Increasing Your Sales On eBay is Simple - Yet Many Ignore It

As sellers, we are all looking for the answers - how to make many sales with as little effort as possible. Sometimes we are searching for that one thing that will take us over the top and sometimes we will believe what many on KZbin tell us that may have worked for them but simply do not work for us. It can get frustrating however the answers are right in front of us and many continue to ignore it. Check out the video and comment down below...
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[@robert3640]

My total selling expenses are around 25% which includes shipping labels, ebay fees, and sales taxes. This does not include shipping supplies, returns, warehouse rent. Sometimes I feel like I'm working my ass off for somebody else.

[@thomashuston9180]

You are...the Communist States of America! 😮

[@ivermectin3191]

If the name eBay is involved , you most certainly are

[@BethStrickland-ui6mj]

I'm not promoting anymore.Im just mixing up the inventory.My sales aren't what they were years ago.But there not bad.What I noticed is less profit , so no more pay to play.If you throw enough chit at the wall something will Stick Variety is what sells.

[@valjohn912]

Sorry Jon i have to disagree on your take on the youtuber who increased sales by turning off promoted listings as being an invalid tactic. This is just as valid ( or useless) as any other strategy. Glad to hear you admit to being guilty of similar, as you have made the same claims by touting a host of other "magic bullets" such as turning off international shipping, selling similar, switching to same day shipping, and on and on. Bottom line there is no magic bullet and I for one am tired of getting jerked around by youtubers who claim they have stumbled on THE solution to increase sales only to have it sooner rather than later fall flat. Just my two cents. Don't worry, I still love your channel and content!

[@FlippinAintEasy]

Yet Val, I continue to make sales. I stopped using eBay International Shipping, I have a weekly end item/sell similar process (these items become new listings and get a new item boost in search), and switching to same day shipping vs a 3 day handling time (the algorithm prefers a listing using same day). None of these things are "magic bullets" but are components of doing what works within the system in place. I am not the KZbinr that will be dishonest about my sales numbers and I have no problem showing you guys my successes and my failures. I am sorry you put me in the category of KZbinrs jerking you around without showing my numbers. I will put out a post showing the numbers and allow you to decide. 6 months of strong sales without anything falling flat and I can prove it. And I only mention these things to you because to me my integrity means more to me than this channel or any video I post.

[@alexanderdiaz0512]

I'm going to cherry pick two things. If you don't think that promoted listings doesn't work; you should consider selling something else or upping it to at most 5%. Also, not ending your listings 15 days in and selling similar is probably the worst mistake you can make besides selling crap items. Im not a reseller, im a business owner. Thats how I treat this, dont sell crap, promote your listings, list every day or every other day, end and sell similar.

[@valjohn912]

@@FlippinAintEasy I am not in any way implying that you were disingenuous or not correctly representing the results you achieved with the techniques you use. Just saying that while this may work for some resellers, it doesn't always work for others, or work to the same level of success. A whole lot of other factors come into play, as you say. As they say in advertising "Results may vary" is as good caveat to keep in mind. Cheers!

[@FlippinAintEasy]

@@valjohn912 i think we can all agree that eBay is a constantly evolving platform. Can you make money selling smaller items at a lower ASP? Yes but it’s not as easy as it once was. The trend seems to be moving towards higher ASP items. Remember, I have another larger store where I am selling the very same low ASP items that I sold last year and the results are night and day different from my smaller main store.

[@uniniversalstar1974]

I agrée! It’s just all about item being sold, Title, Price and shipping speed. Nothing more nothing less. I do enjoy watching these KZbin videos for entertainment purposes only. If I took everything these KZbinrs say as factual I would be pulling my hair out. Depending on what your selling and the amount of items in your store some dats will be better then others. Just keep listing every day run sales and stay active

[@noagendasevenseven1231]

I will say this, I tried something about 6 days ago because i noticed that my promoted traffic dropped one day 25% and consistantly stayed that way for about a week. What i tried is simply ended my promotions campaign, and made a new one, and wouldn't you know it my promoted impressions went back to normal and has stayed that way since. Now this could all be meaningless because my sales have been decent even with the decreased traffic, so it may even be that the traffic they show you is glitched. I don't know about anyone else by my sales have been absolutely horrible today, actually wouldn't have even had a sale today if i didn't send out a bunch of offers. Only had one bite, but beats a blank i guess

[@FlippinAintEasy]

I do notice a huge drop in item impressions since around July 16th. While we will never know the answer, it suspect that they "fixed" the impressions to reflect the actual number of impressions. I have heard many say how their impressions have fallen. Mine have and I continue to make sales. As for resetting the promoted listings campaign, there is absolutely nothing wrong with doing things like this because we know eBay has had and will continue to have technical issues. Being proactive is one way to navigate around these problems.

