I think eBay hides new items more than used items. I think they don't like it when people undercut there larger sellers of new equipment. There is bugs when closed listings are still active and shows the actual live listing as a duplicate. I had a product that was selling 4 a week. I closed the listing because someone probably competitor reported as fake item. I relisted it and didn't get a single view for 2 months. When it would normally get hundreds of views. Nothing had changed. Maybe the manufacturer complained because I was devaluing the brand by selling at low price.

I find that I have to put quotation marks around the brand name I want to filter out another brand. If that doesn't work I do my search again with the minus sign such as -eagle No space between the - sign and word

@@tinamarriegayheart8016makes sense, search is convoluted with incorrect items

One question I was wondering is, if eBay is hiding certain search results on the site, does Google show them all?

@@zachariah7114 That depends what IP is searching. If you are searching it will probably show. Unless you use a VPN. I would say hidden by eBay hidden by Google to the general populous. Unless previously viewed on that IP or listing generated from that IP. I would be about 85% confident in this answer.

If they hide your listings

Insertion fees are the least of anyone’s concerns. Even if eBay is hiding listings.

Oh, and don't forget about the post office. While the customer pays for shipping and taxes, you do make very little in comparison to the total spent.

Yep they are all out to f**k us

Exactly what the funny part is, is that when you find no use for it or for whatever reason you want to get rid of it. You posted back on eBay, so the cycle keeps continuing, and they get paid from both parties all over again

It makes sense, but isnt the reason, so sellers have more consistent habits to follow and are more likely to deliver the same, they have proven to deliver over and over again?

I've thought this myself before.

This

It’s sort of an artificial traffic limiter, I believe it’s something like this, but I have had days that are way above my “entitled” traffic and also days that are way below

I have been following your channel since I started two weeks ago. And I list 5-6 items a day. And today I just had two items that sold for $38 dollars a piece. I took your advice and only buy items that will net me $20 and more. I stop going to Goodwill because my local thrift store has way better stuff and it’s cheaper so I will stick with this thrift store to stay consistent. I’m shooting for 10 sales per day

Hi check your listings in each category , screen shoot them , then repeat at intervals,I saw things come and go on listings

I don't promote any of my listings and definitely don't get as many impressions, but I do sell a decent amount.

I believe you do need promoted listings to maximize sales but it’s not required to get some sales

@@dailyrefinement I agree, I’m considered running the store at 5% and test for a month. Make a video about it something. It’s takes some nerve to change what’s working but it is probably the right move.

@@TaylorExchange just do the 2% minimum, works well enough! Justin Resells has a video titled "Doing this will literally double your eBay sales (for real)" where he shows some data about it

@@Membrane32 I’ll look into it, thanks.

It’s not correct bc people enter in wrong info

Great post. I hope you can turn it around but, I really appreciate your honesty...as someone trying to break into it.

I recently went into a local thrift and couldn’t believe how crazy high the prices were

I think since covid the rats and roaches came out of the woodwork. Lots of people want easy money and with social media everyone thinks they can be a reseller. What happens over time, is that a lot fade away bc they don't have the dedication to keep going. I had a landscaping business for over 10 years and it was the same thing. Everyone got into the biz bc the low barrier of entry, but, over time, most fizzled out for a multitude of reasons. My belief is if you keep sticking it out, you'll rebound and be successful. Covid screwed a lot of things up and it gave a lot of people the impression they can be full time or even part time resellers.

@@backintimevintage7613 Yes- I even know someone (a neighbor) that tried reselling and quit not long after starting. Whenever I read/hear about someone quitting, it makes me realize how long I have endured! And also, with each person that quits, it means less competition!

I assure you, eBay doesn't do anything for "no good reason"

Yeah, bad to horrible imo

Yes exactly. That's why most of us sell everything, because you never know what you'll find.

No matter the platform, they care more about how they benefit than how you benefit. They only see you as a means to get gain for themselves and really could care less what you make.

Thank You!

Thanks and welcome!

This! No body wants to be neck deep in inventory and not listed anywhere but eBay and have them bam...shut you down. Then your having to learn a whole new system and trying to build yourself from ground up again.

But then I went all in on another platform and was fine. Did no one notice that part?

Did no one notice that my stuff sold on a different platform? The platform is just the marketing part.

@@dailyrefinement -I definitely see that part too! You are doing fantastic on poshmark…and Whatnot…and youtube and everything else you get your hands on. But I look at each platform as different streams of revenue. I am a super small reseller. Had eBay done me dirty like they did you, it would have crushed a major income stream for me. I don’t Think I could have bounced back as well as you currently have. My point is, for me, it is better not to have all my eggs in one basket and It is better not to trust that all my income can come from one platform. By diversifying the income stream, I feel more secure in knowing if I lose one platform, I will still be able to get by financially.

