Frustrating "indexing" yet again for a 3 day auction

[topeka_143]

I often like to list things for either a 1 day auction or a 3 day auction. However I have increasingly noticed when I create a new listing, there's a considerable delay before the listing is live and appearing in search results. I know this is apparently due to eBay's "indexing" system, which is frustrating.

Whenever I've reached out to customer services, I'm told it can take "up to 24 hours" for a listing to go live, possibly even longer (36-72 hours). 

When you create an auction to list straight away (rather than scheduled), the clock starts ticking straight away. eBay still allows you to create 1 day listings without scheduling them. I've just created a 3 day listing for quite an expensive item and yet again, it's gone into indexing. This never used to happen to me, but now it seems the norm. If it goes live tomorrow after 24 hours (which has happened to me the last three listings), that only leaves two days for bidders to find it.

How do you get around the indexing to ensure listings are live straight away? Is it possible?

I know scheduling listings for the following day (but less than 24 hours) can sometimes work, but not always.

Surely if I create a 1 day auction the listing has to be live pretty quickly and not "up to 24 hours" as buyers will literally have a matter of hours (or less) to bid and that isn't good from a selling point of view.

Thanks

[*vyolla*]

I don't believe that there is a workaround here, but may I ask why you'd want to set up such short duration listings?

Surely you're getting less of a buyer market if an auction is a short duration?

[topeka_143]

Main reason is that when I first started putting 7 day or longer auctions, I had a ridiculous amount of non-paying auction winners (5 in a row). Waiting 7 days for an item to sell, then waiting 2-3 days only for a buyer not to pay, and then having to re-list again is frustrating, especially as eBay don't seem to give too many consequences for non-paying buyers. So 1 or 3 days works better for me, at least if they don't pay I'm not waiting 10 days to re-list it. 

I also sometimes sell items that have a time restriction on them e.g. I've sold a few Apple items that have a limited time to add AppleCare+ for example, and if people aren't paying and I'm having to keep re-listing, then it risks running out of time.

I wish eBay were firmer on non-payers, should have to authorise a charge on people's payment method for their max bid.

[roger_roger_over_and_nowt]

1 and 3 day auctions are pretty pointless,little interest/activity unless you begin with a start price as the minimum you are willing to accept.Also Ebay charge a listing fee for 3 day,not sure about 1 day.

[topeka_143]

Not been my experience, obviously depends on the demand for what you are selling. Sold a few items I've been happy with the price that were 3 day auction. Yeah, there's trade offs for sure but not a lot I can do really - I'm just not putting up with wasting my time for 10 days every time someone doesn't pay. 

eBay really need to find a better compromise for sellers - bigger consequences for non-payers (and less chances), put a hold on the bid amount for their payment method etc. Reporting non-payers has pretty much zero consequence for them unless they do it repeatedly, and that also relies on other sellers reporting them.

[caddyscane]

Issue i'm having is when u put up a duplicate auction that will appear when your other auction gets a bid. Other auctions had tons of bids and the new one never becomes visible. Absolute glitch and u get charged for no auction.