selling internationally not visible

[ellabliss05]

I setup an auction that has been going for over 3 days. It is listed as International shipping, shipping prices set etc but is ony visible on ebay.com.au

I have read on here that there's a 24 hour wait period, but it's been almost 80 hours. Is this normal? I feel like cancelling the auction as this is a bit ridiculous.

Any ideas?

[haolove13]

A large part of the problem is your title.
When searching for Ralph Lauren Jeans people do not type in

RRL_RALPH_LAUREN _JEANS_ETC.

Also all capitals is not accepted by a lot of people.

With perfect match you are lost way down the bottom as you are competing with how many thousand people selling these jeans around the world. ??????

With a rating of just 162 and people having to pay for overseas delivery how big do you expect the demand to be.

And you only have one item listed so I would not be desperate enough if I was in the USA or UK to madly chase these jeans.

[haolove13]

Here are a few quick statistics to show what  you are competing with.

There are currently over 409,000 Ralph Lauren products on EBAY.Com alone.

In Jeans there are over 7500 alone on Ebay.com

There are several items listed on the first page of jeans which are at 99c with free or very low postage so why wait one or two weeks when I can get almost next day delivery from the US without risking international postage.

AND TO SELL INTERNATIONALLY_YOU-NEED-TO-HAVE-SOLD-MORE-THAN-TEN-ITEMS-SO-YOU-NEED-TO-LOOK-AT-CONDITIONS-OF-SALE????????

HOPE THAT HELPS ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

[digital*ghost]

There are no underscores in the OP's listing title (symbols don't make a difference to keywords anyway - even the ampersand is treated as blank space by the search engine, as are all other non-alphabetical and non-numerical characters), and they would have been prevented from listing international postage options if they did not meet the requirements to list internationally.

The OP's listing, by all rights, should be appearing on eBay UK and US if the worldwide option is selected, even if very low in BM rankings.

[i-once-was-bump]

You are lucky no one can see the listing as it is really off to say you have lost weight and they no longer fit and then to rub it in you say "my loss, your gain".

It doesn't matter how many pairs of  jeans you own or your weight loss success, just stick to the jeans you are selling and only mention the jeans.

[haolove13]

Well the Original posters feedback as a seller only has four items in it so how many items has the OP sold?

When I copied the title into the ebay .com site it came up with- between every word. And All capitals is not that friendly a title.

And why would someone bid on an item with $35.00 international postage when there are so many other items listed in the US at the same price with cheaper (and faster) domestic postage.

For a pair of jeans that may sell for (possibly)ten dollars it makes it a very expensive option.

Even if it did show up in the listings what is in it for the buyer?
And the mention of vanity sizing puts a potential buyer off even more.

So I pay 35.00 plus whatever to get a pair of second hand jeans to the US with dubious sizing.

Sorry but I would rather take a chance with a local pair.

It really just becomes a matter of practicality.
Some people can sell ice to eskimoes but nobody says it is easy.

[digital*ghost]

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@haolove13 wrote:
Well the Original posters feedback as a seller only has four items in it so how many items has the OP sold?

When I copied the title into the ebay .com site it came up with- between every word. And All capitals is not that friendly a title.

And why would someone bid on an item with $35.00 international postage when there are so many other items listed in the US at the same price with cheaper (and faster) domestic postage.

For a pair of jeans that may sell for (possibly)ten dollars it makes it a very expensive option.

Even if it did show up in the listings what is in it for the buyer?
And the mention of vanity sizing puts a potential buyer off even more.

So I pay 35.00 plus whatever to get a pair of second hand jeans to the US with dubious sizing.

Sorry but I would rather take a chance with a local pair.

It really just becomes a matter of practicality.
Some people can sell ice to eskimoes but nobody says it is easy.

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The question of the OP was regarding visibility, your points (most of them), however valid they may or may not be, are not related to that at all, but rather why a (visible) item might not sell. Two distinctly different issues - a US buyer can not decide they're interested in the OP's listing if they can not even see it.

You should also know that feedback received is hardly a precise indicator of transactions a member has been involved in, and it's by the by because as I said, eBay will not allow a listing to be submitted if the seller has selected to ship internationally but they don't meet the requirements, so the fact that this listing has been submitted with international postage options means they're allowed to sell internationally.

The only possible reason I can think of for this to happen is that the OP has been allowed to list the item without being prompted to sign the International Selling Agreement, meaning that they acknowledge and agree to the other site's T&Cs, including complying with the eBay Buyer Protection policies (I have not been asked to agree to it on older accounts, but was prompted to agree on this, newer account). That still shouldn't mean no visibility at all, but in eBay-land maybe it (wrongly) does.

[haolove13]

I looked at this post and wanted to find an answer.

The title when I copied it came up with a lot of dashes in it making it something that people would not search for.

I would not search for RRL-RALPH-LAUREN-ETD-ETC-ETC AND THAT IShow it showed up to me while trying to search for the item.

Then I looked at the sheer number of items listed in the US alone and assume that there would be similar numbers elsewhere.

That makes it hard to find in searches.

And for a seller with low sales numbers you need to search past

1 Featured items

2 high ranked sellers local

3 high ranked sellers international

4 local sellers

5 then you get a chance at your listing appearing in amongst 7500 listings.

And the vagaries of best match

When I revisited the posters feedback looking for the original items I noted that the seller only has four items sold several years ago, so there is a very good chance they have not sold more than ten items in total.

Then I took a look at comparable items on the US Ebay and found many more items at considerably lower prices so I am wondering what the fuss is about showing up on international sites.

Then I discussed some practical reasons why it was not really likely to get a lot of bids anyway.

So it would help a lot if the original poster would tell us how many items they have sold in  total.

Then if it is more than ten did they sign the overseas policies etc. (maybe many years ago)

And did they read the prompts properly while doing the listing originally.

That seems to be the practical reasons for the listing not appearing.

[digital*ghost]

As I said, the title does not have any dashes or underscores - I don't know how/why it would in your copy/paste, unless you copied it from a URL rather than the title itself, but even then, dashes and underscores are treated as blank spaces by the search engine. A classic example of how it doesn't make a difference is Silver-Tone. No matter which way it's written in a title or search, both silver tone and silver-tone will be returned in a search. The listing isn't hard to find, it is non-existant. (A simple search for Ralph Lauren Selvedge in men's clothing returns less than 800 listings worldwide on eBay.com, or it did yesterday, and the OP's was not among them). 

I can not find the policy that requires Australian seller's listing on the Oz site to have 10FB for selling in order to make items available internationally - I looked for it quite extensively, but can't find it in any of the help pages, they only mention that some sellers have to accept the International Selling Agreement before being allowed to list an item, that is, you can't get a listing to go live if you don't meet the international selling policies. That is not to say it isn't a policy, I have seen it crop up in posts before, but always because eBay won't allow the listing to be submitted. If someone has a link to it, that would save me the headache of going around in circles. (TIA)

I did, however, find that policy on some international sites, and it's possible the listing isn't visible on those sites because of that - I can only assume that is actually the most likely reason, and it's far too impractical for me to search eBay.com for any visible Aussie sellers with less than 10 FB for selling just in case.  

[ellabliss05]

thanks for your valid feedback haolove13

what does feedback score have to do with anything? my 162 is higher than your 67 so does that make me better than you?

re vanity sizing:  This is quite common in clothing, have you not heard of sizing up or down?

Tagged size/actual size are 99% of the time different.

Postage from the US to Australia is more than postage from Australia to US

[ellabliss05]

thanks digital*ghost

international sller agreement signed etc, must be the 10 item limit i guess.