gofund.me/66755916

@ToyAddict

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for all of the work you do to help people out! You are inspirational.

@Kelly-nd3cz

4 ай бұрын

This brought tears to my eyes as well for I had been in 2 foster homes for 3 MTHS and then the last 9 at age 5 no thanks to my bio father and it was a horrific experience of abuse from the last home. I will most definetly do my best to help and try to figure out the gofundme. Page. To help this lady she reminds me of Mrs Shinderly who was the God Send for the first 3 mths. (And my mom never knew we there, we were always taken to our fathers every Sunday so we could speak to our mom yet a word was not to be spoken where we were actually living. God Bless her and my Heart Goes Out to Her, I’m disabled and I will do my best to due to my part for her unconditional love to the children (whom never asked to be placed there)!

Hunting prayers for my hubby. We're back at cancer. I love him. My 33 years. Need him forever.😊

@Mia-C-Crest

4 ай бұрын

Prayers and healing vibes going out to him !!

@joegibson6041

4 ай бұрын

Lynnette and Michael in Reno praying now.

You put into words exactly my thoughts when I received my “invitation”. Why would I pay for the advertising that EBay should be doing. I guess they are trying to recoup all the fines they are paying by offering the sellers this so called opportunity.

and, when someone clicks on my listing, ebay advertises other peoples lower priced items inside of my listing, to me that not right.

@mis7089

4 ай бұрын

Agreed

@Skinny2SwoleFitness

4 ай бұрын

Are your items promoted? If not I could see ebays reason but if you are then they shouldn't put any competition on your page... I'm new to this so learning it.

@JohnnyLightningV10

4 ай бұрын

Agree 100%

@Junkinsally

4 ай бұрын

@@Skinny2SwoleFitness-All of my items are promoted and yes eBay puts others listings on mine! 😒

@Junkinsally

4 ай бұрын

Agreed!

I tried out the off-site ads program, right when it first started, for about a week and kept seeing a whole bunch of fees and very few sales. I chose about 25 listings that I wanted to promote but decided it wasn't worth it. So I cancelled the campaign. Or at least I thought I cancelled it, but in fact eBay had it set up so that I would be indefinitely charged off-site ad fees on those 25 listings until either the item sold or I ended the listing!!! I confirmed this multiple times with the eBay representative I was chatting with and he confirmed that I was understanding it correctly. It blew my mind that a company as large as eBay could start a new program with such an egregiously unfair set of rules that I vowed to never use off-site ads after that. It was eye-opening to say the least.

Kevin, Your generosity and heartfelt intentions know no bounds. When you shared Mary's story with us, (and had to cut away 3 times, lest having us all in tears with you- I certainly got emotional, and I'm glad the camera wasn't on me) it made quite an impact. I always count my blessings for all that God has given me, and this is why I am always ready to share with those less fortunate. Thanks for posting the go fund me link for Mary's van. From what you said, she is certainly deserving of assistance from those who can. God Bless you, my friend. Mike

That external promotion service would be great if you have a massive quantity of a single item or an item that you create and constantly replenish the quantity. Basically, if you have a warehouse full of something.

Exactly what I’m hearing. You pay them for the platform and now they want the customer to pay for the sites advertising we already pay them for. Maybe if the CEOs are making too much money to run the business, they should look at that.

I agree 100%. If I have to pay to advertise on Google, why should I give eBay a percentage? I could start my own website and use Google Adsense myself.

I think it's a money grab myself, I have tried promoting my items but only at 2% and I haven't seen much of a difference. The fees eBay charges take enough of my money I want to keep as much as possible. Thanks for all you do. Hope you and the family are doing well.

@mis7089

4 ай бұрын

We did the same. Tried different levels and it was not worth it. We accidentally listed one item with Dynamic and eBay ended up getting almost half the items worth and profit. Only made that mistake once. Have a great weekend

@GratefulDadATX

4 ай бұрын

I blanket promote everything under $30 at 2.1%. I notice a bigger improvement in sell through from ending and selling similar, which I do every 6 weeks, give or take.

Kevin, your emotion when talking about Mary is very endearing. You are a wonderful person. And, love the girls at the end of this video. So fun! We need to see more bloopers….that makes things real.