[@noagendasevenseven1231]

@FlippinAintEasy yea and I agree with you that correlation isn't always causation. It's like the people that tap their screen on slot machines. They may even know it does nothing, but still do it lol

[@mayakoyama9130]

I forgot to ask, does anyone know if it's possible to see if any of your promoted sales came from an off site ad? I saw on my traffic page that I had an improvement in my off site views and it's my understanding that those are all promoted ads.

[@joycenagy3140]

Just reopened my account after long period of time. Starting from scratch, but I'm actually happy about that. Clean slate as they say. Thinned out a lot of things from old inventory and I'm being very picky about what I'm restocking with. If items aren't in near new condition or a vintage item I know a lot about, I'm just not going to buy them. Listing same or next 48 hours, so that I won't have that death pile to deal with has become very important to me as space has become an issue as well. May God bless you all mightily.

[@FlippinAintEasy]

Thank you and God bless you as well.

[@ConcernedCitizen-fx7du]

Welcome back

[@ljwhitmire200]

On the International shipping front, when the new program started in earnest, my sales drop significantly. I opted out for several months and my sales seemed to level out. I opted back in two weeks ago and so far I have no opinion. My sales didn't do down, but I'm not selling a lot either. Before I used to sell International items at least a few a day before. We'll see. The other thing to know is that Cassini changes very often. Figuring out something that helps today, may not help next month. It's also good to know that the first full year after Cassini's introduction Ebay's profits dropped like a rock and hasn't recovered significantly since. Now that would lead me to remove or improve Cassini if I were in charge, but that's just me apparently! :P Item specifics is a rat hole that Ebay just will not back away from. More is not better. You only need a few specifics not hundreds.

[@Mark-sy2bx]

Promoted may work if the item is demand at that moment, is priced right and no bulk seller gets better promotion. So when you turn promoted on you may get some good sales for a while until you run out of items that meet that criteria.

[@tonyresells3212]

All good points Thanks Jon

[@TD0547]

Went from $4000 a month in 2021 to $2800 a month avg this year with over 3600 listings. It’s unreal! My views dropped off a cliff and haven’t regained. Ebay has been unable to help. I have done EVERYTHING I can to get it to change and I mean EVERYTHING.

[@FlippinAintEasy]

I can say that my impressions have gone down over the past 3 weeks yet my sales continue to come in. It took me a solid year and half to find the answer and for me it was 100% what I was selling. I fixed that and as of July 31st I have $80k in sales. eBay has problems no doubt but the answer to your success is out there.

[@HustleMagnets]

No you haven't. If you had, your attitude would be different. You sound defeated . Also u have to note, in 2021, there was a lot of money moving through the economy because of COVID. Now u have to grind twice as hard

[@bigtony4829]

2021 was still Covid internet sales were booming as folks stayed home and spent their stimulus money not it's 2024 and everyones broke

[@No1Design_]

WHAT!!!! So....The Lavender Dragon She-Man Shoe That Tommy Told Me To Wear To Get More Sales Is Phony????

[@FlippinAintEasy]

I'm afraid to say it but yes... You have been lied to.

[@Mrs.FlippinAintEasy]

Your first mistake, listening to Tommy.🤣 Second mistake, lavender.....pink is the way to go buddy LOL 🤣😂🤣😂

[@squirls1025]

I am constantly going back and looking at my listings to see if I need to make adjustments to something title, price etc. Pricing can change monthly on items and what started competitively can all of a sudden put you on page 30 next month due to market fluctuations. With promoted I only promote items there are tons of similar ones to mine. If I am selling something there are only 4 of on ebay I feel there is no need to promote. It is no different than a regular store, things must be done to maintain it and keep it fresh and up to date including clearing out the old stuff. But this summer ebay has had a lot of problems itself making it that much harder to figure out.

[@bigskyflipper4084]

Great Video as always thanks for the info

[@FlippinAintEasy]

For some, maybe commando is the answer.

[@maroman131]

Good morning John !!! Great video as always. For the record, I’m wearing red underwear everyday 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 That was a funny comment on your video. Thanks for always being so transparent with us. 🙌🙌

[@FlippinAintEasy]

I personally was just kidding. I don’t own red underwear. But fuscha, I might have a pair or two.

