sthoemke
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posted on December 18, 2005 03:25:26 PM new
eBay auction listings have fallen about 3 million on the last week, with no signs of slowing. I would guess a special promotion (10-cent day?) should be coming up soon.
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fenix03
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posted on December 18, 2005 03:39:46 PM new
People stop listing for Christmas and to avoid buyer who win on friday and want the item in time for Sunday. Happens every year.
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blueyes29
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posted on December 18, 2005 03:51:06 PM new
Interesting...wonder why the huge dips in March and April and equally huge jump in May? Any theories?
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neglus
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posted on December 18, 2005 03:54:39 PM new
The peaks are Ebay 10 cent listing days - once they are over, thing returned to "normal".
Ebay did a 10cent all format (auction and fixed price) sales day last year on the 27th.
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sthoemke
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posted on December 21, 2005 12:47:29 AM new
Not far from going under 10 million listings (the lowest auction count of the year), and still no sign of slowing.
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amber
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posted on December 21, 2005 05:09:21 AM new
If they do decide to have a reduced price listing day, I HOPE they get the sign-in issues corrected first. Can you imagine trying to list, and signing in several times a listing?
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bjboswell
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posted on December 21, 2005 06:10:26 AM new
"I HOPE they get the sign-in issues corrected first."
DIDO BIG TIME!!! I HAVE 185 NEW LISTINGS ALL SET AND READY TO GO AND WILL HAVE RERUNS AS WELL. I was away for the weekend so missed the "excitement" This is BIG TIME scarrrrry stuff for ebay sellers to not feel safe. I read the boards and immediatly emptied my PayPal account and changed my passwords.
As for the counts they WILL have something hopefully it will be a 10 cent auction OR fixed wouldn't that be nice .... we have control!
Back to the grind....
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buyhigh
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posted on December 21, 2005 09:35:46 AM new
Would think that Ebay expects that auction listings will plummet this time of year and is fully prepared for it to happen. See no reason why they should offer any inducments to list. They will see a big upsurge in mid January anyway.
buyhigh
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bjboswell
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posted on December 21, 2005 01:29:22 PM new
buyhigh This is true but if you look at the charts they have had a "sale" gift to us after Christmas for a number of years. Historically speaking it's in their interest... and especially with all the hoo haa last weekend they need us to list and maintain the look of a strong company.
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sthoemke
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posted on December 22, 2005 10:29:59 AM new
Wahoo! 12 days of listing count freefall. The 10 million mark is almost here...
Any predictions for a FLD or 10-cent day?
I'd guess the day after Christmas or New Years day most likely.
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stonecold613
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posted on December 23, 2005 10:18:51 PM new
"I HOPE they get the sign-in issues corrected first."
What you can do is prelist your items to start in about three weeks. Then for some reason, Ebay scrooges out, then you can cancel the listings before their scheduled times and not be charged anything.
Or if they do announce a special listing day, then simply revise your listings either on that date or ahead of time to that date.
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Alive in 2005
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sthoemke
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posted on December 25, 2005 10:12:02 PM new
Now listings at 9 million, and still dropping fast.
I'm surprised a selling promotion hasn't kicked in yet, especially for the foreign ebay sites.
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sparkz
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posted on December 25, 2005 10:23:27 PM new
As well as I can recall, some of the FLD's and promos have been announced as late as 10:00 PM pst the night before. They won't give much advance notice. I've been periodically checking the general announcement board and nothing so far tonight.
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sthoemke
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posted on December 25, 2005 11:58:21 PM new
Here's a little html hack that shows the announcements for US, Canada, UK, and Australia ebay announcement pages (just scroll to the right after page loads)
http://x-titles.com/ebay-news.html
[ edited by sthoemke on Dec 25, 2005 11:59 PM ]
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sthoemke
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posted on December 26, 2005 12:06:41 AM new
It's a couple minutes past midnight ebay time and no seller promotions.
There's a promotion for Skype though:
[ edited by sthoemke on Dec 26, 2005 12:07 AM ]
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fenix03
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posted on December 26, 2005 01:20:52 AM new
I was checking out the Skype link earlier. Notice that the pricing info is in euros?
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