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How to be a Top Helpful Authors
Hi guys
I am a newcomer at here
I found that some members are shown in the top helpful author ranking, how can i in it？
Hope you can give me some advise,thanks in advance.
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kh-jean
·3 years agoHi Everyone,
Since things keep getting a bit heated here, we're going to go ahead and lock this thread. If you want to discuss this subject again, please create a new thread, but please remember the community guidelines when posting.
arctoph_49
·3 years agoI think it is better if we go on ignore mode from now on. It will be healthier for all of us as we obviously have different views and it is useless to try to come to an agreement. I think we can agree on this at least.
padi*0409
·3 years agoI think it's likely the mods will do that to you for us................
twyngwyn
·3 years agoYou can be 'in it' by giving helpful advice....but.....you would first need to improve your feedback , to gain any credibility
domino-710
·3 years agoWhy - when a number here who are and have been only buyers - yet give selling advice.
They have absolutely no selling feedback.
No selling credibility at all.
Just a question. ??
LOL
padi*0409
·3 years agoDom, with all due respect, I've heard that argument before. I am a buyer only BUT I do have a fair idea on how eBay's policies work for both buyers and sellers.
So, if I can give a seller a pointer in the right direction to help them out, I will do so. 😉
domino-710
·3 years agoBelieve me - I totally agree.
But there are some circumstances that occur - which can only be answered by someone who has actually sold.
Actually having to deal with issues - which affect a selling account.
I've seen answers from some - have they done the - acrobatics - of the minefield - of listing - description - postage etc - where eBay itself does not even cover all options - and never has.
And - to - add - it seems a little weird - when reading the advice - then right at the final word - ' but I'm not a seller '. ?? lol
Advice is good - but experience with some issues is better.
Some things are easily covered by policy - some are not - some are a little out there - eBay is not infallible - there are sometimes questions - I would not even deign to answer even having sold here for nigh on 18 -19 years.
That's all I'm getting at.
arctoph_49
·3 years agoI don't have my own store. My family has and I help them.
But issues have been discussed here again and again, like managed payments (which was the issue with countessalmirena's post last week or so), so buyers who come here regularly have obviously learnt something about them (and other issues), even if you wouldn't call it "experience"?
In other words... they have read what a seller would like to say before and have learnt something (directly from sellers), are online before a seller and reply. I don't see a issue with that.
People also give advice about Smartycash Plus without having subscribed to Smartycash Plus for example?
domino-710
·3 years agoDid you get the ' some issues '.??
arctoph_49
·3 years agoYes. I read that, and it might be true sometimes as buyers can't see what a seller account looks like, I am not denying that, but I don't think I have ever seen buyers (well, not among those who post regularly here, not those who just come here to ask a question) give wrong advice. Not only that, but they seem to be more polite in general.
Maybe some sellers don't want buyers to post so they can get the helpfuls, which is a bit silly, considering they aren't worth anything and are given to people you like more than really helpful and kind people, particularly if they are new.
arctoph_49
·3 years agoEven if you (not really you, anybody) have been really helpful most of the time, if you want to work somewhere in customer service and tell them you have experience and have been among the top rated contributors here, they will probably just smile and won't care a bit.
Padi*0409 is also right. I have seen "top rated sellers" with 95% positive feedback or less, just because they sell a lot.
domino-710
·3 years agoI am trying to make sense of this.
Feedback has absolutely nothing to do with the Community Boards.
Padi was simply pointing out - the OP has work to do on his selling.
arctoph_49
·3 years agoI know, I was just agreeing with Padi that all these top things don't have much significance.
(From his post: Forget about getting kudoes on the boards, which are going to help you as much as the so called "Top Rated Seller" label which is, at best, a misnomer.)
padi*0409
·3 years agoYour best bet would be to change a couple of things that are glaringly obvious in your account, and forget about getting kudoes on the boards, which are going to help you as much as the so called "Top Rated Seller" label which is, at best, a misnomer.
1. Your feedback at 98.6% with 212 revised feedback would have many buyers hitting the backbutton on their computer. 99.5% feedback is what most responders here see as a minimum for a reliable seller.
