topic Throttle cable broken ? in Selling

Throttle cable broken ?

pacotrading — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 06:05:16 GMT

Whats going on our store ID is selling items today every 15 mins none stop, and last few days have had a lot od sales as well, never seen this volume of sales on Ebay like this for years, maybe Ebays throttle cable is broken ?

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imastawka — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 06:27:45 GMT

SSSSHHHHHH are you insane? ssssshhhhhh

Don't mozz it............just bask in the glory of it

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transport-posters — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 06:28:01 GMT

For me it was yesterday - 5 sales in one day! Hasn't been that good for weeks or months even.

My website also produced 6 sales after a silent Sunday.

Looks like people are spending, possibly the pre-Xmas rush?

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lyndal1838 — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 06:28:29 GMT

Don't get too used to it.....I am sure ebay will fix it in double quick time when it is something of real benefit to sellers.

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clarry100 — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 06:33:08 GMT

Today ended up a bit above average.

This month looks like being a bit up on last month.

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transport-posters — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 04:00:43 GMT

Damn, wish I never opened my mouth, it has been silent again since Monday morning. I just don't understand.

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chameleon54 — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 04:18:43 GMT

TP, When is your monthly invoice payable ? I find it goes very quiet about 8-10 days before invoice is due, then a flurry of sales in the week leading up to invoice payment.

I,m sure this is to keep us keen at invoice time and to ensure there is the funds in the account to pay the invoice. The last day or two of the month can also be very busy if my sales are running behind my long term monthly average sales figure. Last month I sold $300 in the last 6 hours of the month to bring me to within $10 of my pre determined monthly sales limit. BIZZARRO !!!!.

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thecatspjs — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 04:45:28 GMT

@transport-posters wrote:
Damn, wish I never opened my mouth, it has been silent again since Monday morning. I just don't understand.

Could be that one of your wares got some additional promotion through one of the many, many ways eBay listings can receive increased visibility and highlighted to buyers.

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transport-posters — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 05:55:43 GMT

My invoice date was 17 September, so that doesn't fit the theory!

Maybe my stuff did show up in a promo thing. It was all sales to the US and one UK.

Sad news, a couple of third party logistics companies offering me wholesale rates said they can't match Australia Post for pricing, so I am stuck with AP forever it seems.

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pacotrading — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 09:34:03 GMT

Ha same here lights are out today !!! LOL

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bjlcr — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 23:32:25 GMT

My light have been out for 2 months.Very slow.Despite decreasing prices and offering free postage where practible.I have not been checking my listings everyday.I'm not selling so why bother.

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saarzi — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 06:07:43 GMT

I came in here today to ask the same thing - suddenly lights are on and this is my best month in a year!

I actually thought it was a couple of tweaks I made... guess not. Shame, coz now Im guessing the rush wont last long.

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dazzledayz — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 08:28:51 GMT

@saarzi wrote:
I came in here today to ask the same thing - suddenly lights are on and this is my best month in a year!

I actually thought it was a couple of tweaks I made... guess not. Shame, coz now Im guessing the rush wont last long.

Don't count your chickens!

For me it was the weekend that boomed then the boom was lowered from Monday on.

I think someone must have stuffed up the throttling algorithm last Friday and they're still trying to put it right.

Can't even do a listing today as images won't upload; and the site is sooo sloowwww!

eBay does seem to be getting more visits though if Alexa is to be believed.

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newnuseddvdbookscds — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 09:36:02 GMT

Can I buy this broken throttle cable?? and if so what kind of fees are ebay charging for it? I really dont like the state of the art, top of the line best throttle cable that ebay supplies for free.

🙂

Re: Throttle cable broken ?

pacotrading — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 09:39:07 GMT

Ha, yes Ebay is behind the times as most use drive by wire nowadays. LOL