Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?

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whateve said:
I don't care for the Bonanza import function. When I used it last, I wanted to import all my listings from ebay once, and did not choose to sync my ebay account with Bonz. When the listings were imported, only one or two pictures were imported. I ended up having to upload the rest of the photos manually. Also the descriptions weren't formatted correctly. Bonz doesn't have a condition description box so you have to make sure you add that information to the description. Anyway, after I did all this work to correct the descriptions and add the missing pictures, the listings disappeared from Bonz when they expired on ebay, even though it wasn't supposed to be synced. Ever since then, I've been creating each listing manually on each site.
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I agree that the import function is wonky, not all images import and the formatting is incorrect.

I suggested it as a way to store the listings for future copying and pasting.

In my experience, although there's an occasional glitch that changes some formatting, once they're imported, there's no link to ebay and they shouldn't be disappearing from Bonz just because the ebay listing expired. That's a strange one!
 
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#9,347
whateve said:
I believe that Tradesy has an ebay import function but it is only available to business sellers. In any case, since both sites don't have all the same data fields, a lot of information would end up lost.
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I'd be happy if Tradesy would add just a few simple tools to make listings easier, instead of all these bells and whistles they seem to be spending money on. For example, why can't there be a quanitity on Tradesy to sell 2 of something? Also a duplicate listing to make listings that are similar. It should be simple to do this.
I know tradesy has a "sell yours.." and "sell another" but that just creates an empty template for you to add everything once again.

I do appreciate the bulk upload of photos they just added.
 
#9,348
Michelle1x said:
I'd be happy if Tradesy would add just a few simple tools to make listings easier, instead of all these bells and whistles they seem to be spending money on. For example, why can't there be a quanitity on Tradesy to sell 2 of something? Also a duplicate listing to make listings that are similar. It should be simple to do this.
I know tradesy has a "sell yours.." and "sell another" but that just creates an empty template for you to add everything once again.

I do appreciate the bulk upload of photos they just added.
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I love the sell similar function that ebay has. That way if I have similar items, I don't have to start from scratch like I do with Tradesy. Bonanza has a duplicate listing function but it doesn't save the description or pictures anymore so it is almost useless.

My other complaint with Tradesy's listing system is that my photos seem to appear in random order rather than the order they are in the file I copied, so I have to rearrange them every time. On ebay, they stay in the order of the file, which is usually the order I want them in.
 
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#9,349
whateve said:
I don't know why you are having this problem. I have 2 ebay accounts. I create my listings on ebay once. The longest duration for a BIN listing is 30 days but you can select good until canceled which will automatically renew listings every time they expire. The only problem with this is that if you have already used all your free listings, you'll be charged when these listings renew. So, I never use the good until canceled option.

I don't know why your unsold items are getting knocked out of the queue. Mine stay in the queue for about 2 months. This isn't usually a problem for me because I relist them before they fall off. When you get extra free listings, you can relist everything, and if you don't really want them listed, just end them. That should buy you another 2 months before the listings fall off.

I rarely create a new listing from scratch. I create a new listing by using the sell similar button. That way at least some of the stuff is already there.

I don't care for the Bonanza import function. When I used it last, I wanted to import all my listings from ebay once, and did not choose to sync my ebay account with Bonz. When the listings were imported, only one or two pictures were imported. I ended up having to upload the rest of the photos manually. Also the descriptions weren't formatted correctly. Bonz doesn't have a condition description box so you have to make sure you add that information to the description. Anyway, after I did all this work to correct the descriptions and add the missing pictures, the listings disappeared from Bonz when they expired on ebay, even though it wasn't supposed to be synced. Ever since then, I've been creating each listing manually on each site.

I believe that Tradesy has an ebay import function but it is only available to business sellers. In any case, since both sites don't have all the same data fields, a lot of information would end up lost.
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How many listings do you have? If I only have a certain amount, I can relist them before they expire but right now, I have about 500 because I took advantage of 2 free listing offers they gave me. So I created about 300 listings to list before the new offers expire - the free listing offers usually last only 3 days & sometimes I don't have time to take advantage of them because they specifically exclude unsold relists - only includes new listings you have to create for the new offer . They only allow a certain amount to stay parked in the unsold que so they disappear. If you only list 50 keychains and relist the same ones every month - then you wouldn't lose any of your unsolds. But if you create 50 new listings each month and get a free listing offer of say 100 auctions - then you might not be able to relist the following month - depends on your listing cap too. Personally, I never ever pay for listing fees. I only list the amount I get free and that's it.
 
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BeenBurned said:
I don't know whether you have a bonz account but if so, or if you open one, it's an option you can do there.

When I first opened my bonanza account, I was able to import all my ebay listings. Once on Bonz, they can be edited, duplicated, relisted or deleted. They can be parked there either as active listings or in vacation mode. (IMO, it doesn't hurt to have active listings and if someone buys, great!)