[@cryptohashman1495]

I’ve noticed on the small value items eBay would charge more to promote than what the item is wort(.

[@kevinboblitt1869]

Thanks for sharing!

[@cgc2300]

hello could you recommend some documentation so that I can understand how to analyze the performance of my listings and make improvements

[@alexanderdiaz0512]

List every day or every other day, end and sell similar, promote your listings to 5%, dont sell items that are not in high demand, and most importantly, you are NOT a reseller, you are a business owner; take ownership and keep pushing forward. Mentality is important and if youre a reseller, than you are just another reseller. That is, you are just an Ebay employee.

[@FlippinAintEasy]

Love it (even though I am guilty of using that terminology)

[@tjl_8117]

You’re an eBay employee no matter how you like to cut it up in your brain. Cute talk though champ

[@alexanderdiaz0512]

@@tjl_8117 you'll never succeed with that small brain bud. You'll always be broke and complain that its something else. Last I checked Ebay doesn't pay me by the hour if I dont sell. You seem like a person that believes we work for the federal government because we travel on highways. Good luck with that.

[@moesilver433]

5% plus ad fee ? Do you recommend the fixed or dynamic?

[@alexanderdiaz0512]

@@moesilver433 fixed, for the love of God don't ever do dynamic. 5% gets your items noticed.

[@GEM.Official]

Good info. If I may, also check on things having nothing to do with you and what you are and are not doing- specifically im speaking of staying on top of news. Ebay search was down for about 2 hours this morning. As John said otherwise, stay the course

[@lchackler1571]

Thank you for putting on these videos. I started in October 2023 and I can use all the help / Advice I can get ❤

[@FlippinAintEasy]

You are so welcome!

[@JohnnyLightningV10]

Two problems besides economy of course shipping and past week the app has been having serious issues with the bar code to the point where sometimes you cant even get into the sales screen.

[@user-fd1lj2ln7o]

I always learn something new from you sir. THANK YOU!

[@earlgendron4893]

The international shipping program thought is wrong because it happens for domestic only listings as well especially anything military

[@catalinalee1]

You're right, it is a hard job, you sell cheap and after that a prospect buyer wants to buy things and lower the price. Sellers have to pay fees to the platform, taxes, etc, etc for that item.

[@devonneshort4749]

I have been promoting my listings and I used AI in my listings my sales are picking up 🥰AI for handbags is awesome!!!!!

[@lesbokilla7]

OBEY PFIZER

[@devonneshort4749]

@@lesbokilla7 ?🤔

[@JoeJohn777]

What do you do for living?

[@Ir-of4zn]

Good message...

[@andrewpellicane1216]

Hey Jon, Thanks for your dedication to this platform, well appreciated. Selling is hard enough without a YOU TUBE channel Great Information 👍

[@FlippinAintEasy]

I appreciate that!

[@michiganebayflipper9497]

I agree, I wonder if the person left off promoted listings for a month what the difference would be. Probably not nearly as good.

[@freetimeflip6438]

When I switch my Payouts from Daily to Bi Weekly or to monthly within a couple days I start making multiple sales. The first Time I switched it I got sales within the hour. (they were sports cards during a game). When I switch it back to daily so i get paid the sales slowed down again.

[@jorgeaobyrd3824]

Thank you 👍

[@magyarvandor977]

There is no solution. Ebay is losing traffic to competitors like TikTok, or Temu, and there is nothing you can do. Sure we, just like all other sellers, can increase the size of our inventory, create perfect listings etc..but we are fighting for the last crumbles left on the table. Sell on other platforms also, go to flea markets etc.., anything but having the delusion that eBay will somehow turn this downtrend around!

[@HustleMagnets]

As a small seller , I literally don't blame eBay if I don't have a sell . I assume the buyers just weren't ready to hit pay at that moment . It's that simple.

[@FlippinAintEasy]

Many reasons why sales can be slow. eBay being the reason is only a small percentage of the time when glitches happen. Otherwise something else is the reason and the answer is usually there if you look hard enough.

[@christopherwragge3852]

Jan 2022 I had 415 listings. All promoted from 4%-5% and I was making $50-$80 a day. My 90 day intake was $9,500. Now I have 605 listings. All promoted from 12.5%-20% and now I am lucky to make $20 a day and my 90 day intake is down to $7,000. I sell comics, vintage clothing, vintage knifes, and other collectables. Stuff that actually sells. Very odd how fast sales are dropping off.

[@FlippinAintEasy]

Market demand is constantly changing for certain items.

