Lights turned off and then on.

[*stuff*books*]

I've just had an item finish that has had no views in 7 days:

That same item has automatically re-listed and has had 3 views already within 20 minutes of the re-list:

So lights off and now lights on?

[amber-eyed-girl]

A "bot" is an automated, simple, repetitive process run by a computer program designed in this case to pick up on keywords etc., in a listing. Bots...robots

[mbselections00]

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@amber-eyed-girl wrote:

A "bot" is an automated, simple, repetitive process run by a computer program designed in this case to pick up on keywords etc., in a listing. Bots...robots

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Thank you amber - in my head, that is pretty much what I thought it was, but as the term BOTS is used so frequently, thought it may have stood for something specific - shame on me , never made the connection with roBOTS

[amber-eyed-girl]

🙂

actually, just read on another thread about Donna still feeling a needle in her ... after 50 years (another usage for bot) 😉

[*stuff*books*]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

i often get items relisting and showing 1 view imediatly but no other views all week. some will even show 2 or 3 views within minutes of relisting and no other views all week.

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As well as what kopes said, my understanding is that when you list or relist an item it is checked by various '*departments ?' of eBay and those checks also appear as views & explain why they happen within minutes.

Edit  :  * Referred to as BOTS, but I have no idea what that stands for

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So why did my original listing get no views,(it should've got one at least when the bots reviewed it).

It's another one of eBay's t"ools" that works sometimes and doesn't on other occasions.

Just like their cart that tries to con you into buying more items and that stupid bell that keeps telling you about things that

happened up to a week ago).

[amber-eyed-girl]

The cart doesn't just try, to con you. Sometimes it leaves bought items in it and the next thing you buy.., hey look, it's also wanting you to pay for the same things again. Bitten once there never again.

[mbselections00]

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@*stuff*books* wrote:

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@mbselections00 wrote:

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@davidc4430 wrote:

i often get items relisting and showing 1 view imediatly but no other views all week. some will even show 2 or 3 views within minutes of relisting and no other views all week.

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So why did my original listing get no views,(it should've got one at least when the bots reviewed it).

It's another one of eBay's t"ools" that works sometimes and doesn't on other occasions.

Just like their cart that tries to con you into buying more items and that stupid bell that keeps telling you about things that

happened up to a week ago).

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Hahaha, because this is eBay, so there's no logical reason for many things . . .

I gave up trying to work it out long ago & just try to go with the flow as best I can (most of the time).  If I can find a way around something I don't like, I give it a try, if I feel I have grounds to complain about something specific (like unfair defects/late shipping)  I'll go to CS & can be like a dog with a bone in such instances, otherwise I adopt the attitude, it is what it is . . . . . .  and make the most of it