Cheaters on Ebay - Paid Watcher

[vapeeasyaus]

Is Ebay doing anything about that or they just don't care? I have more and more competitors paying for watchers and I keep reporting them but it looks like you can get away with this. 

I don't understand why Ebay doesn't have some kind of automated checking for that.

I have a competitor, 3 new listings (less than 24h old), 50, 55 and 56 watchers where my listings for the same product (1 month old) got 5 to 8 watchers. 

Is it something everybody is doing? On Fiverr it looks like the paid watchers thing is going very well... 

[thecatspjs]

I doubt they pay others.

They probably create dozens of IDs and watch their own items.  There is no rule against doing this.

It can work against them in any case, if the listing views don't convert to sales you may fall down in best match rankings.

[repentatleisure1952]

Help me out here please !

What is a "paid watcher" & how does one identify them ?

[bigbrickshop]

The number of watchers showing on listings really means nothing.

If the seller uses Relist when listing it carries over the number of watchers from the previous listing.

[thecatspjs]

I think it is something that exists in the minds of some eBayers.

I don't think you or I will ever be able to spot em

[2011.narelle]

I honestly don't see what a seller would gain by paying someone to be a watcher on their items.

If an item is relisted,then the watchers that were on it stay with that  listing as far as i know.

Watchers are more often than not,other sellers with the same items just keeping an eye on how others are doing.

You have a few watchers on your stuff,do you pay them to do that? i hope not 'cos i don't see it as helpful.Watching ain't buying you know.

[vapeeasyaus]

You can as much as 150 watchers for $5 on Fiverr : http://www.fiverr.com/search/gigs?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search_in=everywhere&query=ebay+watchers&x=0&y=0&pa...

I have one competitor with 98 watchers and 0 sales... Come on Ebay seriously?

I didn't know you carry the watchers when relisting but it's not the case here

[bigbrickshop]

I just checked one listing on this ID. In My eBay it has 23 watchers whereas in search results it shows as 62 watchers.

[bigbrickshop]

Increasing the number of watchers does nothing to improve your sales. Don't waste your money.

[vapeeasyaus]

A lot of watcher in little time will give you a bonus in the search results. 

One of my competitor's got 50 watcher on 1 item (listing is new, 24h old), he made 0 sales /// I made 4 sale for the same product and I'm behind him (I'm Top rated, he's not)