topic Re: Watchers in Selling

Watchers

mygifts2u — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:09:16 GMT

hey everyone,

just wondering if there is a chance you can see which buyers are watching your items?

Is that possible.???

cheers

mygifts2u

Re: Watchers

k1ooo-slr-sales — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:12:06 GMT

hey everyone,

just wondering if there is a chance you can see which buyers are watching your items?

Is that possible.???

cheers

mygifts2u

Re: Watchers

digital*ghost — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:13:44 GMT

No, watching is completely anonymous, probably to avoid unsolicited contact between the seller and watchers.

Re: Watchers

Anonymous — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:14:06 GMT

No you cant see who is watching your items (on this site that is)

Re: Watchers

k1ooo-slr-sales — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:21:19 GMT

let me elaborate a little . . . . not all watchers are buyers. eBayers selling the same items or thinking of selling the same items also watch items. Some people just like to watch and are not even remotely thinking of buying. They may just be curious to see the price an auction gets to.

eBay will not divulge the IDs of watchers to sellers as this could lead to unsolicited contact from the seller to another member. It may lead to sellers contacting watchers with a view to conducting an "off-ebay" transaction, which would deprive eBay of its revenue stream.

As a buyer, I would be concerned if sellers could see my ID if I watched their items. As a seller, I understand how frustrating it can get having many watchers and no sales or bids, but don't want to have things change.

Re: Watchers

mygifts2u — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:26:30 GMT

Hi and you all for your replies. If I was a buyer, I agree but I just thought that I would ask, as I do have a lot ofwatchers on my items.

thanks

mygifts2u

Re: Watchers

davewil1964 — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:13:46 GMT

I have a record 5 watchers on one of my items.

As I'm not about to reduce the price, I assume they are either competitors (unlikely given the particular item) or chancers hoping that I will reduce the price, eventually, to something way under market.

Neither is likely to be satisfied. I know the value. As the Aussie dollar (finally) goes down and the availability of a first edition also goes down, my item should become more attractive. And I can list for about 30 years before listing fees significantly affect my profit,

Re: Watchers

Anonymous — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:17:31 GMT

WOW! Takes a brave person to admit that it would take 30 years for listing fees to affect their profit. Nice!

Re: Watchers

mygifts2u — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:28:05 GMT

davewil1964, well I am hoping you aren't in a hurry lol

Re: Watchers

davewil1964 — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:54:15 GMT

Movie and mygifts -

I got it for a good price. I didn't know, until it came time to list, what it was worth.

I now know the worth and am not prepared to let it go for much less than that. The price I have it listed for is ballpark; but my item is in better nick than the other ballparks.

I try to buy low and sell high. Doesn't often work, but when it does I'm not going to firesale something that cannot reduce in value.

Re: Watchers

polocross58 — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:56:40 GMT

Sigh, here we go again

Look, you might sell on ebay, but you haven't been doing it all your life

Before ebay, you shopped in bricks and mortar stores

Now, what do bricks and mortar stores DO with their front windows --- known as 'window displays' ?

That's right -- they advertise their wares. They put them in their windows so people passing by can SEE them. If they SEE them and LIKE them, they might step inside the store

Okay. Now, let's go back a few years. What did many people do when they went to town? Those too young to remember could ask their mothers. Ask them if they bought something from every store they went into or looked at. And they'll tell you 'no'

Moving on: When you go to a shopping centre or to the town or city, you often browse in stores, don't you ? Of course you do. And when the retail assistant walks up to you to ask, ' Hi there, can I help you with anything ? ' -- as a rule you reply, ' No thanks. I'm only browsing'. Retail assistants here it hundreds of times each day.

People BROWSE. They browse here. They browse there. They might be thinking of new curtains. Or they might be looking for Christmas presents six months early. Maybe they're looking for a friend's birthday gift for next month. Or maybe they're considering a new coat for themselves, or whatever

So they LOOK. They make NOTE. They COMPARE. The red shoes in this shop are nice, but gee, maybe they should get navy from over there. The like the heel on this, but not so keen on the buckle on that. But then again, THIS particular shop is having a sale. Maybe the quality isn't that great, but the price is. So they make note and talk about it next week when they're having coffee with a friend, etc.

You see ? The customer is king. First rule of retail. The customer changes his/her mind. Some are impulse buyers. Some think things over ten times before buying. Others lose their job and stop buying

On ebay, the Watchlist is where things are put while the customer decides what THEY would like to do, and if THEY would like to buy. Etc. Some of those ebay watchers end up not buying Anything from their Watchlist, for one of thousands of reasons. They might have to go to hospital suddenly. They might have to fly interstate unexpectedly. They might lose their job, or discover their boyfriend is leaving them

Whatever the case, customers' Watchlists are about THE CUSTOMER

The job of the seller is to put the items up for sale. Some do a shocking job of that. No measurements, no details, nothing, despite all the advice available

I saw an online advertisement for an item tonight. The seller wanted over $700 for it - used. And the advertisement/joke item description said this, ' $700. Moving. URGENT'

'Urgent' for whom -- the seller ? All about the seller ? Seller has to move and wants someone to come along and give them $700 quick sharp, because that's what the SELLER wants ? Gee, hurry up folks. Someone wants $700. They need it like yesterday man. Quick. They're obviously accustomed to getting what they want. And you KNOW as they obviously do, that the world is here to serve and please THEM. Get cracking. Get that money to them NOW. Or what --- what will they do ? Throw a tantrum ? Or maybe they might eventually wake up to the fact they're not all that important to the other 8 billion of us

Anyway, people will put whatever they want on their Watchlist --- because --- because WHY ? That's right. Good. Now we're getting it. It's because it is THEIR Watchlist !

Re: Watchers

*new2vintage — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:52:31 GMT

hey everyone,

just wondering if there is a chance you can see which buyers are watching your items?

Is that possible.???

cheers

mygifts2u

It's as easy as predicting winning Lotto numbers. 😉

Re: Watchers

gem-boy-g — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:17:17 GMT

polocross absolutely classic post love it :^O