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Kitty


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A few times I've had trouble selling stuff on eBay - but I kept relisting and trying different approaches. I thought it would be cool to share some tips and tricks about what's worked for you - such as listing time, how many days to have the auction go for, pricing, etc.

- Pricing things really low to start seems to be the best way to attract people to the item. When I've priced things with a ridiculously low starting price I get a lot of watchers and a bidding war eventually ensues.

- Free shipping does not seems to be a motivator 

- Having things end at night or on a weekend has had the best success for me

- With 3 and 5 day listings I have fewer watchers drop off - I am wondering if there's a big advantage to using the 7 day listing? 



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squishy


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these are obvious things, but a lot of people neglect to do so on their listings.

- include lots of measurements, to the point of being excessive.  i've done this for jeans, and have gotten a lot of watchers/bids that way

- if it's a retail non-vintage item, i try to find stock pictures online, and use it as my first gallery pic.  i also attach 2-4 more actual pictures of the item.  as a buyer, a stock photo seems more appealing to me rather than a poor, shapeless picture of it on a hanger

- have fun with the description.  as silly as this sounds, i've made really good sales with items that had interesting/funny descriptions.



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Cortney1982


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*When I list I take consideration of time zones.  If you have your listing end past 6-7pm pacific time, a lot of the East coasters would be in bed already.  My favorite time to have an ending time was Sunday 10 am PST.

*Pictures!  Use lots of good quality large photos.  Cell phone pictures, and bad lighting equal waste of time and money.  Do not use ebay photo hosting. 

*Include all the details of the item.  Measurements, material, washing instruction (if it's clothes) condition, etc. 

*Let us know terms of sale.  How much shipping is, which shipping company you will use, when the package will be shipped.

*Titles are extremely important.  Always include size.  I prefer XS, S, M, L, XL, 0, 1, etc.  instead of spelling it out because that takes more title space and I wish everyone would use this as a standard to make searches easier.  I make sure I include brand, particular style name, what the item is, color, size, and condition.

Example of how I'd title this item:

 J.Crew yellow Sadie cropped trench coat, S, NWT and if I have room, I would also put small just in case for the people who don't use S for small.


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shopgirl


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i've been using auctiva for my auctions. I found them through ebay and i can use up to 15 images without any extra ebay fees.

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shopgirl wrote:

i've been using auctiva for my auctions. I found them through ebay and i can use up to 15 images without any extra ebay fees.

tell me more shopgirl. no .15 cent fees for more pictures? how do you use it?



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