Anyone here buy eBay watchers?

GhostMoney · #1 01-05-2015

eCommercebytes new piece on old news but,might be a good topic here.
I never played around with it much.
You Can Buy eBay Watchers - But Should You?

slokor · #2 01-05-2015

So not worth the trouble and risk involved in doing this... The ebay bots are not stupid and if youre caught youre toast.

Dmshark25 · #3 01-05-2015

It says you can buy 2000 views in one day, that would definetly be picked up by the bots,

Also how are they producing these views by Hacking or are they practicing stealth wisely with 2000 accounts

I can't believe that views and watchers are for sale

MM78 · #4 01-05-2015

Same junk like websites that sell Facebook Likes, and other similar things....all worthless to me really. I rather have 30-50 real views than ⊗⊗⊗⊗ views any day.

secret storm · #5 01-06-2015

Buying ebay watchers sounds like a good way to get linked and banned from selling.

GhostMoney · #6 01-06-2015

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Originally Posted by MM78

Same junk like websites that sell Facebook Likes, and other similar things....all worthless to me really. I rather have 30-50 real views than ⊗⊗⊗⊗ views any day.

For the most part that is thinking as well.

yankee · #7 01-09-2015

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Originally Posted by Dmshark25

I can't believe that views and watchers are for sale

One of our newer members does this.

rsot · #8 01-09-2015

He should post up his success then hah

GreenBean · #9 01-09-2015

Or lack thereof

Hah.

jeffweico · #10 01-09-2015

I wouldn't go there. Too many pitfalls with very little upside. There are plenty of legitimate ways to get your listings seen.

peterspike · #11 01-09-2015

This would just flag your account 100% and then boom your toast.

Dazzler87 · #12 01-09-2015

Lots of views but no sales. Not good for getting your listings ranked high in best match. Cassini would recognise how poor your sell through rate is and slap you on the last page. Give me 2000 sales a day and i might consider it!

rsot · #13 05-12-2015

Welcome to the forums.

Callidus · #14 05-20-2015

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Originally Posted by rsot

Welcome to the forums.

..... have I missed something. 4 months later, a welcome to the forums post

GreenBean · #15 05-22-2015

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Originally Posted by Callidus

..... have I missed something. 4 months later, a welcome to the forums post

Just for a change. rsot replied to a spammer..... Post deleted stuck out like dogs' knackers as spam

But rsot chundered out that greeting.....

And we are left to ponder

rsot · #16 05-22-2015

Churn and burn yo

GreenBean · #17 05-23-2015

Boo Hoo Hoo

beneysz · #18 09-03-2015

Even though this is an old topic just wanted to chip in my 2 cents if it help anyone:

loads of gigs on $5 websites for this, we have used them loads in the past when launching a new items, each time we do it does seem like it helps to get sales going slightly and it is a strategy that has to date been safe.

BUT although you might be getting a couple of sales to start I don't think its the smartest strategy as you get loads of watchers and traffic with a poor sale through rate as mentioned above, which means it has the potential to do more harm to your ranking in the long term than good.

Whilst it has been 100% safe, eBay don't seem to care much and may help to instill a bit of buyer confidence initially on a new listing - certainly wouldn't do this to any older listings to try to boost ranking, if they are already organically gradually ranking higher up.

dealagreeproceed · #19 09-04-2015

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Originally Posted by GreenBean

Boo Hoo Hoo

oh how I miss your sarcastic antics...

dealagreeproceed · #20 09-04-2015

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Originally Posted by beneysz

Even though this is an old topic just wanted to chip in my 2 cents if it help anyone:

loads of gigs on $5 websites for this, we have used them loads in the past when launching a new items, each time we do it does seem like it helps to get sales going slightly and it is a strategy that has to date been safe.

BUT although you might be getting a couple of sales to start I don't think its the smartest strategy as you get loads of watchers and traffic with a poor sale through rate as mentioned above, which means it has the potential to do more harm to your ranking in the long term than good.

Whilst it has been 100% safe, eBay don't seem to care much and may help to instill a bit of buyer confidence initially on a new listing - certainly wouldn't do this to any older listings to try to boost ranking, if they are already organically gradually ranking higher up.

how about I pay them 5 bucks to actually buy the item...

MM78 · #21 09-04-2015

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Originally Posted by dealagreeproceed

how about I pay them 5 bucks to actually buy the item...

LOL, That's what I've been saying all along! people want to focus on buying $1 crap items or buying followers....how about you sell something! lol. I don't know if people make it more difficult than it should or what.

Haidukken · #22 09-04-2015

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Originally Posted by MM78

LOL, That's what I've been saying all along! people want to focus on buying $1 crap items or buying followers....how about you sell something! lol. I don't know if people make it more difficult than it should or what.

Myman MM never fails to deliver.

I was about to rank about the same exact thing earlier on today, but then I realised that I'm just sounding like some creepy old dude.

Bottom line: How hard can it be to get an old book and sell it? If you need to BUY service to get some attention to your items, I think you might be doing something horribly wrong.

Unless you have "DOGBED FOR CATS" as your listing title, with a photo of a tractor and description of a Apple watch, you should be able to sell your item without any EXTRA help.