Indexing visibility 2024 general questions | Questions and answers among users

vintagemeraviglia · 2024-06-17T15:12:52.960000Z

Good morning everyone, after a few years I’m back here on the forum looking for help. Since I couldn’t find a relevant thread, I decided to look for answers from people who know more than I do. I think it’s necessary to provide some context for the question(s) I’m asking you, while at the same time sharing my thoughts on indexing and visibility without getting philosophical. I’m a user with 2 accounts since February 2012, I’ve seen eBay change and at the same time I’ve passed a thousand transactions. At first I downsized because I had to move, and right away I became passionate about shipping and then about photos; finally, communication fascinated me. I had the chance not only to sell off everything unnecessary, I had the privilege of following several collections of different kinds of objects, from small art pieces, especially by industrial designers, tube or vintage radios in general, and Mulino Bianco gadgets. I have always bought for personal use and later resold to make space or to fund new purchases. Years ago eBay personally informed users of any service disruptions well in advance on such and such day and time. When I started, you could only add one photo while the others were paid, and the more “advanced” users put a link to the photos in HTML in the listing space. I sold in almost every country in the world with a certain satisfaction and poorly hidden pride. I have always been interested in views. In the last 2 years, however, for various reasons I stopped selling, I kept 30 listings that quickly stopped generating even minimal traffic, then a couple of months ago, thinking that much of what is in the house is too much, I thought I’d start photographing again, make some noise with the tape, and wait for the courier to pass by.....instead? being a lover of photos and demanding about the result, I made only a few listings, fewer than 30 items spread over the course of two months; generally I look for a similar item, compare it with sold items, and at most (or if there are many sales in a short time, the most expensive one)I open the listing and choose the option "sell a similar item," or by selling a similar item among my successful past sales (12 years, 2 negative feedbacks, a source of pride). I regret to say that eBay gives no visibility at all due to lack of indexing, making the platform useless for the user who wants to sell their items; it seems increasingly inclined to favor only those who pay for promotions, regardless of the user’s ethics. I often come across (also out of curiosity) Chinese sites selling copies with counterfeit logos of electric guitars and basses that anyway rank among the top results even in Italian, 30 feedback in general or even zero in some cases, with photos worthy of a marketing office. I’m not surprised; in recent years there has been a real media bombardment around at least three sites related to eBay, there are more sellers, even highly unprepared ones, and people who “make do” at flea markets with Google Lens to see what to buy and resell. Do you think it’s possible to sustain a hobby like eBay? I know what I sell is niche; years ago people from other countries contacted me to ship abroad, whereas now, despite a few sales in 90 days, I get worse results than on other sites where I simply copy and pasted the listings. I hope my questions were understood....I forgot to mention that with the other account I managed to have it as a business account for about two years (4 years ago) and closed it 2 years ago because of a dramatic collapse in sales and visibility, forcing me to shut it down and deal with something else. Does eBay still exist? Has it become just one of many?

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