posted on February 5, 2006 12:05:35 PM
I have had two items in the last 24 hours that I had to revise twice to get the revisions to update in eBay.
First time, I thought maybe I forgot to click on the final page. But the second time it happened, I knew that I did not screw up, eBay did!
Now I'm tiffed because another item was supposed to be revised from a 3 day to 7 day listing and now it is going to close early because the revision did not take and I missed it. Grrr!
posted on February 6, 2006 06:44:47 AM
Thanks for the heads up LtRay.
I just checked mine after reading this and discovered they "lost" my handling fee revisions. It's showing NO handling charge whatsoever now and I can't revise again because everything has bids.
posted on February 6, 2006 09:17:39 PM
Hi, I have read a lot lately of people doing 3 day auctions or start at one day then up them to next 3 day then 5 day etc etc and I have never done that BUT was wondering by what I think you are saying ?? that there is a charge to do this? Please enlighten me as I have thought of doing this just to see how it went. if it would improve viewing and possible bids from watchers. I know you have to up them before 12 hours and no bids but just don't know if they charge or not. Thanks
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Can't touch this! uh huh, uh huh.
posted on February 6, 2006 11:35:58 PM
Hi Irked, I play with the 3, 5 , 7 day option every now and then. I've found that it works best in categories where there are not a lot of items listed in a popular search.
Such as Search "it ebay" results in 3 pages of items. If you do a 3 day listing, your item will appear on page 1 and page 3 for at least 2 days. If it does not get a bid, bump it to 5 days at least 12 hours before auction end and it will still show on either page 1 or 2 of the search.
In active categories where the popular search pulls up 30 pages of results, this does not seem to work as well. The item just stays buried in the middle pages for a long period of time.
If you are selling an item with a limited audience, such as "Avion trailer attacked by pine tree", the 7 day works best because you need the exposure. If at the end of 6 days it does not have a bid, I sometimes fork out the $$ for the 10 day listing because it is cheaper than a re-list if you are using gallery or other enhancements.
PS, TN, thanks for verifying that you've seen it too. I thought I was losing the few brain cells I have left.
