Traffic!!!!

[age_is_a_number]

What is actually going on with the traffic on ebay ????? It's dead , I've been selling for years and I've never seen anything like this , what a total waste of money listing items if your not going to get views , let alone orders and I'm paying for listing's to be sponsored.  

Ebay needs to sort the listing fees out if they are not going to pull the traffic in ....feel like it's a rip off if you ask me . 

[the-bee-keeper]

110% agree with that! 

Sellers are being shafted on oBay!

[hippychick1960]

This why I decided to finish with Ebay after years of being a seller on this site.....no page views no sales no nothing....many sellers have also stated the amount of glitches and messing about from the ebay gods as reasons why sellers have had enough and are going to other platforms....bring back the original Ebay.

[the-bee-keeper]

Sellers can shift a lot more items in a single day 'offline' than waiting forever on ebay, which is apparently supposed to be a global platform visible to millions of potential buyers.

Now with affiliate marketing added, to the horrid mix that is oBay, you are not in control of finding a buyer, "they" are! aka select clientele!! Limited "public" interaction. Select buyers. Hidden listings..

When sellers leave ebay they will lead a happier life!!!

[technthread]

Too many sellers in flooded categories and a reduction in active buyers… some of this is economy related and some of the blame can be levelled at eBay for making so many changes, many people don’t feel settled on here at the moment. 

You could do things to improve your listings and appear higher in search.

Quicker dispatch time than 5 days is essential, eBay are heavily pushing same day dispatch.

Do you need to use RM 2nd Class Signed For on those 3 listings? There may be better options. What is 1st Class untracked vs 2nd SF? Remember your buyer may not be home to sign for it and that may put them off. 

The headbands - they would be better against a blank background to stand out more. 

Those are just a few observations to be constructive.

I do agree about the business seller fees btw, I’m not happy about them myself so I am not selling at the moment. 

[imkh-5983]

Ikr....im sold a £22 item and *bleep*ing £7 wasted on listed fees and postage....these leeches are sucking us dry

[papso22]

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@the-bee-keeper wrote:

Sellers can shift a lot more items in a single day 'offline' than waiting forever on ebay, which is apparently supposed to be a global platform visible to millions of potential buyers.

Now with affiliate marketing added, to the horrid mix that is oBay, you are not in control of finding a buyer, "they" are! aka select clientele!! Limited "public" interaction. Select buyers. Hidden listings..

When sellers leave ebay they will lead a happier life!!!

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Sellers have limited control over finding a buyer, wherever and however they list online.  They can influence it by the quality of their online presence (ebay listing, website etc), but it's the search engines that do the real controlling. Ebay searches can be influenced by promoting listings at a cost to the seller, but also have some weird quirks including ebay deciding what is 'most relevant' to a buyer.

Ebay's affiliate programs are a way of attracting buyers to ebay listings at no cost to the seller, so are a good thing.

[the-bee-keeper]

The ebay affiliate program should be terminated due to data manipulation! 

All I see are Select buyers.

Affiliates find a buyer. Not buyers!

Source backed!

[the-bee-keeper]

Maybe we should all find out what Marco has to say about the EPN?

And show us hard evidence that this affiliate program run by ebay is a good thing?

Lets see the numbers! @ Marco 👍