eBay said "Do THIS if things don't sell"

I went to an eBay conference and eBay said to do THIS if things don't sell. You can sell everything on eBay from books, fashion to cars but what do you do with the stale inventory that just won't sell? If you want to know how to sell more on eBay then this video has tips and tricks from an actual eBay employee on how to increase your sales and boost the algorithm.
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Hi! My name is Mel (aka) Back from Burnout! And if you’re a reseller wanting to learn how to sell on eBay and how I run a successful eBay business selling second hand items from the thrift store then this is DEFINITELY the place for YOU! On this channel, I upload 2 videos a week surrounding topics such as tips for selling on eBay and how to make money selling stuff on eBay. I help you get a better understanding of what it's like being a full time eBay reseller and I'll show you what I do all day as a eBay reseller in my weekly reselling vlogs. And I basically answer any and all questions any eBay resellers may have who are looking to grow their eBay business! #ebay #ebayallears2022

[@nelsonofalltrades]

In your active listings on eBay you have to manually customize your columns to show the "Start Date" of a listing. This will tell you how long you've had an item listed. If your listings are stale, you need to be doing the following 1) every Sunday reduce price by 5% on all listings (bumps you back up in search, and sends email to buyers that price has lowered) 2) Add new photos, re-order words in your title (preferably add /replace words), and add new item specifics - do this weekly until the item sells 3) if items sit for longer than 4-6 months, you should be running sales or increasing your eBay ad spend %

[@backfromburnout]

Yes I’ve since realised this. I made a quick video today to show others how to do it. Thank you! Some great tips there for increasing a faster sell thru!

[@backfromburnout]

Thank you to everyone who has shown me that you can add a customised filter in the active listings to add a column that is "by start date". This makes it easy to see the original date an item was listed and which listings are your oldest listings. Great for ending some items in bulk also. If you do want to view it visually by the actual number of days listed like I showed then you can still do that via the sales promotion tab like I showed in this video. If you would like to know how to customise your active listings to show the original listing date watch here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXPWc2etbpeeodk Remember once you end a listing though your original date of listings will change and you will lose your original listings history (I add mine in SKU)

[@Married2Reselling]

Great video Mel. Also, to work out the age in the markdown sale section you showed, there’s a filter ‘days on site’ where you can input a number (eg 270) and it’ll show you the listings you want to see, without having to count past the ones you don’t want to see. Hope that makes some sense!

[@backfromburnout]

@@Married2Reselling yes! I needed to add a tab which I didn’t realise! I made a quick update video showing how if anyone else doesn’t have it :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXPWc2etbpeeodk

[@Married2Reselling]

@@backfromburnout What I meant was within the Markdown Sale you stated creating, you showed filtering and scrolling to reach the 270 days. But actually, there's a box you can just input a number (eg 270), so no scrolling needed. Thought it might help you when setting up Sales.

[@HouseholdDog]

It's great to have a little community that helps each other. We are all learning all the time.

[@iawarenow658]

great video thank you and if you dont mind and might be helpful is you know about the other eBayer who recently got blown out the water by eBay and banned we have to remember eBay was initially set-up to help people sell the odd item they actually owned rather than what sometimes appears as ''Tesco'' and supermarket on acid.. just wanted to point out this to you as not nice what happened to the seller recently but he thought and used eBay like a superstore for his retail enterprise..

[@MrPaulMorris]

That's the most direct answer I've ever seen or heard from an eBay employee. By pure fluke I have been relisting at around the 9 month mark. I have also been using the SKU to record the original listing date (I also note the last relist and/or date of price revision). Part of my daily routine is to work through half a dozen old listings; end, sell similar, checking for completeness and accuracy, taking a look at the current market price, seeing if I can improve the title, photos etc. The only listings that get a pass are multi-quantity listings with a consistent sales history. For example, my oldest listing is from March 2017. I originally had around 600 units and have sold around 400 of them. I sell at least one or two every week so I'm not going to rock the boat! I've always found this a useful activity as it's something you can fit in any time there are a couple of spare minutes. I often review a few while I'm sitting in the car waiting for my wife or son, for example.

[@backfromburnout]

Sounds like your in a great habit of not only listing new items but reviewing your older ones to keep them selling. I agree, he was very articulate and gave great in depth answers to questions at the event.

[@amandagregory9160]

If you go to active listings, you can customise table to add start date. It will have start date & time plus, in brackets years, months and days.

[@backfromburnout]

Yes I realised that and made a quick video for others to show how they can also add it :)

[@brencosales9591]

Seller Hub -> Manage active listings -> click Start Date , then this shows your oldest listing first with date and time you listed the item .

[@backfromburnout]

Ours only shows the last 30 days now we have 30 day good to cancel cycles. It doesn’t show our original date of listing. I thought this was the same worldwide. I’d love if you could confirm please.

[@WillyThaKid777]

You have to set this up! I watched a KZbin video to change mine

[@khadijascorner.]

