eBay Selling

Some of the categories that I sell in have been part of the category consolidation that has changed the way a lot of listings have been categorized. This has gotten rid of quite a few subcategories that were useful in searching, undoubtedly giving buyers a great many more results when they want to search through a category. Is this a good thing? I don’t think so.

One of the things that can be frustrating to a buyer is too many search results. This makes it harder to zero in on the exact thing that the person wants. I think a lot of items will go without bidders because the potential buyers are simply unable to locate them. Not every buyer is a seasoned eBay member and not all of them know to change the default search setting to something that would be more helpful. Many of them don’t know standard search terms that sellers often use in their titles. That means they will be inundated with items in a category and may not have the time and the patience to sif through them all. Lost subcategories mean lost sales.

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