Doing this will literally double your eBay sales (for real)

[@ahoward2333]

Fairly new to reselling and I knew about promoted listings but never wanted to pay more fees! Never realized that 2% would do the trick. I turned promoted listings on at 2% last week just like you explained and my sales have literally DOUBLED! Very cool, thanks so much for sharing this!

[@justinresells]

Great to hear!

[@Southjerzylimits]

he gets discounts for making these videos...

[@Kaskh1122]

@@SouthjerzylimitsThat’s great for him, and I hope he does. That doesn’t mean he can’t also give valuable information at the same time though

[@Southjerzylimits]

if thats what you call common sense then sure thing. he does do a good job tho@@Kaskh1122

[@susanegley4149]

​@@Southjerzylimitsfrom whom?

[@TSunshineful]

I just unpromoted all my listings, now I'm going back and turning them all back on to 2%. I find it best to make changes constantly. I change descriptions, pictures, promotions, etc. It seems to drive traffic to "look" at least. People with big stores don't have time to do this. They list it and forget it! I can barely get up 250 items, lol. Working on it every day though.

[@Blu3Pulls]

How much are you making a month on 250 items roughly? (Profit)

[@Southjerzylimits]

dont do that. it makes you look indecisive and that will stir buyers away when they see something and then by chance you change it an hour later they come back like huh ohh wait its the same but now its listed different hmmmm idk now..... no kid dont do that. revise old listings with new photos lower price. your welcome

[@kathyt416]

@@Southjerzylimits people can't remember a thing. Most of my watchers never buy. It's the visability that's a problem.

[@Alicebreaksthru]

We are trying to grow our 270 item store but answering your question its making a little over $1k it varies depending cost of item but we average $4-5 per item thats including big bolos ​@Blu3Pulls

[@robsomething4435]

Great video and explanation of promoting. Ive found a lot of people get stuck on paying ebay a couple additional points on a sale rather than look8 g at the larger picture you clearly illustrated with how an extra $800 netted you over $40k in sales. Advanced is very good for items where you have multi-quantity. I've been promoting for the last 3 or 4 years and can attest to everything you laid out here. I'm at about $175k gross annually, with roughly 60% of my sales coming via ads.

[@johndough23]

ya well not near a typical sellers volume. Most sellers are not grinders willing to take silly low prices because they do not have the volume to make up the lower prices. eBay could careless apparently. It's a race to the bottom and they are going to crash in spectacular fashion.

[@cheriennis4285]

Wow super happy to have found you. You’re really great at explaining things in a simple informational way and I really appreciate that! Binge watching all your videos now. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@justinresells]

Thank you so much for the kind words!

[@marilynwilson2326]

I already promote everything at 2%, but, I have to say, this is the best explanation of this subject that I've ever come across. I'm a new subscriber and I look forward to more of your content. Thx. 😁

[@justinresells]

Wow, thanks!

[@lynnjones8117]

@@justinresells Yes! The best most accurate, easy-to-understand explanation ever!! Thank you so much!

[@paulrak]

I have recently restarted selling on ebay. Imagine my surprise when I turned on promoted listings and sold my first item in 24 hours. Nice.

[@jcrossgaming8791]

I also have been doing 2% on everything for about a year now and it does make a huge difference.

[@cinnamonchivers7204]

Completely agree

[@ChristopherKrauseCAK]

You’re a natural KZbinr! Excellent explanation and delivery. Thanks for sharing.

[@justinresells]

Wow, thank you Christopher!

[@WrightDreamer]

I Agree 💯💯💯💯

[@theflippinnelsons]

This is such a good tip! In all my years on ebay I never really done many promoted listings, mainly because I didn't know I could change the ad rate 🤦‍♀️.

[@justinresells]

Glad you know now!

[@representing50plus]

Now ebay has a 30 day trigger..... if you promote an item and someone clicks on it but doesn't buy. Then you take the item OFF PROMOTEd listing .... the customer comes back a week later if it's within 30 DAYS. You will have to pay your promoted fee. This just happened to me. ........ here is the Ebay quote .........You’re only charged if a buyer clicks on your promoted listing or on the heart icon to add an item to their watchlist and then purchases any of your Promoted Listings Standard items within 30 days.

[@Mark-sy2bx]

I do promoted on about 75% of my listings and my sales are 60% organic, and even more surprising is that when i use promoted it seems to increase sales on everything not just the promoted listings. However I don't think it increases sales by 100%.