Due to fears of constant ebay changes I've always added the date listed, cost of item and storage ID in all my listing SKU descriptions. In addition to doing so, I also keep an inventory spreadsheet which includes where I bought the item from, quantity, item cost, sell price and I also highlight any out of stock items on the inventory spreadsheet in red. This clearly makes it easier for me to track any old listings not sold.

[@brencosales9591]

@@backfromburnout got multi listing and it says 2018

[@MarylynBroomhall]

@@WillyThaKid777 What video did you use?

[@davebukove490]

Following the advice of "Daniel", an eBay employee who claimed he was an 8 year employee at the time, ruined my store. Nothing he claimed would help helped and and if fact made it worse. Eventually he told me I was hurting his numbers by not improving my sales and he stopped returning calls. Took 4 years to figure out what works. Forget about fixing/relisting whatever. Just list more new listings. List every day. I list twice a day now. Even your old items will start selling better, regardless of how old the listing is, if it has missing item specifics, if it has no description, single photo, whatever. Everything else pales in comparison to the advantage of listing more regularly. Either eBay doesn't know how it works or they are deceiving us. Don't waste your time listening to eBay recommendations. Those are to help eBay, not to help you. Also, you can customize the view on your listings page and add the start date column to show when the item was listed.

[@soulseller1838]

Interesting

[@backfromburnout]

My start date only sorts by the last 30 day cycle.

[@DebM122]

I also added the start date to custom view and it does work.

[@davebukove490]

@@backfromburnout possibly different if you are not a US seller, but it shows the original listing date here.

[@MrPaulMorris]

I agree that regular listing is the most important factor in boosting sales, including sales of unrelated older stock. However, I still see value in regularly reviewing older listings to ensure they are complete and accurate (it's surprising how frequently I find errors and omissions--often resulting from inattentive cut & paste editing when filling my templates) and still priced appropriately for the market. I end & relist (sell similar) 5 or 6 listings a day on average which, as I have about a thousand active listings, means that the ones I am looking at are usually 9 months since last review. eBay said some years ago in one of their updates that older listings with no prior sales history would be gradually deprecated in search but I don't recall them ever putting a date on the process.

[@thetatdoctor3806]

This is a real eye opener..... I know many resellers including myself who have concentrated on the listing and not so much the stock management. In the same way i know resellers including myself who have items in their store for over 2 years, these are even getting seen and are being ignored by the algorithm. Food for thought..... I also like how you add the date into your skew..... stealing that idea too! Thanks for sharing Mel!!

[@backfromburnout]

Adding the date in the SKU really helps me when I'm on the phone. Thanks for watching!

[@B-K920]

I sell media, too, and wasn’t aware of this. Thank you for this info!

[@backfromburnout]

No worries! Hope it helps!

[@sharylsimeone]

I have been doing my own research on this also. This was really good to hear your details. Time to get busy.

[@debraanderson8763]

So helpful! Never heard the term Unproductive Listing before but that it now a part of my vocabulary. Thank you!!

[@backfromburnout]

Agree! I’d never heard it either

[@raymondmaybery1516]

This is the first video that I have heard in a while that will help my sales. THANKS FOR THIS INFORMATION !!

[@backfromburnout]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@cottagekeeper]

Great detail! I agree with you, refreshing your listing with new information or maybe putting it in a better category, putting on sale, making sure item specifics are correct, is the best ways to get your item sold. Ending and re-listing deletes all your data, I'm a data nerd.

[@backfromburnout]

Yep, I definitely think they need revising and fixing if they haven’t sold

[@aleshapalmer186]

Grateful for you asking this question.

[@backfromburnout]

Thanks for watching

[@EyeForProfit]

I can see how old my listings are from the Active Listings page on PC. I scroll all the way to the right and it tells you how many Years Months Days old the item is as well as the start date. You can also view the active listings from oldest to newest.

[@backfromburnout]

Yes my screen didn’t have it but I learnt I could customise the active listings screen and add it :) I made a little clip showing others who didn’t have it how to add it.

[@SmileTimeGifts]

I recent did an title revise on 200 items and really had a boost in sales overall. i really don't like the relist/sell similar, because it kills all established facebook/google/twitter integration. glad to see you got the seller hub set up with the dating option

[@naznow]

This is really valuable info. Thank you for recording that conversation piece and sharing it. I do wish ebay would simplify its platform. Everything could be so much more clear.

[@backfromburnout]

Glad it was helpful!

[@davidnorton7464]

I ended and relisted 7,000 9-months or older listings. Huge increase in sales over the weekend, especially older listings. Cool part was none had a percentage off so my original asking price - Yay! Thanks Mel

[@backfromburnout]

Wow David. Thanks for sharing

[@F2ABARGAINS]

I end and then sell similar my listings every week at the start of weekend or sunday evening . Works really well for me 👍🏼

[@backfromburnout]

That’s great it’s working for you

[@nancystockwell7829]

I do 200 listings daily, end and sell similar, helps a lot.

