Promoted Listings Changes - You Must Be Joking, eBay

[superchallenge]

Email from eBay this morning. 

If I read it correctly, from 24th June, if you use promoted listings and ANYBODY clicks on the ad one time...if the item then sells to ANYBODY ELSE within the next 30 days, you get charged as if the first guy bought it.

That means that if Bob in Scotland clicks an ad and doesn't buy, but Steve from Wales rolls in 29 days later and finds the item in search and buys it without clicking on a promoted listings ad, you get charged because Bob clicked it almost a month ago.

It's all well and good saying "You'll still only pay when your items sell" eBay, but that isn't the point. We pay for promoted listings in order to help find A BUYER, not a browser. If somebody comes in and buys an item organically, then the ad hasn't done its job and we're not paying for it.

We'll be removing all of our promoted listings campaigns later today, as this starts in 32 days, which is extremely underhanded. The reason being that there's a 30-day attribution window, so if Steve clicks on one of our ads this Sunday, on June 24th when Bob buys the item without clicking an advert, we'll get charged.

[smarts-gaming]

Im not sure what these guys are talking about.... maybe eBay representitives muddying the waters?

Other platform has no fees... you name your price, and receive that price in your bank account. 

No such thing as 10% 30% 40% etc. 

You get all of the money. If you list something for £20 on ebay, you get £15 back. On other platform you get £20. Simple as that. 

[technthread]

Nothing is truly free.

It takes patience to get the maximum price over there as buyers expect lower pricing. If you end up caving in and accepting an offer of £10, is that better than paying eBay fees because it is free? I sell on Vinted but I take it for what it is.

[smarts-gaming]

I think you fail to see the point. Lets forget that other platform will get you more views for a moment... 

You want to sell an item for £50. Thats your "maximum price". 

If you list it on ebay at £50, you will recieve £40 back after sale. 

If you list it on other platform, you will recieve £50 in bank account. 

Buyer pays near enough the same, give or take a few pennies. 

If you are losing out on other platform, you must be doing something seriously wrong.

[technthread]

I’m not missing the point, there is a lot more to this as far as buyer expectations go. I’ve sold the £50 items at full price on Vinted plenty of times but it is harder to achieve than on here.

In reality what happens is if someone comes in and offers £35-£40 it is likely to be accepted and I’m in the same position.

If you’re a buyer do you pay £50 for it on eBay with the money back guarantee or £50 for it on Vinted with a much less reassuring returns and customer service setup. Assuming the item isn’t one of a kind and not available in both places. 

[therenewalworkshopltd]

If you want to sell something over there for the same price as Ebay, then you will be extremely lucky to do so.

However, if you take into account the difference in costs and postage, and remove them from your price, you can achieve very similar prices overall.  And in fact, more often than not make more money on V.

But the offers you get over there are ridiculous.  The average offer is a 40% discount.  And very rarely do they want to negotiate.

It's fine if your just selling off something that is sat in your cupboard, but not so much if your selling to make a profit.  I refuse more than I accept, by a fair old margin.