eBay Views Fluctuating?

[thebrig]

I've had a couple of items for sale on eBay for about a month now, in the first week the views were around the 100 mark, the second week they were getting on for 200, but I've noticed that they keep fluctuating, I can understand them going up, but how on earth can they go down?

 

Last week the active stats were showing over 200 views each, now they are showing 93 views for one, and 147 views for the other, how can this be so?

[Burns-bass]

 

eBay will select specific items to show users on home screens. (If you’ve searched for a jazz bass it’ll show you other jazz basses, for example). 
 

The algorithm will only select your items a few times, hence the higher views when the items are newer.

Edited January 24 by Burns-bass

[velvetkevorkian]

23 hours ago, Burns-bass said:

 

eBay will select specific items to show users on home screens. (If you’ve searched for a jazz bass it’ll show you other jazz basses, for example). 
 

The algorithm will only select your items a few times, hence the higher views when the items are newer.

I think the OP is saying that the views counts on specific items have decreased, rather than that the rate of increase has slowed?

[Burns-bass]

27 minutes ago, velvetkevorkian said:

I think the OP is saying that the views counts on specific items have decreased, rather than that the rate of increase has slowed?

Ahh I see, the count will refresh at a certain point. Assume each week.

[thebrig]

Just an update.

 

The views are still going down.

[AMV001]

On 25/01/2025 at 16:48, Burns-bass said:

Ahh I see, the count will refresh at a certain point. Assume each week.

Hold on. You say the views are only updated weekly and with that weeks views only? They are not cumulative from the date the item was first posted for sale?

[Burns-bass]

4 minutes ago, AMV001 said:

Hold on. You say the views are only updated weekly and with that weeks views only? They are not cumulative from the date the item was first posted for sale?

 

That would make logical sense.

 

eBay has the answer:  https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/listings/listing-tips/page-views?id=4165#:~:text=Once a day%2C the counts,traffic is detected and removed.

 

As for the OP, if your item isn't selling, I'd reduce the price. As anyone knows, views are a vanity metric, it's conversions that count.

[AMV001]

Ah, the crucial phrase here is 'fixed price listings' which hasn't been mentioned on this thread so far. They are on a rolling 30 day count so will vary.

 

Standard auction listings are the total views from when the auction started. Which is what I thought. Doesn't explain why no-ones looking at my item though...bugger.

[Woodinblack]

Simple - a lot of people who saw them have now unseen them and forgotten!

[uncle psychosis]

Having sold hundreds of items via eBay I wouldn't pay much attention to the Views count.

 

The number of Watchers is the only thing that appears to correlate with sales.

[thebrig]

21 hours ago, Burns-bass said:

 

That would make logical sense.

 

eBay has the answer:  https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/listings/listing-tips/page-views?id=4165#:~:text=Once a day%2C the counts,traffic is detected and removed.

 

As for the OP, if your item isn't selling, I'd reduce the price. As anyone knows, views are a vanity metric, it's conversions that count.

I guess that explains it, thanks.

[prowla]

I've stepped away from eBay, as I'm fed up with being told counterfeit items weren't in violation of their policy, plus they're going to add a buyers fee to sales starting this week.

I used to auto-run a browser window with several tabs of searches ready to view on starting my PC, but I've stopped it.

Maybe others are looking elsewhere too.

[AMV001]

What's also really irritating is that Ebay now won't allow you to put links in item descriptions (eg to manufacturer's sites for technical info etc). It now gets tagged as 'trying to sell outside Ebay'.

 

Why they can't tell you this when you submit the listing? You now get an email after the fact telling you there is a problem and to go back and revise the listing. When you try to do this, you find out the listing has already automatically been withdrawn by them and you have to start the listing again from scratch.