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Originally Posted by JamesNorth101 (Post 948716)

Never heard that term before...

You can give it a go if you want, but I would be surprised if it did actually do anything to be honest

Originally Posted by camaro2ss (Post 948912)

yeah ebay reps, including their supervisors are literally trained to be professional liars. I have yet to find one single ebay rep who gave me a useful advice that turned out to be true. Like ebay, like amazon, these online platforms are incompetent and corrupt and until congress is going to audit these companies like they did with facebook, nothing is ever going to change. You will continue to "build your business" and they will continue to ruin it for you. Selling on ebay and amazon has has become literally like playing in casino. You could never create a brand on these platforms. Thats why so many resort to take advantage on these platforms and commit fraud instead.

Originally Posted by Camaro2SS (Post 948912)

Yeah eBay reps, including their supervisors are literally TRAINED to be professional liars. I have yet to find one single eBay rep who gave me a useful advice that turned out to be true. Like eBay, like Amazon, these online platforms are incompetent and corrupt and until congress is going to audit these companies like they did with Facebook, nothing is ever going to change. You will continue to "build your business" and they will continue to ruin it for you. Selling on eBay and Amazon has has become literally like playing in casino. You could never create a brand on these platforms. Thats why so many resort to take advantage on these platforms and commit fraud instead.

Originally Posted by rsot (Post 948936)

They are not well-paid to be that knowledgeable - meh

Originally Posted by Camaro2SS (Post 948912)

Yeah eBay reps, including their supervisors are literally TRAINED to be professional liars. I have yet to find one single eBay rep who gave me a useful advice that turned out to be true. Like eBay, like Amazon, these online platforms are incompetent and corrupt and until congress is going to audit these companies like they did with Facebook, nothing is ever going to change. You will continue to "build your business" and they will continue to ruin it for you. Selling on eBay and Amazon has has become literally like playing in casino. You could never create a brand on these platforms. Thats why so many resort to take advantage on these platforms and commit fraud instead.

Originally Posted by phaz0rz (Post 948944)

Had a rep last week tell me to "just go ahead and add another Paypal" to my eBay account with a merchant account "so more customers can pay". Told him I tried that a few years ago and had $2500 held for 6 months by Paypal after being linked. He just said some stupid garbage like "that shouldn't happen again". Almost wish I would've recorded the call - not that it would have got me anywhere once that new Paypal was linked/limited like the last one.

In eBay's defense though, they go with whatever call center company has the lowest bid I'm sure.

Originally Posted by walkingupwards (Post 948762)

Of course someone is getting the sales, that is, new sellers with shi**y listings. For the items I am selling there used to be around 1000 sales distributed among sellers of the first two pages on eBay. Yesterday I counted what has been sold in the last 24 hours by browsing all top listings and the number turned to be ~ 350.

It literally feels as if the eBay algorithm has sneezed and everything is turned upside down :smash:


I don't know if the geniuses at eBay understand how serious the consequences on many sellers could be because of such sudden changes and drops in sales. You try to explain this on the phone and it is like talking to a brick wall.


Honest to god I hate how eBay has become in the last few months :juggle:

Originally Posted by james13v (Post 949329)

you do know, that sold listings don't all show up, right? If an item has multiple quantity good till cancelled?

Originally Posted by Camaro2SS (Post 948912)

Yeah eBay reps, including their supervisors are literally TRAINED to be professional liars. I have yet to find one single eBay rep who gave me a useful advice that turned out to be true. Like eBay, like Amazon, these online platforms are incompetent and corrupt and until congress is going to audit these companies like they did with Facebook, nothing is ever going to change. You will continue to "build your business" and they will continue to ruin it for you. Selling on eBay and Amazon has has become literally like playing in casino. You could never create a brand on these platforms. Thats why so many resort to take advantage on these platforms and commit fraud instead.

Originally Posted by phaz0rz (Post 949341)

You mean the number it shows in red from the search results? I've seen that # be off before, but never the sold quantity shown in red in this listing.

Originally Posted by james13v (Post 949411)

Yes. I assumed the sold in search is what he was referring to. Was I mistaken?

Originally Posted by Sunspot144 (Post 949354)

Gladiator and I are doing fine. 8%-9% repeat customer rate on a quarter million. :boink:

Originally Posted by Sunspot144 (Post 949354)

Gladiator and I are doing fine. 8%-9% repeat customer rate on a quarter million. :boink:

Originally Posted by walkingupwards (Post 948762)

Of course someone is getting the sales, that is, new sellers with shi**y listings. For the items I am selling there used to be around 1000 sales distributed among sellers of the first two pages on eBay. Yesterday I counted what has been sold in the last 24 hours by browsing all top listings and the number turned to be ~ 350.

Originally Posted by ebaystealth1974 (Post 949472)

Quarter million what?

Originally Posted by Sunspot144 (Post 949522)

What's it like being born before the internet?

Originally Posted by ebaystealth1974 (Post 949532)

It's pretty awesome!

Originally Posted by Sunspot144 (Post 949546)

OP there is little to be done but wait til it is sorted out. Reps don't have a nickel in the game when it comes to things like search algos. One thing to try is seeing what listings and what search terms are coming up first, and using those keywords in your title. The algo may just be topsi tervy keyword/category wise.