[@omegadroidzero]

You can off the promoted listing fees at the end of the year as "advertising costs". 100% tax deductible

[@BorisBidjanSaberi11]

Bingo

[@BorisBidjanSaberi11]

More need to know this

[@magoospsoriasismagic]

Nothing personal but I do not believe 2% moves the needle at all. Particularly for clothing 3:20 . Suggested fees are up to 16%+ now. The algorithm sneezes at 2%. If it were only that easy. At 2% better have free shipping, lowest price and be a top seller to make a difference. Just my experience after 23 years. peace

[@UnorthodoxFaceplant]

It really works I did this 2 days ago and have already seen a big difference. Thank you so much for the help. I thought my pricing was off but it was just not being seen.

[@rachelm3954]

Finally someone who explains all of this clearly! And explains how and why we would want to do this. Love the videos thank you!

[@justinresells]

Thhanks for watching!

[@RustyHinge]

Promoting my listings has done absolutely nothing for my sales. I've tried 2%, I've tried 13%. It does not guarantee a higher rank in the listings. It does not guarantee more exposure. It only guarantees eBay will make even more money from you if your item sells. I'm a Top Rated seller, and an (almost) 25-year eBay veteran with a consistent 100% feedback. I'm glad promoted listings works for you, but it doesn't work for everybody - which just shows how inconsistent and screwed up eBay is now. There are plenty of other sellers - especially long-haulers - who have noticed the same thing.

[@justinresells]

Thanks for watching and sharing! You're right, promoted listings aren't necessarily a silver bullet and it's best to try it out and see if it works for your business specifically. My guess is that it has a lot to do with what you're selling. For example, if an item just doesn't have much demand, promoting it is not going to make it more in demand. Promotions work best when both demand and supply is high.

[@kld70]

I don’t consider myself knowledgeable on eBay, but it sounds like promoted listings may not be helping you boost sales because your good business practices were causing the algorithms to place your listings at the top anyways. It doesn’t sound like exposure is holding back your sales. Perhaps look to other metrics like selection, pricing and display to increase your revenue. And by all means, keep up the excellent customer service. As for eBay’s faults, remember you’re paying for access to the marketplace, a/k/a foot traffic so offer customer support suggestions but temper them with a realization of the intense operational needs of a huge platform. There’s a lot that goes on behind the scenes to make this marketplace a reality. It’s not easily maintained or recreated and deserves some slack. I, for one, appreciate that someone else has put in all the knowledge and work to create a place where I can buy and sell with strangers all over the world. I definitely wouldn’t have ever figured out how to do that on my own. Thanks for sharing. Be well and prosper. ❤

[@maxinef6654]

Out of my last 46 items sold, 29 sold through promoted listings. That’s a little over 60%. I alway do promoted listings ❤. My rate is 2.5% for now.

[@justinresells]

Sounds familiar. Thanks for watching :)

[@LL-ex1gp]

Ad spend is also a write off. Another great video. So glad I found your channel.

[@justinresells]

Good tip! Glad you found me too. Thanks for watching.

[@alfonsoalfonso647]

The best results I've gotten, is selling Antiques, and Collectibles. I've tried some clothing, and shoes, and did TERRIBLE. Promoted listings are driving many Sellers broke. If you are doing 20% Promoted on shirts, then you are paying Ebay around 35%. That's ALOT of money overall. I buy more unique or limited items. As such, the most I do is 5%. Might take awhile for a collector to buy my item, but I prefer that, than making $2 an item in Flooded Categories. My profit margin is very good on items. Profit margin should be what people need to concern themselves with, not how many sales they make.

[@truthoverlies6434]

Nah. You need to put in work if you want to make money. Sell 100 things making $15 each in a month, or sell 2 things making $200 each in a month. More work more money.

[@gemsettingirl]

This sounds like you’re working smarter, not harder. Good advice!

[@peacelovebrad]

Ebay charges 13.5% now (12% when the video was made) Justin, thanks for making this channel!!

[@865Picker]

One problem that I have come across is when looking at the active listings let’s say they say there are 200 of them and the sold listings are 100. It really doesn’t matter on the sold listings for what I’m talking about. Anyway, going back to the 200 that are active. Sometimes they’re not the exact thing that you typed in but yet they still counted as a number for the active listings so you can’t always get an accurate number. I hope that made sense.