The timing of this "opportunity" is a bit suspicious, coming on the tail end of them reporting layoffs/a poor financial situation.

There is something going on for sure… I had one of the worst weeks in a while. Only 1-2 sales per day. Interestingly, I had 4 sales in a row of brand new, created that day, zero feedback accounts. (Luckily they all paid immediately) But that’s weird… usually that means they googled the item and found you on eBay.

The generosity of you and your family is awesome. As a foster parent/adoptive parent, I appreciate the Isaiah house. That is awesome! God Bless

Thank you for all you do. I love your videos. They have taught me a lot, and I enjoy your sense of humor as well as that of your family. God bless.

Glad to be here Mr. Kevin! Humerus kids. Smile😊

I am a part time reseller and I am very grateful for all your advice. Thank you. I am enjoying your content.

Mate your approach is an inspiration to me. I've been forced into full time reselling sooner than i was planning and have just started on youtube myself....my goal is like yours to use it as a successful marketing tool to draw more eyes to my store. Thanks for what you do 👍🤝

Have you seen the increase of “resellers” that are actually paid by eBay to constantly promote and create social media content to us? This ad sense is the latest push. It was global shipping.

I missed out on the Bee Gees shirt. I knew it wouldn't be there long. Thanks again for a great show.

I love the "dunk" sound in the beginning intro...

I've been watching a long time, I've even purchased from you to see how you package and deliver (great by the way). Your story about the awesome Mary got me. I donated a bit to the GoFundMe and wanted to say this publicly in case it might encourage a couple others. I watch you when I'm packing my orders and organizing my storage. To me you feel like the really cool uncle that most of us have had and get to visit a few times a year. Thanks for what you do.

@commonwealthflipper

4 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Ebay use to say that they promote your listings through Google and external sites and now we have to pay for it they also put google ads throughout your listings anyway it just seems we are paying for something they should include for free with all the fees we pay

@w8what575

4 ай бұрын

That was one of the big things they did do was advertise…it’s been ages since I’ve seen an eBay commercial or advertising anywhere online…it’s strange….we already do advertising for them by promoting our own items on our own social media outlets like Pinterest and Facebook…

Awesome sales! We are loving that jacket! Always enjoy seeing your videos Kevin ☺

@commonwealthflipper

4 ай бұрын

Thank you

Thanks Kevin

Thanks for telling us about Miss Mary! Done!!!!

Great videos and great information! Thank you! Sometimes eBay makes more on a sale than I do on a promoted listing. They have become so greedy and now I'm second guessing if it's even worth it anymore.

@commonwealthflipper

4 ай бұрын

Maybe. I don't fault businesses for trying to make money. Just like to be aware of what works and doesn't for me.

Thanks for mentioning Mary"s need and her work for the Lord!

If they charge by clicks your competitor can sit there and click you to bankruptcy. Great job Kevin. Have learned a lot from you for selling.

I don't give in to paying ebay more than I have to and don't use promoted listings. I had a meeting with an ebay employee the other day to show me how to use promoted listings just to see how they sold it still not my thing. I see my traffic page says 30-40% of my page views come from external sites without any promotion on my part. I feel like they should do that with the money I already pay them. I know other sites have higher fees but when they make billions in profit a year, I don't think they need more of my money.

@nickjohns7254

4 ай бұрын

You don't know how American business works. They take all the fee $ and piss it away on dividends, stock buybacks, and excessive CEO/exec benefits. They let the core biz slowly die and simply do not care because the top execs are getting theirs. When Ebay dies they simply fly to a new host like the wasps they are.

@bennystratton7734

4 ай бұрын

100% agree!

I'm tired of hearing people complain about your viewer sales like you said you put in the sweat equity. You deserve that

@haroldinabinett286

4 ай бұрын

On top of that…the have a very eclectic store and pick up neat stuff that people actually want…not just selling run of the mill items.

First!! :) I love my Jack Lalanne power Juicer!

Keep doing what you are doing. ❤❤

Mr. Brown! Always the teacher. 😊 EBay will try anything to make more money. That’s their prerogative.! It’s good of you to explain this to people that don’t understand it. Not for me! It’s like you are said,whatever works for you. Good pics and a good description,how many have sold. I wish EBay would just step back for a while. Stop reinventing the wheel. Be well.

