topic Re: Vanishing Views in Seller Central

Vanishing Views

sellingmystuff642 — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:10:04 GMT

What is going on with viewing totals on ebay? The other day I had something like 12 views for an item I listed under a week ago, then those views suddenly disappeared and it now says 2. I have had other items that have lost views as well. Sometimes you get a number of views for a newly listed item then they just stop dead and rarely increase. It's often impossible to tell if a listing is getting views or not.

Re: Vanishing Views

technthread — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:20:27 GMT

The counter re-sets but you can go to ‘see traffic history‘ on a listing and view up to the past 2 years.

Just my perception, but a few years back when they made this change it seemed to coincide with a lot of discontent and people saying that eBay was getting quiet.

Re: Vanishing Views

wsl-progs — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:07:31 GMT

All my item views have disappeared! I have 38 items, all listed at different times, some showing 50-70 views, now all showing zero! As I pre-sell, I need these views to judge how many items I need to get. What's happening?

Re: Vanishing Views

*vyolla* — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:46:15 GMT

@wsl-progs wrote:

All my item views have disappeared! I have 38 items, all listed at different times, some showing 50-70 views, now all showing zero! As I pre-sell, I need these views to judge how many items I need to get. What's happening?

As lots of people are asking the same question I'm assuming that this is some new weird glitch.

Are you using the app? It would be useful for the tech team to know what device and browser you're using. For example, if I check my listings via a MacBook + Safari it hasn't affected my view count.

Re: Vanishing Views

*vyolla* — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:48:53 GMT

Just a heads up because you may be heading for grief with HMRC as you appear to be unaware that you should be trading on an eBay business account.

A private seller is one who is just selling off their own personal items such clothes from their wardrobe, bits from their loft/garage etc.

A Business seller is someone who buys or makes items to sell on. They need to be registered as a business to meet the requirements of UK law. They need to declare income to HMRC once they reach £1,000 worth of sales (eBay will be providing HMRC with your details anyway as you've sold over 30 items so it's vital to keep correct accounts for your tax return). You can obviously offset more expenses as a business seller, but can't offset any at all as a private one.

To register as a business seller simply go to your Personal Information in your account and to the right of Account Type, which will be showing as 'Individual' you'll see an Edit option.

https://accountsettings.ebay.co.uk/profile

This doesn't affect your feedback profile or any current listings, it merely upgrades your account so that you're compliant with current consumer and eBay policy.

If you're also selling your own items, just open another eBay account (you can have more than one).

@wsl-progs

Re: Vanishing Views

weston-bay-coin-and-note — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:19:22 GMT

You must register with HMRC if your business grosses £1000 or more, but there is no HMRC requirement for you to have an ebay business account.

Re: Vanishing Views

angelsattic812 — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:23:27 GMT

Every time I list an item it gets the same amount of views 2....then they don't sell and when it relists its 0.....if I list a new item its 2...old one its back to 0.....is this a gimmick by Ebay to make me think there's interest? when there isn't

Re: Vanishing Views

suelel1968 — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:35:59 GMT

@angelsattic812 views only show for 30 days then they drop off. I do agree that newly listed items quickly get one or two views which then dissappear a couple of days or so later. This also tallys with the overview screen which shows loads of external views and then removes them a day or so later.

Re: Vanishing Views

technthread — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:14:12 GMT

I had a look very quickly at 2 comics you have listed. They are listed under coins / banknotes for some reason, I’d do edits asap.

Re: Vanishing Views

angelsattic812 — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:27:58 GMT

Thats a bit odd so you reckon cause its in the wrong category its generating views that don't exist and appear to be there to encourage more items for sale? Cause no one wants to sell if no one is viewing or buying? very odd

Re: Vanishing Views

technthread — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:35:23 GMT

It’s more that they are all in the wrong category so you are going to struggle to get relevant views, not that any are fake views. The item specifics help you in the search as well and you don’t have any of those so you’re relying purely on buyers finding you by title search. If they are searching by category rather than site wide your items just won’t show up.

If these were mine I’d cancel every one of them and re-list so they get indexed properly on the site. Ideally, if you re-take the photos in natural light it will help them stand out as there is a slight dullness. Buyers are often scrolling fast on search you need your listings to make them stop and look rather than discount them.