[@justinresells]

Yes, that is a problem for sure! I find that I often have to get more granular with my search if the results are showing a wide mix of related items. For example, always search for the model number if the item has one. Also, filter by the condition -- new or used. That helps you get more specific results. Thanks for watching!

[@pkzenk2158]

Doing the “quick and dirty” on Comps (i.e. NOT going granular as Justin rightly points out is even more important most of the time), when you’re under the gun at your sourcing location - is required due diligence… as in checking out an unfamiliar (usually vintage) brand, just to get a feel for if it’s a grand slam or an ass brand.

[@mousepolice55]

​@@pkzenk2158ahh the infamous ass brand. lmao Matt, is that you? 😂

[@litestreamer]

The main issue I have with ebay promoted listings is - we sellers are not told exactly what we are getting for what we pay. We're not informed on the algorithms. Seems at 2% what I do see is my 'sponsored' thumbnail photo shows up twice on the same page. Not sure what advantage that is? So what does 3%, 4%, 5% get me in promotions? Pick a % - it's all a guessing game. I've done no PL and 2-3% PL and can't say I see much difference. If everyone promotes, basically we've all just upped our fees. And if other sellers promote at higher rates than me, my listings are downgraded anyway. It does feel somewhat like extortion, so my listings are not hidden, and in conclusion, that would lean me towards paying, though reluctantly.

[@justinresells]

all very good points. thanks for sharing!

[@ShortCrypticTales]

I just call eBay's promoted listings bidenomics (pay to play)

[@nopunts9947]

I think it’s actually called Economics

[@ShortCrypticTales]

@@nopunts9947 look the word up

[@brendatomlinson]

This is very valuable info. Embarrassingly, I didn’t know I could set the rate for promoted listings! The few listings I’ve promoted are usually at 11-12% because that what ebay shows me! In fact, last week I ended most promotions. I think I need a reset on my listings. Thanks.

[@mikemike7096]

When Ebay started this promoted listings scam just few years ago the highest (suggested rate) was 4 or 5% with 1% minimum, now the minimum is 2% and as high as 14% just imagine in coupe of years seeing this suggested rate reach 40 or 50% and of course this percentage includes the price plus tax just like all other fees

[@johndough23]

On the way to that..in my panel almost all the suggested numbers are 11.8%. the BIG problem here is our old LISTINGS are now polluted with low ball comps. The chances or yours selling now is greatly reduced even if a customer finds your listing. Most buyers are NOT doing the due diligence on comparing quality. They assume, since Ebay suggested a like item...the Shirt say, is the same like new the one I am looking at....wrong. But by the time they have clicked away to the junk shirt they are off to another suggested ad.

[@justinresells]

Yeah I just ignore the suggested rates and go for the minimum and it works great for me. Thanks for watching.

[@kathyt416]

@@johndough23 this is why I refuse to even respond to lowballers who keep asking for currency conversions and discounts. Then their service sucks. They keep doing this the drop off of sellers will just keep making them up the suggested promo scam higher.

[@hustysemporium6359]

Are you on commision from ebay ? how about we ALL don't pay and it goes back to how it worked fine 5-10 years ago :)

[@justinresells]

I wish!

[@blainemogil2254]

I've been selling on eBay since 1997 and this is the first time someone clarified the potential value of Promoted Listings - thanks very much!

[@hirarao174]

I need some suggestions can you please guide?

[@goldengriffon]

I'm not so sure the effect is as great as the chart suggests. For one, you never know which of those promoted sales would have been a sale anyway even if you had not promoted it. Combined with that, the months of your double sales are typically higher sales month than average; it'd be better to see the data compared to the same months of the prior year (but it seems you don't have that much data on this store yet). I've been largely cutting promoted listings off of my items, and although impressions have obviously reduced quite a bit it hasn't been affecting my actual sales. Indeed, my conversion rate has slightly increased. So it appears, for me, that most of the promotions were showing items to buyers who weren't going to buy from me anyway.

[@justinresells]

Yes, you're right! I addressed this very thing in the video in fact, which is why I always recommend that you try it out for yourself. Sounds like you're better off without promotions. For me it's a no-brainer though. Thanks again for watching!

[@kpratt5960]

Did not know this. Thank you for the advice.

[@justinresells]

Glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching!

[@ConcernedCitizen-fx7du]

Just make sure you change the promoted listing from the 11.5% EBay is trying to be slick and stick you with.