You just showed the best way to make sales - you have just sold the Scotty Cameron putter cover that is not longer made, and can't be obtained except finding the only one on eBay - and that would be the one that Commonwealth Picker has. If the price is not outrageous, the sale is in the bag.

I originally got on E-Bay 20 years ago because they had a very large group of buyers. Now we have to pay more to keeps sales going and to reach other sites and buyers??? I made major changes two years ago. I used to have 7.500 books listed. I cut that down to 2.000 books. I only sell more desirable, less common books. I do not promote because most of my listings show up on the first page of searches. Roughly 73% of my listings sell in 1-3 months. I only run mark down sales and promote my 4-6 month old sales. I only promote at 2%. After 5-6 months I end the listing. I revise and relist using sell similar. I'm 65 and retired. This is a fun hobby that makes good money. If I was younger I would not promote listings. Instead I'd sign up to be on a few of the sites that only sell books to reach more buyers. New site fees would be cheaper than paying promoted listings and off site adds.

I got the same offer in December for the $100 free off-site advertising. The last 10 days of December, I advertised at $10 per day. I sold 1 item with a net profit of $8. I’m so glad it was eBay’s dime and not mine!

@bennystratton7734

4 ай бұрын

1000% not worth it unless you have TOTALL control of the offsite ads campaign btw ITS ONLY google THERE NOT PROOMOTING anywhere else OFFSITE (even though ebay claims they do)

HA! Takeover of the camera.....awesome. You go ladies!

Ebay keeps trying to get more and more money and seems to throttle organic sales more and more. I promote at 2.5% and will never do more than that.

awesome vid

The very end ...LOLOLOL

Etsy does this also. Personally, I also feel like that advertising is what we are already paying for.

This just draws people from outside of eBay into eBay, which does not necessarily equate to a sale. Especially when they advertise around your product. Other similar products that are cheaper. Should they use my fee to draw them to my item? Which shows them another item less expensive that they then purchase. So how does this benefit me exactly? It doesn't. But lucky me, I get to pay for it. On any promotion, if you pay more than 2 %you're probably losing. So I'm not sure how this whole thing works. But I'm pretty sure I got ripped off. I said ten percent to promote my item and they took half of my money. I barely made any profit at all. Because all of my profit has grabbed up by eBay for promoting the item. That was my highest percentage on a promoted item, and I am not happy.

Promoted listings are a money grab, but I think it has helped my sales start to recover. After a horrible 2023 (I felt like my store was "throttled"), I recently selectively promoted a very few of my pricier listings and I think that may have drawn more views to my other listings. Sales picked up right after I did that. I'm a small fry seller, less than 10 promoted listings and just over 440 total listings.

@commonwealthflipper

4 ай бұрын

It can work for some folks but in this case it is not regular promotion this is off site ads.

How long do you keep items listed before you get rid of them?

I am very anti-promoted listings because it makes me upset. Many of us without promoted listings and without a following are struggling to get sales. I tired the off-site promo because it was a free 100.00. I had to end it early. It hit 118.00 in fees for 350.00 in sales. That is NOT worth it! Although because sales have been so slow, I have put a couple of my categories on the 5% Promoted rate that used to do well. I am not sure it helps. Sales are still low. I had sent an offer to someone before I turned on promoted listings and they accepted after I put on the promoted campaign and ebay charged the promoted fee! There is no way that should have happened. Ebay has just become greedy and I don't see it stopping. The promoted fee on the item, tax and shipping is BS as well.

The external adds are not for things like a used pair of jeans. Now say you are Best Buy and you have a warehouse full of high end electronics? Sure that makes since. You restored a 57 Chevy? Sure! For most resellers and most items the pay per click style of promotion is not reality made for you and your one off items.

Nope! Their hand is out for more money. If we promote our items, that should be eBay's job, not ours.

Helping Kevin, help Mary

I only wish I had tracked how many times I said "EXACTLY" out loud during the viewing of this video.

