Is there a way EBID could mark an unsold item as Re-listed after a seller re-lists it? As far as I can tell it stays in the unsold folder without any flag saying it's already been re-listed. Thank you.
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Is there a way EBID could mark an unsold item as Re-listed after a seller re-lists it? As far as I can tell it stays in the unsold folder without any flag saying it's already been re-listed. Thank you.
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Originally Posted by Bingsy
Once I relist my items (I go the manual route because this option will bring up the edit page for me), I then delete the items in my unsold folder - I do that one by one as I don't have many to relist at a time, but there is a relist/delete option if you have tons to relist without editing all the time - this option will relist all your items and delete them from the unsold folder automatically.
i too use relist and delete to keep my items up to date
I use the same method as Jeweleffects and Maelbrigda. Simple and effective.
Just click on both 'Relist' [make sure you always do this one first] and 'Delete' blue tabs at top right of your Unsolds page. Then scroll down to the Repost/Delete button.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bingsy
HTH.
I have over 6,000 listings - none on run 'till sold - all on 8,9,or 10 day auto relists.
I click on the 'Listings I ran - without sales' (far left on your My eBid page) and relist mine manually each day, (or when I can!) and use the 'relist' and 'delete' facility.
It is very important that you check that your relist and delete totals are identical - otherwise you could accidentally delete something without relisting it, and it will disappear from your listings.
If you relist something from the 'items I ran - no sales' and don't delete it, then you will see that you have already relisted it - thus avoiding duplicates .... see screenshot.
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Hope this helps!
hi there, i find the relist function a nightmare, this way of doing relists is absolutely absurd. i have near 4000 items to relist from the 'listings i ran' page and it will only let you relist a page at a time, why isnt there a function to relist ALL pages of listings at one easy press of a button, why do you programmers not see this,AND THE SAME MUST BE SAID FOR THE 'DELETE ALL' function also.Quote:
Originally Posted by jeweleffects
it takes a long time to wade through each individual page, tiresome. im fed up, and not even quarterway through.
and on this note, one haseto scroll from top to bottom constantly to press relist/delete, cant it be at the top of page with the other buttons? and i thought programmers were supost to think logic, pity i cant just pick up all my listings and auto relist with ebay, even with all their fees. the reason i dont at this stage is it is a nightmare to try to put all the items into their platform from this platform, two totally different listers/spreadsheets etc.
The manual one to one relist works the best for me as I don't have 1000's of listings to worry about. Also, I'm not an eBid programmer, I'm just a normal member like you.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilber11
I should be so lucky, to have that many items to relist! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by wilber11
Still, although I don't have personal experience of the scenario you describe, I can see it must be frustrating. Though any such change would need to be made with extreme care, offering an option for the current page vs the whole lot, or else there'd be a lot of VERY unhappy users surprised by their listings vanishing.
Maybe I'm an unusual programmer, but I tend to implement features a little sooner when I'm asked nicely, rather than "why do you programmers not see this" and "i thought programmers were supost to think logic". But maybe that's just me. I'm not an ebid programmer.
Not had this request before. Will take a look.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilber11
Thx for the input.
Gazza
Will be added at the next software update.Quote:
Originally Posted by gazza
Gazza
I would like to know why this is being introduced? I see zero benefit and a whole host of potential concerns.
4,000 listings all starting and finishing at the same time will affect the sales of the seller because there is little exposure on the site. When those listings do reach a reasonable exposure point for browsers then the sites listings are dominated by one seller - buyers hate that. If they are browsing the eBid site they are browsing for a variety of listings from a variety of sellers.
It would also affect the potential for new sellers to sign up and sell on eBid - they are most likely to browse the category they sell in when finding eBid and being confronted by a wall of listings from one seller does not provide them with a positive reaction about the site.
The door would be wide open for sellers with hundreds of thousands of listings to install and maintain those listings with no effort. Normally those sellers would use RUS - introducing this potential new function leaves them open to affect the whole buying and selling experience on eBid. These sellers invariably get no (or little) sales but other sellers sales will nosedive because there is a moving wall of thousands of listings making browsing a category almost worthless. A lot of the regular eBid custom would be affected.
A responsible pro-active seller would maintain their listings with a good spread finishing on all days - and ideally as many hours in those days as is possible. The importance of having rotation within an eBid shop (if the seller even has a shop) is paramount - with so many listings starting and finishing at the same time it makes a seller look inactive because the listings are nearly always in exactly the same order.
So I can't see any positives on introducing this? I can see situations where it can affect sales, can affect the browsing experience and can also affect new sellers signing up to sell on eBid. It would seem to cater for inactive sellers to affect the pro-active sellers with a big negative effect on the site.
At present the relist function for the first page (50 I think?) is fine.
I can see the problem brought up earlier with trawling through 3000 listings at 50 per page.Quote:
Originally Posted by deanosaur1972
We will be putting a number limit on the function.