Guess there aren't any, just a clickbait title.

100%

I've been listing since 2003 and use keywords too and my sales are abysmal in the past year plus. I search for my own items and sometimes they will not pull up! Weird ....

There’s multiple quantities included

It is almost criminal, but not on the part of eBay, I'd say criminal on the part of the seller. Don't ever sell a $1000 item as an auction starting at $1. What a recipe for disaster. Back in the day, I sold many items on eBay which were in the $1000 to $15,000 range. Not one of them, was an auction. Fixed Price is the only reasonable way to guarantee you get a good price. Whether to price it to sell in 1 day or 100 days, is a personal choice. Taking ANY chance of it selling for $20 is just not an acceptable risk. Auctions are terrible in several ways, especially for very expensive items. First, people spending a ton of money for a very expensive item, can afford the money to pay your price, more likely than they can afford the time to play games following the price of an auction. The only reasonable way to BUY an expensive item at auction, is to be present, watching, and bidding for the last 10 to 30 minutes as it ends. Or to use snipe bidding software. Rich people don't like to do either. They like to see something they want, and buy it. The other thing about an auction, is that the very best price you can get is what two or more bidders are willing to pay. By setting a high Buy It Now price and gradually reducing it, you have a chance to get a price that only one buyer in the world is willing to pay. Maybe sometimes, you get what 2 are willing to pay, if one is gambling that nobody else will pay what they are willing to. Just set a high price, and allow offers to be submitted to you. Usually the top several people will submit offers on a very expensive item in high demand. You will gain a lot of information from that. Auctioning something on eBay is not like a Sotheby's auction in NYC or Barrett-Jackson auctioning cars in Arizona. In those cases, they gather so many high-quality bidders with so much money and so much interest, that getting one bid increment above what the 2nd highest bidder would pay, is more than you could get any one of the bidders to pay without the competition and excitement of bidding against wealthy rivals in a prestigious venue.

Oh no!

I can do that

@@dailyrefinement great thanks!

I'm confused too. Would it be better to just pay the promo fee?

I have a lot of higher dollar tees myself but those don't sell regularly so I make sure to have a lot of lower end ones too (not beat up just cheaper buy in tees) to keep cash flow going. Then, when you get a big whale sale, it's gravy. I'd just get some lower cost items to add into what you already do🤝

Same things over and over, quadrupled my income. Never did more than 70k a month with random things

@@dailyrefinement I suppose it depends on your access to inventory. I live in a great area (Charlotte) for liquidation. No shortage of store returns and overstock at all...but it's always random. 7 years in and I've never been able to find an actual wholesale distributor for a steady stream of consistent product. I take that back, I found one who required a purchase commitment of six figures per month. I'm always looking to improve (and I honestly like the randomness of my products), but I guess I've somehow missed the boat on sourcing consistent inventory. Because of that is the simple reason why I don't niche and have become well versed in multiple product categories. It's certainly more work though. When at most I can purchase a pallet of something at a time, I'm forced to constantly take new pictures and create new listings instead of just adding quantity. There would definitely be a benefit to that, I just don't see how to get there. (To clarify, the most I've ever gotten of one product is a pallet worth. I love those, but they are rare.)

​​@@dailyrefinementHas the reason came out why you were banned from the 2nd biggest online marketplace? Some of your videos really just seem like "revenge" ... Let's be honest, those "40" listings that are "hidden" were probably recently posted and are processing through the database, couple that with the massive influx of people wanting a side hustle and obviously things are going to be a little backed up

Ive just started 10 mos ago and a lot of the positive feedback is that I have a large sellection of inventory. So I agree. I diversify as much as possible.

@@cphineMooresville area. So, I agree that access to things to sell is pretty good.

Go into item specifics and put the upc in the spot where it asks for it. I come across stuff that shows nothing when I scan barcode, but plenty of listings when I search, usually because nobody has put the UPC in yet. Had a few that I was first to enter the UPC so only listing to show when someone scans for it, those usually sell pretty quick when that happens.

@@sofaspeed thank you!!!

Wink 😉

I'm suspecting that too.

Average resellers have a 5% monthly sell through, which means it takes almost 2 years to sell an item, they list random items in a random fashion and don’t improve for 5-10 years.

No

Gary Vee is dope. He helps people realize it’s not too late. Or you’re not too old

and queen elizabeth blew my. balls off

yeah, i'd say at least 60% of my sales are 12 or higher.

​@@dailyrefinementwow that's a great statistic! Thank you for sharing!

Size 12 = womens large, or about a 31” waist. Not sure what you’re referring to as being outrageous