Leveraging Markdown Manager : Need some improvement.

[coolbrasco]

Leveraging Markdown manager : Need some improvement.

Dear eBay Team,

I am exploring how this Leveraging Markdown manager works and successfully and i have listed down items under "Summer Special 10% Discount". It is also offering discounted price.


I am happy with that. There are following drawbacks.

1. It took 1 night to show the sale on first time setup, it is bit long time for a process.
2. When i created a sale for this category, it should automatically mark down my prices when i list under this category ? That is the objective right ?
3. For example after listing down under this shop folder category, the discount does not come automatically, i have to go back to the edit option and select the category and confirm.
4. If 5 of the items already marked down and if i add 10 more item under the category, the 5 items are shown with marked down price. Rest 10 of them are not marked down and i have to go to Mark down manager again to make all 15 of them under sale.

What we want is, if a category under my shop is announced as Sale from Marked down manager, what ever items listed under that category should automatically marked down, instead of going and markdown again and again.

Thanks and regards,
CoolBrasCo.
eBay PowerSeller

[sapana@ebay.com]

Hi coolbrasco,

I believe you have a valid point that it wil be easier for a seller to have discounts in a particular category leveraged in all future lisitngs. However, while working on the feature, the team felt that giving a discount should be a conscious decision of a seller. By mistake products not intended for discount should not go on sale because the seller had put it on wrong category. In case by mistake seller puts non discounted listings in discount category, it could lead to loss for sellers and bad user experience for both buyers and sellers.

Nevertheless, i have forwarded your concern to the team. They shall evaluate the suggesiton and shall take appropriate action in the next round of changes for Markdown Manager.

Regards,
Sapana

[coolbrasco]

Dear Sapana,

Thanks for the reply and understanding the practical problem. Your point also valid. Normally a seller like to give sale for a season or promotional items in a separate folder, will be more appropriate for a sale. In that way when i select that as second category my listing will go there automatically and should be in sale. When the season is over i can remove the category and just sell for normal price.

If you afraid what will happen a seller listed wrongly, to avoid this just before confirm a listing, along with listing fees you can show in red words, this item will be listed under sale category of 10% or 20 % or what ever discount, so that seller will be aware of the listing.


Kind regards,
CoolBrasCo

PowerSeller --soon--> PoorSeller because of the new fees policy.