hey happy Saturday everybody Welcome in
Saturday uh September 17 2022 and please
guys take this video as motivation for
you guys because I received some
messages and emails that are similar to
the one I'm about to read you I had a
viewer send me this over and um she
asked me just to use her first name not
her last name so Jessica I will uh abide
by those wishes she sent me over this
and this is her question about eBay's
fourth quarter sales and the seller
update that's coming next week which I
mentioned in the last video I'll link it
below and how the algorithm gets messed
up every single year during fourth
quarter which is of course October
November December and we are of course
just two weeks out from fourth quarter
starting and eBay's announcing the
fourth quarter fall seller update next
week which means seven days away from
the start of the new quarter they're
announcing this update so if you're new
here or you live under a rock or you
haven't been on eBay and you don't know
what we're talking about every year eBay
does two updates one in the spring one
on the phone all and it seems that the
one they do in the fall is always about
a week or two before the Christmas
shopping season officially starts which
is October 1st that's fourth quarter and
every time they do an update to the
website which isn't unique to eBay but
it is in a way it seems to wreck the
website and the algorithm in the search
and our sales tank so let me read you
what Jessica asked and again just using
her first name
and some more of you also sent me some
similar messages and emails and then she
she asked three questions and then we'll
go from there and hopefully this will
help motivate you guys to push through
fourth quarter and any Shenanigans we
see from eBay so let me read this uh to
you and then uh I will give you my
thoughts on it okay so Jessica Wrights
that I'm not going to be looking at the
camera I'm reading this off of my little
tab here uh hey Casey I've been an eBay
seller for over 10 years and as you know
during fourth quarter it seems every
year eBay makes changes to the algorithm
which they announced and their eBay
seller fall fourth quarter which is of
course what I just mentioned to you guys
and this seems to mess up our sales and
cause them to tank each and every year
it's been no different for the last
three to four years covid no covet or
otherwise I have three questions for you
and hopefully you can help question
number one so Jessica asked three
questions she knows this question number
one is why does eBay do this why do they
do a fourth quarter change uh prior to
the start of the biggest season right so
she asked why does eBay do this every
year before fourth quarter Jessica and
everyone else watching I don't know this
is one of the great Mysteries of the
world why does eBay decide to do this
during fourth quarter I think the
original thought process was once in the
spring once in the fall not really
processing in their minds like hey
um that's the beginning of Christmas
shopping season because it doesn't make
any sense uh and it wouldn't be a
problem if when you did changes as a
website or eBay or anybody if it didn't
affect the algorithm and kill us
unfortunately it does so Jessica the
great mystery is not why eBay does these
changes at the beginning of fourth
quarter it's why after realizing that
they make these changes and the
algorithm gets messed up do they
continue to do this or why can't they
just get it to the point where making
the changes doesn't wreck the algorithm
and change the website unfortunately I
don't know that that's completely
possible because when you change a
website drastically or make any level of
changes
um it does affect a website in Google
search and algorithms especially on a
website the size of eBay if you change
it on my website it'll affect a little
bit so it's just one of the great
mysteries of Life eBay really needs to
get that together
um so that's question number one
hopefully it's a bad answer I don't have
an answer for that one eBay please can
you let us know why it's always before
fourth quarter and why the algorithm
always gets messed up okay anyways
moving on uh question number two from
Jessica is what big or unannounced
changes do I expect that eBay is going
to put into this fall update great Point
uh great question excuse me uh so they
talked about the shipping changes that
the USPS is doing of course there's
going to be a shipping price increase
for the holiday season it looks like
USPS is doing away with regional but I
got a note today that it could be
January so the USPS Regional may still
be around
um other than that the payment changes
it looks like eBay may be trying to push
forward to more sellers that automatic
payment required on best offers not just
don't buy it now on best offers but
we've been getting promised that for a
while it's been in beta
who knows if that's going to happen so
that could be in the fall update which
could help us but some people say it may
hurt us tell me in the comment section
below do you think if people are
required to put their credit card
information in as automatic payment when
making an offer that it'll uh discourage
them from making offers we may get less
offers I don't know what you think about
that guys I think it's going to help
sales it's going to cause us to not have
to wait four days to cancel orders and
stuff's not up and active for four days
I think it's nothing but good so those
are the changes we're expecting
um if we're talking about unexpected
changes I don't think there's going to
be anything drastic in the in the update
that we're not already thinking about
the item specific and category changes
which come in every update could be
something that uh you know Jacks with
the algorithm and is typically in every
single update since they've started
doing that over the last couple of years
I wish they would leave the categories
and the item specifics alone it's
