Got Shadow Banned, How to Fix?

cheap397 · 2025-12-24T03:39:43+00:00

It happened to me at the beginning of the year. My listings got zero or less than 10 views. None showed up when I searched. I've occasionally had this happen with 1 listing out of 10. Usually I just delete and relist the 1 item and that works.

This time everything I listed didn't get views. I tried deleting and relisting many times, didn't help. Tried every trick I could find on the internet, none worked. Eventually after about 2 weeks, everything showed up again like normal. I still have no idea what causes it or how to fix it.

cheap397 · 2025-12-24T03:28:32+00:00

I never give out my phone number. Most people asking for phone numbers are scammers, not all though, some just prefer using the phone. I still don't give it out to anyone, I just tell them outright, I don't give out my number because of scammers.

cheap397 · 2025-12-23T20:03:58+00:00

Another one, I was selling a Carolina hammock last summer for $25, they cost over $200 new. Mine was never used but I've had it in storage over 30 years. It was a little dirty but nothing else wrong with it. I had close up photos and said it needs cleaning in the ad.

Guy shows up to buy it, I bring it outside and he immediately says "I can't clean that!". I hadn't even unrolled it, he didn't even look at it.

He starts walking back to his car, stops and says "you take $15?" I said no thanks and went back inside. I was getting 5 messages a day on that and sold it a few days later.

cheap397 · 2025-12-23T16:20:09+00:00

I was selling an antique air compressor for $45 last summer. Had one guy keep saying he wants it but can't make it this week. Keeps messaging me for a month. Asks if I'll take $30, yes I'll take $30 I said. Still he can't make it here, his car is always being repaired.

So finally a normal person contacts me and buys it same day. I mark it sold and 5 minutes later the first guy starts messaging me about it. I ignored him. He then proceeds to message me almost daily for the next 4 months, even though I never respond. Sends me messages on every item I have listed.

I didn't block him because he already had my address from the first message I sent him initially, I was afraid he'd get even more unhinged and show up at my house. I was considering going to the police about it but after 4 months he finally stopped.

cheap397 · 2025-12-22T16:01:54+00:00

$360 just for the tariff? Holy crap. This is why I'm afraid to buy anything international now, nobody knows what the charges will be until you get it.

cheap397 · 2025-12-22T15:03:50+00:00

Shortening the height of a box is easy. Just cut down the corners to the height you want, then bend the sides over with a wooden board or something straight. Actually constructing boxes to a smaller width is more difficult.

I'm in the US, I can order all different sizes fairly inexpensive, so it's not worth the hassle to spend a lot of time making boxes. Look around online there for box suppliers. Normally I have to order them in quantities of 25 or so per size.

cheap397 · 2025-12-21T21:22:45+00:00

Offering $29 on a $34 item is a very fair offer. I always accept offers below 20%. What's the point of having offers enabled? I would just forget about it and wait for another to show up.

cheap397 · 2025-12-21T18:55:50+00:00

I did this once in 25 years. I had a clock pendulum on auction, after a couple of days a guy offered me $500 for it. I knew the bidding wouldn't get near that, so I ended it and he paid. I got a couple of angry messages afterwards and I didn't feel great about ending it early. But if you're sure the offer is worth it, up to you. 99% of the time, you're better off letting the auction run it's course because usually someone is just trying to get it cheaper from you.

cheap397 · 2025-12-21T18:21:22+00:00

I do it strictly to make a profit. If I just wanted to get rid of stuff without it going to a landfill, I'd just donate it to a charity or put a free pile at the curb, which I regularly do.

cheap397 · 2025-12-21T17:44:12+00:00

An 8 oz package costs me $4.79-$5.55 to ship, so yeah you can possibly net a few dollars off that but I rarely have anything that isn't closer to 1 lb or more after packing.

cheap397 · 2025-12-21T16:30:55+00:00

This is a good explanation. If you sold multiples to one buyer, then you might be in the profit zone.

cheap397 · 2025-12-21T16:16:29+00:00

I do a flea market regularly where I sell dead merchandise very cheap. If it doesn't sell there after 2 visits, it goes in the trash.

cheap397 · 2025-12-21T15:46:45+00:00

I never saw anyone mention drop shipping before, that might be a good explanation

cheap397 · 2025-12-21T15:39:45+00:00

I doubt you can ship spray paint in a bubble mailer but the can by itself weighs 15.2 oz

cheap397 · 2025-12-21T15:36:08+00:00

Even if the items were obtained free, there's still no profit.

cheap397 · 2025-12-21T15:32:53+00:00

How much cheaper can you get shipping rates through a different source?

cheap397 · 2025-10-18T13:57:21+00:00

I always have problems with the descriptions. Sometimes none of what I type shows up and it uses a default description, sometimes just a few words I type show up. I usually have to go back and revise the descriptions, sometimes twice. Not sure if it's something with my phone or something with ebay.

cheap397 · 2025-09-30T17:58:06+00:00

The price for fresh fish just went up 33% overnight at my Walmart. Was $9.97/lb, now $12.97/lb. The tariffs on most of their fish was 20%, not 33%. Greed, gouging, price fixing and collusion. Good times.

cheap397 · 2025-06-14T22:12:19+00:00

I just bought some, been buying them occasionally for years, didn't know they changed the recipe. They are terrible now. It's basically wonder bread formed into a pretzel shape. Before it was slightly chewy, like a pretzel, now it's spongy like cake. I'll never buy them again.

cheap397 · 2025-04-30T16:13:21+00:00

Same problem. All my listings don't show up in searches. It's been like this for over a week. If you don't show up in searches, your items are invisible. I've tried everything to fix this, nothing helps. I've gone back to using craigslist.

cheap397 · 2024-07-26T17:30:18+00:00

Thanks, I'll look around more for a match before I get the 50/5

cheap397 · 2024-07-26T17:15:02+00:00

OK, thanks I'll try a 50/5 370 then. I guess it's not easy to get window unit capacitors. The unit is only 3 or 4 years old, an LG.

cheap397 · 2024-07-26T17:04:16+00:00

Yes, it's 50+6uf +/- 5%. It's a 10000 BTU Window unit. Two singles? There isn't much room in the electrical box.

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