I sell on eBay regularly, I repair / refurbish games consoles and list them in the Video Games Consoles category...
When you list a new item, you usually start AT or NEAR the top of the first page, under the Top 4 promoted spots, from there, your listing gradually slides down search results, the speed at which depends on the number of people listing in that category, and keeps going lower, getting less views until you decide to take it down and re-list the item again. It's been like this since the start of 2021 at least!
Ever since the other day, my listings haven't been hitting the top of search results, for example, I list a new item and it goes straight to Page 3 or 4, sometimes even lower, and gets absoloutley no views whatsoever. I'm doing nothing differently, and this is in the same category that for the past two years, whenever I re-list my item it pops into the top couple of spots just under the promoted listings and THEN makes its way down. This is usually how I get the bulk of my sales, because it's a busy category your chances of a sale significantly reduce if you aren't on the first page...
Listings that used to get 75-100 views in 24 hours are now getting anywhere between 5-15, a significant change overnight, I check the search results for my items in incognito, and they don't rank where they did before!
Would be interesting to hear if anyone has experienced / is experiencing the same?
When you list a new item, you usually start AT or NEAR the top of the first page, under the Top 4 promoted spots, from there, your listing gradually slides down search results, the speed at which depends on the number of people listing in that category, and keeps going lower, getting less views until you decide to take it down and re-list the item again. It's been like this since the start of 2021 at least!
Ever since the other day, my listings haven't been hitting the top of search results, for example, I list a new item and it goes straight to Page 3 or 4, sometimes even lower, and gets absoloutley no views whatsoever. I'm doing nothing differently, and this is in the same category that for the past two years, whenever I re-list my item it pops into the top couple of spots just under the promoted listings and THEN makes its way down. This is usually how I get the bulk of my sales, because it's a busy category your chances of a sale significantly reduce if you aren't on the first page...
Listings that used to get 75-100 views in 24 hours are now getting anywhere between 5-15, a significant change overnight, I check the search results for my items in incognito, and they don't rank where they did before!
Would be interesting to hear if anyone has experienced / is experiencing the same?
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sorted byEven as a buyer though, when I search for something I'm getting all sorts of garbage. Things that aren't even close to what I'm searching for. Almost every time they've 'streamlined the results'.
New listing do get a boost but it's not to the top of page one.
Ranking has always been based on how optimised your listing is for the category.
75 views in 24 hours is redic good. You must have some good listing to pull those numbers consistently.