[@joem.8543]

Embarrassed to say this but never could figure out how to find sold items on app. Thank you so much for this info! 🍻

[@justinresells]

cheers!

[@Cbgrandtheftauto]

Im back to report that I have been doing 2% for the past 3 months and I think while it does lead to more sales, ebay throttles you still. I just moved to 5% and have tripled my sales again so far the past couple days that has been active.

[@RazzleResells]

Thanks for the awesome videos, very new to this whole reselling bit and slowly finding my feet. This sort of info is invaluable!

[@TulipWife]

I am transferring my printify store to my new ebay store. I use Etsy though, and I'm familiar with it. Where do I put my keywords/tag words on ebay so they can figure out where to put my ads? I'm planning to do the 2% as you talked about.

[@cathyeller5722]

The problem is when most of your sells are promoted, and they are as high as 10 percent. Your now paying ebay almost 25 percent of every sell. Mercari then becomes cheaper to sell your items on. They are feeing themselves out of business. Now, with the way they have promoted set up with the new rules if someone clicks one of your items last Tuesday then decides to buy a different item from you that isn't promoted you get hit with the same promoted fee. If you sell on ebay just go ahead and know up front your going to lose a quarter of you sell to ebay. It's heavy and it's glass, now take into consideration that it shipped to the other side of the country, and the taxes are more expensive. You spending more on shipping supplies and the fee's are on shipping and taxes. Fee's can cost can go as high as 35 percent. Some things are no longer worth selling on the ebay platform. I would rather have my items get me more profit on a slower site such as Mercari rather than just hand ebay money.

[@justinresells]

Yeah if you’re paying the suggested promotion rate you’re basically throwing away money. As I said in the video I do 2% on everything. Thanks for watching!

[@kingkhanasmrmukbang722]

Hi. I use the eBay app. I just promoted some listings at 2%. Beneath that it says campaign. What is that for? Please could you clarify. Thanks

[@rockin323-c8z]

Yikes, using advance, unless you think it will sell withiin a few clicks it could rack up veryyyy fast. 80 views at $1 a view for example. I'd assume people are bidding like .03 cts a click

[@Thethriftpicker]

I’m binge watching all your videos! You’re content is an answered prayer lol thank you!

[@justinresells]

Glad you're enjoying it. Thank you!

[@TherealKeyserSoze-ff5fx]

​@@justinresellsTo outsmart everyone else in business, think of it like the battle of the bast@rds 😂

[@justanotherreader]

Thank you so much for this helpful insight. I'm 3 months into reselling and I became eligible for promotions the other day. Just promoted a handful of items at 2%.

[@FRugar7]

Came here from HairyTornado's video. I've now watched several of your videos and have to say, you definitely won a subscription based on your content, as opposed to just because they gave you a shout out. I've only promoted items a few times, because the concept of giving even more money to EBay made me squeamish. But having watched this, I'm going to give it another go and throw a 2% on all items I have that are over a certain price threshold. Hopefully I'll have the same results! Keep up the awesome content!

[@justinresells]

Thanks! Which HT video? Let me know how the promotion goes! I've had a few folks say they implemented 2% across the board and saw their sales double as well. Curious to hear how it goes.

[@MuslimTan-x6p]

I just sign up eBay this 2 month.. theres no button promoted list. Is it bcoz im still a new seller?

[@medoloveyou]

I think 2% will not help, because eBay suggest 12+%

[@certifiedrhodess356]

How do you set it up to where when you set up promoted listings when you list something it automatically promotes it for you? Thought I did it yesterday but when I listed something it didn’t automatically promote it ?

[@pishposhreselling]

Right now I’m playing around with the dynamic ad rate - only after I found out you can set a cap. I always figure it’s wise to do whatever eBay is pushing. (Except free shipping lol) It’s eBay’s playground. I also get good results from running coupons.

[@justinresells]

Never tried the dynamic rate and also didn't know you could set a cap. That is interesting, I may have to experiment with that. Thank you for watching.

[@jokepoteer1]

If everyhting is promoted.. nothing is promoted. I've been on PL for a year and my traffic and sales have collapsed.

[@litestreamer]

Or - if other seller out-promote you, your items are deranked anyway.

