posted on December 6, 2000 06:47:40 AM
I sold a book on ebay for $26.00. It was a celebrity biography and I had it listed in the Nonfiction-Biography/Memoir section. The buyer left me glowing feedback and has now relisted the book on Ebay in a different category. The kicker is....the bidding is already at $41. with several days left. He has it listed in the Nonfiction-Collectibles
category. I thought that category was for books about collectibles, price guides, etc.
He has given a lengthy description of the book with 2 pics, I had a short description with 2 pics. Does this make any sense?
posted on December 6, 2000 06:58:00 AMiwannabuy: This is a great example of why the listing in more than one category feature will work. Sometimes it is hard to determine which category to put items in.
I recently had multiples of some audiocassettes of an old BBC program. I listed them (and sold them with equal success) in both the audiobooks category and the tv memoribilia category.
Sometimes it is just hard to tell exactly which category an item would do well in.
posted on December 6, 2000 06:58:57 AM
Descriptions count! You "listed" the book. The buyer realized it was underpriced and they are "selling" it.
And place books in the category that is closest to the subject matter .. books about dogs do best in the PWET or og collectibles categories. Books abuot baseball players ... Baseball General or in the league if that applies.
posted on December 6, 2000 07:05:00 AM
His description is longer than mine but it's on the order of 'this would make a great Christmas gift for your friends or relatives....blah blah blah.' I try to be concise because I'm not sure anyone really reads those looooong descriptions. I'll definitly start using the 2 category option.
posted on December 6, 2000 07:46:15 AM
Hello Iwannabuy,
While I agree that the two category option might have aided you in getting the book before more potential bidders I have to agree with Abacaxi's assessment that you "listed" it while your buyer is "selling" it.
I think the mention of the book as a great Christmas gift in conjunction with the collectibles subcategory has probably made the difference.
I track the eBay auctions of books related to cryptology on my own website and have a reasonably good feel for how the description, starting bid and reserve factor into the sales of these types of books. I don't track category however so I can't make any reasonable conclusions about the importance of category in relation to other factors.
