eBay Spring Seller Update 2019 Is Rolling Out

by: Marie

@jack

That is a complete over-reaction.

by: iheartjacksparrow

@Marie - Devin has proven time and again that he will use any means possible to punish the small sellers and line his pockets with their hard-earned money. We already know that sellers who innocently end their listings are being charged a FVF, even when they can prove they didn't sell off eBay. So why would you think he hasn't already thought of a way to punish the sellers who go against his "grand" plan?

by: Marie

@jack
As I said, IMHO your comment was an Over-Reaction.  

I'm not defending Ebay.  My comment was specific to the comment you made.  

by: Rexford

"the link to more information failed"

Priceless!

by: Whatever

It's going to be a simple process - Just put some kind of "code" into your title one letter or 2 will suffice - say listing title blahblahblah with an A for january last letter and let it run for awhile once the system is in place - every morning you go look at your about to expire listing for the day then bulk edit/end the ones you don't want to keep.

here's my problem - how long will it take DW to figure out to tax us for ending listings thus forcing us to upgrade the store?

just give me a middle tier between my premium store and the anchor store and I'll up grade to the next level.  5000 listings - I can start today

Always felt that that "starter" store was a mistake - it brought in way too many inexperienced seller with big expectations that never happened.  Poor quality photos - absolutely horrible descriptions - crappy merchandise that they didn't want to donate to goodwill or overpriced stuff.  And they go on to bad mouth eBay to no end because they just didn't stay the course and learn what their doing and how to make it work

Then the whining started - check the boards. Had they created that middle tier just who would have bumped to that level? Only experienced sellers who already knew how to sell that's who.  We would have taken our already years of experience and kept on trucking. But we didn't get it so where am I now? Still stuck at premium and forced to create a website which is basically just storage.

I'm not leaving ebay because of a few new changes - lord only knows how many of those we have learned to work around and that's what most of us will do again.

Not a cheerleader just a realist

by: Chicago48

Ditto this:  I refuse to participate!

On day 29 all listings get cancelled and I'll renew the ones I want

by: toolguy

@sasikat9

"This is just another Ebay punch to the small guy."

100% correct

I have 3 eBay selling accounts

The one with a basic store has on average 150-250 items

The one with a a starter store has 100-200 items

And the ID with no store only has a few items (less then 50)

With the changes coming I'll just have to better plan what items go where and maybe add a 4th account with 50 more free listings or add auctions to my listings since I get free ones that I never use.

by: val2525

The GTC ruling must have something to do with eBay's contentious relationship (aka lack of relationship) with Google. Unfortunately it's the kiss of death for OOAK clothing and accessory listings. Guess it's time to start seriously looking at other platforms.

by: pace306

"Look you'se guys"

The big boss says you need to pay up somemores, so you all better get ready to pay that monthly VIG, whether you'se likes it or NOT"

by: munson68

I sell seasonal & Holiday items and change items every few months to coincide the time of year. Do not use GTC, nor will I ,it doesn't fit our selling. We sometimes have 12,000+ items listed at a time,to many to cancel before they end.

Ebay....you can have my Anchor store back in June when our year is up!

by: spooky

TERRIBLE IDEA. I use 30 day Buy It Now for non-auction items. Good forever creates STALE listings. I always wait 45 to 60 days before I relist. How many times have you seen the same old item relisted forever? I blank out when I see it. I hate this nonsense.
As for cataloging the listings - 99% of my items are one of a kind currently found like an old oil painting or a rare violin. How is a dam catalog going to help with that

by: val2525

@sasikat9, GTC does not work in every category.  It's great for new items, listings with multiple quantities, and popular consumer items (that are usually both new and multi-quantity listings).  It does not work that well with collectibles, antiques, OOAK items, etc.  The worst thing, though, is this is going to cause the site to have a lot more forgotten, old and stale listings than it already has. And that's one of the main gripes from buyers - there is already too much of the same old, tired, repeatedly listed crap.  I know a good bit of what eBay does is not to get rid of small sellers, but to try to cooperate with Google, when what eBay should do is completely revamp the website, fix the glitchy programming, and work on a way to get back into Google's good grace.  Gee, that's pretty much what Elliott said, isn't it?

by: mcposty

If you want gtc then set it to gtc, I have no idea why having a choice is bad.

by: OnlyPollyPocket

This just cracks me up:

"After many complaints from sellers that the URL took them to an error page, eBay posted the following message on the discussion boards:

"The 2019 early Seller Update link will be live later today. Stay tuned for more. We will let you know when the Seller Update is live.""

We know that ebay programmers are the worst on the planet but they can't even do a simple link???!!!  And it is going to take until "later today" to fix it???!!!

Lord, have mercy!

by: sasikat9

@val2525

Most large sellers don't deal with used items nor OOAK. Most have multiple quanties and variations. Like I said before large sellers already use GTC as they are not concerned with looking at 1000's of items every 29 days. When you have 1000's of items you want to list and forget. As a large seller we don't usually waste our time on listing something with a quantity of 1 or 2. We don't have a major problem with the so called ghost listings and when something sells out Ebay lets us know that. We just listing and forget and could care less about a stale auction. Eventually the item sells. Also Ebay lets us know when the item has been listed for more than 16 months without a sale. At that time we just delete the item and send it to the garbage dump.

by: Lightning

Just got the new link to the update:
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GTC change is mid-March.  Also mentions the sales tax issue as the last entry.

by: Frank Abagnale

With the new Offers To Buyers feature, I think that some buyers will change their shopping habits by watching items and just waiting for the seller to reduce the price.

by: Ebay Little Shop of Horrors

Hi Polly.
Im not sure ebay programmers are the worst on the planet. eBay advertises on Indeed for programmers. If I remember correctly, ebay pays them 8.35 an hour.

Programmers are detail oriented,  highly intelligent, and quiet. They don't make a fuss. They just eliminate a character here and there.

by: CanBrit

@captainzombie

I guess they figured that by removing it, no one would know???? "SHHHHHHhhhhhh you silly wabbits. We didn't do that"

A company this size cannot do something as simple as send out a message with a link that works. Good grief. As I said before. BOARD MEMBERS.....time to start feeling very uncomfortable?

by: David Steiner

eBay finally got the update up on the site.

If you use the link: https://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/seller-updates/2019-early/index.h
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You will have to clear your cache to view the update. Honestly can't ever remember an update rolled out so clumsily in the years we've covered eBay. I imagine everyone is running around putting out fires after this and the WSJ story broke about a possible settlement with Elliot Management. Ina will be putting something up shortly about that.

DS