How are Sales? - Promoted Listing Experiment results after 1 month | Selling

rdemaree · 2026-04-16T20:14:15.676000Z

How are your sales going so far for this Spring 2026? I turned off promoted listings in mid December 2025 and then turned them back on in mid March 2026 and vowed to keep them on until roughly mid June to see if they actually made a difference in listing views and sales (impressions dont matter much IMO). I always used the minimum 2% ad and have resumed that same 2% ad. So far I have noticed a huge climb in sales, huge climb in impressions and a moderate climb in listing views. I am reserving my verdict until mid June because as we all know it is also tax season so that may be part of the kick up in sales but at the same time we are living in an inflation crisis and fuel surcharge crisis so its hard to say what is effecting what but my sales since mid march have been great. If things continue this way even remotely throughout 2026 I will beat last years lousy sales. I am also wondering if the recent supreme court decision on tariffs made an impact on my sales? There are so many positive and negative factors that it is truly hard to say. (All eyes on the July CUSMA review becuase thats primarily what I sell). It is really hard to pinpoint the cause for my recent surge in sales. It is entirely possible that it is due to the tariff court decision + tax returns and have little to nothing to do with the promoted listings so thats why I need to wait 2 more months to see if sales remain steady. My Q4 was pretty lousy last year especially after I shut promoted listings off in mid december so that is why I ran this experiment to see if using them made any real difference. Also I turned them off originally because of the new rules essentially making all sales promoted listings sales. If this genuinely means more sales for me im ok with it because no matter what I want to choose whatever path makes me more money and makes my life easier. If we get a semi decent CUSMA deal and ebay works on removing or rewording the tariff warning I can see this being a decent year for sales. Please share your thoughts and experiences!

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