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I would have to do some checking on that but I don’t think that is the situation or I would have a lot more problems probably As a guess I have created the fitment on at least 500 of my current listings, probably more.
@Timo, I recognize this site as one I have used in the past, but its been several years. Very geeky, which is not a problem for me.
I ran an export of all my listings in eBay Motors (2633) and found I have 69 with no Brand name and another 24 with no Manufacturer’s Part Number (although not the same listings). These had to have had both those attributes when listed.
I have seen this occasionally when editing old listings, and they sometimes trip an error if I do a bulk edit. Frustrating,
Were you able to check that site?
I apparently had an account there at some time, I believe they had some tools in the past that were useful, maybe the active content change. I don’t know the password and now I’m stuck on waiting for them to send me an email to confirm my email address in order to reset my password so I can sign in. It’s been over 15 minutes, not received or caught in the SPAM filter. It lowers my faith in a tech company that can’t do simple things right.
I’ve only done this a few times with some things around the house, so I’m not expert by any means. I’ve also bought several things for my personal use. My business inventory doesn’t really work for this type of environment.
I don’t think you can limit the distance, but I think you will find that the buyer’s distance filters will pretty much do that. I personally wouldn’t drive to them anyhow unless maybe it was a large purchase. They can come to you if there is some reason to meet, or ship it to them. If you do need to meet them face-to-face I would do that at McDonald’s or a convenience store, etc.
It’s really a pretty easy format to set up a listing, really, I’m sure you will not have any problems if you have figured out listing on eBay.
I have heard Steve Shultz, who does the Wednesday ‘What Sold’ videos, show & tell some things that he sold on Marketplace, maybe he or someone else with more experience can add more here.
Hello, Mummmers.
The monthly free listing allowance has nothing to do with the total number of active listings you have at any given time. Each time you list an item it counts against your monthly free listing allowance even if you cancel it or it is sold during the month. If you use Good Til Cancelled, the item will automatically renew and count against your allowance in the month it renews. There are other rules, see this eBay page: https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/listings/listing-tips/free-listings?id=4163
Tip: Watch your eBay messages for offers of extra free listings. These don’t get forwarded to your email address, you have to check online.
You can edit/change existing listings without it going against your allowance.
You sound a little less frustrated now, and that’s a good thing.
To demonstrate another sales swing that can happen, I normally ship 10-12 orders per day but haven’t had an eBay order in almost 24 hours now. This happens occasionally but if there is a reason I don’t know it. Lots of conspiracy theories about that if you check some of the more mainstream forums were the kooks hang out.
Jay, just the last sentence would be a great advertising line, easily remembered.
We’re eBay, if you want toilet paper in an hour, that’s not us.
First-Class Package International Service comes out to $10.50 retail, per USPS.com. On ShippingEasy, I get $9.98 same as what you saw from eBay.
Were you wanting to send this as letter mail (no tracking)? Thats $1.15 retail.
For several years I worked on increasing my average selling price, but it didn’t seem to increase my net income. Now, instead, I am sourcing some lower-priced multi-quantity items that are easy and inexpensive to ship, looking to have 50% of my inventory fall into that $10-20 type of product. Typically I can ship 20 orders an hour, by myself, due to easy packaging and an efficient process I have been tweaking for years.
It works for me, but my items are different than most here, multi-quantity new old stock auto parts primarily. Still, I think for everyone the time required and cost of shipping need to play into the average selling cost target.
No offense intended, but have you considered what you will be paying in eBay and PayPal fees for International orders on that type of low priced item? You might be better off not offering International on these super low priced clearance items.
As far as this specific situation, probably the more you interact with her the more she is going to whine. I would tell her something like, “I’m sorry, there is nothing I can do but you can easily request a cancellation of the order”.
My 2¢
I can’t keep up with what features are available with which selling plans. Do you get any results from this page? https://www.ebay.com/sh/grw/listings-improvements?include=recommendations
When I use that analyze listing function for items that come up for review I don’t get much information, but then most of my listings aren’t going to be in high demand or have much direct competiton. But you might find the information helpful for tweaking prices and comparing your listing to other listings. Personally, if I have unlisted inventory I would put my efforts first into getting those listed and perhaps evaluating a few old listings a day as a break in routine without high expectations that this will make them sell.
There are wide swings in sales and, as sonia said, with 100 listings experiencing a stretch of no sales for a week isn’t necessarily a sign that something is wrong. If you are not using Promoted Listings you might want to give that a try. While you might pay a little more in final fees, sometimes that is better than lower fees on nothing.
Standby generator control panel. I doubt this is something that Kmart would be selling to the public, more probable it was used by a construction crew and left behind or replaced because it was defective and just left lying around then picked up by the closeout team.
Are you looking at Facebook Marketplace, which is different from the Facebook user groups? You will probably get a little wider exposure as well as a more structured layout to display pictures and related information.
I haven’t parted out printers, or any computer equipment, in quite a few years, but I have in harder times and still will sometimes buy used parts to keep an old printer or computer going, as well as other equipment around my house. I call myself “frugal”, others might call me a tightwad.
Unrelated trivia: There’s actually an unincorporated village near me named Tightwad, I don’t live there.