[@justinresells]

Very true... but the odds of everything being promoted is pretty low :)

[@kld70]

Your point has merit. Think of promoted listings the way supermarkets think of premium shelving. Brands pay more for eye-level placement and end caps shelving merely because it gets more eyes on it and more foot traffic. If the entire store is set up to be all “end caps” and “eye-level” placement, it ceases to be able to support as much product. Maybe that’s what eBay is going for. More selective items. Just a thought…..

[@luizgustafo5902]

How do you handle or your shippings ? Surely this will be highly time consuming?

[@suemckamely1596]

When searching for “Sold” comps for an item, in many cases all of the “Sold” items were by auction. How does one figure a price when the auction “Solds” are all over the map?

[@justinresells]

You can change the filter to exclude Auctions from the search results.

[@ukexport]

hello sir i am from India i am a new seller on ebay i want to your help about my selling i am a wall and desk lamp manufacturer and seller can you please help me for increase my sell ? can you give me some tips to increase my sell?? please reply me soon i will wait for your reply

[@persiancucumber9255]

All of my listings have had 2-3% promoted listings, but havent seen a spike in sales.

[@justinresells]

It's not a silver bullet by any means and sounds like it might not work for what you're selling. Thank you for watching!

[@Michellelalee]

Thank you for making it simple to understand.

[@Instataker]

Can new seller promote their listing there is no option

[@jrkr1964]

Unfortunately you probably won’t be able to stay at 2% very long as your rate. You went from not promoting anything to promoting everything which is going to give you dramatic results. Most people have to promote at a higher rate than 2% to sell items at this point.

[@justinresells]

I switched to promoting everything back in 2021 (that’s the time period of the graph I showed in the video) when the minimum was 1%. Obviously I had to up everything to 2% when ebay changed the minimum, but still going strong two years later…

[@oldcodgerplaysgames9610]

So how does it work now everyone is promoting

[@leahfritch6607]

Thank you! didn't know you could adjust the rate for the Promoted Listings!! I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge!! Love your videos!

[@adelaideflipper]

Same!

[@lionsandtigersstore8814]

Expert advice - thanks.

[@bajuracan]

I was initially promoting at 2% then my sales stopped so I changed to Dynamic promoting and i started selling again everyday and now it’s come to a slow weeks

[@justinresells]

I've never tried Dynamic but it sounds like it's working out well for you!

[@rickstevenson9585]

It’s not just the sale price you’re paying the percentage on. If you promote at 10%, eBay is going to charge you an extra 10% on the sales tax as well.

[@litestreamer]

And the shipping. It's on the total amount buyer pays out.

[@Teachingvideo2024]

Very good explanation about the topic ❤

[@LyndaWilliams-ug4xb]

Doesn’t work for me. I do 10%!

[@wvmikep]

I had used promoted listings before, but this video provided a new perspective on even the standard listings I had not considered.

[@justinresells]

Glad it helped!

[@pkzenk2158]

A new face from Utah to the YT reseller content providers says to never go backwards on your promoted, for example, starting at 5 but then deciding to back down to 3%… I think he claims that eBay doesn’t like that and you might get put in the penalty box.. (he’s at 2.6% by the way). Anyway, we wonder if that’s what happened to us because we went up (from 5 to 8), and then back down to 5%; sales slowed, and haven’t seemed to come back & that was a month+ ago (but also coincides with the notorious “summer slow down”)…

[@justinresells]

I haven't experienced that. When I first started using promoted listing seriously, I did a bunch of testing where I'd promote the minimum, then try increasing it by a percentage, etc. to see if I could find any meaningful difference. I didn't, which is why I stuck with the minimum and eBay doesn't seem to care that I backed off on the percentage as they still work great for me.

[@SavewithTerri]

eBay also charges you a fee on the shipping. If it cost you $50 to ship the item. They are charging you the percentage fee for that amount also.

[@joshstevens5988]

Great point! Probably not worth it to promote an item with high shipping cost.

[@kld70]

You can thank the sellers who think it’s a good idea to charge .99 for an item, then $20 shipping in order to get around paying commission on just the sales price. There’s always someone looking to use a loophole for advantage that ends up costing everyone else money. Otherwise, eBay wouldn’t be forced to add the “shipping” into that “sales” price.

[@chosen2begreat]

Let’s goooooo

[@rossv7474]

Hello new sub here.. Just hit that like button.. I think thats the most copy paste phrase on the YT channel.. But hey, It works right lol

[@justinresells]

Thanks for the sub!