[@Lea_1113]

I thought for this to work you had to edit something to 'prove' to the ebay bots that you aren't just relisting (which we are but trying to get ebay to think it's a new item). I don't have a store so I have to end listings so I do the sell similar but try to change something ie price or title. Are you saying just sell similar and don't bother to change anything (that would save me a lot of time!)

[@stevehitchman9591]

I go to active listings, sort by ending soonest and anything over a year finishing that day gets culled and either donated or put into bundles - it’s annoying that eBay are happy to charge you for relisting when they know there is little chance of anyone actually seeing and buying that item!

[@Nana_Tink]

Gold nugget dropping here, great stuff. I am good with 6 to 8 month new listings on everything pretty much in my eBay and Amazon stores since I go between PA and FL seasonal. Inventory both places and take very little inventory back and forth so always new listings. I do find when I list the newer listings sell. Sales help for sure. You really did great research.

[@backfromburnout]

Thanks Nana x

[@theresellingwizz8739]

Just had a look and you can do it this way. Seller hub> Active> Summary> Customise table> Start date. Just found listings from 2 years ago haha

[@backfromburnout]

Yep, got it thank you so much! If you want to view it via the actual number days rather then date though it looks like you still have to do it via the sales tab like I showed.

[@thetarheelpicker]

I am not sure in Australia but in the US if you look at your listing, you sort by date listed from old to newest or newest to oldest to determine when it is listed.

[@backfromburnout]

When they changed to a 30 day cycle it only shows the last 30 days in active listings. I thought it was the same everywhere but maybe US has both options

[@waverideraus4882]

@@backfromburnout Aus seller here My Active listings sorted by start date still show by date at least over 2 months old. I do end sell similar once it gets over 2 months, so probably shows longer, not sure where you are getting 30 days from Every fri I send offers on oldest 100 listings, then on monday I end the same listings and sell similar. Refreshing individual items takes up a huge chunk of time if you have thousands, that could be spent putting up new listings

[@backfromburnout]

@@waverideraus4882 I've worked out I can add a customised column to include start date. Mine didn't have that inserted. If you do want to view it via the actual number days rather then date though it looks like you still have to do it via the sales tab like I showed.

[@joanprince733]

WOW Mel. That is a lot of data you have collated. Using your SKU system is certainly helpful for you to either reappraise your listings or even put your books on a sale to get them moving. Very informative video as usual. Lovely to see you looking a lot better after your rest but DON'T UNDO ALL THE GOOD WORK AND OVER DO IT AGAIN. xx

[@backfromburnout]

Thank you Joan. I’m definitely still resting xx

[@emusaurus]

You’re looking really well, mate. Thanks so much for the information.

[@backfromburnout]

I'm feeling much better after taking a little break

[@cole2404]

No store yet, but always enjoy watching and learning from you. Thank you so much for sharing 😊

[@backfromburnout]

Thank you! Once you have a store you will know what to do!

[@cole2404]

You're welcome Ms Mel. Rooting for you from Virginia

[@karleneblacker4219]

Interesting video, I sell mainly DVDs, I have heard end & re-list works best, I've promoted listings on dearer items & it hasn't seemed to work. I just try & list daily now at least 10 items, if I miss a day, I list more the next day,this is working OK.

[@backfromburnout]

It’s great you have found a system that works for you that is very important to maintaining consistency (an eBay likes consistency!)

[@antiquebookcollective]

Antique books can be a great set and forget market and it's worked great for me! But there are some higher competition books that I have that I should relist-especially with what you just shared today! Thanks for the info!

[@backfromburnout]

Agree! Those collectable books should remain at top of search as they barely have any competition. We don’t need to waste any time ending those items they just need the right buyer to want them.

[@antiquebookcollective]

@@backfromburnout Absolutely!

[@ThisisJo]

I’ve also been told this by EBAY in the UK. It makes sense, and I’ve always ended and sell similar older listings and it is very effective for me. I put the data I want to keep - like date listed originally on the SKU field.

[@backfromburnout]

Great it’s working for you Jo and I agree using the SKU for info is very helpful

[@kevinbrown1246]

This is why I feel that EBAY needs to completely re-vamp their entire structure for reselling and buying.

[@backfromburnout]

I guess if they have thousands of the same type of items it’s inevitable as many new ones are listed the older ones get bumped down the list

[@paullawrie]

I just learnt that you can add "start date" as a column on the active listings page thanks to the comment section! Found a few listings that are 3 years old so I'll sell similar and see what happens!

[@backfromburnout]

Me too, lol I never knew that! So thankful to everyone who helped and shared that! It looks like if you want to view it via the actual number days rather then date though it looks like you still have to do it via the sales tab like I showed.

[@SoulInspiredSeller]

Mel! This is SO GOOD! Thank you! ❤ eBay really needs to gives us an easy way to know days on site outside of promotions so we can focus there. It would be such a win win!