[@christopherwragge3852]

I think the most logical explanation is that eBays algorithm is only as good as the people who designed it. If you have a dunch of brainless morons making "algorithms" then your algorithms are going to be just as stupid and worthless.

[@silverhairstacker8664]

With all the free content provided by great resellers on KZbin I do not understand why sellers have trouble. After 7 years of selling I am constantly learning and improving my selling craft. I feel confident saying this as my sales have been very good.

[@patrickbennett439]

Ebay algorithm is a trip man. I used to sell a legit item, kept raising the price higher n higher n higher, kept selling. Pretty soon it was so expensive, buyers were getting pissed off when it arrived because for some reason the started thinking it was a whole big item when it was only a sample. Thats all it ever was, samples of an item. Clearly titled, descripted, pictured. WHen the price was super high, they would automatically think it was a whole big item and since thousands had bought it when it was cheap, the item showed thousands bought it, so buyers would just buy it before reading. So many people started buying the item, it just took off like crazy with a bunch of non readers. Then I would also put 2 for the remaining quantity so then most buyers would buy the last 2. Then the buyer was really really pissed that they bought 2 when it arrived. LOL. Super wierd, I was breaking no rules, ebay usually would side with me. Algorithm loving it some how. It pushed my item to the top of ebays pages. I had 97% positive rating, that was the only item that was super crazy at my store.

[@certifiedrhodess356]

When you have all ur listings set up to be listed as promoted when you go to list it how do you make it to where it’s not gonna be promoted?

[@FlippinAintEasy]

On the individual listing there is an option at the bottom to promote. Just leave it alone if you don’t want to promote. If you want to edit all your listings so that you aren’t promoting you can select so your listings then choose edit to do a bulk edit and change your promoted rates at one time.

[@tjbrauttigan4841]

So have you opted back in to the ebay international shipping program?

[@FlippinAintEasy]

No. lol

[@jeffzenick4795]

I see the truth in what You said about the sample size being too small to reach any undoubted conclusion. But the "This seems to work so I'll keep doing it as long as it works" (for myself at least) takes precedence over logic or rational thought. (Speaking for myself).

[@FlippinAintEasy]

Yes, at times I have been guilty of that myself. In the back of your mind you think a certain something works until it doesn’t.

[@5797029]

I don't do International sales. There had been problems in the past under the old Global. I didn't opt into the new version.

[@togetherrrr]

I am new with only 42 sales, several of which went internationally. I had to ship it into ebay headquarters close by actually, and they handle the rest. Cost to ship to headquarters is low because the close to me location. It used to be all on a seller, the custom, returns etc, I remember being a seller 20 years ago, but now it is very easy.

[@debbiehopper5288]

Good video 😊

[@hustle-n-grow]

It always goes back to the basics of sales and consistency. People wanna do everything but put in the work🤦‍♂️

[@FlippinAintEasy]

100% this👆🏼

[@Kane6676]

That’s BS and just a blanket statement that is in no way based on personal knowledge

[@Yazzie101]

I do everything asked of me top rated plus.. coupons .. promoted listings I renew each listing after 30 days ! But when eBay makes a change I suffer with 0-1 sale! When impressions went flat I got decent sales now they’ve gone back up they stopped! I opted out of international too Jon as with you I tried a few times and each time no sales! I do know with this shipping I believe items are shown in certain areas of US ! I don’t get west coast sales .. mine are from NY to Texas and I’m in Florida! I have no defects .. my items sell on other platforms so I’m upset with eBay because of the subscriptions i pay .. we pay for a reason, to get seen !!

[@5797029]

I am in Orlando. I have found the same geographic trend. Sales from East of the Mississippi and Texas are dominant. Maybe once a week, I will get a few within a couple of hours from the West Coast. California and Washington used to be a big part of my sales. Red state sales dominate over Blue states most days. Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio, etc. One day a couple of weeks ago, I had 4 sales going to Arkansas. Arkansas?? They were all within 80 miles of each other. Now, that is odd.

[@helenaroman1543]

I have a question. I’ve done all the things I should be doing, I have 100% feedback as a buyer but haven’t sold anything yet so I don’t have any feedback as a seller yet. My listings have been up about 6 months. Optimized, etc. My items are mostly popular, name brand on trend ladies clothes, cosmetics & perfumes I got as presents but won’t use and some NFL & baseball hats my husband got as gifts but also won’t use. I’m wondering if it’s because I have 0 feedback as a seller?

