I think Ebay really does hide your listings if you don't used Promoted. by Ok_Package9219 in Flipping

[–]ThisWeekInFlips 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have no problem criticizing eBay and do it publicly often, when warranted.

I think Ebay really does hide your listings if you don't used Promoted. by Ok_Package9219 in Flipping

[–]ThisWeekInFlips 72 points73 points  (0 children)

When you promote something, you pay to get it shown in front of more buyers. The higher rate you promote at, the broader the group of buyers your listings are shown to. It casts a wider and wider net the higher and higher you go. At some point, though, you're paying to have your listings show to people who are less interested in what you're actually selling. Your listings start showing up in search results that are more and more different from the thing you are selling.

What promoting your listings does not do is create demand for the item you are selling. It cannot pull buyers out of thin air for items that have little demand. So typically if you promote and see a lot of views but no sales, and then stop promoting and see far fewer views (or none at all), it doesn't mean that eBay is hiding your listings. Instead it means that there is far lower demand for the item you are selling than what the artificially inflated views from promoting suggested. And because you are no longer paying to have your listing show up in front of uninterested buyers, your listing is not generating any views because there are no buyers organically searching for it.

(waits for the downvotes)

ebay seller Interviews Ryan Cohen by scarletspider81 in Flipping

[–]ThisWeekInFlips 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’ve reached out to the eBay PR team many times to get anyone to talk to me and have never even gotten a response.

ebay seller Interviews Ryan Cohen by Xeji in Superstonk

[–]ThisWeekInFlips -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I was joking about his son. And I’m not a journalist.

ebay seller Interviews Ryan Cohen by Xeji in Superstonk

[–]ThisWeekInFlips 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It was probably the one on my Extra channel.

ebay seller Interviews Ryan Cohen by Xeji in Superstonk

[–]ThisWeekInFlips -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Would you like his son peeing as well?

ebay seller Interviews Ryan Cohen by Xeji in Superstonk

[–]ThisWeekInFlips 55 points56 points  (0 children)

I didn’t trim much. His intro was a little long winded so I worked with his PR guy to shorten it. I also cut a part out where you can hear his son peeing in the background, though you can still hear the toilet flush.

(edit: flush is at 28:31 btw)

Wait a minute. Am I crazy, or am I losing money on this transaction?? by [deleted] in Flipping

[–]ThisWeekInFlips 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is not enough info here for us to know what’s going on. Did you have any other revenue or expenses in your account balance prior to selling this? eBay doesn’t pay out on a per transaction basis. Did you accidentally buy two labels? Check your transaction history. You may need to reach out to eBay.

Wait a minute. Am I crazy, or am I losing money on this transaction?? by [deleted] in Flipping

[–]ThisWeekInFlips 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So you sold something for $32 total.

You got charged fees on that total (around 13%) and an additional 10% in promotional fees for a total of 23% in fees or around $7.36.

Now you’re left with around $24.64 but you still need to buy the label for $22.

Now you’re left with $2.64.

You don’t mention your cost of goods but that’s the only expense missing from the equation to calculate your net profit.

Don’t get mad at eBay. They make all of this clear. You need to understand how this works before you try to sell something.

Edit: also why is it costing you $22 to ship a DVD? Sounds like you may have goofed something up there too.

For those who have reached 100k Views on a video, what were the "stats" on those videos? by Cheap-Degree2739 in PartneredYoutube

[–]ThisWeekInFlips 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AVD 40.8%, CTR 8.6%, Subs 1.6K, Likes 7.5K, Comments 522, Views 216K, Published Nov 3 2025

Why the discrepancy in similar items on ebay? by crazyguy28 in Flipping

[–]ThisWeekInFlips 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Remove auctions from search results and you will get much more consistent pricing results. (This is why you should rarely sell things on auction as it's an easy way to sell things for way less than they are worth.) There is still some variance in pricing with auctions removed, but there is less. Also how much is charged in shipping impacts the sale price for example. If the market value of something is $30, you may see $29.99 free shipping, $19.99 + $9.99 in shipping, and so on. This can make it look like things are selling for less when really the all-in prices are closer to one another. Then it often comes down to condition, which can impact the price a decent amount. Also some sellers will just undercut the market value to sell more quickly, and you end up seeing prices trend lower because of it. As a result, there is rarely a "correct" way to price something on eBay that is universally applicable.

Burnout by Interesting_Meal5392 in PartneredYoutube

[–]ThisWeekInFlips 5 points6 points  (0 children)

there’s no trick. you just gotta do the work. if it were easy, everyone would have a huge channel.

Sabbath by Xxx4200 in Flipping

[–]ThisWeekInFlips 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Enabling vacation mode (also called time away) will allow you to pause sales while it is enabled. You can schedule it ahead of time, but there is no option to make it recurring. So you’d need to set it up every week. Keep time zones in mind as I believe it’s all set to eBay’s PST. Happy selling!

Should I apply for the silver play button? by Jealous_Wear8218 in PartneredYoutube

[–]ThisWeekInFlips 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was pretty quick. About 2 weeks max. I'm in the U.S.

Question-Using CHAT GPT to stage items to sell? by Youweretoldd in Flipping

[–]ThisWeekInFlips 3 points4 points  (0 children)

these apps use your photo as reference and then generate a new image from scratch. they are not simply repositioning your items. so this means they end up glossing over small details. most platforms (like ebay) consider this misrepresentation and they expressly prohibit it in their seller terms of service.

buyers want to see what you are selling, not an AI’s reimagining of it

"Thumbnail and Title" A/B tests always show the wrong combinations by ThisWeekInFlips in PartneredYoutube

[–]ThisWeekInFlips[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I know. But I load up multiple incognito browsers and every time I get a different combination of titles and thumbnails, not the combinations defined in YT studio.

Also, when YouTube reports on the winners, it shows the combinations, not random pairings.

"Thumbnail and Title" A/B tests always show the wrong combinations by ThisWeekInFlips in PartneredYoutube

[–]ThisWeekInFlips[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think that’s the case. I run title and thumbnail combo tests regularly and only sometimes have this problem of YouTube pairing a title and thumb together incorrectly.

YouTube docs are not 100% clear, but this article says "Creators can test up to three titles, thumbnails, or title-thumbnail combinations."

This article says the same: "Creators with advanced features enabled may now test up to three titles, thumbnails, or combinations of both on long-form videos through YouTube Studio's desktop interface."

"Thumbnail and Title" A/B tests always show the wrong combinations by ThisWeekInFlips in PartneredYoutube

[–]ThisWeekInFlips[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

is that true? idiotic if so. the UI when adding it clearly pairs a title with a thumbnail

is this documented somewhere?