posted on September 4, 2000 07:20:14 PM
I have an item that does well each time I list it, though nothing high dollar. I am wondering if I should just clean out my inventory (I have about 25 left) by doing a Dutch auction or if I should just continue to list them individually....one week at a time. Looking for feedback on similar situations.
posted on September 4, 2000 07:28:18 PM
I suppose it would depend on how bad you want to "clean out the inventory".....I have had a few items that I could have run Dutch, but never did....The smaller items I relisted each time, the bigger ticket items I ran a couple at a time (although not dutch) offered a discount to winning bidder with multiples and (I believe) got higher prices than I would have if I did run 'em dutch.....Just my 2 cents....
posted on September 4, 2000 08:12:08 PM
Dutch is LESS hassle and from my experience you make far LESS money too. For some reason people tend to avoid dutch auctions.
posted on September 4, 2000 08:42:41 PM
I use dutch all the time because I want a big turnover and am happy with the opening bid price. But I can buy all I want of what I sell. If it was a one shot deal for these items I would do them one by one if I could afford to so as to maximize the return.
