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musicyouneed · ‎04-12-2016

Well it has been a few weeks and sales in my field to US buyers on .ca are nil. Normally I sell 80% to US buyers and 10% Canadian and 10% International. The only US sales I have made are the ones listed on .com.

I have made 13 sales for April, I should have way more. 5 were listed on .com and they sold to US buyers. 8 were sold off .ca and they were listed on .ca. 7 were sold to CDN buyers and one was international. Holding to my percentage, I should have sold about 80% more to US buyers.

In my field, CDN $ for US buyers doesn't work.

pierrelebel · ‎04-19-2016

Why?

musicyouneed · ‎04-19-2016

I find that newly listed gets better exposure than something that has been sitting a week or so. Newly listed ends up on page 1 of best match and after a while it gets pushed to other pages. I don't do it every week but every 2 weeks if I have any free listings left. If no free listings left then it stays as is.

I know that when I have done that, I get a few sales just after I did a sell similar, even though it had been listed before.

hlmacdon · ‎04-19-2016

@musicyouneed wrote:
I find that newly listed gets better exposure than something that has been sitting a week or so. Newly listed ends up on page 1 of best match and after a while it gets pushed to other pages. I don't do it every week but every 2 weeks if I have any free listings left. If no free listings left then it stays as is.

I know that when I have done that, I get a few sales just after I did a sell similar, even though it had been listed before.

In quite a few categories that is very accurate as shoppers will sort by new listings and aging GTC, particularly multi quantity with a poor inventory:sales ratio will get deranked by the algo. A good number of my listings will sell on or close to their renewal. If I had more free listings on a regular basis I would cycle my listings more frequently.

towertreasuretrove · ‎04-19-2016

Hi, I end the listings and relist them every Friday....I find that newly listed gets better exposure than something that has been sitting a week or so. Newly listed ends up on page 1 of best match....

I like that tip...Thanks....

musicyouneed · ‎04-19-2016

Hi tower, you're welcome. It has worked for me so I continue to do it. Sometimes it is just a fluke that a buyer finds something.

Now I have to find how to get the US buyers to buy in Canadian $.

musicyouneed · ‎04-20-2016

Hi Pierre, here is a perfect example, of ending and sell similar a few times and selling it. Of course it is listed on .com and a US buyer bought if from me.