[@backfromburnout]

I’ve found it. I’ve made a little video that will be out tomorrow to show you how to do it

[@countrylivingoz]

@@backfromburnout just customised mine also. Had some scary revelations! Now to do something about that. Thanks again. Look forward to the vid. :-)

[@SoulInspiredSeller]

@@backfromburnout oooo, exciting! Thx!

[@antiquebookcollective]

Some awesome data sets that you provided from your sales! :D Thanks! You look like you're doing a lot better today, good to see! :)

[@backfromburnout]

Thank you. I’m definitely feeling better for the rest. I can think clearer again

[@antiquebookcollective]

@@backfromburnout Good to hear! :)

[@BKVendingFlipping]

Great Tips, I need to go through and check that out, I'm sure I have a lot of dead listings that aren't coming back. Thanks

[@backfromburnout]

I’m sure many people have a lot of stale listings

[@jasonblount2049]

There is a start date on the listings page, I have been unlisting my oldest 25 and selling similar with adjustments each day

[@backfromburnout]

Yes but mine only shows the last 30 day cycles and I don’t want to end and sell similar that quickly on some listings as I don’t think all of them need it. Many will sell in that 6-9mth period without having to spend extra time ending and selling similar on those.

[@jasonblount2049]

@@backfromburnout if you click on the top of that column it will sort either my newest or last listed. My oldest one right now is 8 months and 9 days old. My situation is a little different also due to me being an everything seller.

[@backfromburnout]

@@jasonblount2049 Got it, I can see that now. I've added a pinned post!

[@thrift-a-little1260]

Thanks for the info, Mel! I hope you’re feeling better!

[@backfromburnout]

Thank you. Feeling better mentally for the rest. I can think straight again lol. Still aching but I’m resting when I can :)

[@ianjresells]

I've been recently inputting the date within the SKU's for reference as seen previously in one of your video's, great idea! I don't particularly want items in my store for more than 3 months and by 6 months they are out! Think I will now also take the view that any "unproductive" death pile stock will be re-donated or scrapped off after a six month duration. Regarding the Ebay old listings data, I would of thought it's fairly easy for them to extrapolate the info and display it to us, so that users to get a better idea of whats's going on with their inventory! Another great video Mel, with excellent information!

[@backfromburnout]

Thanks Ian. Adding details to your SKU is a great idea, it really helps me. If you can sell through your store in 3mths that’s amazing.

[@KungFuChess]

Revising your old items by just adding or changing a word to the title will bump up your listing. eBay algos prioritize active sellers over ones that list and never update

[@backfromburnout]

Definitely agree they like users to be active!

[@jetblackstonecold]

I too include the listing date (& item cost) in my sku and I keep my active listings sorted via the sku, so I view my active listings as newest listing descending.

[@backfromburnout]

Great idea. I like that I can search my SKU also for keywords so can quickly Pull up all the ones I listed in a particular month

[@SonyaBatten]

Thanks Mel. I’m learning so much from you. Keep up the great work. It’s so great to see someone so honest and willing to share their knowledge to help others xx

[@backfromburnout]

Thank you for watching me!

[@beverlyb5144]

Very helpful!! Looked up my items and OH MY!!!! Lots of work to do for me. Thank you.

[@backfromburnout]

It's a bit scary to see how old some of your listings are!

[@CJC0017]

End listing then re list over a week later. Just did that for a month with royals albert tea set. Listed again and sold in less than 2 days. Ive noticed it works if no interest or just watchers i end .

[@backfromburnout]

Are you relisting your entire store every week?

[@tonycable5176]

Maybe others have said - bit for a info help for you. You can tell if you passed 9 months go to active listings click start date and you can see when you posted them. If date is past 9 months tick them and sell similar then have a duplicate window open and select same items then click end and go back to sell similar and list and there you have it.

[@shaneomack5018]

Great vid ms Mel.. yeah we run sales weekly on items 6moths are older at 30% off and 3 months to 5.9 months we run at 20% off.. doing this ramps up a lot of sales for stale items. I just looked and sat and Sunday we sold 33 items that were 6 months old

[@backfromburnout]

Thanks for sharing!! I think I'll be more aggressive on stock thats been there 3-6 months and then 6mths end and sell similar.

[@shaneomack5018]

@@backfromburnout and putting the date of the listing in the sku is absolutely brilliant … can’t believe we didn’t think of it friend

[@junkstorejunky8394]

In the US, I can see and sort by my original list date (in the seller hub, active listings). But when I end and sell similar, that goes away and starts over. So what I do is put my original list date in my sku before I end and sell similar, so I know my real original list date. And for sure every time I list and sell similar, my sale get a boost!

[@backfromburnout]

Yes, thats the problem when you end and sell similar you kill all the history of the original listing. If I end and similar now on some of these old listings I will be adding another note into my SKU so I know its been relisted.

[@JiminyFlipIt]

Really fantastic level of research and analysis, thank you! The way around relying on eBay for data is by keeping tabs on your own!