Funny lad😊 beautiful daughter. Heaven.😊

As far as whatnot, do you have to do live sales, or can you just post the item?

i dont do promoted listings i think its a money grab

@marycarlson8837

4 ай бұрын

I always thought that too, and I probably still think so, but I do think it would be a real nightmare trying to figure out an algorithm that is fair to all to get everyone of the millions of seller's items in front of buyers I tried promoting all my 5000 listings, and about half of what I sell now comes from promoted listings. I don't know whether I feel positive about that or not.

Remember when eBay used to give $5 & $10 coupons .. we would be soooo busy ! They also paid millions to google for placements & advertising.. not now!

Ebay support lately is even more of a joke. I delayed shipping for a customer because they were on vacation and asked me to in the sale notes. I always had the shipping defect removed in cases like this. So far after one call and one chat, no action taken. Oh and before that I used the appeal defect button, they denied it in 6 hours, I'm sure the person didn't bother reading anything. Ebay should STFU about AI, they don't even implement simple logic. Best offer autopay? Not working. Customer delayed shipping option at checkout? Non existent. I could go on and on. WHAT IS WRONG AT EBAY HQ in SJ??? There is zero innovation other than in adding more complex fees, silly promotions, etc. What a sad state Ebay is in compared to what it could be.

@alvarez.l9422

4 ай бұрын

I’ve come to the conclusion that they’re using AI to solve sellers issues on the platform.

@OriginalNethead

4 ай бұрын

@@alvarez.l9422 But only if you jump through the FAQ hoops first to get to "help". That isn't. One more reason I bailed.

@w8what575

4 ай бұрын

What they used to be…..now it’s just like the rest of the corporations…rob Americans and Canadians blind while letting the rest of the world do the same with their scam promoting money back guarantee…and if an American buys an item from say China and it’s fake and the listing fraudulent…as an American ur sol because our laws don’t protect us from overseas scams from China especially…china owns the world now

So I’ve been getting some crazy charges on eBay like we’re talking hundreds at a time that are between 5 cents and 35 cents and when I say hundreds I mean it and I didn’t know what it was from now I know cause they say off site as fee and it just started I never signed up for anything I have promoted a few hundred older listings but that’s it now I know and I am upset about it tbh

What's funny is eBay and google already do it for you FOR FREE if you add the correct details to your listing!!!!

even using promoted listings u can pay to much by the time all the fees are taken out so paying more to promote off site seems like a waste to me also just messing with it says the least amount is 5 bucks a day so even 5 dollar a day adds up quick over time and it suggest to keep it on forever lol

😂😂😂😂😂😂the ending scene 👏👏👏

I never pay for advertising. I post little blips about my shop on social media platforms where my customers are. 😀

any issues that I have had on ebay has been resolved fairly. Even when I was a buyer, now that I am seller never really had an issue that has not been solved fairly.

That almost sound like a reverse affiliate program. It sounds like they should be paying us to do it. If we're paying for advertising is should be just benefitting us.

What about people that click but don't buy.

eBay sees that Amazon is making a ton of money through their advertising. Advertising on Amazon has become a specialty that requires knowledge of how to best reach your target audience as well as constant research, review and tweaking of the advertising you do. eBay is moving in the same direction.

@zachariah7114

4 ай бұрын

Which is a real shame. Because sure, eBay can become a “mini Amazon” of sorts. But I don’t know any customers that actually use it that way. eBay is too worried about courting big box retailers and brands. Let us undesirable resellers hocking used goods find a place to sell where we’re actually promoted… cross listing and growing at least one other platform to rely less on eBay looks better and better by the day

If you’re cross listing to other platforms, wouldn’t a pay per click on eBay be competing with yourself also? Just a thought.

The average 20% we pay is worth it just for the tax service. That’s something we can’t afford or manage on our private website.