[@1955Chevy]

I don't think your 0% feedback rating is too much of a problem as most people will buy an item if they really want it. 6 months is a LONG time to not have made a single sale though. How are your pricing? Are you pricing your items at fair market value in relation to other similar items currently being sold by other Sellers? Have you checked "Sold" items by other Sellers to get an idea of what buyers had paid for similar items to yours? For example... if a pair of designer blue jeans sold for $15, you dont want to be listing yours for $30 for obvious reasons. How about views? On your Seller's portal you can see how many people have "viewed" your item(s), as well as how many "watchers" have bookmarked it for potential purchase. If you're not getting any viewers, then it could be something with your item Title not attracting buyer attention or maybe the item itself is not in demand. If no "watchers" then it's definitely an item not so much in current demand, or pricing is too high in relation to similar items by other Sellers. The list goes on and on for reasons of low / slow sales. It's insanely frustrating at times, for sure. The bottom line though is that "inventory and pricing" is key... you need good inventory items, lots of it, and competitively lower pricing to make consistant sales. Put yourself in a Buyer's frame of mind... thinking about what attracts your attention when you're browsing for stuff on eBay... think about how much you'd be willing to pay for it, what kind of pictures you'd like to see of a particular item in the listing etc. I seriously wish you the best of luck... yes, it's frustrating, but keep doing your best! 👍

[@user-eb5ty7gq9t]

Makes sense

[@bigbandit9384]

So do you recommend opting out of global shipping? You claim that it worked in your favor..but may not for Everyone. Just wondering is all thanks Jon .😎👋

[@FlippinAintEasy]

So about a week ago, I went into my secondary account, the one with about 600 listings and opted back into eBay International Shipping, I also removed promoted listings from these listings as well. 4 days straight, not one sale. Turned promoted back on and opted out of EIS, and 4 sales in 2 days. It is difficult to know what the culprit is when you are adjusting two different things at once but for me, I am promoting most listings and opting out of EIS. International shipping only made a very small percentage of my sales anyway.

[@johngaynor6671]

Hi Jon, Well said, Very Well said!. Like you have said its buying the right items at the right price and that Ebay cannot do for you. Now how did you know I was going to buy Red Underwear? LOL. All the Best.

[@FlippinAintEasy]

Red underwear is the only way to go.

[@mrjasonjneal]

In the eBay app under payments, none of the links are working. For instance charges and payments, payouts, on hold, ect. They all give me the same message, ALERT SERVER RESPONSE IS NOT VALID. is yours working. I updated the app. EBay for business was contacted over 3 hours an nobody cares to respond at all. Anyone else having this?

[@FlippinAintEasy]

Mine is working when I click the links you mention.

[@patland1762]

I promote nothing and am doing just fine thank you. Having a $500 day is not unusual and I am open only a few days a month.

[@Dino-63]

I always look at slow days as I have more time to list and clean up older ads I listen to the KZbinr you are talking about my opinion on him is, I think his items just have started to be in less demand over the past couple of years and he is not factoring that in thanks for the video

[@FlippinAintEasy]

Ok Papa. You do what works for you. I am 100% certain end item/sell similar works and it is not a hack. When you do this process you get a new item boost for a short period of time which is a fact. If you don't believe me, try it on one of your items, then on another browser, do a search for your item on eBay. It will have a new listing tag. I only report what works for me to give sellers ideas they too can try for themselves. By the way, where are you finding this data that somehow end item/sell similar is clogging up the servers and costing eBay extra money. And while you are at it, let me know where to find the data to show how much money as well. Please don't kid yourself, the increase in fees to the seller is mostly driven by a loss of sales on the site year over year and the ever increasing fees are made to make up for that. Your not paying attention if you think otherwise.

[@Dino-63]

@@FlippinAintEasy I am not sure what your talking about are you responding to me or somebody else. when I clean up old ads I end and sell similar but make sure the title is good I learned that from your channel not sure what else you are talking about

[@susanarrington9371]

I have only got one sale all month and i am promoted listings and running sales! What I get from ebay is messing with my prices and categories and now I cant sell similar or relist batches...i ave 800 listings ready to list and have to do one at a time cause 5 calls in two months and all I get is they are filing reports to tech to fix and nothing is fixed....so honest after all these years this is BS! No way to get them to fix their glitches!

[@FlippinAintEasy]

Sounds like your store has many items out of category and certainly certainly this can have a huge impact on your sales. To me this might be something that IT can fix out of they are no help you will need to go through each of your listings to update categories and item specifics once that’s done.

