![]() But if eBay shows you matching toasters, or sets of mugs, then you might well be tempted to buy some. If you buy a kettle, and eBay shows you lots more identical kettles from other sellers, you probably won't want to buy another one anyway. And over the past few months, eBay have been tinkering with promoted listings, and also with the visibility given to "seller's other items" and "seller's shops". ![]() ![]() ![]() The visibility that eBay gives to each item will also matter to sellers. Certainly outside factors like utility bills and general unease as parts of Europe slide into war, are important - they will affect the total amount spent on eBay, and what sort of stuff they are spent on - cheap essentials or luxuries. There are probably lots of factors affecting sales. It's more like gambling than paying insurance, because with insurance, the insurance company won't turn round and say "sorry, we've decided we're only paying 5% of this week's valid claims, and you aren't one of the lucky ones". It gives them an increased chance of getting that "service". So paying the money doesn't give those sellers a "service" (ie not having their items deiberately hidden by eBay). If 1000 of those green straw hats are sponsored, eBay is STILL only going to show me 150 of them. The rest are hidden under the "suppressed" bar. If I search for "green straw hat", and there are 4000 results, then eBay are (under the present system) only going to show me about 150 of them. Promoted listings (the type where you pay upfront) are more like buying a ticket in a dodgy raffle: "Pay an extra £3 for a super-duper-ticket and we will increase your chances of your ticket being put in the hat." A fair number of those super-duper-tickets, and most of the ordinary tickets will NOT be put in the hat. Because, even when you pay the extra, eBay aren't actually guaranteeing to include your items in search results.ĮBay aren't offering a service like: "Pay an extra £3 when listing and we'll show your listing to an extra 100 buyers who are looking for similar items". Because when you pay, you don't know whether you will get anything at all in return for your money. Those who think they can get more by paying a little extra will do so. If its not going to be worth it, don't pay for the extra cost. Same way you pay for insurance whether you ever claim or not. Now get asked to promote your auctions and you pay whether they sell or not, rip off
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