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09-18-2008 07:48 AM
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09-18-2008 08:55 AM
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09-18-2008 10:53 AM
I know the few items that I have up with the new 30 FP seem to go "missing" when using Best Match on occasion.
But time will tell from sales whether this is a good fit for each individual seller.
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09-18-2008 02:50 PM
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09-18-2008 02:52 PM
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09-18-2008 03:17 PM
Most definitely.
My eBay store is still open and will remain open. However, I have moved over 800 listings (many with large multiples) from my store to core. The additional insertion fees work out to about $250+ monthly but one gets much more exposure.
Time will tell if the extra exposure translates into extra sales. .


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09-18-2008 03:18 PM
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09-18-2008 06:59 PM
I would hope not but, perhaps we can just let the barrage of new threads posted in the near future be the litmus test.
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09-18-2008 08:13 PM
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09-18-2008 08:30 PM
When chatting with a SP Rep, he suggested that I close my store and put ALL of my listings on the new 30 day cycle for the best exposure.
I replied with while the exposure may be more on the 30-day FP...so will the fees! I can't justify having $1050+ in listing fees for 3000+ listings each month when in my store it runs $90.00+ and the store fee. That's a big difference.
Time will tell and I hope that those of you who are using the new 30 day listings will share your honest opinioins with all of us. It's most certainly a learning curve.
Here's to great exposure and great sales for all!
Susan
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09-18-2008 10:18 PM
I would be interesting to see listings vs actual sales...
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09-19-2008 12:27 PM
DIVERSITY!!!!!!
Example- This morning I have sold a few items- 1 from the new listing format, and 3 from the old store listings. Close my store?- Not a chance. The exposure of the store also maintains a professional feel to my listings, and still drives people to my website too, for an added bonus.
I prefer to be careful about eBays promises. They always seem to cost us much more in the end.
AXE.
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09-19-2008 05:24 PM
I think you mean that eBay's promises always go to benefit eBay, regardless of the spin they put on things.
But I do agree that diversity with regards to listing is the best way. Why pay 35 cents for a listing when you can pay 1/7th of that and keep your items in your eBay store. The FVF are the same. So put what % of items you feel comfortable with at 30 day FP core and keep the majority of your stock as an SIL.
However, having said that my sales have tanked in the last few days and I put up a few 30 day FP. Luckily, my own websites sales have spiked so it more than makes up for the dismal eBay sales.
It's what works best for you and your business plan.
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09-20-2008 12:15 PM
Exposure!
"The FVF are the same"
Unless you offer "free shipping" (meaning include shipping in your selling prices). PowerSellers get double the FVF rebate for October, November and December (40$% instead of 20%; 30% instead of 15%, etc...). For some of us, it does make a substantial difference. .


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09-20-2008 09:59 PM
On eBay.ca, a Canadian seller gets huge exposure with the new format, and especially if you offer 'Free Shipping'. I know by mid October the free shipping status will mean a great deal more, but right now, the exposure I am getting is not from the U.S. side, but rather from eBay.ca...
Probably was like that in the past, I just didn't notice it...

"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."
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09-20-2008 11:48 PM
That confirms prior research suggesting the state of NA economies are having the expected results on sales.?:|
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09-21-2008 12:32 AM
Look at www.medved.net stats:
September's "Buy It Now" sales is dropped to 20%, it is lowest value since 2005, 5 years average is 41%.
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09-21-2008 12:58 AM

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09-21-2008 04:56 AM
We would normally never have over 110 items available, regardless of the number of auction listings. At present, we have OVER three times that available (about 375 items). This may reflect well on eBay statistics by INCREASING the number of items available. However, they are simply an extension of what we would normally be offering.
MORE items in a given single listing, do not generate MORE buyers.
So, simply based on the math, the number of sales, as a percentage of items available, will drop.
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09-21-2008 08:19 AM
I am not aware of any statistics ever published by eBay or anyone else on the number of items available.
All references I have ever seen (such as the chart above) are about number of listings.
In fact, if you think about it, the recent changes at eBay allowing only one identical item by the same seller to be seen in Search have resulted in a lower number of listings since many sellers who previously offered five identical listings now offer one with a quantity of five: same exposure - lower cost - yet reflecting lower statistics for eBay! .


