posted on April 7, 2001 07:52:55 AM
If an item does not sell ~ how many times do you relist it? Do you lower the price? Do you relist it right away, or do you wait a while?
posted on April 7, 2001 08:02:44 AM
This is a very interesting question.
I used to relist right away, then started waiting a few weeks. I found that waiting vs. relisting right away seems to make no difference in the items I sell.
I've been finding that my relist sell-through is quite poor lately, so I'm going to wait a matter of months before listing again, or try Yahoo vs. eBay, back and forth like that 1 time for each, and then wait again.
Some items that I couldn't give away last spring and summer, wound up selling super-fast during the winter months, particularly during the Christmas season.
posted on April 7, 2001 09:40:25 AM
Not positive on this but I notice when you hit the relist button, the time frame is reduced the 2nd go-round. If you had it on for 7 originally, it goes to 5, and so on. AND if you choose a higher day while relisting,...you receive NO credit.
posted on April 7, 2001 12:35:55 PM
I use Auctionwatch to relist items that do now sell the first time through. I will relist up to 3x's then wait for a month or so before listing again. Usually, on the first relist, I get a buyer. Depending on the item, I may edit it to add another item for the same price, or add say a doll stand and plastic cover to the doll for the same price.
posted on April 7, 2001 12:48:21 PM
I usually put the items that don't sell after the second time together and sell them as a lot. They usually sell very quickly then.
posted on April 7, 2001 12:56:24 PM
I relist an item once, normally within 30 days. Sometimes I reduce the price, other times not.
If it doesn't sell on the first relist I look long and hard at the item. Sometimes my intuition says the item WILL sell and I will relist a third time, definately dropping the price...really low this time. But most times I box the items that didn't sell in two listings and take them to a B&M auction house. I can then reinvest the money in items that WILL sell on ebay.
I don't like tying my money up in inventory that sits around for months not earning me a return on my investment.
posted on April 7, 2001 01:02:14 PM
I relist in a lot of different ways, put in lots, lower prices, add or take away BIN. I usually sell the items the 2nd time around.
Item I had a starting price of $9.95 didn't get a bid. I relisted, lowered the starting price to $5.00, got 7 bids, sold for over $25.00. Go figure.
Microbes is absolutely correct! I have sold things on many occasions the didn't sell the first time by raising the price on both the starting bid and the BIN price.
We had a brick-n-mortar back in the beginning and I learned a good lesson about the third week we were in business....
Had this widget that I fairly priced at $69. Several customers came in, picked it up, admired it, commented on how nice they were, looked at the price tag....and then began to examine the widget for some type of damage or inferiority.
This scene had been repeated about 4 times and then one morning it happened again. After the customer left I marched out on the floor took the widget off the rack, ripped the $69 price off, and marked it $99!
The very next person through the door picked up the widget, examined it, looked at the price and brought it to the register.
Most of our eBay customers look for deals but not always. People are sometimes suspicious of items that are too low...
posted on April 8, 2001 06:56:21 PM
Since the probability of the sale is increased it would stand to reason that relisting is a good thing! But, the lack of VRANE being around makes it tedious. Vrane needs to come back soon or ebay needs to create a better bulk reload system for relist.
posted on April 8, 2001 11:52:49 PM
I have had to relist a set of orange cow-pie placemats 382 times (this week).
I first listed them in February, 1996. They were won a few months later by a guy named "claw" but he backed outwhen he realized there were 4 instead of 6.