Gazza
Number limit is good.Quote:
Originally Posted by gazza
My point to the seller is that they shouldn't be trawling through 3,000 listings at 50 per page in one session. 50 in the morning - 50 in the evening, repeated until all the listings are live, a matter of seconds taken up per day. They would then look like a more active seller and sell more. There is no benefit to them or anyone to be able to list 3,000 or 4,000 in one hit in terms of sales, structure/appearance of their listings. It just seems like a facility to help sellers do the lazy thing (and sell less) rather than sensibly list for the good of themselves and the site as a whole.
Deano, it's good to see you back. I always enjoy your logical input, it all makes sense to me, thanks.
I am just wondering why people need to relist so many unsold items. Currently you can have up to 10 Auto relists. If the intention is that when these expire you will always manually relist there is, I consider, a much easier and less risky approach using Bulk Edit which I explain below.
Most of my listing are on a 10 day auto relist with the number of auto relists initially set to 10. Therefore if I took no action they would start closing after 100 days and would appear in my Unsold Items. To overcome this every 70 to 80 days (ie well in advance of any listing becoming unsold) I run a bulk edit. I select all my listing (by not setting any criteria on the selection page), then add all these listings to the bucket and then set the number of auto relists to 10. So after the bulk edit is run all my listing will be reset to have another 10 auto relists.
The only exception to the above is listing with multiple items that have had sales which Bulk Edit won't allow any amendment. In my case these are very few.
I completely agree with Deano about creating a situation where all your listings start and end at the same time.
That is a brilliant idea, I hadn't thought of that!Quote:
Originally Posted by bunsock
As usual, Deano is spot on. I thought the original request, from a programmer's point of view was a sensible one (though tactlessly expressed). But Deano's comments on the big seller's perspective and the effect on the site are very insightful.
fine for you maybe, but not for me. you stay with your method and ill have mine.!!!
Stamp sales are a very good source of income for eBid Gazza and I can see the point Deano is making. You truly need to consider this before any changes are made.Quote:
Originally Posted by gazza
Short and sweet, eh, Wilber? Did you read Deano's response? Since he has nearly 6,000 listings, significantly more than yours, it seems worth thinking about what he says. Especially since he's been selling here very successfully for 6 years and he always offers good advice.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilber11
Could you give his idea a try?
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnwash1
As a stamp seller, I would like to agree with you and with Deano, who argued very clearly, in his first post in this thread, why this idea is particularly bad for the eBid site. I would like to urge Gazza to reconsider making this change.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gill
I have never found relisting items page by page to be particularly onerous and take the opportunity to scan the list of items before I relist them.
But I still don't see why people need to relist closed items rather than just extending the number of reposts prior to them becoming unsold? Seems like extra work to me.
I relist in batches of 25-50 - even more so in view of latest Google Shopping dictat noted in the latest eBid newsletter:Quote:
Originally Posted by bunsock
"Another matter related to the photos our sellers use that I need to mention today is to do with VERY old photos that are still in use on the site. Quite a few years ago now we used to add our eBid logo to the corner of photos that were uploaded to the site. This hasn't really been a problem until now as Google are clamping down on any photos that have any text or logos imprinted on them. Google Shopping now requires all images to be clear of these. The result is that any eBid listings you have with really old photos are ineligible for inclusion on Google Shopping. We will continue to upload them but expect them to be no-shows in Google Shopping search results from now on."
So I am now checking my relists for pictures still with the eBid logo and updating - easily done in batches
Yes, the old photos with eBid logo is an additional pain. I don't keep all my old photos and with over 10,000 items listed I am not going to take new photos. The other problem with old photos is that, in the old days, when they were uploaded eBid resized them to quite a small size but now they want them, ideally, at 1500 pixels wide.
I still think you would find it easier just to extend the number of reposts rather than doing it manually after they close.
Added button to "Listings I Ran > WIthout Sales" section todayQuote:
Originally Posted by wilber11
Gazza.. that function has been here for at least last 7 Years. Do you mean something else? has been added.Quote:
Originally Posted by gazza
I ued it yesterday ans last week and this AM.. always 54 at a time, limit:(
Theres a new button that shows if you have more than one page of unsold.
It will run up to 500 immediately, any more than this it will put into a batch system that runs every couple of minutes.
Thx,
G
I am with Bunsock on this, at the moment I only have about 30 listings but will be building that up slowly soon. I put everything on 10 day relists 10 times and update them a couple of weeks before they fall off the radar; by boosting the relist total from 1 or 2 back to10. This has 2 advantages: no duplicate listings and also if someone is following the listing with view to buying they do not lose the item with a change of listing number.
When I was selling a few years ago I had 300 plus items and had no problems. I am cautious about using the bulk editor though as I have found it unreliable at times, meaning that I have to manually check anything updated with it.