[@backfromburnout]

Agree! We have to keep looking at our own sales history and experimenting within our own store

[@captainopshopnerd7406]

Damn Mel.. keep up these kinda videos.. super handy for loads of people. Appreciate you!!!!

[@backfromburnout]

Glad it helped

[@worpig]

You can add "Start Date" when you Custimize Table in your Listings parts of the Seller Hub. This will now show you the date you started the listing down to how many Years:Months:Days. Then you can sort them by newest or oldest. This is how I adjust each one of my listings Promotion % and price. I haven't tried sales on older items since most of the time I'm running a coupon instead. Thanks for getting that info from eBay themselves.. I always felt like canceling and "Sell Similar" is just helping buyers that use "Best Match" but I'd assume most of my buyers used "Lowest First" so I just try to keep my prices competitive instead of cancelling.

[@backfromburnout]

Thank you! I could only see my last 30 day cycles. I need to go see if I can customise mine.

[@worpig]

@@backfromburnout I can't imagine it but maybe eBay au different from the US in this?

[@backfromburnout]

@@worpig Yep, got it and added it, thank you so much! If you want to view it via the actual number days rather then date though it looks like you still have to do it via the sales tab like I showed.

[@FarmGurlScavengerNoel]

@@backfromburnout and on top of that, if you end and sell similar you will lose your initial start date because when you end it and sell similar you get a new item ID and a new Start date. So if people are relying on this information to tell them how okd an item is and they end and sell similar, that chicken flew the coop. The only way to track that initial start date is either a spread sheet and or what many do, like you, put it in the custom sku. Hope that helps Mel, thanks for sharing and I hope you are feeling a bit better 💓👩‍🌾

[@backfromburnout]

@@FarmGurlScavengerNoel Yep, I like it in the SKU for that reason and any I end/sell similar on I'll add a second date into my SKU

[@ArtJourneyUK]

When you have limited storage space, you have to revisit the things taking your space for that 6 month period because after that it will drop off the search radar.

[@backfromburnout]

Agree!

[@profitmonsters8186]

Very interesting video! I’m grateful you had the data to calculate all of this and share with us! I’ll be looking into my store for sure

[@backfromburnout]

Thanks Drew! Definitely was an eye opener for my own store!

[@MidwestPicker]

I end and sell similar for any item that has been listed for 3 months or longer. I do this for 25 items at a time, about every 2 or 3 days. My sales tend to jump when I do this. Also, sales promotions and revising listings to adjust the price just a few cents, helps to. Cheers!

[@backfromburnout]

Great to hear, it seems many people say it boosts sales!

[@kacedia]

Dang! This is incredibly interesting! I’m usually a “set it and forget it” seller, and just donate items after 2 years in the store; but this seems to be an inventory game changer that I need to commit to or else I’m leaving way too much $ on the table!

[@backfromburnout]

Yep, I agree. We have invested all that money into our stock and if were in a saturated market we should be trying to rotate our stock better (just like the do with cheese on the supermarket shelf)

[@brooksdamron4317]

I believe you can sort all of your listings by date listed. You have to include the column "date listed" when viewing your listings and click on"date listed" to sort in ascending order. The date listed column is not on the default setting for your listings so you need to add it in the options.

[@brooksdamron4317]

Oops. Just saw your latest video😁

[@cliffbone3430]

you can see the start date on all your listing go to active listings in top right of table you will see "Customise Table" then go to Timing and select start date then save this will then put start date in the table and you can click on it and see the oldest item hope this helps I always try promoting the items slightly more and double check the prices

[@backfromburnout]

I’m going to go look, I haven’t been able to find it on mine since they switched to 30 day good to cancel. Thank you

[@cliffbone3430]

@@backfromburnout mine are all on 30 days good to cancel and it telling me one of my items (which is a stock item) i listed 12 sept 2012 lols

[@backfromburnout]

Yep, got it thank you so much I've added a custom column to show the original date! If you want to view it via the actual number days rather then date though it looks like you still have to do it via the sales tab like I showed.

[@sissie44]

I do mostly DVD's in my store and have also been adding the month listed in the Sku when I end and Relist the Item that is a year old.. so i will know how long I have had it.. Thanks so much for sharing what you learn.. I still haven't learn how to do the sells but learning..

[@backfromburnout]

Always something to keep learning even after many years of selling! Thank you for watching

[@matthewtrapp7756]

Ending and selling similar every 30 days changed my store. I can clearly see it works. When I sell similar over the next few days I will sell a bunch of the items that was relisted. Items that where not getting any views before all of a sudden have many views and watchers. After about a week being listed the items views and watchers will fall off. I suspect it gets deranked by eBay or the search is just further down the page.

[@backfromburnout]

Interesting, thank you for sharing!

[@thetreasurehuntingboomer]

Thanks for the info Mel ..I noticed items misding last week went thru items yesterday sooooo many now have to be listed again

[@backfromburnout]

Bummer Nellie!

