Anyway to fight against throttling?

[Sunspot144]

Originally Posted by walkingupwards

Yes I totally understand that eBay reps don't have a word to say when it boils down to the buggy search algorithm.

I have literally tried every possible tweak, but nothing worked. Maybe they are locking things up because it's Xmas and they don't want new listings that could potentially cause unhappiness among customers. God knows what they're up to.

For sure. It's in ebay's best interest to get search back under control, less so for us, very much so for them. This transition's supposedly going to improve search results (it is). $hitty now, even better than before later. Hell, ebay's overall traffic numbers might improve since their #1 complaint is terrible search.

[ebaystealth1974]

Originally Posted by Sunspot144

Happy to hear it. Now if you google 'american currency' you'll get USD.

I didn't ask you what a quarter million means. Learn to read english.

[Sunspot144]

Originally Posted by ebaystealth1974

I didn't ask you what a quarter million means. Learn to read english.

Can't troll a troll.

If you've been watching, Camaro's ego seems to be going down the pooter; certainly been there before, so I'm suggesting an alternative should he decide to get back on his feet.

[walkingupwards]

Originally Posted by Sunspot144

For sure. It's in ebay's best interest to get search back under control, less so for us, very much so for them. This transition's supposedly going to improve search results (it is). $hitty now, even better than before later. Hell, ebay's overall traffic numbers might improve since their #1 complaint is terrible search.

What transition are we talking about here? I personally think search results are very good on eBay (except for the last 2 weeks), I am not saying this because I used to get sales at all, rather because I searched for items a million times on eBay before.


The thing I would do to eBay is eliminate Chinese sellers because they have clogged the platform with endless listings offering products that will be delivered 2 or 3 weeks later (which is only one facet of their horrible selling behavior). These guys have driven a ton of businesses out of the market and eBay is paying the price now for that loss. They simply should clear the air and send a message that they are not a market for cheap 1$ stuff (this is how a lot of people view eBay nowadays).


They should also implement a policy against dead listings, go to eBay and search for a mobile phone case, you would instantly get more than a million listings for such items. As you probably know, only the products in the first 2 or 3 pages do sell and all the others are literally dead. A policy which states that a listing has 30 days to bring its first sale, if that does not happen it will be automatically cancelled.

I also think the policy of one account per person is a must!

They should also reward sellers who bring diversity to the market. I see a lot of sellers who have 50 listings for the same damn thing!

Honest to god, I believe eBay has more potential than Amazon, only if they clean house and enforce some new policies. I as a seller hate it when Amazon has control over my inventory (They came up with Seller Fulfilled Prime recently though). The net income of eBay is ~0.5 Billion and is ~3 Billion for Amazon!!


I have no idea what's wrong with the board of directors or the CEO of eBay, there is gold in the streets and they're letting others collecting it!

[Sunspot144]

Catalog means those endless pages of duplicate items are going to get rolled into several listings over several pages, plus filters. For the less tech-savy and older generations of buyers this should be an improvement. It'll be better exposure for quality listings against being drowned out in the waves of Chinese crap. Sorting by lowest price should definitely see a boost in some cases.

[Sunspot144]

Depending on the niche, sponsored listings might become mandatory to get a listing off its feet. I just really hope Ebay doesn't adopt the pay per click model.