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So Cal Joe: not sure on that point. We are running SixBit off of our desktop. Would like to upgrade to full server.
I agree with you Mark. I think it will go deeper than just clothes. I think that for any item that has many similar listings (clothes, shoes, VCRs, iPhones, books, CDs, etc), then any boost in search is valuable.
This boost isn’t as valuable for items that few people are searching for, or for items that doesn’t have competition. Those items are waiting for just the right buyer. That buyer may be there tomorrow, or 2 years from now, so a boost in search doesn’t help. These types of items will be long tail no matter what, so a boost in search isn’t worthwhile.
You are a true Renaissance Man Mike.
Wow… I just remembered how exciting WYSIWYG was…
Well said Mike. I run a lot of the backend for us, and I sometimes forget that what is easy to figure out and get to work in SixBit isn’t always easy for others.
Kind of like my spreadsheet work, I forget that I work in spreadsheets “like other artists work in oils or clay. It is my true medium.”
Bonus points for those that get the reference… 🙂
anniethrifts: We use SixBit and love it.
Whether it is for you or not will depend on your goals and where you are in your business.
We choose it for a lot of backend items (inventory management, COGS Reporting for Taxes and weekly reporting, data analysis, etc.). On the front end, we love the auto-relisting feature, the “List as New” feature, and the ability to quickly crosspost to Etsy.
Let me know more about your business and goals and I can probably help you decide if SixBit (or WonderLister, which Mike uses and is very knowledgeable about) would be for you.
amatino: I get it, and that is similar to our experience. When we moved from 30 day to GTC, we saw our sales drop. When we went back to 30 Day, our STR returned to normal. This was back in 2015.
When we got to the 1300 listing level, the relisting process was too laborious. I tried doing batch relistings through the eBay site, and I saw a huge drop in views. It was like eBay knew that they were batch relists, and we would be lucky to get 3-4 views on those items during the 30 day period. So the only way to keep our views in a normal range was we had to relist the items one at a time. This took too much time.
That was what moved us to SixBit. It will automatically relist each item for you if you choose. Or, you can let your listings expire, then grab all the items that need to be relisted, mark them as “Send as New Listing” in SixBit, and then schedule them to relist over a specific timeframe. This is what I’m doing now, as I set all our items to expire, and then we have been making some changes to our process, and I relist the items and schedule them out. PS – I schedule our new listings too, so that we have 100% new items listing in our store every day.
Though I am starting to use GTC on multi-quantity listings. I have seen a sales boost on items when they sell, so if a listing is generating sales, I want that sales history to stay on the listing, so I am moving to GTC. I just set up a process monthly to review our multi-quantity listings and if they haven’t had sales for 60 days, I will end it, tweak it, and resend as new.
Is your plan to have someone else do the listing while you do the photos?
I know that for us, I can list pretty quickly, so I outsourced the prep, photo, and shipping prep tasks. This gave us the ability to keep the listing part now, while the photographer takes our items, preps them, photos them, and then returns them in polybags (clothing) ready to ship.
Just wondering which part of the business you want to outsource.
I honestly wish that they had a 60 Day listings option. If items go “stale” in 60 days, why not let us list that way?
I will agree with Jay. You have the money, just wait for them to pick it up. Maybe message the buyer every couple of weeks to see what their plans are.
Unless it is in the way, I wouldn’t worry about it.
aperture, we are close neighbors, as we are in Broomfield. I will second your thoughts on the Western Slope. I’m not sure on affordability, but my parents lived in Delta for a while, and that area is wonderful.
It may be more than small. If the degradation continues that you see from day 2 through day 29 until day 60, it would be interesting to see the “stale” listing drop off starting day 61.
At least with 30 day listings, this cycle only repeats, it doesn’t continue to degrade.
Katie: I’m in this area, and affordable is tough right now, if you want a reasonable commute into Denver. I-70 into Denver isn’t fun. Breckenridge to Denver is 2+ hrs, without traffic. 3+ with traffic.
Utah is more affordable. It is in my mind for a “final” spot.
