16-09-2020 04:48 PM - edited 16-09-2020 04:52 PM
Has been watching a couple listings of late in a few different areas of ebay and has been noticing something that been catching my eye. And that there are sellers using some type of pricing bot/script on their listings any ideas what it is ??? And is it even allowed to be used on ebay ???
Have a look at this listing for an example of the script at work. IT hitting the listing every 10 mins and changing the price with out fail. And there a number of them across ebay in different areas.
on 16-09-2020 04:53 PM
I've tried is several times and it is showing the same price every time.
Are you sure you're logged into eBay Aust? If you are viewing from a different site, the price would fluctuate with changes in the exchange rate.
16-09-2020 04:56 PM - edited 16-09-2020 04:57 PM
yep logged into aussie site and it a aussie seller. if you look at the revisions on the listing you can see without fail the 10 min updates next one will be at 4:57 pm AEST or there abouts
on 16-09-2020 04:59 PM
without fail it just hit the listing again last hit
@davewil1964 wrote:I've tried is several times and it is showing the same price every time.
Are you sure you're logged into eBay Aust? If you are viewing from a different site, the price would fluctuate with changes in the exchange rate.
on 16-09-2020 05:01 PM
I see your point. It would have to be a script. I don't know how they have it set up, maybe linked to the gold price somehow? The last update was 3c, so hardly worth doing manually.
You would have to ask eBay, I suspect.
16-09-2020 05:21 PM - edited 16-09-2020 05:22 PM
@davewil1964 wrote:I see your point. It would have to be a script. I don't know how they have it set up, maybe linked to the gold price somehow? The last update was 3c, so hardly worth doing manually.
You would have to ask eBay, I suspect.
Yep i throught the same re the link to gold price but this thing is not acting to the gold price as it was dropping the price on a rising gold price. There others out there on other listings eg books clothes etc. which are not linked to a price. they are range set eg 33- 40 for example and what they do is drop and rise in that range by x amount at a time...
on 16-09-2020 05:24 PM
on 16-09-2020 07:06 PM
With spot gold trading at about $A86 per gram, and they are selling the 1 gram gold product for about $A136, surely the price of gold should not be an urgent factor in their pricing?
on 16-09-2020 07:07 PM
on 16-09-2020 07:19 PM
Guess on such an important issue we could always ask eBay for guidance? Oops - there is not way to contact them and they claim to not monitor these boards!