[@TSunshineful]

Example: I listed a "ragdoll" (keywords plus more), didn't promote it. Searched "ragdoll" a bunch showed up. (Not mine) Went to someone's store that sold a "ragdoll", clicked on more like this. A bunch showed up....but not mine. Went back and promoted mine at 2%, waited awhile to give ebay a chance to catch up. Mine still didn't show up. Promoted at max suggested. Will check tomorrow to see if mine shows up.

[@FlippinAintEasy]

There are many factors involved for item placement in best match search, promoted listing rate is only one factor.

[@user-eb5ty7gq9t]

What is algorithm? How does it work. I’m a new be to eBay , doing my research and am trying to understand algorithms before I put anything on my site. Please help 😊😊

[@bigtony4829]

Nobody really understands Ebay algorithms and if they tell you they do they're lying ..Not sure Even Ebay Staff understand it

[@Nebraskagal]

I've been selling on eBay 7 years I have a small small store under 200 items I just get stuff from my house but my question to you is do you use the AI description maker?

[@FlippinAintEasy]

If I can’t find good information in a Google search I like to use Gemini AI through Google. I ask it to create an optimized eBay listing for the following item: then paste my title. It uses information it finds online about the item then I copy paste it to my listing. The eBay AI description generator is limited to your item description info in the listing.

[@alfonsoalfonso647]

Approximately how many listings do you have up? Ballpark figure is fine.

[@FlippinAintEasy]

My main store is around 210 listings, which is down from 250 about 2 months ago.

[@5797029]

Who are our prime customers? The answer could shed some light on why our items are selling or not selling. The answer is probably those who are not hurt too bad by our current economy. I am in the "baby boomer" generation. A lot of boomers are doing okay. We have retirement income, investments and probably a house or two with lots of equity. Add in a side hustle reselling and we have more than enough to be comfortable. Before the pandemic most people worked hard and had some spendable income. The pandemic years transitioned to stay home and receive government handouts. So much money was given away it contributed to the inflation we have today. People got lazy but out of necessity that is changing. Remember, there were no evictions, so many stopped paying rent or mortgages. Individual landlords lost a ton of money also with no rent. Credit card debt increased. Now, what did we expect? Want items go to the back burner. Things that we consume, break or wear out are on the front burner.

[@FlippinAintEasy]

I agree...

[@user-eb5ty7gq9t]

What is Algorithm, please explain? I’m new to eBay and researching the best way to sell on eBay?

[@FlippinAintEasy]

The algorithm is the program inside eBay that determines where your items rank in search using a number of factors.

[@syeadazuhazulfiqar8951]

I'm selling Surgical and Medical Products all over the world.. but it's quite difficult to get international sales your tips help me to boost sales

[@FlippinAintEasy]

Glad to help!

[@kevinboblitt1869]

A couple of basic questions about sending offers... I know 5 percent is the minimum you can do. I normally just do that on most offers. If an item has been listed longer, do you take a higher percentage off? Also, do you have counter offers turned on or off? Finally, do you include a personal message with your offer or not? Thanks so much. I enjoy your channel.

[@FlippinAintEasy]

Great question Kevin. Yes, I start at 5% and while that doesnt seem like much of an offer, I know from experience that many times when I send any offer on an item shortly thereafter if it sells it is usually to someone else at full asking price (this tells me there is a boost in the algorithm for making offers). When an item has been up for sale for awhile and I have a chance to make an offer on an item, I will get much more aggressive. I will see what I am into the item for and make an offer with sometimes 20-25% discount to move the item. I have a message I created that I have saved in notepad on my computer and on my phone. When I send offers, I will copy paste that into the message field.

[@kevinboblitt1869]

@@FlippinAintEasy thank you so much for your help!

[@pkzenk2158]

I have nothing to add at the moment, just enjoying reading the thread comments here and the reason I just jumped on is to say I really appreciate John that you take the time to answer peoples questions for the most part not 100%, but some are not warranted either.

[@joegibson6041]

17 years on eBay full time. Only income. About three weeks ago my sales died. Just zero. For the first time in 17 years I have no business and I’m quickly going bankrupt. Tried everything. Can’t compete against the Chinese offerings that are basically knockoffs of what I sell. They rule search and can ship to you for less from mainland China. Not sure what’s next. I woke up and realized I’m too old for a job. Scary. Yes, I’m old.

