Recently I went on holiday and ended all my active listings. These listings previously had multiple watchers and plenty of views. When I got back, I relisted them — but after two full days I hadn’t had a single view on any of them.

I’ve since learned that relisting puts your item right at the bottom of search results because it keeps the old listing ID and the old “poor performance” history. It does not get the new‑listing boost.

I ended the items again and this time used Sell Similar instead of Relist. Within 6 hours I’d sold two items and received an offer on another.

So if you ever need to end a listing and bring it back later, don’t use Relist — use Sell Similar. It creates a fresh listing with a new ID and gets proper visibility again.