I've found that unlike ebay, listings remain viewable for at least 3 years after they've been sold. So even though a listing won't come up in a search (because it only does the last 12 months), if you save your emails from sales, you can find your email, click on the link to the listing and it'll open.

Then you can C&P.
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Thanks. I never explored Bonzaza. There is no limit and no listing fee? I don't like to set up too many accounts - that's another thing - I really wont give out info like SSN or Tax ID or whatever - so if that's not required to set up an account, I'll try importing. I tried exporting to word but it was a disaster and didn't look anything like the listing. I cant see how it would work on Excel since the listings aren't sectioned out like a spreadsheet would need it & I'd have to cut and paste each item - takes way too long. This is probably the easiest thing. Another Tradesy fail for small sellers. I guess that they don't offer this function for us and I'm not a business seller so I don't know what they offer. I wasn't sure if there was an app to do it or not.
 
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Fullcloset said:
How many listings do you have? If I only have a certain amount, I can relist them before they expire but right now, I have about 500 because I took advantage of 2 free listing offers they gave me. So I created about 300 listings to list before the new offers expire - the free listing offers usually last only 3 days & sometimes I don't have time to take advantage of them because they specifically exclude unsold relists - only includes new listings you have to create for the new offer . They only allow a certain amount to stay parked in the unsold que so they disappear. If you only list 50 keychains and relist the same ones every month - then you wouldn't lose any of your unsolds. But if you create 50 new listings each month and get a free listing offer of say 100 auctions - then you might not be able to relist the following month - depends on your listing cap too. Personally, I never ever pay for listing fees. I only list the amount I get free and that's it.
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I didn't know there was a limit to how many stay parked in the unsold queue. I have about 200 listings, split between 2 accounts. Most of extra listing offers I get allow me to use unsold relists. When I get one, I usually take listings down and put them back up. This month I got 200 free listings on top of the 50 for each account. I also only list the amount that is free. I never use the free auction listings, just the buy it now ones. It seems like for the last 3 months at least, I've gotten extra free listings every month. One month it was 50 on one account and 100 on the other.
 
#9,354
whateve said:
Bonanza has a duplicate listing function but it doesn't save the description or pictures anymore so it is almost useless..
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I hate that they did that! I'd deleted a bunch of old listings after "duplicating" them, not realizing that they'd eliminated the description.


What I do now is either do a relist if I have a similar sold item then just revise it for the new listing or duplicate a listing and copy and paste the full description (and any embedded images) from the original listing (that you duplicated). Then you can make revisions to the new one but you have all your formatting and it's a lot easier than starting from scratch.
 
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whateve said:
I didn't know there was a limit to how many stay parked in the unsold queue. I have about 200 listings, split between 2 accounts. Most of extra listing offers I get allow me to use unsold relists. When I get one, I usually take listings down and put them back up. This month I got 200 free listings on top of the 50 for each account. I also only list the amount that is free. I never use the free auction listings, just the buy it now ones. It seems like for the last 3 months at least, I've gotten extra free listings every month. One month it was 50 on one account and 100 on the other.
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Ok well I only have the one account - I didn't think we were allowed multiple accounts to beat the 50 free monthly listings cap. Me too with the additional free listings but sometimes they are only for auctions and sometimes they are only for fixed and the auctions are only 7 days and sometiimes they require only new listing not relistings of the unsolds and some months I just don't have time to create new listings so if they unsolds are gone, I can't take advantage of the free listings. It does get confusing without being able to store old listings somewhere and revive them later.
 
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Fullcloset said:
Ok well I only have the one account - I didn't think we were allowed multiple accounts to beat the 50 free monthly listings cap. Me too with the additional free listings but sometimes they are only for auctions and sometimes they are only for fixed and the auctions are only 7 days and sometiimes they require only new listing not relistings of the unsolds and some months I just don't have time to create new listings so if they unsolds are gone, I can't take advantage of the free listings. It does get confusing without being able to store old listings somewhere and revive them later.
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I created my second account years ago. I don't think there were listing limits at the time; maybe you had to pay to list anything, I can't remember. At the time, my plan was to use one for buying and one for selling. But then ebay kept giving me selling offers on my buying account so I started using both for selling. I mostly buy on the account I set up for buying but sometimes ebay will give me a coupon on my selling account so I end up buying from that account too. Also I accept returns on one and not on the other, and I determine which items I'll list on each partly based on whether I think I should accept returns. I don't think it is against ebay rules since ebay knows I have two. I thought that if you sell something through auction, ebay gives you a free listing to replace it. I noticed the last time I looked that something like over 90% of all listings in the fashion category were fixed price.
 
#9,360
After releasing money for 2 sales on the 5th day, Tradesy for some reason didn't release money for a sale made on the same day but delivered a day later than the other two, even though it has now been 6 days since delivery. There is absolutely no reason for this money to be held because the sale was under $50 so can't be returned. It has been my experience that if the money isn't released on the 5th day, it is usually held nearly the maximum time.
 
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