[@joegibson6041]

Used to make tons of international sales. Now, nothing. I’m not selling random stuff. One product and I’m sitting on 250k worth of it. Not even making the interest payments now. For me, eBay is dead. Not sure what’s next. Poshmark is cookie jar money. FB, I just don’t get it. Years in and I have a FB shop that no one ever, ever visits. Tried posting, boosting, ads and more. Nada. My product is half the price of Amazon . The only sales I make now are droppshippers selling my stuff on Amazon. They get me to ship it while offering their customers my Free Returns. Wish I never started this stuff. EBay lies about limiting returns from buyers who take advantage. Bald faced lie. I have one “buyer” who did about 25 returns in a couple months.

[@jamesholloway5855]

Does being a Top Rated Seller really make much of a difference to sales ?

[@FlippinAintEasy]

Not on its own, no. Everything aside from title, photos and price is a collection of things that collectively help you and being a top rated seller speaks to your overall account health.

[@StoicBarbarian]

Why promote for 10% ? Just make the item cheaper by 10%.

[@ken_guler]

my items cant get views yes zero i called ebay they said everything is normal

[@TimberKing]

Joe was just letting people know about his experience with turning off promoted listings for a day. He wasn’t advising anyone to stop promoting. Myself I NEVER promote and I never look at impressions or page views. I could care less about any of that. I sell on ebay and Amazon and between the 2 I do about $17,000 every month. Stop sourcing crap and you won’t have to promote at all. Anyway I trust Joe more than most of the other “Resellers”, and I use that term loosely, here on KZbin. At least he doesn’t have sponsors that he is beholden to.

[@FlippinAintEasy]

Let me quote "those of you guys that have the cojones that I have, I would like you to turn off your promoted listings for 24 hours and I am willing to be you will see a little bit of a spike in sales". That was from the 5:50 mark in the video you are referring to which goes against your statement. Now I made a point not to mention Joe or any channel specifically because I have nothing against Joe whatsoever as he is a straight shooter. As for sponsorships, there is absolutely nothing wrong with having a few sponsors to support a channel provided there is some benefit to the viewer. The ones we take on offer a discount to those who CHOOSE to use their services or products. Bottom line TimberKing, if you don't appreciate the content that I put out, if it somehow offends you or if you don't see me or my content as genuine, maybe this isn't the right channel for you. I certainly wouldn't waste my time watching someone I do not trust.

[@TimberKing]

@@FlippinAintEasy Hmm but I never watch any of the “Reseller” channels for any reason but pure entertainment while im grinding out listing’s. The most I have ever learned from a KZbinr reseller was from elducho thrift when she put a priority mail FR Small Box together. I said oh shiz thats how thats done. I watch your channel for entertainment, beards channel for political commentary, ADH Dave because he cracks me up, Joe’s Channel because he tells it like it is, James because he is one of a kind. I gave up on the Rockstar Grifter and Daily Douchebag because they are definitely trying to grift off their audience. So anyway its all just entertainment to me im not trying to learn anything. What im doing is working great for me and reselling isn’t the only business I have. Keep up the good work.

[@maritimetees2315]

I am good example. Ebayer, Etsy and my own website. I sell hoodies,tees,polos and tanks. Custom stuff. Sales generally around 300k a year. We make all stuff, no middleman! Sales have dropped big time the past 6 months. eBay the biggest hit. Conclusion is the economy. Been in business since 2003 so really know the market. I have had to go to the local market to compensate for the hit. Meaning screen printing for the local businesses.

[@mayakoyama9130]

With all the complaining people have been doing, I was surprised to see my sales were actually really taking off on ebay over the past week or 2 (after my ebay was dead for weeks compared to my other platforms). Whatever ebay was doing was benefitting my store apparently at the cost of other sellers stores. Then a buyer left me a negative on monday night with a positive message, luckily I got him to revise it to a positive but my store definitely slowed down after that happened. I almost got mad and told him he throttled my traffic with his dumb mistake but what can you do!

[@michaelcribb7205]

I've been selling a little over a year now mainly items I've had few I've bought but it's been slow for me . I made a few sales as soon as I post it then some that takes longer I haven't did it full time I'm trying mainly I wanna figure out just how to boost my items I only had one negative comment from a buyer the rest have been positive on Facebook I'm in a eBay buy and sell group to keep my eyes on some bolos seen a few people that have made a good 1000 dollar sale, the only thing I haven't tried yet is a auction I don't know where to start seen mixed reviews on others who have auctioned a lot of items I tend to go in-between the comps of other similar items to try to make more sales

[@SweetThing]

I know what's causing me not to get positive feedback on items sold on eBay, (and I have 100% positive feedback and am a Top-rated Seller) is: I sell high-end jewelry and eBay has decided that any New jewelry over $500 should go to their eBay authentication station in California and Then On to the buyer, which takes at least 2 weeks on average (and this was before the Christmas season) and when it really comes down to it, the majority of buyers have no patience.. and they want their stuff yesterday.. and how soon they get their jewelry is more important to them than the item being authenticated. So, ever since eBay started this authentication process, I receive maybe 1 positive feedback out of 10, whereas I had no problem receiving positive feedbacks before. And, in regards to item specifics, the majority of item specifics are lame... over half what eBay requires for item specifics is ridiculous, like having to tell the buyer which part of the ear the earring is to go into... seriously?! I just don't bother with item specifics.. it's like eBay thinks we're dealing with children!

