanced Search for completed auction of your item & see what it's max selling price is & set your BIN at that level.

There is no reason to whine at fees. If you owned a B&M store you have fixed costs that you would have to pay to keep the buisness afloat, it's the same here.

Good luck!



Thanks. What is "The River?"


We cannot post alternatives to eBay as that will get our post pulled and a slap on the wrist from eBay. But I would think you can figure out the site by reading the name of the worlds longest river:Link

Hope this helps!


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carols-place-2003
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Re: The new ebay "top rated seller" stuff is causing me to get no sales!!

Nov 3, 2009 12:31 AM
ebay isn't going to get my business much longer if I can't sell anything. I don't list very often but I'd like to sell a little. These new changes really stink. sellers are up the creek without a paddle. Been looking for a new site to post on. Might go to Graigs list
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katrina9799
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Re: The new ebay "top rated seller" stuff is causing me to get no sales!!

Nov 4, 2009 12:34 AM
I just listed my 1st auction in months: a broken talking pee wee herman doll. Starting price .99 cents. Only 1 picture.
I listed it at literally the same time as a top rated seller listed their talking pee wee herman doll. Same starting price. Their doll is probably better.......they have more pictures........they are listed one above mine in the search........they have the TRS badge......

Today, theirs was at 1 bid for .99 cents. Mine at 5 bids $5.50.

The question is WHY?

My only guess is that my description is better........(since my doll is broken and stated bold and underlined, I can only hope that the winning buyer reads the listing.........:| but that is another topic)

Moral of the story? You can compete against the dreaded TRS badge and win!!!
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katrina9799
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Re: The new ebay "top rated seller" stuff is causing me to get no sales!!

Nov 4, 2009 12:40 AM
Thanks OMA,

I understand you 'beef' with the feedback math and it really sucks!!

I suffer from the same problems-I am a 'little guy' powerseller and I achieved powerseller by dollar amount sold NOT quantity.

So even 1 buyer can literally rip me to shreds.........even though I am a powerseller.
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joelt5star
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Re: The new ebay "top rated seller" stuff is causing me to get no sales!!

Nov 4, 2009 9:22 AM
I don't think ebay cares about this issue. They are making money either way. My take is they have more sellers than buyers, so if sellers start to bail their revenue will go down from listings. Sooner or later it will catch up with them. I got to ten feedbacks got a gold star and my sales dropped off like a rock falling into a bottomless pit. Looks like I'm finished here, I see no reason to fight the system when other sales outlets exist. It is eaiser to move on and forget ebay ever existed.
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keldasales
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Re: The new ebay "top rated seller" stuff is causing me to get no sales!!

Nov 4, 2009 4:48 PM
From listening to the Best Match Webinar today, I don't think ebay really has a clear picture exactly how items are pulled up in searches, but they have an idea. I don't think the idea is bad necessarily, because the theory is to not punish anyone sect of sellers.

In reality, I don't think its working out like they hoped. I also don't think it was implemented well. It probably wasn't tested thoroughly enough either. And the most important part is that since ebay doesn't have a handle on it, they can't educate the sellers properly on how it works.

Its such a drastic change from how things were done in the past that in order to use it effectively, you need understand it... which isn't happening, not to mention its got glitches.

Basically, it was a helpful to gain insight into how the search works. Its worth checking out- may not a perfect system, but its what we are working in... or leaving... seller's choice.

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keldasales
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Re: The new ebay "top rated seller" stuff is causing me to get no sales!!

Nov 4, 2009 4:50 PM
theory is to not punish anyone sect of sellers

I mean ANY ONE, except for BAD sellers.

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hondamedic
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Re: The new ebay "top rated seller" stuff is causing me to get no sales!!

Nov 4, 2009 11:26 PM
From listening to the Best Match Webinar today, I don't think ebay really has a clear picture exactly how items are pulled up in searches, but they have an idea. I don't think the idea is bad necessarily, because the theory is to not punish anyone sect of sellers.

In reality, I don't think its working out like they hoped. I also don't think it was implemented well. It probably wasn't tested thoroughly enough either. And the most important part is that since ebay doesn't have a handle on it, they can't educate the sellers properly on how it works.

Its such a drastic change from how things were done in the past that in order to use it effectively, you need understand it... which isn't happening, not to mention its got glitches.

Basically, it was a helpful to gain insight into how the search works. Its worth checking out- may not a perfect system, but its what we are working in... or leaving... seller's choice.


Link please?


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keldasales
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Re: The new ebay "top rated seller" stuff is causing me to get no sales!!

Nov 5, 2009 7:01 AM
Honda, I can't find where they've put the seminar, but this Link pretty much has everything they covered besides the Q&A.

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