2. You claim your items are in Regents Park when you are registered in China. Sorry, but that is a very well-known ploy by Chinese (and other) overseas registered sellers to disguise the fact that their goods are not really in Australia but are in fact in China, and are being drop-shipped to Australia from China.
arctoph_49
·3 years agoI don't think it means much at the end of the day. There are also many contests here where people can be given many likes or helpfuls, but of course they have nothing to do with eBay or with really being helpful. Although I only joined recently, I vaguely remember visiting in the past when I had a question I wanted to look up, and the old forum didn't have top helpfuls at all I think? I probably only visited it a couple of times, but I don't think I ever saw top helpfuls.
I am not sure why you care. It won't improve sales or anything and whom you see depends on your settings - the forum you are looking at, the time range etc. It is nice to show appreciation if you like a post or if a post makes you smile, but it doesn't really mean much (like on Facebook or any other social media platform), and personally I liked the old forum better (if my memory of it does not fail me). I mean, it is nice to show appreciation, but it should be more of a personal thing.
domino-710
·3 years agoThe kudos became helpfuls.
Given where the OP is registered I would have thought a flack jacket - if he had even read the threads here.
arctoph_49
·3 years agoI meant there were no "top" contributors, not on the main page at least, not as far as I can remember, but I could be wrong. I do think kudoes were better, just meaning you liked something. Funny stuff is not really "helpful" per se, so "helpful" is not appliable to everything.
Maybe they are trying to motivate people to offer advice and their time for free, as people here say that eBay don't read or reply.
domino-710
·3 years agoPlease understand - there is a difference in a post being directed at you - which is usually quoted - and - a post simply following the last post.
My post simply followed your post - it did not quote it.
k1ooo-slr-sales
·3 years agoif you have to ask . . . . . . .
davewil1964
·3 years agoWhy do you care?
You have 60k+ Feedback, have posted a whole twice in 4 months.
To be a top helpful author (something I've never heard of) you would certainly need to average better than 6 posts a year. And they would also need to be helpful, as deemed by other members
davewil1964
·3 years agoOkay, it's the bit on the right-side.
I have 46 helpful posts and I'm not even in the top 10. Your 2 unhelpful ones won't even get you in the frame.
Like I said, why do you care? You are not a regular board member, and thus are unlikely to hit the heights of top rated author.
imastawka
·3 years agoDepends which board you look at Dave.
This is for the Discussion Boards as a whole -
davewil1964
·3 years agoHow embarrassment.
I certainly wouldn't put myself in the ranks of d*g, Lyndal, you or padi.
imastawka
·3 years agoWhy not?
Your acerbic replies are always helpful - they give me a good chuckle.
arctoph_49
·3 years agoLol, you all give me a good chuckle.
As davewill originally said, who cares anyway?
Social media are funny in terms of "thumbs up" (to use a generic term appliable to different platforms).
YouTube has disabled thumbs down, although apparently the person who posted the video can still see them, but not thumbs up, which can be just as fake.
Popular choices are usually based on many factors.
Totally unrelated, but when I was younger I used to watch the Eurovision Song Contest. Apart from the fact that the songs are much worse than in the past (in general), the popular choice messes up everything. My two countries, the UK and Australia, are often gloriously ignored by the "public", no matter how good their entries are - Australia because they say it is not Europe (right or wrong, once a country is in a contest, they should be treated equally), and the UK because of Brexit. The real judges are usually fairer though.
Personally, I think both thumbs up and down should be disabled everywhere because they don't mean much. I don't remember where, but some time ago I was on a board where you could like a post, but there was no count of likes. That could also be an idea.
domino-710
·3 years agoWhy not simply ignore - post - and - have a good day.
gewens
·3 years agoHello, everyone. It's very important to keep your discussion relevant to the topic. If you have something else to talk about, please start a new thread. Remember irrelevant posts might be removed. Thanks.
countessalmirena
·3 years agoThe answer is simple.
Be a helpful eBay poster.
When genuine eBay members find posts helpful, they give the post a helpful click. Over time, 1+1=2 and so on.
topestore360
OP3 years agoThanks for your advised.