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
@@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.
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
Thanks for documenting this so clearly - you hear that listings are hidden but there's never any data to back it up. I appreciate how you've taken the time to show the search results.
Very good content. This I how I have always done it. I did it with clothing originally. Today, I have moved on to hard goods. Buy quality items that will sell quickly. Leave the cheap junk behind. It will probably cost you in the long run. Sales have been excellent, with July 2023 being my best month in the past 9 years. My ASP is over $100 currently. I have a blueprint for my success that is similar to what you have just watched.
Would love a video on buying systems. As a new reseller especially with prices going up at thrift stores etc this would be super informative. I would love to understand how you went about to get a source something similar as you have with sneakers.
Chris, I think you might be over looking one important thing - and that is MULTIPLE QUANTITIES. One (1) listing could have 2 to 10+ items (same) which would elevate the 'available' numbers, but not the listings numbers. I think there *might be* some - certain category - items that are 'evaluated' prior to them being listed (like WWII memorabilia & collectables), and potentially some 'account' restrictions - if 'an' account is deemed a problem... but the numbers you are calling 'proof' are likely as simple as 'listings' verses 'quantity' - same items, but obviously completely different numbers. Also, in the equation, which you mentioned are the PROMOTED LISTINGS, but didn't discuss HOW (or IF) it changes the 'numbers' - but shows TWO 'listings' for ONE ITEM (the 'regular' and the 'sponsored'). Otherwise interesting video, and great information, as usual.
That side menu number accounts for total variations not total listings. If someone has 10 color options in a multi-variation listing, the number on the left menu is going to add those 10. If you narrow down your search more selecting more item specifics, then the top results number and side menu results number will match total variation available. It's probably just the way it's programmed.
Some additions/comments to your bullet points 1. People don't need excuses for why their stuff isn't selling, they should be finding better things to sell 2. Why would you ever buy something on purpose that will never sell? 3. 20 months? 12 months? I look for a STR of 80 percent or more, so most of my store sells in 3 months, most in the first month. 7. Hire for your shipping and cleaning/prepping and not for your store/listing/sourcing I learned a couple things from this video, thanks
I watch your, I listen of course what you have to say. I'm new but what I'm concerned with is the concept of being told to start out selling from around the house, my be good way to get started but what I've learned is very little of it has value so I'm going to have to price it cheap and get the buyer to pay shipping.
I think the reason one number is higher in the search results is because multiple quantity listings. It is 155 listings and 195 total available. When I look at my active listings in the hub it says 519 listing and over to the right it it says quantity 564. Im guessing because I have some multi quantity listings.
The problem right now I am finding is people just cannot afford the pieces I am selling on Ebay, I am not making sales like I used to, I would move 30 to 40 pieces a month pre covid now I barely hit 15, I only sell high end vintage, for instance I have have mutltiple rare cast crew movie jackets from hollywood studios, avirex jackets, vintage leather jackets etc. The issue is I cannot sell this for cheap, a buyer is not getting an avirex for less then 300 off of me, some of the items I have up are 1 of a kind and nobody else has it listed anywhere online. The economy is in shambles and people are not spending anymore, I guess I have to start looking for more lower end pieces like this gentlemen since people cannot afford the 100 to 1000 dollar items anymore.
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🤝
I really don't understand your number 6. My experience has been exactly the opposite. If I limited myself to just trying to buy the same things, there would never be enough of it available to make a full time job out of it. I buy local liquidation, and there just isn't ready supply of the same things. It changes day to day and week to week. I learned early on that to be successful, you have to be on the lookout for literally anything you can sell for a profit. Over time, you gain more and more knowledge and experience all the while constantly building up your available inventory and making more and more sales. Limiting yourself to a niche is a quick way to get bored and never really up your sales. Ebay customers aren't looking for you to be an expert in anything. 99% of customers won't ever even communicate with you. I sell things all the time where I have absolutely no idea what they even are. LOL. If it has a manufacturer and a model number though, I sure as heck can find enough info to list it.
@@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.
Ebay will tell you that your organic impressions created more listing views than your promoted impressions, but then Ebay will claim your promoted listing views converted into more sales than your organic listing views. This makes no sense at all. And Ebay will show you that 100 people looked at your top listing and then those people went on to buy the exact same item from someone else, even though that someone else had a higher price than you and less social confirmation (less sales) than you have with your listing. Again, this makes no sense at all.
This kind of practice should be illegal or they need to restructure their commissions. We already pay them a commission when we sell an item. What right to they have to deny the customer what they are looking for firstly and then double dipping on what we pay them to use the platform. Its disgusting.
But bro, I'm like, uh, ugh, you know, I'm team posh bark, and I'm not saying they're innocent of this, but this is it because eBay is so big. They play these games with even big time million dollar sellers. I just don't understand like them. You don't respect the people bringing you all the bread like I just, I don't get it. This is why I will not go back to this platform. Even if it's 10 times bigger, I don't care, it gets clunky, look at them and look at us. Look at the technology possess using look at the technology. EBay's music I get ebay. People are going to slam me, but I'm sorry. I'd rather run in a small thing, Gucci store in Beverly Hills. Then a, whatever store in frickin' Iowa City, Iowa is just not the same. I don't care, walmart is walmart.Louis vuitton is louis vuitton big difference.Bigger doesn't necessarily mean better
Ebay really really really wants you to pay them extra to promote your items. If you give them enough your item can also appear at the top of searches that it doesn't even match. Everything else mentioned in the video is helpful, but since they introduced promoted listings, you just have to pay to get to the top. They should just double sellers' fees if that's what they want, and keep searches accurate.