[@thevintageread]

😮 This blew my mind! I have gone back and checked and it was very revealing! I have to run some very aggressive sales! 😂 Brilliant video!

[@backfromburnout]

Glad it helped you and maybe if you review some of those old listings you will get a bump in sales

[@SandMarcusJ]

Thanks for showing me how to do the markdowns. Decided to run 4 promotions based on how many days my items have been on the store. Ill let you know my results.

[@backfromburnout]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jodiepowderly8731]

Excellent topic. Thank you for sharing. Lots of value in the comments too. I have limited space and revisit items after 6 months. Interesting I recently discovered a beautiful new book that I had listed that wasn’t coming up in the search results!! I did some tests with tweaking the title and after a couple of attempts it’s now showing in the top of the category. Not sure what happened but I think it had been buried, possibly since I listed it.

[@backfromburnout]

Yes sounds like it had dropped low in search and with your tweaking you have pushed it back to the top

[@ArtJourneyUK]

6 month lifespan for each listing effectively. Yet again excellent information

[@backfromburnout]

Yep for my store it looks like that, thank you for watching!

[@TwelfthConsul]

This is a super useful tip! Thank you soooo much for this video!!!

[@backfromburnout]

No worries!

[@salesoftheunexpected]

Thx Mel - that 'days on site' info is priceless - I kept original listed date in the Sku, but after doing sell similars etc. the info gets kinda lost. Now I'll look at the 10 oldest items daily and review prices etc

[@backfromburnout]

Perfect! Glad that info helped you!

[@shelleyocallaghan6260]

Very interesting! I go thru my stock (clothing) regularly, about 3 tubs a week and end, check title, price etc and sell similar. Often I sell the old stuff that way. It takes me about 6 months to get thru all the stock.

[@backfromburnout]

That's such a great habit to be in Shelley!

[@mobileeyesmarketing808]

If you use a numerical sku from one to infinite, you can still know roughly how old the listing is based on the lowest skus being the oldest.

[@backfromburnout]

Yes that could give you a rough idea as you will always know your oldest items. I use shelf number for my books but I think numerical would be great for clothing sellers.

[@archisalvage]

Great video Mel, I've got items that have been sitting for 3.5 years! I'm so busy looking for new stuff I feel like these items live on the island of forgotten inventory.

[@Doing_It_Wrong]

If you go into "Manage Active Listings" (Just hit the Sell button at the top of the page on your computer) you can have a "Start Date" column. If you don't see it you can enable it by clicking "Customize Table" in blue on the right. It will tell you the listed date and how long it's been listed directly below that in parentheses. NOTE: If you end and relist that number gets reset. Only your SKU system will retain it then.

[@backfromburnout]

Yes I worked it out thank you! I made a little update video for others who didn’t know it was hiding :)

[@Doing_It_Wrong]

@@backfromburnout Watched it! You're fantastic! So few creators read comments anymore!

[@ladyandthefrogs]

You can see how old a listing is if you click into the item in the Ebay app. I manage things with an Excel spreadsheet too

[@backfromburnout]

Where do you see it on your app?

[@penelopesparrow]

I heard the 'listing drops in search the more it relists' theory quite a while ago and have stuck to it. I don't know much about eBay (hobby until now) but I *do* know about Etsy and they have a similar element in their algorithm. The longer you go without being clicked on and sold, the more it'll drop in results. In my (vintage) Etsy shop I revamp listings that have sat for 3 months and haven't had a lot of traffic. Looking for different keywords for my title is high priority, followed by better photos (or more detailed ones) and sometimes raising the price. And sometimes you just have to be patient and wait for the person who's looking for that exact thing! But as said, 'depends on your category'. I sell vintage which is not competitive in terms of exact item, but I try to find unique objects that are still able to hook popular search terms. Cold data only helps to a degree; the key 'take away' from this is that the less competition you have for something, the more of an attractive proposition it is. You can still sell a common thing quicker than others by having great photos, quick ship time, good feedback. A lot of my feedback mentions how well packed my items are an I think for a vintage seller, that's priceless. Also having a niche can help - I really think the future of online selling is not about 'everything and anything' but focusing on one *small* niche. Even in books you could focus just on cooking or just on health/wellbeing; bonus is if you do a social media you're more likely to gain a better following. Novel length comment LOL - good video, subscribed!

[@catbodine]

I also put the list date in the sku and I sell similar after 6 months.

[@backfromburnout]

I will be doing the same going forward.

[@delightfuldeb1218]

Hi Mel, What about in the description note the date at bottom? Just a thought.

[@backfromburnout]

I don't like to have information public that the buyer doesn't need to see incase this misinterpret it.

[@trobarge]

If you sort by item number you can see which items haa been listed the longest

[@backfromburnout]

Thank you!

[@judyschultheis]

Great content; thank you so much for sharing what you learned at the eBay event!

[@backfromburnout]

My pleasure! Thank you for watching!

