Thanks for sharing this content! I’ve subscribed to your channel. A bit about my situation: I’ve been selling on eBay for over 8 years, but my sales have dropped dramatically since November. I’ve never used offsite promotions before, but now I’m considering trying them out. The $5 per day fee seems a bit steep, especially since I only make around $1,000 in sales monthly after November, with only 500 items in my store. How many items do you have listed for sale? Before November, I was consistently making over $6,000 in sales each month, but I’ve noticed that many of my friends and family who also sell on eBay have experienced sales drops of over 50% in the last few months. I’m not sure what’s going on, but I’m wondering if eBay promoted everyone’s listings before the offsite promotion feature was introduced. One question I have is about the $5 daily budget for offsite promotions. Do you actually pay the full $5 every day, meaning $150 a month, or is it based on clicks, like you mentioned, at about 24 cents per click? Thanks again for your help!
Hello! I have about 1,500 items but it is mostly slow moving cheap items like hats, old pc games/software and men's clothes. You only pay per click and the 5 dollar a day is the monthly average. Some days it may charge 7 or 8, others only 2 or 3. What has been happening to me lately is the budget runs out and then ebay just quits promoting my items completely unless I increase the daily budget or the new month begins. It used to not do that which is frustrating. I don't know what your margins are or what you sell but I'd recommend trying them for a month just to see. You can shut them off anytime. Overall though, consistent daily listing jumpstarts the algorithm more than i think offsite ads do in my experience EDIT: It does charge you everyday, not a lump sum upfront. If you go to your payment history, you'll see a bunch of 5 to 25 cent transactions for each item that got clicked on recently
Thanks for sharing this content! I’ve subscribed to your channel.
A bit about my situation: I’ve been selling on eBay for over 8 years, but my sales have dropped dramatically since November. I’ve never used offsite promotions before, but now I’m considering trying them out. The $5 per day fee seems a bit steep, especially since I only make around $1,000 in sales monthly after November, with only 500 items in my store. How many items do you have listed for sale?
Before November, I was consistently making over $6,000 in sales each month, but I’ve noticed that many of my friends and family who also sell on eBay have experienced sales drops of over 50% in the last few months. I’m not sure what’s going on, but I’m wondering if eBay promoted everyone’s listings before the offsite promotion feature was introduced.
One question I have is about the $5 daily budget for offsite promotions. Do you actually pay the full $5 every day, meaning $150 a month, or is it based on clicks, like you mentioned, at about 24 cents per click?
Thanks again for your help!
Hello!
I have about 1,500 items but it is mostly slow moving cheap items like hats, old pc games/software and men's clothes.
You only pay per click and the 5 dollar a day is the monthly average. Some days it may charge 7 or 8, others only 2 or 3. What has been happening to me lately is the budget runs out and then ebay just quits promoting my items completely unless I increase the daily budget or the new month begins. It used to not do that which is frustrating.
I don't know what your margins are or what you sell but I'd recommend trying them for a month just to see. You can shut them off anytime.
Overall though, consistent daily listing jumpstarts the algorithm more than i think offsite ads do in my experience
EDIT: It does charge you everyday, not a lump sum upfront. If you go to your payment history, you'll see a bunch of 5 to 25 cent transactions for each item that got clicked on recently