Is this delay for Listings Normal?

Yes, the delay for "indexing" for Search is unfortunately normal.

Danno

Thanks Danno

I guess I can accept the delay in indexing the search (if I have to) but is it also normal for the item to be delayed in showing up on the category list.

BTW the item I listed at noon today finally showed up a 6:30 pm. I lost six and a half hours of prime Saturday browsing time.

Yes, on very heavy submission days, I've had the item delay showing-up in Category too.

No PAIN, No GAIN.

I've been listing books on Monday evening to avoid the weekend CRUSH. Mine usually index and cat. in a few hours on an off night. Actually, I've had pretty good sales on that basis too with a few bidding wars that really took me by surprise. I like the theory of list on Monday and the weekend browsers see my stuff all through the week and the next weekend for max exposure. Sat and Sun just seem to be a crunch with only bargain hunters for bidders.

Danno

Edit: I also sometimes do 10 day listing on Friday to get 2 full weekends of browsers and a finish on the Monday. That works too; especially to get a flock to follow my auctions from week to week. Now I get alot of repeat customers.

I like that advice Danno
The 10 day listing would take it through 2 weekends. I also like your Monday start idea. I am going to have to do a little experimentation for sure.

Thanks.

And another thing that I have noticed....

It just seems that its the Auctiva listings that are delayed as the ones you do see being listed are on time but some Auctivas are listed with less than 6 days 20 hours left.

Is it Ebay catering to their own listings and placing off site listings to whenever they get around to it?

No, I've had listings I did directly through Ebay take 12 hours to become searchable (grrr). But that was a year or 2 ago...seems thet now 4-6 hrs is about normal, sometimes much sooner. Lately mine have always been searchable almost instantly (through Auctiva)....so go figure

Hi member_8880

They took that long to be searchable but were they still listed in the category or was that delayed also?

I believe the category listing was delayed also...it's been awhile so I don't really recall. It seems to me the more established you become, the faster things are indexed, but I might just be imagining things

LOL
I get it...have to pay my dues

I am another newbe and I suppose this question has been asked a million times but...I just tried my first listing through your site and now I dont see it in "MY Ebay" along with all of my other active listings? How am I suppose to keep track of this listing?
Sorry if you have had to answer this over and over...just a newbe stumbling around your site...

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I dont see it in "MY Ebay" along with all of my other active listings

That suggests the possibility the submission had an error and was rejected/failed submission review. If you click on the Auctiva home page, you'll see an EVENTS counter at top right. Are you showing a count of 1 and in which of the three positions. If you click on the Events link, it will take you to a page with all Successes and Failures with causes.

Danno