I don't sell on ebay or anywhere for that matter. Im not even sure why youtube recommended this video, good video though 👍 I don't the business but I buy off ebay and other sites. Those ads get me to ebay but not to buy that specific item. I get there and look around for the right price & item. In my opinion your just advertising for ebay. Your ad just reminds me ebay sells stuff too. Just thought I would leave my opinion as a buyer 😊

Kevin, Google advertising is free on Bonanza

@commonwealthflipper

4 ай бұрын

it can be free or you can pay for more of it

here is an off the wall question for you I want apply as a seller on dibdit but it did under my real name not my youtube name how do I change it and get it approved? It didn't even let me finish the application before it submitted it for review, so there's that too. lol

@commonwealthflipper

4 ай бұрын

good question. send me an email

Well now i have the Weebles jingle going through my head

Hey Kevin where's the link to donate to the lady for van? Did not find to help! Thanks JIMBO

@commonwealthflipper

4 ай бұрын

I put it in the description because I forgot. I also put it in the comments and pinned it at the top.

Speaking of money grab, for the first time ever, I am selling cds. First sale I was surprised to learn that cd media carries 'variable' 14.95% fees. I was so used to the current 13.25 lol. Any idea why ebay does this? I think it is to offset the tax/ fees they miss on the cheaper media mail costs. I don't know.

@commonwealthflipper

4 ай бұрын

many reasons but I belive it all comes down to how much of an expense it is for ebay. example if cds have a high return rate or if they have issues were they need to use customer service or even low sell through rate because it costs them money to use servers to house so many items that don't sell quickly.

Been selling for years and have never sold anything with promoted listings, ill pass on this new one also, getting tired of getting nickelledand dimed to death

eBay could make this become the biggest thing to hit reselling if they took it one step further by sharing the revenue generated from the new buyers as an affiliate type commission paid to the seller that brought that new buyer to the platform.

I pay money for business cards and advertising on social media platforms. I control when this happens. Id rather not self promote, pay ebay fees, ebay subscriptions , shipping costs and additional rbay ad fees to then only have some guy open an item not as described return and send me a rock or rotten meat in the mail With ebay siding with the buyer

If you have 100 widgets of the same thing I believe it could work as a seller but being an everything seller and paying per click you could easily spend all the profits before someone ever buys a single item. I think a better way would be if ebay took our store money and had some commercials besides ebay motors maybe they could drive some better traffic for all of us. I would gladly give up my overpriced box supply money if ebaybwould do this for the benefit of all of us

I saw a question on social media about buyers purchasing items only to turn around and resell it themselves. How do you feel about buyers purchasing items only to resell it.? I personally don't have an issue with this. Some of what I sell is resellable, if is it not, I will put in the description for more direct buy and not advisable for resell. Which even ebay folks that said that was good .

What was the purpose of the blacklight?

@reginalaplante1001

4 ай бұрын

Shows when older Glass "glows" from uranium, The uranium was added for the fluorescent effect it created.

I dream of Jeannie

As an eBay shopper, the first thing I look for is price, the second thing I immediately look for is feedback %. If the feedback is less than 99%, I'm gone, even if the price is cheaper. I will pay more for an item when the seller is better.🙂

@silverman5707

4 ай бұрын

Yes-price-feedback-close to home, in that order.

@NashTV8

4 ай бұрын

Yup, which is why I've never promoted,...if a buyer can't find my item by searching by "lowest price", I'll wait for a buyer that does. Promoted listings is for suckers.

This is definitely ebay getting sellers to advertise for them and charging them to benefit themselves. It's a win win for eBay and not so much for sellers. The sellers are paying eBay so eBay can save their money on ads.

@nickjohns7254

4 ай бұрын

I have never spend a cent on promoted listings or ads. I just refuse to sell things that everyone and their mom has listed, not interested.

The go fund me charges . Can I send it to you instead some how

I've heard they will soon be launching prioritized advertising. I'm assuming that means you'll get pushed above everyone else who is promoting at the same rate you are.

I thought eBay listings were already making there way to google without paying fees. As far as promoted listings, they do not seem to really increase sales. My experience is, if you price it right, someone will find it. Buyers have probably figured out the sponsored listings are usually more expensive.

@NashTV8

4 ай бұрын

Yup, my items continue showing up in Google results, and I've never promoted an item in my life, -I've sold over 30,000 items. Promoted listings is for people that have common junk to sell.