[@hustysemporium6359]

I don't even give it that long I do it at 2 months tops, I'm not sure if it works as well anymore but I still do it, after a month or 2 if it hasn't sold revise it and check the listing over. I'm not sure when eBay reset views every month on BIN it does or doesn't boost your item, not been able to clarify this with eBay

[@backfromburnout]

It’s a good habit to be in. I’ve let too many of mine go stale

[@hustysemporium6359]

@@backfromburnout Your doing an awesome job, great YT videos Mel, great attitude really nice workspace and work ethic, great role model keep going 👍

[@sharonmareethoms]

Thanks Mel. Great info and def something to add to our Ebay Knowledge tool kit.

[@wcurtin1962]

I'm ending and sell similar while I'm watching this! I do it every 30 days. I correct out of date pricing as I'm relisting.

[@Opxbest]

Unless you categorize your items quarterly into buckets using custom store catagories

[@backfromburnout]

That could work!

[@shelyeseperry9153]

Excellent advice! Thank you

[@backfromburnout]

Thanks for watching

[@Bawkr]

There are certain items I like to keep in stock because they were bought to sell at a certain price point and taking a tiny profit isn't really worth the packing, fuel & time, I'll likely just keep them up there, they will sell once they become less common.

[@backfromburnout]

There will be certain listings that don't need it. It's more for the highly saturated items that are competing with the masses. Thank you for watching!

[@Bawkr]

They're saturated but I feel that at some point they will creep up in value and begin to disappear we haven't hit that threshold yet but it will happen in my lifetime. Worth the investment very small items too.

[@flatbrokeatfifty]

Really excellent analysis

[@backfromburnout]

Thanks for watching

[@lepke1979]

You can also see the Start Date in the listings page. Pretty sure I needed to add the column though (Customize Table). Would be nice if they added a date added field in the listing search page though.

[@backfromburnout]

I can only see the last 30 day cycles. I need to go and see if I can customise mine.

[@backfromburnout]

Yep, got it thank you so much! If you want to view it via the actual number days rather then date though it looks like you still have to do it via the sales tab like I showed.

[@cuttingpro]

If you click on one of your listings it shows the start date. Top of page.

[@backfromburnout]

Mine didn’t show as it wasn’t customised to do it but I have since done that :)

[@HouseholdDog]

I think my old listings are pretty poor quality. Might be best to relist them again anyway. I am ten times faster than I was back then. Again, it's really the motivation thing..

[@backfromburnout]

If they are poor listings then I would end and sell similar and fix them up as you go over just relisting them.

[@jasonfoster7403]

If you go to your ebay store and sort by time newest listed, you will be able to see which items have been in your ebay store the longest. I personally think 9 months is too long - especially based on the theory that your stale listings drag all your listings down.

[@backfromburnout]

I had to add a customised table in my active listings. Done now! Thank you. If looks like if you want to view it via the actual number days rather then date though it looks like you still have to do it via the sales tab like I showed.

[@FigsyGames]

Amazing tip! Thank you Mel!

[@backfromburnout]

Thanks for watching!

[@sophiamarthacampos9878]

Thank you. Very helpful

[@backfromburnout]

Thank you for watching

[@kirsty8132]

In seller hub you can sort the listing's from oldest to newest. This will bring up the original listing date.

[@kirsty8132]

Also you can then bulk end the listings

[@sandrabentley8111]

Also when doing markdown manager sales, you can easily see which are the oldest by putting dates on site eg 100 to 1000 for example, they all come up with dates.

[@backfromburnout]

Yes but it only shows them as oldest to newest for the last 30 day cycle not the original date. Unless other countries are different

[@backfromburnout]

Yes I know you can bulk end in active listings but my date to sort is only the last 30 day cycle

[@backfromburnout]

That’s another great way yes. I could have done that way also.

[@lindavannorman3973]

You can bulk end and sell similar 200 items at a time. There are quite a few youtube videos how to do that.

[@backfromburnout]

Yes, but if you just sell similar you aren't really fixing the problem in why it isn't selling so probably best to do an end and sell similar so you can tweak the listing and hopefully make it more sellable.

[@darylhunt9070]

I would not necessarily believe what ebay says. Ebay are trying to make it harder and harder for small sellers. You can get listing dates via API . I would suggest you look at some listing management software. Ebay do not offer inventory management that is your role and why introducing more complexity favours mid-larger sellers

[@backfromburnout]

Thank you for watching Daryl!

[@tracygarrett3952]

Don't you think it's rather nonsense that they won't easily offer this information to sellers? It's not helping either you or them to keep this stat hidden. Does eBay ever have/ask for suggestions from sellers?

[@backfromburnout]

I’d love to see them offer a category/drop down that tells us how many cycles our listings have been through. I think if they are measuring metrics from that and deem something unproductive then we should be shown that info.

[@tracygarrett3952]

@@backfromburnout Absolutely! If they have intel why not share it with resellers? It's unproductive to hide it. It's always the people that actually do the thing that can tell the 'suits' what they need to make them be the best sellers they can be. This sounds downright stupid. What have they to gain to not share this info????