@@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
My theory, eBay has to keep as many sellers engaged as possible. So let’s say you average $100 in sales a day. You hit $250 by noon. From that point on you aren’t likely to get many more sales. They will send traffic to a seller that is at below their avg sales for the day mixed with people who promote at the lions share to eBay. They won’t pass up an organic search for your item but they will move all other traffic.
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?
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
The search is screwed up Chris! It’s so bad there’s no way to get realistic data! They can’t even suggest a price for a new item, they suggest used .. with todays technology things should be correct but it’s not! If I put more than 3 words in search I don’t find anything related to what I’m looking for!
Thank you for verifying my suspicions of the hidden items!! I looked up my listings and sure enough, one of them was hidden!! First thing i did was check my listing and I saw what some of the problems may have been. Thank you for the great advice and its good to see you on youtube again, Mr Chris!!! 🙂
Yes...that's so true ..I didn't make any sales for 2 weeks...so I bought a couple of items from eBay and lo and behold I got a good sale in just a few days 🤔
Been selling thrifted clothing since 2001 on ebay (daily since 2001). I paved the way for reselling thrifted clothing. I recently started crosslisting to FB Marketplace and Poshmark. But majority of sales are from ebay. I have been trying to adapt to all the various changes over the years (with ebay). Gone are the days I netted 1K a week only working a few hours a day. I am really struggling to find quality items at fair prices to flip. I am in Phoenix and it is slim pickings and the great stuff the thrift stores mark way up. 😑 I am still hanging on to this as my source of income, but- I am barely staying afloat.
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!
That’s sad that one guy pays and the other lists great but he may be at the bottom of the 100 listed in said category. eBay has a self fulfilling prophecy of pay to play. I ask a friend to look up my store and even sent her a pic of my profile page and she still couldn’t find it ? Thanks for all the good information. I firmly believe that the IRS will be adding a boat load of work for very little true income on this new 1099 year end requirement because many eBay sellers are not fiscally profitable.
Chris : Earns ban on ebay after making tons of money with them and singing their praises for years ... Also chris: puts out tons of shitpost videos about ebay after ban
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.
I don’t trust to put everything in 1 basket I.e. eBay because they shut so many people down with out notice without a good reason.. I think it’s a good idea to list on multiple platforms.
Wait until folks catch on to the "Sold listings in the last 90 days" bubble that occasionally appears is all skewed too. The "suggested starting bid" is often nowhere near the price of a recent sale.
Very informative but unfortunately the back handed perception that every Reseller is 100% income dependent on reselling. A small percentage will be successful making 6 figures annually. In fact your running a business which formal education is not going to replaced by watching RU-vid videos or paying for tips and “training”. Should have used a PowerPoint presentation.
Your item , no matter how undesirable , should at least have casual views . Ebay does this blacklist towards sellers crap as payback for not reading their stupid emails marketing items you have no interest in and asking you to feedback this , lower that price blah blah blah, f u ebay!!
I get my items in charity shops, so my initial outlay is quite high. There is no way my profits are as high as you are saying most are. On a £7.00 item, I will have paid either 3 or 5 for the item alone! ebay takes a whopping 17% of the £7.00 + cost of postage! I am lucky to see £1.00. I do it for a Christmas box with high returns. Not even a living!
I can't find Almost everything I listed yesterday!.... barely 1 sale a Day...sometimes less And I'm listing 10-15 items a Day 7 day's a week ...I'm Also promoting listings! WTF is going on?
I sell HBA. I listed a product by a manufacturer two different "flavors" andI searched for them in my store by UPC and they didnt show. Then I searched by UPC all of eBay and they didnt come up. Yet when i go through my active listings they are there. I dont know what to do other than set aside a hour to call eBay......something I hate doing.
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.
So I hear your point in simplifying to one platform, however your history with eBay shutting down your store is the reason why I DON’T want just one platform. It’s a vulnerable place to be if you are only listing on EBay or Poshmark etc.
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.
@@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.
eBay has become more interested in fleecing the sellers than helping set the sellers up to draw in money for them.. I've listed high end sought after items with values much higher than $1000 and over 100% str and watched them sell for $6-$20 at a one dollar start auction and will have less than 10 page views in a 7 day duration.. then click on sold and days prior would see sales in the $2k+ range for same item?.. it seems criminal to me. I feel like a major lawsuit is due.
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.
I can't even find my own listings on ebay. 20 years ago I used to buy semi truckloads of children's clothing. Goodwill put an end to that. So I specialized basically in "one type" of item. Perfect production. Now startin to sell again and ebay has dropped me from $6000 to $500 in listings because my sales are below average. LOVE LOVE LOVE your video. FORGOT - they also dock me with another 5 or 6% for being a below standard seller. Thank you so much. Will watch your next one now.
