furkidmom
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posted on September 11, 2000 08:30:41 PM new
When my auctions don't get a bid, I have been relisting, and trying to lower the price as much as I can and still see a profit, change the wording a bit and list in another catagory. Even let the item rest a bit between lsitings. What do you do and how is your luck at a sale when doing this?
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mzalez
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posted on September 12, 2000 06:03:13 AM new
Every thing you've mentioned has worked for me, especially 'resting' between auctions. Sometimes it is just the wrong season to sell something and you have to wait for a better time.
My sell rate for a relist is about 66%, the rest gets sent to a thrift shop or library.
Sometimes I've raised the price on something relisted and it sells.
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hamburgler
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posted on September 12, 2000 06:12:16 AM new
Relist at 0.50/1.00 and 1.50 and will get a number of bids..usually around what I wanted. The rest goes into my online store to the trash or to charity. I think my resell rate is maybe 50-65%.
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alrad
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posted on September 12, 2000 07:21:00 AM new
just had to laugh here... i had item that i relisted for a total of 3 or 4 offerings... no sale.. stuck it in garage sale 6 months later for 2.00 and the lady buying it was ebayer.
I checked her auctions and it went for 25.00 or 30.00 bucks on her listing.. sometimes it is timing or the other person. she also had a booth at antique shop and lots of items up from same time period. Grouping things definately is a plus.
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mballai
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posted on September 12, 2000 08:44:49 AM new
It depends, maybe 50%. I find that many items will move if I put them on Yahoo where I can relist slow movers automatically.
Timing is everything. I often get a bid within hours of relisting and it always surprises me.
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VICTORIA
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posted on September 12, 2000 01:02:53 PM new
About 50%. I'm still learning about the books I sell, and I bought some white elephants that look to be headed for the library fund raiser.
Victoria
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rarriffle
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posted on September 12, 2000 03:05:19 PM new
I just relisted my first 2 items. The first I lowered the starting price by half, within 2 hours the bids had gone above my other beginning price, still has 3 days to go. The other got bids before but did not reach reserve, this time no reserve, no bids yet. We'll see.
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dman3
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posted on September 12, 2000 07:55:13 PM new
Yessssss
Timeing is everything for sure the key is this is the buyer here this week while its listed I find my self in this delema all the time when Im faced with relisting for a price.
I only sell limited on ebay my sell rate isnt the best since I have no feed back yet but I only sell one Type of item in one category there right now pretty much.
3 of 8 items best sell frist time.
second time I always list twice I usually list 7 to 10 days wait 10 days list it again second list of the five remaining 2 will sell then I either send it to yahoo to list a month or let it rest a month list again.
my listings on yahoo since they are free I work differently since for sure timeing is everything and most all areas are saturated there cant be a buyer for all items at the same time I tend to leave it listed till the buyer comes by and snags it.
I am finding the best rotation for me is two weeks on ebay no sale send it for 3 week to yahoo if no sale make it disapear off auction for a month and try again.
I am starting a collection of item I have rotated a few times that have no bids or takers im gona put them aside and when I have enough of these item I will run $2 start bid on yahoo with them see where it goes I have a small batch I am working with on yahoo right now older inventory meet my buy price get free shipping .
also I am testing lots or grouping of some things on ebay that fit in the same catagory
this seems to sell well too.
another thing I am working on for smaller and low shiping rate items win three in a week and get free shipping.
if you try these free or discount shipping deals make sure you word you ad right I goofed on a discount offer on ebay last week didnt word my offer right I was selling set and lots of records I found shipping on my set of 12 78s turned out to be high cost $14 to ship so my deal was win 2 or more of my record sets in one week I will ship the albums of 78s for $9 well I had three sets of these up one buyer bid on 2 sets of these 78s sets ouchie.not what I ment or what I wanted to mean at all but I will hold up to my promise it would have been cheaper for me two have said win one get the other free you pay the feight on both $28 hahaha .
even though I dont sell every thing on ebay I use yahoo mainly I can say if I listed all on ebay I would sell all nearly all my inventory in about two months.
I dont think I could keep up the supply and still hold a full time job. I can understand the seller burnout rate on ebay for people trying to do this full time.
WWW.dman-n-company.com
[ edited by dman3 on Sep 12, 2000 08:02 PM ]
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blueyes29
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posted on September 12, 2000 08:55:59 PM new
Actually, my ratio of re-lists is pretty high...most of mine have sold the second time around. Sometimes I change the category (some items fit well in two or more categories); sometimes, I lower the price. So far, I've been pretty lucky with my re-lists. I do agree with others...on eBay as in many other aspects of life, TIMING is the critical element. Good luck...
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