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Posted by topsale on 08-Feb-2012 17:45 Report
bulk increses in price
I need to increase the price of some of my items as the supplier has done the same, can I do this in bulk?
 
Replied by jrmb7339 on 08-Feb-2012 18:32 (Ref 2331893) Report
 Hello - as far as I am aware - there is no such tool at the moment - they have to be edited one at a time unfortunately.

Good luck with your sales.

Jules
Replied by weinerpatrol on 08-Feb-2012 19:51 (Ref 2331899) Report
In the options on the left side of your selling page under the heading Selling Tools there an option that says  Bulk Update.
You can do percentage price changes in bulk, either to increase or decrease prices. You can't add a set dollar amount like $5 on all listings though.
Replied by nara120 on 08-Feb-2012 20:05 (Ref 2331902) Report

weiner, I didn't know about that!  Not that I need to use it but handy to know, thanks.

BFUB, you can under My Selling, then to the left choose Edit Listing. When the page comes up, scroll to the very RHS and click on BASIC INFO.  This way is extremely fast when you want to change the basics in a listing. Just hit confirm each time and the listing is done.  I don't know any other way that's quicker.
Replied by marian-48 on 08-Feb-2012 20:27 (Ref 2331904) Report
weinerpatrol  Is that only for Vshops? I dont have that feature. I only have withdraw items, clear clicks, clear watchers, flag & un flag. Marian
Replied by weinerpatrol on 08-Feb-2012 21:08 (Ref 2331907) Report
I haven't got a shop. Look on your My Selling page, on the far left under selling tools.
Replied by marian-48 on 08-Feb-2012 21:16 (Ref 2331908) Report
Well Thank You for that, I did not think that option was avaialble. I only thought VShops could advertise % off sales! Marian
Replied by weinerpatrol on 08-Feb-2012 21:33 (Ref 2331909) Report
I'm suspicious that it just puts the new price in without showing what the old price was. There's no indication that you're having a sale, such as an old price crossed out.

The other thing to watch for if you use the feature is that it's hard to restore the original price if you've taken a percentage off, and then want to go back to your original prices.

If you take 10% off $10 you get $9, (10% of $10 = $1.00) but if you add the 10% back on you get $9.90, not the original $10. (10% of $9 = $0.90).
Replied by boo512 on 08-Feb-2012 21:36 (Ref 2331910) Report
 You thought right Marian, only vShops can have advertised sales.  The method above only reduces the prices, it doesn't draw attention to the price change in any way, the buyer will not know the price has been changed unless they happened to have seen it previously.  There are no alerts sent to watchers and favourites either, and no additional exposure from the price decrease.

It's not a way to have a sale, just a way to reduce all your prices at once.
Replied by marian-48 on 09-Feb-2012 07:29 (Ref 2331926) Report
Thats a shame it doesnt show the old price crossed out, at least sellers could have  a SPOTD sale if it did. Marian
Replied by take-your-fancy on 09-Feb-2012 09:18 (Ref 2331949) Report
......erm.....will someone explain what flag and un flag means please ? 

 
Replied by memyandi on 09-Feb-2012 10:53 (Ref 2331973) Report
take-your-fancy, to flag something means you put a little red flag to the left of an item in your selling list (or your Unsold or any other list).  Go to your Selling page and across the top you'll see a little grey flag just to the left of the word Title in the headings.  If you hover your mouse arrow directly below that flag and beside any one of your listings, a small box will appear.  Click on that box and a red flag will appear beside that item.  To remove the flag, just click on it again.  Sometimes it takes a couple of seconds to appear so be patient.

It's handy for reminding yourself about particular items and it's easier than using the drop-down menu on the right side to add a note.  I have a heap of my stuff flagged as part of my system for how I manage my listings.  You can use it for all sorts of reasons - it's up to you.

I never knew about the bulk update before.  Is there anything you DON'T know about the site, weiner?  

Edit:  I never realised you could flag in bulk before!  It's probably just as easy to flag individual items one at a time as it is to tick the boxes one at a time and then do them all in bulk anyway.
Replied by take-your-fancy on 09-Feb-2012 11:21 (Ref 2331975) Report
Thank you Memyandi  I'm so glad I asked this - excellent

 It will come in handy for sure !!


Have a great day
Replied by memyandi on 10-Feb-2012 10:57 (Ref 2332073) Report
take-your-fancy, you can do the same with your emails in Outlook Express.
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