[@youaregodspursuit]

Any kind of sales is a blood sport.

[@user-ss6hx4od4c]

So promoting my listings while wearing red underwear will help my sales? Got it!

[@FlippinAintEasy]

I love it

[@relaxingsoothingsounds3623]

I barely make $300 a month I started selling about 9 months ago. My goal is to make at least $1000 a month but seems so hard. I don't promote I don't have the cash but I am getting more picky at what i pick up to sell. Reselling is a lot of work for the buck.

[@MackLee23]

I disagree that we should be willing to play the game. That only leads to more antics. I have completely stopped promoting and have received more sales than when I was promoting everything. I still have some listings promoted but all new listings are going up with NO promotion.

[@FlippinAintEasy]

Promote = more sales Not Promote = fewer sales What are the other options? I’m not running a museum so I would rather get the quick flip and put that money into another item.

[@hustysemporium6359]

Right OK let's clear this up as it's quite simple (and harsh at the same time) if eBay are asking or intimidating you to do something you DO it, no negotiation, no choice as your business to make your own decisions for that business if the other option is to negatively impact you account or business then it's NOT a choice. Best price, Best listing, accurate and neat, FREE Postage, FREE returns, give the buyer everything they ask for if they want FREE dinner with it then you give it to them lol (maybe not the free dinner but it does feel like that)

[@aaronwilliams9685]

It's proprietary info, and the engineers ain't gonna give away that info. It could maybe lead to hacking it i.m.o.

[@biffboffo]

I’m done with all the voodoo and the guessing. I’ve just gone back to taking what eBay gives me, while cross-listing on two other platforms. I know my listings are dialed in. My account has made a nice recovery over the last five days. Six days ago I had the worst day that I can even remember. Same stuff, same niche, same 35,000 items. When the site works I get sales.

[@CMRetroGaming]

Ok so here's my far fetched theory..... We try so hard to understand things like SEO, the algorithm, how to best use the tags and descriptions and all the other bells and whistles. However, a human had to write those programs or thought about adding things to the existing programs. Humans are also jaded and flawed. If "I were a Human at eBay writing these programs" I would get pissy about sellers listing items and expecting "eBay" to sell those items for the seller. SO......I think that eBay wants you to participate in your own store. You need to list, ship, send offers, answer messages, update pricing and add item specifics etc. everyday. Those store interactions on the sellers part I feel are important. Of course having great items and great prices trumps all, but I think eBay wants seller to "fight for it" a little and work their stores without letting items just sit there. I started doing international shipping a few months ago, I've had like 4 sales. Logic would dictate that if you open your store to international buyers you will have more views and more sales.

[@FlippinAintEasy]

I agree with much of what you are saying here....

[@Surdashery954]

eBay is pay to play. It sucks.

[@FlippinAintEasy]

Unfortunately for the most part, life has become pay to play.

[@jonm4501]

I generally do better when I wear CLEAN underwear!😎

[@ivermectin3191]

Increase sales?? I’d like more than 1 view a week in all my store ….. They are trash

[@Kane6676]

You are wrong. eBay has a way of putting a spotlight on your store and then taking it off. It’s easy to just sit here and say people are doing things right to sell and then crying about it, but that’s not always the case. I research everything before i list, price competitive and fill out all specifics. I go days with no views watchers or sales then all of a sudden start selling between 10-15 things a day and then it stops again as fast as it started. That’s not organic. Been going on for three years now

[@howlinwaters]

ebay is dead

[@jaymiddlebrook5049]

eBay is Over. It's that simple. The ship is sinking. So ebay charges more n more fees. And sellers seem to beg for more... So yep all those folks saying it's a race to the bottom.. yep. Also I do nothing ebay wants. Nothing. Fight every return.. No promoted listings. None. I sell $1000-2000 a month. I'm not here to make ebay rich.

[@brettcantrell8650]

right man. no sales for so many days. it was never like this even when i had only 100 items in my store!

[@patrickbennett439]