Some Ebay Sellers Really Don't Understand the Store Inventory Changes

As was evident in several recent Auctionbytes "Letters to the Editor"

There are some basic misunderstandings here that could use some clarification.

- Store inventory format items are not in core search, and will never be in core.  Period.  The point of signing up early for the store upgrade is to allow sellers to have everything in place for the new setup and NOT be charged for the upgrade (until after 3/30).  The .10 fixed price promo is for much of the same thing.  I converted all of my store items to fixed price, and upgraded my store, so now 3/30 will be a non-event.

- After 3/30 there will only be auctions and fixed price.  Both are in core search now, and will continue to be.

- Fixed price items do - in fact - show up in Google.  All of my fixed price ebay items (formerly store items) are in Google.  There are factors to consider - how long did you wait?  Google can be slow.  Also...if the item is exactly the same as your old store-inventory item, there is a duplication issue.  Google might need to expire your old item before it inserts the new one - that can take a few weeks.

- Many sellers, including myself, are experiencing both a huge rise in item views and sales as a result of having items in core search.  Many of my older store inventory items are having a robust resurgence - which really shows how poorly store inventory was being handled before.

Nobody know how things will be on ebay after 3/30, but I'd guess it'll be similar to how it is right now since most of the larger sellers have already done much of what they are going to do.

I'm not finding any noticeable increase in alt site or website sales (which remain good), so I'm not seeing buyers flocking elsewhere.  However, I do think buyers will continue to move towards direct webstore sellers - especially the big ones - over the next few years..