This is nothing but false, misinformation meant to deflect the issue(s) and bad decisions, and benefit Optiseller by an Optiseller employee. Ebay is now being driven by next-gen people who have NEVER started an online business or sold anything, in sufficient volume or consistency or successfully, to make a living year after year – or else they would be running their business and NOT working at Ebay/Optiseller, giving advice on how to do something they have never done! Best recommendation: don’t take the advice of fools. These actions on item specifics benefits Ebay, not sellers. We had to update thousands of items that already had TONS of complete information in the descriptions. In most EVERY CASE, more items listed = more traffic = more sales. Always.

I understand your frustration. Agree 100% with your assessment how eBay treats and values their sellers. I am a small-fry, but on Feb 1, 2021 I bid [no pun] eBay goodbye after a 20 year presence. No regrets. I will have to work to build my business where I am now; but I am in control…….

Ebay treats their sellers shamefully & they don’t value us at all. If there was another really good site to sell on, I would leave Ebay in a heartbeat. They don’t realize that we, the sellers, are just as important as the buyers. Without us, they would have no buyers.

Hi lessthanthreerecords,
I’m Chris from the Customer Success team here at Optiseller.
Just to add some credence here, I have traded on marketplaces for over twelve years, in particular eBay so I have a good level of experience to provide an answer and insight into your query.

More listings does not always equal more sales, from my own experience this used to be the case on eBay historically. However, these days with the marketplace so competitive the quality of the listing is super important to increasing your onsite and offsite visibility. This is something Optiseller can help sellers such as you with, we have a variety of tools that can help you take an underperforming listing (from a data & sales perspective) to an excellent quality listing.

Item Specifics are those nuggets of information that help enhance your site visibility internally and externally. They help improve the buying and selling experience. I have seen countless examples of increases in views, conversions and sales by optimising eBay listings through item specifics (obviously the item has to be properly categorised in the first place to see fruits of the labour).

By all means signup and attend the free webinar, Optiseller is here to support you in your marketplace journey to success. Being seen is the first step and this is something we prioritise.

I would love to have a chat with you further to go into more detail about your post.

If you reach out to customersuccess[at]optiseller.com and I will personally pick this up.

I look forward to speaking to you soon.

Kind Regards

Chris
Customer Success

I find this tough to believe. Over the years, eBay has required more and more item specifics (including many that make no sense whatsoever). Over those same years, the number of active listings I have has increased significantly. Yet, sales have done nothing but drop since around 2014 (my sales on other sites – while they have always been less than eBay – have all increased over that same period). With more active listings, you would expect more sales, not less. Item specifics are just one of many flaws making it more difficult for both sellers and buyers to use the site.