Addressing the eBay “Delist Relist” ShadowBan

[JLStanton]

Sadly, this is a sales pitch for mentoring. I take down 200 of my 4200 items daily and do Sell Similar, not relist. I do this because it works. The items I've done this with have better sell throughs the way I'm doing it and it takes 2 or 3 minutes. My titles are fine and my items show up on eBay searches when ebay is working properly (which isn't often lately).

Seriously though, 40% returns on items? I've had less than ten items returned out of the 13, 000 I've sold over 24 years. I kind of laughed out loud at this example. If you're getting 40% returns on an item that apparently sold with bad photos, then there was either something wrong with the product, buyer's remorse, etc, but not the pics. Seriously, those pics sold the item, so why used this as an example?

[frugalsuburbanhomesteading]

I disagree. I just started to delete and sell similar to my older stock of more obscure vintage items and those exact items are what I'm selling most of currently. So, while correctly listing is important for sure, I don't personally see any real evidence of shadow banning for that reason.

[thegardenstatepicker]

I delist, and sell similar every month. It absolutely boosts items, if not my entire store. I have actually seen the complete opposite of a ban… that’s a wild comment.

[pnw-coast]

The ebay hack is to delist/sell similar, not to delist/relist. When a listing is ended, then the two options are "Relist" or "Sell Similar" and so the comment you're referencing could be doing it the wrong way. If someone chooses "Relist" then the listing is not assigned a new item number, but if someone chooses "Sell Similar" then it will be new and is not being shadow banned. The comment is indeed ridiculous, because it is incorrect.

[craftygirl]

Maybe you're talking about just "relisting" and not "sell similar", because ebay themselves told me to delete items and sell similar to reset the items and said it refreshes them. Also I wasnt listing all of March and my store went dead and in April I ended 60 items a day and sold similar and within the week of doing so I started selling things again, waking up my store. So I'm thinking its just the "relisting" that you're talking about, because "sell similar" is working. What about the people who just want to sell their stuff and aren't in it for a business? They obviously can't list everyday because they only have x amount to list. Ebay just needs to fix their issues and get it together where all can come to sell and at least get a fair shot! We're seeing experienced sellers having major issues everyday, myself included. This should not be an issue!

[jonathanleech]

Not sure a random commenter on a YouTube video is the best resource for information.

[mmerc]

Always a fan of the good advice Chris gives. But this advice is not 100% accurate. For collectibles, end and sell similar is a boost. I've done it many times and it helps. You can't claim coincidence when you end a large number of the same collectibles, and sell similar without changing a thing (price or title), and then you get several sales of those items in a row. Collectibles are often in saved searches. The new listing does show up new in saved searches. Different time it catches the eye of a collector differently. I have tried it with clothing, but not seen any results from it in that category.

[sdillon]

This view is inaccurate click bait, designed specifically to sell Skillshare.

[sdarken]

There is no "delist" action so right there I find the comment dubious. The end listing / sell similar option definitely doesn't get your items shadow banned. If it did, how come I can suddenly "send offers" on those items?

[junebrezgis]

I have to respectfully disagree with you on this. Today I sold 5 relisted items I relisted yesterday. I relisted 15 items and really did not change anything. Sometimes people don't know everything.

[Kane]

I started end and sell similar 50 items per day. Within a week my sales tripled. So no one is being shadowbanned

[WellnessWizdom]

"eBay is a billion dollar company so they can figure this out."

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[asrafmohamedmoubark]

sorry I'm a bit lost..as far as I remember since I'm following you, eBay banned you forever for selling items without proof of purchase if I'm not mistaken..how are you able to join eBay back? Thanks

[commoncentsflips]

I usually change up the price when I end and sell similar. Every time I do it, I always sell some of those items. It definitely works and takes like 5 minutes.

[mrxquisite]

If you just delist and relist and you are "shadow banned" then there is something wrong with the listing. I have delisted items and sold similar to show as a new listing but also looked into why I didn't sell it the first time. Most of the time it's the price or my description needed tweaking. It then sells. Look into why your item is not selling. No one is just shadow banned.

[theresellinghusband]

Only difference between your listings being unlisted and relisted every month and just rolling over every month is the new order number. I think we've all had items that don't sell in the first 30 days because they're expensive, not in season, not wanted, or not priced right. I have no issue with someone ending their listing and using sell similar. Tons of YouTuber's and Resellers preach it.

[coolcollectiblekings]

Not true. I literally deleted a listing twenty minutes ago and relisted it with new photos, an added video, and an adjusted title/description and that same new listing is at the top of the search results with a highlighted "NEW LISTING" banner on it. There is no shadow ban, that seller is just paranoid and lazy.

Update: that same delist relist item sold four hours after I posted this comment.

[danaism]

I was under the assumption that it was a must on ebay that we have white background photos?? Please advise...

[iluvhockey]

How long does it usually take for ebay to confirm your identity? My account has been restricted for 10 days now, every since I followed some of your basic tips 2 weeks ago. My sales was up 100% in those 2 weeks. But now I am in ebay jail... Any tips to get out of ebay jail? Would this be one of the topics discussed in your group chats if I join?

[arinellis]

The de list then sell similar hack does still work great this is totally wrong. You would know if you didn’t get banned from eBay.