@musicyouneed wrote:
Well it has been over a month since there were any free listings other than the 50 on .ca or 50 on .com. I am just wondering if ebay notices a difference in the amount of sales and money they earn.
For myself, if I don't earn any money, ebay doesn't either.
With the free listings, I sell anywhere from 50 to 100 items a month, without them, about 5.
The new 2016 Spring Seller Update will be coming out in March, roughly around the 15th and will be effective May 1st. Past Spring updates makes changes to the fee structure. Last year they reduced the free store allotment to 20 free from 50. Later in the summer eBay went back to the 50 free for non-store and increased the basic store to 200 from 150 free Fixed Price listings.
Not that the 2016 Spring Update should affect current free listing promos until May 1. But I am curious if eBay will increase the "free" allotment for non-stores and stores levels. It makes no sense to constantly give free promos regularly each month (2 per month was the past rate). Stop the free listing promo games and give higher levels of free to all. Make having a store meaningful instead of making a seller think about non-store options with free promos. The site needs stability and a balance.
Current free is 50 free Fixed Price for non-store, 200 for Basic store, 500 for Premium Store, 2500 for Anchor store. Change the free to something more useful like 100 or 200 or 250 free for non-store, 500 for Basic store, 1000 for Premium, 5000 for Anchor. Keep the current pricing scheme Maybe make a new level as some have suggested with 2500 at a price pro-rated form the other levels.
This would allow the listings of more slow selling and or low price items which is what the promos do. It would also allow the use of GTC for more items which should prevent duplicates from listing manually from UnSold as well as save Sellers hours of work managing their listings they save for these promos as well as all the BS to change durations or formats from Fixed Price to Auction and vice versa and trying to see if you can fit in two run of the listing (a 5 day then a 30 day) with the promo period. Seriously, so much time wasted with promos trying to take advantage of them and maximize their use.
Some might say more regular free listing for a store or non-store will flood the eBay system but it is already flooded with the promos regularly.
My thoughts on this circus of regular free promos that ebay has made some seller depend on and wait for needlessly. Regular free promos is a very silly thing ebay does. Obviously there is a need for the free listings because they are used.
