If you're selling on eBay....

I successfully changed one of my listings (eBay 112599239851) before leaving for work this morning, just to be sure I knew what was involved in changing the remainder. It involved little time, so I figured I could do the rest during my lunch break.

Well, I logged on at noon, went to my changed listing (112599239851) to copy the change and begin pasting it into my other listings, only to discover that the listing had apparently been deleted by eBay.

Flustered at the recent deletion, I picked another listing to change (eBay 122724125239), went and found the HTML code to add, and revised that listing. That did not work . . . in fact, that listing was no longer "up" after the change.

Then, 10 minutes passed as I tended to another matter until I came back to the task at hand. Curiously, both listings are "up", but when I try to view 112599239851 from my Seller Hub, it appears deleted . . . I'm dumbfounded.

It appears as though buyers should be able to open my listings and view them, even though OI cannot do so for what looks like about 15 from my Seller Hub.

Hopefully, eBay gets this squared away . . . they're getting more of my business than they are earning.

 

I'm glad to know the listings look normal on both devices Dave, thank you.

No need to tell me what's drawing your attention . . . just stop by my table in Baltimore next month and you can put your hands on (visit with) the coin for free.

- Mike

 

Thank you for posting this.

Eh, phooey. I tried using that "mobile friendly checker", but the "analyzer" only runs up to 60%, and then the page stops. It shows a refresh symbol at the top of the page. But that does nothing.



I was (am) concerned, because I listed a bunch of stuff at 65c starts with no reserve, and while it's cheap stuff - even junk in some cases - I'm gonna be doing a lot more "giveaways" than intended, with free shipping to boot! I've got 65c "starter" bids on a lot of stuff, but most auctions have no other movement five days in. For example, I listed a low grade Seated quarter more than 24 hours ago with a 65c start and free shipping - way below melt - and haven't gotten a single bid on it yet. It's a junky coin, but usually it would have at least two or three bids by now.

What concerns me is that I'm doing some things I didn't realize were no-nos. I have HTML links in my descriptions (to Krause catalog data for the world coins), and furthermore I put my images into the descriptions in addition to using the eBay picture hosting. I have never trusted eBay's picture hosting- the javascript or whatever never used to work properly for me half the time when I was browsing other people's auctions. So I've always put a redundant set of images into the descriptions of my own listings (the same pictures, but hosted on another site).

I just picked up my phone and used the eBay app to find one of my auctions (making sure I was logged off of my eBay account), and it looked OK, but now I'm nervous.

Amusingly, one item has now surpassed the price I was asking for it here on CT, but that's an exception to the rule. Most if not all of the rest are doing very poorly, though they're in that period I always called the "mid auction doldrums".

So I don't know if I'm losing visibility or not?

 

I sell primarily World coins, so unsurprisingly, I have in the past sold a lot of stuff overseas. But I often go months without listing anything, so each time I do, I forget certain things (since eBay is never the same when I return from a hiatus).

This time I think I shot myself in the foot by clicking their Global Shipping option. This is where one ships the item to their distribution center in Kentucky and they ship it overseas and handle all the customs forms and such. Which sounds grand, but...

Here's how I think that was a mistake. For this last round of auctions, I chose to offer free worldwide shipping. (Yeah, I know- nuts, right? Nobody else does that. But it has been worthwhile to me in the past because it attracts more foreign bidders, and more bidders mean bidding wars, which are great for a seller. And on cheaper World coins I have next to nothing in, it has been worth the risk in the past.)

However, what I did not realize (remember) was that though I had set my Worldwide shipping price to $0.00 in this last round, eBay was tacking on extra fees without my knowledge, and showing it on the listings on their foreign sites. In retrospect, I should have realized this, but it was only when a Danish bidder pointed it out to me via some screenshots that I realized what was going on.

That does not explain how I've had Seated Liberty quarters sell for below melt to US bidders, though. And I had to pay for free shipping for those. (They were low-end Seated quarters, but still...!)

But my auction end times might've had something to do with that. Or this mobile-friendly stuff. Who knows.