Wow if your stats are right, people waste a lot of time. I'm traveling with my small car three years, and only keep avg 90 small items up, and make $2500 PROFIT average monthly. When I finally pick a place to live, it will be back up to 160-200 rotating items at about $4500/mo. BUT.....OCT 2023 - after 10 years of selling, something has gone wrong with ebay or the economy - abnormal activity.
I once checked each shirt in my stock ,about 150 against my listings on ebay , I kept having to repeat the action from scratch , as each time different shirts appeared and disappeared from the listings ,
I was selling DVDs; as soon as I listed anything else that was not DVDs, those listings were suppressed. I watched for 2 weeks on a batch of my listings and had zero views even though I used keywords others used. I watched as other listings sold with higher listing prices than mine. Ebay said its my listings and not them why my items were not being found or selling.
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 ....
Ok definitely proof that the search is missing listings... Sooo how are sellers supposed to stop eBay from hiding our listings? Aside from the (repeated) "buy good products, niche down, list daily, great photos & titles, utilize good time management, yada, yada, yada" What's the solution to ebay not hiding listings or do you believe the "hid listings" are simply crappy listings from crappy sellers...
Does anybody use images from the manufacturers website when selling new items? Does eBay like that practice or is it better to take a picture yourself - saves time. I do it. Anyone know if that's good idea?
I wonder what you call an expert with no inventory? Lol. Idk if people are catching that he said he get the same things from the same people and he says they sell. So unless your in it for the love of the game, that whole needle in a hatstack thrifting miracle goods find is not a model that is sustainable. Do what you habe to to make it but until you figure out something like je describes, you going to always walk up hill. I get out to thrift one or twice a Week. I am doubleing down on shipped in goods cause niching down to me is nearly impossible in our area. S.c. is not the fashion capital of the world. Lol. For instance, Been thrifting over a decade, ive never seen free people jeans, ever.
Thank you for your help. We shop pre owned almost all the time. We sell usually preowned. I wish there was a way everyone could get this news out there. Preowned is the way to go! It helps everyone, the eBay site needs to realize this because they are going to make more if we all sell more. Best wishes.
No do not listen to this I sell 3 platforms sorry it up my income 3X I have Posh mercari and Ebay. Is it more time yes by an hr a day for more $$$$$ as I list my 5 to 10 items a day in eve I list first posh then cross to Ebay and Mercari. Takes me about 2hrs as I watch Netflix! No harder work so I had 5 sales on ebay IF I didn't sell on posh and mercari then I would've sold 7 more item's that day! Also less fees easier shipping!
@dailyrefinement I'm sorry I just cannot agree with that When I went to poshmark and then Mercari my sales that year increased by 18000$ in 7mons. It's truly was not any extra work. I simply print off my Shipping label box my item and ship it out. Same as I do on each platform. And I know many many sellers who stand by that. Why leave money on the table?. Yes, on Pash mark, you do have to share your closet. And you do have to be a little bit more active on there. But Once Again when I'm watching Netflix or having dinner. I can simply go on there, hit. Share my closet and it does it automatically. It takes 5 minutes.. And there are many, many resellers who agree with us. Why leave money on the table? Ebay As you were stating in this video is a very difficult platform. I had a hard time figuring it out and then you have to Promote your item besides your already percentage you pay and fees. The other platforms are so easy. The fees are easy to understand I personally like them better. I wish they were as big as eBay. I do make more money on eBay but I do make over $30000 a year Using My other platforms as well and I will not back down from that
The most ibe made in one day is close to 1K but ut qas during 2020 Covid-19 Boom selling sports cards my 90 day total was close to 11K those #'s have completely fell to the floor everyone was home wit free government 💰 im at like $400 as far as 90day total wit only sports cards trying to transition into clothes etc i also sell on Mercari as well
Thanks yes so true I am a average seller varied tooo much to fast not good yes I hired Va super fast too lololol . Big issue has been for me selling personal things lots of new with tags doing retail but not focusing on one thing . Thanxs for ideas very helpful.
It’s better need more video for buying tutorial cause buyer don’t know many thing as i seen on eBay who’s price is more they have sold more thing when a seller selling same thing in cheaper don’t get sale cause their listing doesn’t go to buyer so buyer always should use price filter
Daily I have been looking at your videos on and off for sometime now even before you became the EBAY WHISPERER with Technsports. It's my opinion that some resellers are only as good as the products and network from which they source. Meaning if you are from small town in the middle Timbuktu you probably don't have a lot of places to source. Sure you can do online arbitrage and weekend garage sales but you don't have immediate access and the items you get are probably junk no body wants. However on the flip side if I am in a large metropolitan area with 25 to 50 thrifts/flea markets I stand a better chance of having great items to sell.
They not only hide listings , as I found doing a stock check with screen shots of my listings , when I went through the listings manually some had vanished and others reappeared , other listings have been erased ,
If you are below standard your listings will not show that well. If you are restricted your listings will be hidden. eBay wouldn't just hide a listing because a sale means eBay gets money.