[@brandonhicks2522]

What happens when everyone pays to play

[@mauisam1]

Sorry but in the Comic Book and Non-Sports Trading cards is it a lot more!!! Try 15% and climbing!!! This on top of the 12% for there standard fee which is a lot more than what it use to be as well. Which puts you I the 27+% range total. If it were 2-3% and I got sales then I’d say it’s worth it. But even with the 15% promotion I don’t get any sales and on one product see sales higher than mine.

[@Martyecho]

I promte all my listings at 2% some At 3-5% but after me and several sellers did not see any difference at all the same if not less but do your math. It does not help me to promote higher I always get the same results. Sorry I see no proof positive "YET"! maybe I am doing something wrong but After seeing a interview with a engineer he stated and also the interview on national show the person interviewed said that the only reason the promoted rate is for the Stockholders to regain profits . This is what i saw . Has no proof of that as well. Your guess is as good as mine but I do study this a lot and In depth.

[@Joseph-ut4ui]

IMO, the key to (mentally) accepting Promoted Listings is this: no matter how much eBay is making off your stuff, you need to feel that you are getting a fair profit for your investment, time and labor. That means you need to adjust pricing to make what you deserve; IF the increase makes buyers stop buying, then you are selling the wrong product. You also need to accept that some items (even though you like them) are not going to be big sellers, or won't sell quickly.

[@Trial-Time-Tammy]

Thank you!!! Very helpful!

[@jayz6706]

Wow your channel is really growing! And fast! I subbed to you back when you had less than 50 subs!

[@johndavis48076]

Promoted fees is the promotion percentage times the sum of sale price plus shipping plus sales. I see using straight sales price to simply things for video. Best advice you gave is explaining not to use promoted on rare items with less competition.

[@justinresells]

You're right, I did simplify it for the video, but appreciate you providing the additional context. Thank you for watching!

[@andrewskrypnyk1338]

I needed some answers concerning promoted listings so I check out your page and see that you had just done a video on it which answered all of my questions! Awesome!! You are awesome as well! 🙏

[@joelmorris1053]

"not sorry" :) lolol

[@fatlostmedia1376]

One major flaw with your chart. The sales chart you shows increases during the busiest quarter of the year. 3 months before december all the way until january is always the busiest part of the year for sales. So i wouldnt guarentee the data. But i agree the campaigns do work.

[@AgathaBlanco]

Great content, I already pay Poshmark 20% so I think I will go ahead and give ebay extra 8% if they give me more sells. Great explanation.

[@justinresells]

Thanks! I would not recommend going over 2% though.

[@ptrckcoughlin]

I have sold on eBay since 2005 this is the worst I have seen it. I have brand new Nike, Under Armour, adidas, and many more name brand clothes and shoes. Nothing is selling I have all my items promoted at 2%. Hate to be negative but it is horrible right now. I sell 1 or 2 items a day then nothing for a day or two. IT IS HORRIBLE!!!

[@1fashionbliss]

Those brands sell well in mercari

[@kathyt416]

@@1fashionbliss maybe they should expand outside of japan

[@gametime2473]

I've done countless ebay promotions and they do almost nothing for me. Glad it worked for you though.

[@haroldsicilian]

Great clear cut information. I would suggest promoting those other items because what you arent factoring in is that ebay will show the item if its similar. For example with thise flags, if someone searched that team name with decor, ebay might also show that flag, leading to a sale. A little deeper if someone searched 1940s wall clock, theyll show a promoted similar item like a 1940s model car because they didnt have many results for the clock. Just my 2 cents. Ebay wants to make that extra money 😂

[@justinresells]

Great tip!

[@dheiman7697]

Justin, Glad I found your channel. Thanks for the great info, I am now a follower!

[@MrPalaad]

Thanks for explaing promotions I thought they charged upfront.

[@Patricia.resells]

Those damned keywords with promoted listings advanced are, IMO, the reason Ebay search returns so many irrelevant items now.

[@Theflipsideofmudd]

I've been selling 3 years and I didn't know I could change the promoted listings to 2%. Good advice

[@justinresells]

Glad I Could help! Thanks for watching.

[@ask3485]

Hiii... Did it work..? What impact you see after promotion..?

[@SukritiMehta-ou6ys]

Amazing explanation. so does that mean with Promoted Listing Standard we just pay the 2% only when there is a sale. but unlinke promoted listing advanced we don't have to pay for each promoted click or impression?

