topic Re: Default Search in Selling

Default Search

harley_babes_hoard — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 10:20:28 GMT

Ok so today searching stuff I noticed the default search has changed. It used to be best match now every time I search I am presented with newly listed items. Is everybody else the same. I usually search lowest price + postage so it's nothing I have set.

This is going to be bad for sales also. Most buyers only search the first few pages of listings so what happens to all those old listings they will never get seen. At least with best match you had some chance of your items up the list even older ones.

Re: Default Search

go-tazz — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 23:15:36 GMT

Mine are all coming up Time: ending soonest

Re: Default Search

chameleon54 — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 23:39:28 GMT

Mine are Best Match ( ebays normal default setting. )

Re: Default Search

clarry100 — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 06:30:32 GMT

Mine comes up Best Match by default but if the defaults are changing randomly as you suggest then this could help explain why our sales are contnuing to be down about 60%.

Re: Default Search

harley_babes_hoard — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 09:34:01 GMT

Tonight mine have returned to best match. There are certainly lots of gremlins in the system at the moment.

Re: Default Search

digital*ghost — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 10:48:31 GMT

The last couple of months, mine have intermittently defaulted back to best match. I have to go back in to customise the results back to ending soonest, plus re-select my other preferred options.

Re: Default Search

harley_babes_hoard — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 02:39:47 GMT

This morning mine are back to newly listed.