Has the Hot Sellers Algorithm Changed?

[kreativebargains]

I am one of those who has recently appeared on the hot seller list, I have been off and on it now for a week or so. I have been selling for over a year on eBid, so not new on here. My sales have been rising slowly, but have been lower since the New Year, so I too have no idea. I wish I did as then I could try to keep myself on there.

Any help to get me back on the list would be appreciated - here's my stores:

http://kreative-fashions.ebid.net/

http://kreative-books.ebid.net/

http://kreative-health-beauty.ebid.net/

http://uk.ebid.net/users/kreativebargains

[bunsock]

I sell around 100 items a month (88 so far this month) but I haven’t appeared on the list since November though I used to appear now and again. Not regularly but just occasionally. I don’t know how this compares with others that are listed there currently but I suspect that either the algorithm has been intentionally changed to give wider coverage or there is a fault with it. Either way it would just be nice if eBid clarified the position.

Previously the Hot Sellers list tended to be dominated by a small group of sellers (mostly postage stamp and postcard sellers) but most of these haven’t appeared on there since early December. I am convinced something has changed and I wish eBid would give some feedback to this thread.

[bykimbo]

I sell around 100 items a month (88 so far this month) but I haven’t appeared on the list since November though I used to appear now and again. Not regularly but just occasionally. I don’t know how this compares with others that are listed there currently but I suspect that either the algorithm has been intentionally changed to give wider coverage or there is a fault with it. Either way it would just be nice if eBid clarified the position.

Previously the Hot Sellers list tended to be dominated by a small group of sellers (mostly postage stamp and postcard sellers) but most of these haven’t appeared on there since early December. I am convinced something has changed and I wish eBid would give some feedback to this thread.

As I said in post #43, eBid has already confirmed that they have not made any intentional changes. I have yet to hear from them about any bugs detected.

[bunsock]

As I said in post #43, eBid has already confirmed that they have not made any intentional changes. I have yet to hear from them about any bugs detected.

Hi and thanks. It must be a bug then as there are still unlikely Hot Sellers listed with only a small number of auctions - unless of course people are selling out!! It’s been like that for about 6 weeks now, so do you think it will be fixed soon?

[deanosaur1972]

Here is a good example of the chaos that reigns at the moment on the "Not Sellers List" (pun intended)



Firstly not seen for 4 months and 10 days.............

Only recent sales are 2 x £1.99 products on the 17th January (yesterday). Last feedback for the seller was Saturday 5th November - which resulted in a big fat Negative........... because the seller is non existent.............

So how do we think those 2 recent sales are going to go.............. maybe the seller will turn up and complete the sale but it sends out the wrong signal to people looking to join Ebid who would look at that list and run a mile.... because it makes the site looks dead..

Non active seller + plus two small sales and they are on the hot sellers list.............

[bunsock]

Here is a good example of the chaos that reigns at the moment on the "Not Sellers List" (pun intended)

...........

The absent seller deanosaur rightly highlighted in the previous post is still on there today together with a number of other ‘low volume’ sellers. I do feel the current HS list gives the wrong impression to buyers. If I was new to this site and looked at the list and found a large proportion with low feedbacks and/or a small number of items for sale I wouldn’t be very impressed. Surely the Hot Sellers list should be the big sellers (counted in recent sales) not just any registered seller? It used to be up until early last December.

[deanosaur1972]

Well this weeks 'Not Sellers list' has been busy............. not with sales but with:

Sellers with products banned in the US and EU - because it can cause heart problems......
Sellers with telephone numbers in their listings.....
Sellers with direct links in their 'all about page' to their private sales website........
Sellers with direct links to Ebay.........
Fake goods.........
Telephone numbers in the banner......

Of course we have sellers who haven't shown their faces for awhile:

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42 listings down to 25 for that seller - 17 listings removed rather than 17 sales

Sellers with primary stores in Collectables and Stamps are being excluded from the Hot Sellers List and have been since around December 10th - there have been a couple of sellers appear who have those products but only because of their additional or main listings in Home & Garden or Crafts etc........

So again another week goes by, the chaos remains. Any potential seller looking to join up to Ebid and looking for proof of sales in the 'hot sellers list' won't find any and will probably walk away.

Again I am happy to clarify - that the hot sellers list is primarily used by people looking around the site wondering if its worth joining up.........

[DZAMBO]

Well…if I say again my opinion….many will ‘’jump on me’’ again…but well huh…I like eBid and I support eBid with listing daily but I like to say how it is for real good or bad….not only ‘’good’’ not only ‘’bad’’…both if anything shows up…because this is the only way to ‘’clear up’’ and try to go finally to the real selling business with nothing attached from ‘’business as usual’’ because after many years anybody can see what is work and what is not…...

[TiasTreasures]

Sellers with primary stores in Collectables and Stamps are being excluded from the Hot Sellers List and have been since around December 10th - there have been a couple of sellers appear who have those products but only because of their additional or main listings in Home & Garden or Crafts etc........

Again I am happy to clarify - that the hot sellers list is primarily used by people looking around the site wondering if its worth joining up.........

That explains why I haven't been on the list for a long time. I noticed a couple of other steady sellers of vintage items have also been missing. Our main store is Collectibles, and the one that just had a large sale is Stamps, so I guess I won't be appearing there any more.

[Gothicina]

As I said in post #43, eBid has already confirmed that they have not made any intentional changes. I have yet to hear from them about any bugs detected.

I'm wondering if the glitch is related to the addition of
New in last 24hrs
Gross auction value
Newbie
Most Bids
to the homepage?
The timing would seem to be about right