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@brerrabbit585 wrote:

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@sticker.bargains wrote:

Unsure if I picked the wrong time and got somebody from CS on a bad day, but my last phone call about increases ended a very firm "no" - the subtext (from what I can tell) was that because I don't pay for a store, I should basically count myself lucky at the "high limits" I have already - so I'm just hoping for an auto increase, of which one happened a couple years ago.

 

Reason I asked about about the new benchmarks for reaching powerseller, is that it's the only roadblock I can see on my end (in the seller dashboard) that I haven't yet attained.

 

I'll just keep plugging away, packing and sending orders off same day, and wait and see.

 

Thanks for answering my Q. 🙂

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I doubt it'd affect your sales.  Ebay just favour some sellers more than others and there isn't always anything you can do about it.  Some people say doing brand new listings seems to get more sales so perhaps when you relist you could try using Sell Similar and alter something minor in the listings to see if that fools the bots into thinking they're brand new listings.

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I,m a fervent believer in this one. I,m convinced that not only do the new listings recieve a boost in visibility ( often near the top of searches )  for a period of a couple of days, but I believe the account activity helps to increase exposure of all listings. A rising tide lifts all boats type scenario.

My guess is that when sellers have a period of not listing new items, sales slow and their accounts slowly drop in visibility until some become almost comatose, with nothing moving or happening anywhere. My guess is that some of the sellers who come to the boards dispirited, saying its not worth doing any new listings, because nothing is selling are affected in this way.

I believe new listings recieve similar weighting on Cassini to sales. If sales drop, a seller can do a flurry of listing activity and kickstart a slowing or dying account. I use this strategy regularly when things get a bit slow.