I was watching some coin auctions the other day, the same coin over and over in very similar condition from different sellers. It was striking how the best photos were reaching £40 and the ones that were smaller resolution and less clear had fewer watchers and went for nearer £30.

Re: Vanishing Views

angelsattic812 — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:49:28 GMT

Well they seem to be incredibly helpful advice for gaining views.....but a bit off what I said, regardless of what category its under or what item I'm selling, when I list I will always get 2 views and when it relists its always 0, it seems more like a gimmick to me, I've been reading about Ebays troubles and the decline in members sales it wouldn't surprise me if its a sales (or listing) technique

Re: Vanishing Views

technthread — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:58:28 GMT

I can’t say they aren’t playing with view counts with any authority but I’d like to think that they aren’t. Even if they were, as long as your items are being seen in the right category by real buyers you always have half a chance. There are still a lot of active buyers here.

Re: Vanishing Views

angelsattic812 — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:06:58 GMT

Well like I say regardless of what category, when I list an item I seem to generate a maximum of 3 views each time like clockwork....and when it relists its 0 like clockwork....and this is not random this is every time....now either I have up to 3 stalkers on here all the time or they aren't actual views....then it becomes why would you do that...and all I can think of is to encourage more listings ig you think people are viewing....very odd

Re: Vanishing Views

technthread — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:13:06 GMT

Yeah I can see what you’re saying. I prefer to look past that when I have listings that aren’t selling and narrow down on what is happening with those items on eBay.

Just as a quick experiment, a comic of yours that I looked at was outsiders five of a kind. If I search outsiders five of a kind comic on eBay as a search in all categories yours does appear there. When you look at the alternatives you can see other sellers are choosing to bundle with other comics. If you filter to solds you can see they aren’t selling regularly and most sales seemed to be from the USA. Again I’m probably not going down the road you want but the low view counts are what I’d expect with a comic that is difficult to sell.

Re: Vanishing Views

angelsattic812 — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:30:30 GMT

Yeah I think we are looking at this from two different views, I hear what your saying to maximize views and increase.....what I'm saying is its not what I'm listing or what category its under its the fact I'm listing an item that generates an automatic maximum of 3 views each time and then when it relists its always 0.....I could list an item now and I could tell you how many views I will get and when each time....that to me is not random I guess its about drumming up business...anyway thanks for your view

Re: Vanishing Views

hermione08 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:49:22 GMT

I'd like to think many happy things, but let's stick to the evidence here: if an item has 2 views today and none tomorrow, it's obviously either a glitch or an ebay underhand tactic. One shows incompetence, the other dishonesty. Not a lot to choose from.

Re: Vanishing Views

honeymonster007 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:58:57 GMT

Noticed it happening around 6 months ago. An item can have 10 views and in the next day or so it could drop down the 7, but someone mentioned it could be ebay removing bot views. No idea how that all works but it kinnda made sense.

Have one listing at the min that has 0 views but has a watcher? that's pretty weird.

It is pretty annoying though as used to gauge interest in items via the views and adjust prices if a item had a lot of views but wasn't selling, but it's just unreliable now and don't take any notice of them.

Re: Vanishing Views

technthread — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:14:44 GMT

When we search we can just heart something to add to the watch list without clicking into the item. I notice that on mine sometimes with 0 views and a watcher, it just tells me it’s likely a half hearted buyer or someone who is going to come back later and view it when they have more time.

With the views debate, who knows. I don’t really care what they do as long as the item is visible. I’ve got some stamp auctions running now, I knew when I put a couple up this may be a total waste of time and sure enough they have 0 views in over 4 days. Others that I thought may be worth a go have a lot more views, a couple of watchers and 1 has got a bid. I don’t know a lot about stamps but I trust eBay enough to know if they were any cop they’d get some interest and if not I’ll just accept it was a mistake on my part to put them up.

Re: Vanishing Views

mostbeautifulgirlintheworld1 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:23:32 GMT

More like AI when I list something I either have a maximum of 3 members constantly viewing everything I put on and never acting on it ever and when its relisted it generates 0 views or its generic and is there to entice more listings.....whatever I have managed 1 sales in about a month, and the last few weeks I have listed the same items elsewhere and sold 60 of them in half the time...now either thats the greatest place to go, or Ebays as dead as a dodo