Ebay Search Results Question

[r00tk3y]

Hi Everyone, I have a question, this one may not pertain to all of you as you may not have a Top Rated Seller account, or be at the top of the search results, so maybe you don't notice what I do, but if you do have either of those, please feel free to pitch in, well pitch in regardless if you do or don't I wanna hear what you have to say.

I want to know if ebay filters the search results, well yes obviously I know that, but does ebay really FILTER per search query. What ive noticed at times is if you type in "Keyword" and then you see the search results, if you hit enter again, sometimes, not always you will see different result ordering.

I sell a product and at the end of the month, as some of you TRS/PWRSELLERS know who are on the first page, you get a surge of sales, approximately every 30 days when the listing renews. Now when I am at the top of the page, its like im getting sales every minute of the day, my phone setup with the ebay app will be vibrating off the hook, but as soon as a couple days go by and the listing is past its "Push to the top" the sales go back down to about 13-15 sales a day where at the end of the month I could see 30 sales in a day. My price is the best on ebay they have to offer for what I sell, I know noone can beat my price for a fact.

But why does my search rank still continue to be lower than the compeitor, hes above me I am below him, and I cant seem to figure out why. My DSR are 5/5, I am top rated, I have a good amount of feedback, almost the same as his, all I can think of is that maybe ebay isn't equally distributing search views, and they let me get a certain amount of sales per day, and then they cut me off. I can't seem to beat this other guys rank no matter my price being WAY better than his and practically offering the same thing, ebay calculates Sell Through Rate, and watchers and all that crap, but I can't fight the current, should I keep swimming along, or what exactly should I do

[danshan]

Above or below him who gets more views you or him?

[r00tk3y]

I would assume he does, but it doesn't make sense to me, because I am obviously the better deal, and I cant get why people still buy from him?

[danshan]

Who does you or him, thats all that matters and most products a few different search terms

[r00tk3y]

Its kind of hard for me to calculate how many views he gets.

[stanislav]

I have a feeling you are talking about me.

[r00tk3y]

I doubt it, what is the first letter of the product your selling and the last letter, and I will let you know.

[stanislav]

The title of my listings starts with 3 and ends in R

[r00tk3y]

Nope not me.

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by r00tk3y

I would assume he does, but it doesn't make sense to me, because I am obviously the better deal, and I cant get why people still buy from him?

Were you ever equal or ahead of him in the past 6 months?

Has your account had any issues, of any type?

This 2nd question might have some bearing.

[stanislav]

I hope you understand that being on top of search results doesn't mean that you will be selling more. There are other ways to bring traffic from outside of ebay to ebay ...

[Dazzler87]

I posted a thread similar to this a while back, someone selling something the same as me but was ranked higher, after spending weeks learning about cassini, I got my listing miles better that his, better photos, better description, longer return policy, free shipping, my price was nearly half of his, my account was in better standing he had around 30 negs for one month compared to my 100% positive feedback and near perfect DSR. His account was that bad he lost his trs status and still does not have it back.

But guess what till this day he's still above me and people still paying double the price for his, and the only reason why is the 2 things that I can't change on my account to match his, and that's he has 10x more feedback than me and has been registered on eBay 4 years earlier than me. Them 2 things are more powerful than anything as eBay trusts him more than me dispite him having a few bad months and losing his trs status.

[stanislav]

Agreed. It's the amount of feedbacks and their annual sales.

[rsot]

Originally Posted by Dazzler87

But guess what till this day he's still above me and people still paying double the price for his, and the only reason why is the 2 things that I can't change on my account to match his, and that's he has 10x more feedback than me and has been registered on eBay 4 years earlier than me. Them 2 things are more powerful than anything as eBay trusts him more than me dispite him having a few bad months and losing his trs status.

4 years earlier as well - perhaps repeat customers

[GreenBean]

4 years means senority in today's ebay terms.

He's managed enough 'good' selling to take the poorer times.

He fits the ebay ideal.

However, he could still tumble down.

[r00tk3y]

Were you ever equal or ahead of him in the past 6 months?

I believe so at one point, then i ran out of stock

Has your account had any issues, of any type?

Yes but it was way back, so it shouldnt have any effects

[thready]

Althought nice, I think its not all about appearing at the top in the search results. The sales I get from being at the top of the results comes in short bursts.

I agree with repeat customers, other sources of traffic and other ebay listings on the same account attracting/generating more buyers. These are the sources that brings in steady and consistent sales everyday.

[r00tk3y]

Originally Posted by thready

Althought nice, I think its not all about appearing at the top in the search results. The sales I get from being at the top of the results comes in short bursts.

I agree with repeat customers, other sources of traffic and other ebay listings on the same account attracting/generating more buyers. These are the sources that brings in steady and consistent sales everyday.

And these bursts don't seem natural do they, its almost like ebay has a way its driving traffic to our search terms, but I also take in the day in account to, if its holiday or weekend etc