What Do You Type Into The Ebay Search Bar To Find Something You Want?

why and how are the bids fake? Prove it, with specific examples, or admit that you just defamed a bunch of bidders and sellers.

My 27 years on eBay tells me what's what and creates my opinions. I am talking about a specific set of circumstances, not all early bids/bidders. Obvious.

If those bidders you reference feel defamed, they will get over it.

Shermae,

No offense is intended, but I think you may be taking your personal experience with respect to the stamp categories on eBay and extrapolating it across all of eBay, which is what that language applies to.

How "popular" an item is could mean any one of a myriad of things, and without specificity we have ZERO idea what it means in eBaySpeak. Assuming it has ANYTHING to do with number of bids is simply that: an assumption.

How does popularity then apply to fixed price listings? Given that certain categories are widgets/catalog items, "popularity" might be based upon views, clicks, bids, or prior purchases, on items that are similar, in the same category, of similar description, listed by the same seller, in the same geographic location, views on mobile vs. desktop, or anything other parameters either known or unknown (i.e., behind-the-scenes data).




This is the very definition of shill bidding, and I am disappointed that you would recommend that another seller intentionally violate the eBay user agreement by engaging in this practice.

To the OP: Whatever else you may do, do NOT do this.

Revenue- I agree with most of your comments above and I worded my "suggestion" very poorly. For the record, I do not condone early low bids placed to make a lot more visible to the eBay algorithm.