[@TheAmigoUser]

@@tracygarrett3952 They don't care, most people have no clue how to make a listing. Ebay just wants their insertion fee and be up the road

[@Doing_It_Wrong]

@@tracygarrett3952 There's a corporate mindset that "spilling the secret sauce" will allow people to manipulate the SEO (or whatever the secret sauce revolves around) unfairly. It's completely unfounded corporate nonsense, but that's their opinion.

[@jaybones614]

There's a lot of garbage items up on ebay and I'm sure they don't want that stuff recycled through the system. That's probably why the start date is hard to find.

[@mickcrisp2854]

I try to end/sell similar any listing which is over 30 days old. I usually get a small spike in sales. I've also analysed my data as I seem to be getting a lot of silly offers coming in and wanted to find out how much I'd lost from accepting offers. Since March 21% of my sales have been on offer. The average deduction has been 29% on the value of the sales but my numbers are small fry compared to yours. I had one offer of 10% of my selling price...I ignored it"

[@backfromburnout]

As long as your monthly sales $$ keep going up then hopefully you’re making more money even if things are sold on sale or offers.

[@JoshPitts530]

If you list the same day you take pictures, or thereabouts, you could just refer to your photo dates.

[@backfromburnout]

I don’t keep my photos. Once I list I delete them all. :)

[@JoshPitts530]

@@backfromburnout What?! Not everyone hoards hordes of photos like me?!

[@raucousreg9064]

@@JoshPitts530 I keep mine - you are NOT alone!

[@backfromburnout]

@@JoshPitts530 No way! I'd have tens of thousands and it would be faster for me to just retake some new photos then to go find them lol

[@countrylivingoz]

@@JoshPitts530 I am with you lol.

[@TristinaDietzElmesArtist]

Excellent information, thank you! 😍

[@MrBeefsnorkel]

thanks for posting this, subscribed! this info sure makes me feel a lot better. im in the salvage side of ebay, i part out motorcycles/cars etc. i wasnt sure if my ebay store was failing because of the low views/etc but this video definitely confirms im doing just fine. 40 items listed in my first month of doing this, 9 sold, and after seeing you and Daily Refinement's channels I know to list consistently so im doing 2 listings a day. i cant wait to see what the future holds. Do you think the DR facebook group and 34.99 monthly sub is relevant to someone like me, that parts out machines? or is it only for people that sell clothes/hats/shoes/etc?

[@Panzer-xi5uj]

Nice one Mel 👍 interesting video 👍

[@backfromburnout]

Thank you!

[@jankent5677]

Excellent info, thanks Mel

[@backfromburnout]

Thanks for watching

[@princessnandani]

Greetings Mel, 💜 Thank you for sharing what you have learned. Thanks to you I follow the same SKU system you use. I can easily look up the day I listed my items on eBay. I’m excited to hear what other tips you have. Gracias 🧘🏾‍♀️🪴

[@farmgirl1560]

Ooh wow thanks for the info !!! I do often end and sell similar (easier for me as I only have about 300 items listed). Been getting a bit slack lately with doing that so definitely time to resuscitate some dead ones 😂

[@TheJoshGalt]

This is good info Mel, thank you.

[@backfromburnout]

Hope it helps

[@michiganebayflipper9497]

Pretty much sums it up after 9 months they disappear. Ending and relisting seems to be a must. I have some inventory I would actually end permanently, but it seems if you do that the algorithm penalizes for ending listings? Not sure if there is a metric once it hits the 9 month mark where that isn't a issue? Only other option I thought is keep the listing but change it with a new item? Thanks for the information I wondering about it too.

[@backfromburnout]

He was saying if they are unproductive listings then end them and do a sell similar. Tweak your title and fix anything in the listing you can or add more item specifics. It makes sense if we’re selling an item in a saturated market that it’s going to get buried down low in search with many other new and fresh listings

[@michiganebayflipper9497]

@@backfromburnout Yes true. Oh man a lot of old inventory to hit up now...

[@cbsdaigle]

Curious, since you've been adding your own SKU for the last year, are you intending on updating your other listings based on the 'Days on Site'? Maybe if doing the Sell Similar your SKU could become something like H3 No 21 Se 22 (as in your location with original listing Nov 2021 and updated listing Sept 2022) then you would retain how long the book has been listed. Just a suggestion. I hope you're feeling better!!!

[@backfromburnout]

Yep if I end and sell similar in my old ones I’ll add another keyword to my SKU that notifies me it’s been relisted for another 6-9mth cycle.

[@MrPaulMorris]

I use a similar system in SKUs. For example: C4 2208 {2201} [1907] Location Bay C Shelf 4 Last price revision Aug 2022 Last relist Jan 2022 Original listing Jul 2019

[@backfromburnout]

@@MrPaulMorris having that info really helps doesn't it. Well done