At one time or another over several years here I have tried all of the paid advertising levels. Basic to 9% made a difference for sure. 9% to 15% (I think at that time) made little difference. As time has passed the advertising fees have changed (all gone up)as well as the shopping venues changing their requirements. For the past year I have stuck with the 13% mainly because it does get more exposure than the 9% plus our profit margin does not allow for 19% if we want to stay competitive. But what we also did before Xmas sales was add 1 test of Turbo Traffic for $24.95. The increase in views and sales was remarkable and have only just this week had to add another round of Turbo Traffic because we sold enough using it to keep it active for over 2 months at no extra cost. Much less cost to us than straight 19% with no significant change in views thus orders. I don’t know your product market but I would recommend lower advertising fee and add Turbo Traffic. Nothing will make a difference if your listings are not in compliance with the shopping venues though so make sure you are up to date before investing more money (IMO). Hope this helps and good luck to you. Been here since 2009 and would recommend to anyone who asks :-)

Hello Empress, I have tried 9-13-19 per cent advertising fees, I found for my selling Antique and collectible Items 19% was not of help, I had been at 9 and 13% prior to that so I thought I would try 19%. So then I tried going from a silver to gold membership and dropping back to 9% advertising fee. My views dropped about 22%. I went back to 13% on Jan 13, My views are back close to where they were at 19% and I expect them to be all the way back about Feb 20. I keep a end of month log of all views, Paid advertising views and Number of sales. For me 13% seems to be the right place to be. It may be different for you. I suspect that what you are trying to sell will determine if 19% is the place you should be.

I started at 9% for a year then went up to 19% for a couple of years,then I went down to 13% and have been there for a year and at 13% I seem to have more sales then I did at 19%.
I took a survey of persons who bought items about 5 months ago asking where they saw my item on what search engine and all said google,except for 4 people. I haven’t tried the turbo.

I do 9% and i am satisfied with the sales for that.I’am not willing to pay more than that.

I have had turbo traffic made little difference. If your in the search your in the search doesn’t matter the percent . make a great listing and have items people want. And they will sell.

I have 4 booths and I have tried each % in each of my booths, and honestly, to me, it does not seem to make any difference.

Keep the posts coming folks. It is really interesting seeing everyone have a different advertising experience story to tell.

Just sold an item on 1/30 for $30 & $6.35 shipping to an “outsider” as i call them (non ebay or bonanza members, someone that found my item on the web or while searching bonanza) I currently have my booth set at 19%, I was not charged the full 19%, was only charged 15.7% of value, which came to 5.70 according to my bill. I was able to bring my final value fee down to about 60 cents using my tokens which i have saved., so basically i received the full price of the item with near 0 fee’s (other than paypal)

I really believe it just takes the right buyer to come along that is looking for your item. Great pictures, description, price & fair shipping doesn’t hurt either.