posted on November 20, 2003 10:49:19 AM new
Unless there was a glitch in the system, eBay auction counts dropped from 13.2 million to 8.5 million in the last 4 days.
If the count is accurate, it does not bode well for the holiday shopping season. But it may lead to some free listing promotions.
posted on November 20, 2003 11:03:25 AM new
Don't forget about Thanksgiving next week. Quite a few people will be out of town for the holidays, so it might not be a good time to list. I would think listings would pick up around the weekend.
posted on November 20, 2003 11:19:36 AM new
you can buy new stuff for xmas at your local malls and take them home with you.
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posted on November 20, 2003 11:33:43 AM new
"dropped from 13.2 million to 8.5 million in the last 4 days"
Keep in mind, 10 days ago yesterday was a free gallery day. I know I listed a bunch of stuff to take advantage of it, and now the time is up for those listings. Many expired after 7 days, and all of them are now gone. That fits EXACTLY in with your 4 day window.
Listings always rise when eBay has a sale and fall when the sale is over.
"But it may lead to some free listing promotions."
Actually it was CAUSED by a free listing promotion of sorts.
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posted on November 20, 2003 02:26:07 PM new
With all the scandals going on, you have to wonder if these numbers arent overflated to begin with. Would think it database stats, but who knows?
I actually think you will catch some people around the holidays. Maybe not the normal buyers, but ones who are home and have time, who never really do. (Dont wanna watch tv, that kinda thing ::shrug:
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posted on November 20, 2003 05:00:18 PM new
Two or three times a year, every year, people squawk about "plummeting" auction listings on eBay. And eBay is still here and going strong. Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there --Clare Booth Luce
posted on November 20, 2003 05:17:30 PM new
Well, I guess I really screwed up then. I just finished 3 weeks of work listing everything that I possibly could list. (I was doing the holiday gift rush thing) Take into account that I don't use any automated program to list everything and manually do all the HTML stuff myself. I am proud to say that I just finished listing 45 items! WHEW! I hope atleast 1/2 of 'em sell. I would be doing the happy dance then!!!
posted on November 20, 2003 06:50:45 PM new
Paloma, I am so glad I am not alone!!!
I slave over my html, my photos, and my copy.
It's fun, I am learning a lot!
But I do envy those who have easy-to-list or no-research-needed items.
But I am streamlining. Last night I readied a passel of auctions so that sunday I can list like a madwoman!
Of course, my butt needed a chair-ectomy, but that's another story...
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posted on November 21, 2003 09:47:30 AM new
Auction counts going down is significant. It will have a profound effect on eBay's stock and may even cause listing fees to increase.
posted on November 21, 2003 01:34:09 PM new
If you look at the chart for the last 24 hours it is a straight line at 9.5 million listings. Ebay has to have changed the listings enough to screw up the non-ebay tracking site, maybe for good.
This is from that site
We monitor EBay's pages 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at 1.5 hour intervals for their auction counts
and
The counts are calculated by totaling all the numbers on the EBay Category Overview page - and also by taking the bottom number from the EBay Listings Page. Amazon and Yahoo do not show their auction counts anywhere on their pages, so their graphs are discontinued. Guess they have something to hide. EBay also discontinued the total auction counts number on their front page - but we will bring it to you as long as it is possible to calculate it.
NOTE: all times are Eastern Standard, not Pacific (which EBay uses).
posted on November 23, 2003 03:48:41 AM new
Personally, I dont think there is a whole to-do to worry about if listing counts are down.
As somebody else mentioned, the surge was probably from the penny gallery day anyway.
posted on November 23, 2003 08:26:00 AM new
The counts were never down the 5 million listings the charts showed. Ebay changed something on their site and it appeared that the listings plunged on the MedVed charting site. For the last thre days lthe listings have flatlined at 9.5 million on the charts, so the charts are now totally worthless and have zero accuracy.
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posted on November 23, 2003 07:29:37 PM new
The problem was actually on the MedVed's end. The page is functioning again, but data for the last 3 days has been lost.