[@justinresells]

that's correct

[@SukritiMehta-ou6ys]

@@justinresells Thank You So Much For Your Prompt Response

[@elephamoose]

Just got started reselling and haven't unlocked promoted listings yet. Definitely going to be promoting at 2% when I do, however!

[@santallum]

Don't most buyers know how to search under lowerst price first ? I don't buy it !

[@SpriteShade]

I started selling last month just to get some hobby money and have been doing 3% on every listing. As someone who is doing this less than part time promoted listings make up more than 65% of my sales.

[@laurasprague6940]

So everyone pays for promoted listings and we are all back where we started.

[@marx769]

I can attest, promoted listings doubled my sales as well. I way need to trim back my % though... Thanks!

[@oceansyes]

Good overview but I'm not a fan of promoted listings and was hoping for more from the video. I started promoting at 1% until ebay made the minimum 2%. Then that didn't seem to do much so I'm currently at 5%. Honestly, the only things that ever work for me to get more views and sales is listing regularly and sending offers. These 2 things boost the algorithm way more. Recently I haven't listed as much and my older listings (some decent stuff that I have researched and know has some value) just don't get views, even at 5% or more.

[@justinresells]

What's the sell rate look like for your inventory? Promoted listings help, but they're not going to create demand out of nothing.

[@oceansyes]

@@justinresells like I say, I research the items before listing. Some I'd call long tail but promoting does nothing after it's been up for a while. Listing consistently boosts my sales across the board.

[@TheCroptopCactus]

This is literally the same with me. Like LITERALLY. I JUST LIST LIST LIST.

[@kld70]

eBay engineers are trying to teach sellers basic marketing. You said yourself that listing and sending offers boosts the algorithm. That’s because it’s basic marketing we all need reminding of from time to time. Rotate your inventory. And not just seasonally. Take a cue from the bid retailers. If it’s sitting in your shop for a long time not selling, it’s costing you money. So to solve the problem, bring in new inventory often and remove stale items by either discounting or shifting it out of inventory into storage for another day. If it doesn’t sell within 3 tries of pulling it and restocking it later, consider it a dud and steeply discount or donate it. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve liked someone’s pricing on an object it was searching so I decided to check out the rest of their store only to find hundreds of “duds” I have to look through for a single “gem”. After 5-6 pages of undesirable items, I give up a leave. If they had just a few hundred truly sellable items, they could have sold me on 5 items instead of one. I’m looking to save on shipping but I’m not buying tired stuff. It’s the equivalent of seeing a really good item in a store’s sales flyer, but finding the place an overpriced mess when you go shopping there. I like a scavenger hunt, but not through endless hours of clutter. That’s just my buying habits, though. Giving food for thought…

[@mohammadshaharia256]

Hi. Is it still same? Or did ebay change anything about promoted listings since you uploaded this video?

[@justinresells]

mostly the same

[@mohammadshaharia256]

@@justinresells where do i have to go to set this 2% promotion?

[@dj1mic]

Thank you, this was very helpful, I was able to start my own campaign before the video even wrapped up

[@justinresells]

excellent! love the hustle

[@erinhession]

Thank you for explaining this!! You rock!

[@justinresells]

You're welcome!

[@cyndiarios]

Thank you. Great explanation on standard promotions.

[@justinresells]

Glad it was helpful!

[@journey565]

Great information! Promoted listings is mysterious no more😅

[@justinresells]

Glad it helped ✌🏻

[@PiNkSpRinkLe1]

I consider that extortion to keep them from hiding your listings. I hate that it has come to this. I used to have dozens of views on my listings, now I am lucky to get 5, without promotions.

[@tiffanyshay6754]

Thanks for the info! I was literally just wondering about promoting today and up popped your video!!

[@rachelsaelid6081]

This is very helpful, I'm going to try this on a few of my listings. Thanks!

[@ebayposhman]

Thanks 🙏 I didn’t understand advanced

[@DavidLurie-h9v]

Amazing how it's always the simple things that make the most sense once we find the solution. Thanks SOOOO much for this, never knew!!!

[@gunsandsilver]

Justin does the same goes for drop shipping? After the fees I'm making about 2-10$profit per item

[@justinresells]

i don’t have any experience dropshipping. sorry!

[@Lookluuk]

I always go 2.5% and trust me its faster sell

[@jckdnls9292]

Quick nickel beats a slow dime.