I noticed over the past week that some of my listings had "add more info" when they never had that in the past. What I found for my listings is that the one's that I had designer/manufacturer names that were not in their database and thus listed as "Other" under designer, were the ones that had "add more info" tagged. So there really was no more info to be added, but for some reason the lack of designer in their database caused me to get the tag. I don't know if that is what is happening to you.
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I've seen this on listings with no brand name that is in their database, with listings that don't have very many pictures, with descriptions that are fairly short, and items that they want me to lower the price on. Often I'll click on the edit button and it doesn't tell me what more info I'm supposed to add. Now I just ignore it.
FYI the “add more info” tags are part of the criteria list Tradesy uses in their algorithm to rank listings and the order of appearance in their search results similar to what Google does to theirs. Other than price suggestions which you can disregard and have no bearing, the other criteria can be fixed by sellers to improve their ranking. No recognized brand is one, not enough photos or lack of description is another. The bigger picture here is to an attempt to collect accurate data for reselling purposes. Detailed listings make for easier sales than those with little or no info.
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so what are you supposed to do if they don't recognize the brand? I have two items with no brand markings and two more that they don't recognize the brand. I remember that in the past I listed items that they didn't recognize the brand, but then later added the brand to their database. One of items with no brand isn't marked with the "add more info" label. I wonder if I put that one up before they started doing that.
I have one high jewelry brand not in their database. maybe we should email them?
As for other listings with "add additional info" - all of them have suggestions to reduce price for Celine, Dior etc. - no thanks. They are marked for this only reason and they show up in search perfectly fine.
to follow up, I emailed Tradesy about adding more designers. their response
"If enough people list using this designer, it may be added to Tradesy in the future. At this time there is no way for us to manually add a designer to this list. "
ok wait until more ppl add this designer. or most likely until my item will be sold out elsewhere.
"If enough people list using this designer, it may be added to Tradesy in the future. At this time there is no way for us to manually add a designer to this list. "
ok wait until more ppl add this designer. or most likely until my item will be sold out elsewhere.
It did happen to me. I had a designer that was listed as other but now is in their list. Half of the available items for the designer are mine!
re: Poshmark
I'm deliberately saying this on the Tradesy thread.
I have a few things listed on Poshmark. Today I got an offer for $75 for something I am listing for $699, and one for $18 for something listed for $75. This is a phenomenal waste of time.
There is no way to turn off this ridiculous noise from Posh. At least Tradesy is a higher quality experience.
I'm deliberately saying this on the Tradesy thread.
I have a few things listed on Poshmark. Today I got an offer for $75 for something I am listing for $699, and one for $18 for something listed for $75. This is a phenomenal waste of time.
There is no way to turn off this ridiculous noise from Posh. At least Tradesy is a higher quality experience.
Mercari is somewhat similar. I have to remember to price my things higher there in order to sell it for what I really want.
I saw that someone mentioned the labels improved but for some reason they won't scan at all now for me (they were fine before). I thought it was my printer but tried two different printers at works and there are lines going through the barcode. Oh well. my postman tried to scan and they didn't so he had to type them in manually. I sold four items last week and the line was ridiculous so I just put it in the drop box. They were never scanned until they reached the destination city which took five days for one package because it was going to Hawaii and I'm in the northeast! I guess I will have to start notifying buyers that the tracking numbers might be delayed.
I think the problem for some people might be that Tradesy labels print as a graphic drawing (jpg)? I have a canon pixma printer and there are no problems printing anything with that. Ebay labels do not print as drawings, they are straight documents. It might be that.
That's the kind of printer I have too. Why would other printers have trouble printing jpg's?
On Posh, I had a similar problem. I got 2 people asking for a trade on one item that I priced for $113 and another for $60. I am trying to sell these because I’m saving up for an expensive Xmas present to myself, and these trade offers are peeing me off. The $60 trade lady wanted to trade her similar item for mine. I just ignored them both, not going to waste my energy on these cheapskates.
I reopened my Tradesy account but I’m not having any hopes on getting my stuff sold. Usually my Coach stuff gets a like almost right away, but it doesn’t seem to be the case right now. Smh.
It takes forever for something to sell on Tradesy. I think it has to be listed for months before many people see it. I know some people are looking at new listings because sometimes my items get likes right away. Then it is a long time until the next like or a sale. I think most of my buyers aren't people who browse Tradesy regularly; they come directly from Google.
That’s a bummer. Thanks for letting me know. I’m going to keep some items that I am not in a hurry to sell on Tradesy, but others like my Coach accessories will be removed. It’s sad to see Tradesy reduced to being as slow as Bonanza now.