@w8what575

4 ай бұрын

eBay is actually running buyers off by making it too overwhelming to pick an item from the 100s being sold….and pushing the sellers from china who take forever if at all to arrive….that really puts people off in buying from eBay..especially when it says the item is located in the US but the seller is in china and it doesn’t disclose that unless u click on the sellers about page and it shows the sellers location. That’s fraudulent practices but they allow it for china sellers…..they never get shadow banned either but American sellers get the bottom of the list

@w8what575

4 ай бұрын

@@NashTV8it doesn’t matter what type of item someone lists if their newer to selling on eBay their items get shadow banned..I had sold on and off for along time on eBay…started in 2009 and did very well with only 15-20 items actively listed at all times….both auctions and buy it now items….I helped my son start his eBay account and start selling items that were good sellers for me back in the day…and a wide variety of items….he had 0 views for over 30 days and sold his first item finally a month and a half after starting his page….there must have been a glitch one day though because he literally sold almost everything he had listed in one hours time on a single afternoon….they musta caught it because that was quickly stopped and all his new listings sat at zero views again…..I have never had such a difficult time selling something on eBay like that…..I went and searched for one of his items and took me literally 30 minutes and tons of scrolling when I typed the exact listing title word for word and found his on like page 6 clear at the bottom and almost missed it….this was a promoted listing item too…..so yeah…they have a bias against American sellers cuz they’re ( they being those who run the world) are ending the American delusion since we were just an experiment in their sick little game….land of the free home of the brave my a$$….land of the tax cattle and home of the chicken shite

If you make the pro-eBay people mad and the anti-eBay people mad with one video, you are probably somewhere near the truth 👍

@commonwealthflipper

4 ай бұрын

Lol

Marcus did a video where he tried it out, got a lot of traffic, spent a lot of money and made ZERO sales. Your paying to drive traffic to the site but that never means they will ever buy your item. I promote but this is just a step to far.

Display ads just started showing but nobody’s clicking. Boring looking. Offsite ads simply have not worked yet at all.

👍

Kitty

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Your Redskins merch sold because they changed the name.

I tried promoting my eBay store at 2%. It works!

@NashTV8

4 ай бұрын

It's not that it works, it's that they "suppress" your items less,...it also definitely works in the beginning because they want to hook you in,....once the algorithm has you by the bollz they will be able to manipulate you into promoting higher and higher over the years. Good luck.

@wanderingspider8988

4 ай бұрын

​@@NashTV8I believe you are correct. When I first promoted at 2% it worked great. Then a few months later it's like I got throttled back again. That's OK I am spending money on a cross listing app instead of promoting higher.

You often get very defensive about viewer sales, which is one of the reasons you began a KZread channel in the first place I suppose. However, I'm wondering if you distinguish between viewers and subscribers? You always point out sales from viewers but I wonder, how do you know who your viewers are unless they mention it? If they're subscribers that's a known but a random viewer who doesn't say they are a viewer, would you know who they are? Again, I'm not criticizing or attacking, just wondering.

@Skinny2SwoleFitness

4 ай бұрын

He ask viewers to leave a note when paying on ebay or he won't know its a viewers sale.

@commonwealthflipper

4 ай бұрын

most viewers leave a message. Some don't but it says repeat buyer and I recognize their name. There are I am sure sale to viewers that I am not aware of as well.

SOOO, I THOUGHT that was what Keywords, etc. was for in our eBay listings! (What we ALREADY pay for in other words). I search for things on Google, and I see MY listings there right now. I use The SHARE button to share to my Twitter (X) and Pinterest accounts and also to my Facebook page. Soo, are we going to lose that opportunity now? I have several hundred followers on each platform including eBay, so I really feel like I am doing ok for FREE, even without a KZread channel that specifically deals with reselling. I kind of agree here. IF it is already happening why do we need to pay for it? UNLESS they are taking away the share button and stopping the ability for us to be a part of google searches. I wont be buying into this as that is what I was already thinking when I seen the invite. "I get this for the cost of a store and now you want to charge me as well." Almost like Amazon increasing the price of Prime, then stating if you want your videos to be ad free, we want more money on top of the more money we just took last year!!!

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I don't see go fund me link. I would like to share it on my facebook

@TheThriftyVeteran

4 ай бұрын

You click the more button and it shows all his links including the gofund mem

@commonwealthflipper

4 ай бұрын

I pinned it at the top of the comments.