ridiculous it's unnecessary it's
ridiculous it's just mind-numbingly the
amount of item specific requirements are
nuts
they may start requiring more specifics
for certain categories and then just
moving the categories around is just
nonsense like that to me is one of the
most frustrating things anybody agree
with that like the item specific
category changes are the most
frustrating part of every eBay update to
me and I feel like that
um messes with the algorithm probably
more than anything and it's moving the
items around right I don't know leave in
the comment tell me what you think about
that and then question number three
since you ask question number three what
can we do this is my favorite question
this is probably what everybody else
asked what can we do right now to
prepare for these fourth quarter changes
and beat the algorithm and have our best
Christmas sale season ever great
question what can we do well
unfortunately when it comes to the
seller update there's not much we can do
we have to just kind of roll with those
punches but here are the three things I
recommend and I recommend them every
single Christmas season because they
work and because this regardless of the
algorithm drop the views and the
shopping and the money being spent are
going going to go up the economy sucks
right now but you're still going to have
people spend money at Christmas more
money than they're spending right now
okay so one is the obvious buy more
inventory and get it listed stock up on
good stuff that people are gonna want
toys games
um Electronics Tech think what people
want for gifts whether it's new or used
you can sell a lot of used Tech phones
tablets computers hard drives memories
video games toys collectibles uh things
people can give as gifts just anything
you can think of that sort of stuff look
for it keep your eyes peeled no matter
where you shop also it's a good idea to
take a look at moving sales and estate
sales and yard sales people need some
holiday cash so they'll start having a
lot of those sales before it gets to be
too cold it's September so temperatures
are still good in most of the country
there's no snow there's no crazy weather
going on and for the most part
um we still have hurricanes here in
Florida in many years it's kind of
getting a little scary I gotta be honest
but um anyways there's still time to
Source all that stuff in stock up so
turn as much as of your capital in the
profitable good inventories you can and
get it listed it doesn't do you any good
sitting over in the corner somewhere so
that's tip number one tip number two is
to audit your store go through
everything that you already have listed
make sure the titles and the pictures
and everything is good in your listings
make sure your prices haven't changed
since you uh originally listed those
items six months or 12 months or a year
ago make sure everything is in line I
call it a full store audit and there's a
reason because it works if you go
through and you fix your errors you fix
your titles you fix item specifics you
fix prices where they may not be promote
things that need promoted don't promote
things that don't need promoting run
sales on items that you think you can
blow out that you've had a while decide
whether you want to do free shipping or
not free shipping whatever it is that
you do to audit your store is a great
idea I do store reviews for five bucks I
don't charge twenty fifty dollars like
some people I do it for five bucks
because it's just something extra for me
to do at night while I'm sitting in bed
and hopefully it helps people with their
stores I'll link it below so that's tip
number two audit your store whether you
do it yourself whether you have me do it
whatever it's a great idea to make sure
stuff that you already have up will sell
during the holiday season
step number three is to get on more
platforms if you want to reach more
buyers you got to get in front of more
buyers if you want to sell more stuff
you've got to make your items available
to more people where more money is so if
you're only on Poshmark or you're only
on Makari or you're only on eBay make
sure you add a second platform add a
third platform probably two or three is
good you can do it manually of course
it's free you sit there and just cross
list keep track of it all set just do 10
items a day 20 items a day and you'll
start selling on another platform or use
this perfectly and you can can bulk
cross lists dozens of items a day 20 30
50 100 items a day and get your store
from one platform a thousand items over
to another platform and now you can
start selling an extra three or four
items a day 100 extra items in a month
twenty dollars an item two grand a month
fourth quarter means an extra six seven
eight thousand dollars for fourth
quarter so just something to think about
those are the three big tips I give
everyone get more inventory and get
stocked up on it fix your inventory that
you already have and absolutely decide
to get on more platforms if you're
already not run sales do all the things
that you would normally think of that
people do and big retailers do and
online stores do during the holiday
season to draw in more customers and get
more money so those are my tips to beat
the algorithm it's all we can do we
can't make eBay stop we can't tell them
to not do their update they're gonna do
it it'll be out next week as soon as it
drops um
I hope Tuesday Wednesday Thursday I
don't know what day it's going to drop
as soon as it does this video will be up
on this channel uh or that video will be
up on this channel immediately that same
day hopefully within a couple of hours
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video Until then uh don't sweat it don't
stress enjoy your weekend make a little
money have a little fun be safe and just
start preparing for fourth quarter
you've got two two weeks guys two weeks
from yesterday and until next time in
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