posted on July 27, 2001 12:31:57 PM
Does more listings result in better sell-thru and look-thru rate??? I can see that this may be the result since a few people will check your other auctions.....also what is the best way.. by keeping similar items together or by staggering them?? Also would too many pages make the person looking thru other auctions get dizzy and stop, and if so what would be about the right amount???
posted on July 27, 2001 12:57:25 PM
I sell collectibles and whenever possible, I try to run groups of similar items that might appeal to the same collectors. It seems to work as I tend to get a good number of bidders bidding on multiple items in order to combine postage (which is a great incentive with all the recent postage hikes). This also saves you time on packing - whenever I run hodgepodge auctions (as I have to every now and then), I almost always end up with one item per package, which means a whole lot more packing, not to mention payments to keep track of.
I'm a part time seller, so when I have enough time I generally run 50 auctions at a week for two weeks, then take off the third week to regroup. For me, it's not a matter of running so many auctions at once that it boggles the potential bidder - it's a matter of how much can I process before going bonkers.
posted on July 27, 2001 01:54:38 PM
The more listing you have the more likely you are to get bids How ever it don't nessarily mean a higher sell thrrough rate.
the percentage might be slightly higher but what really changes is the money you take in.
after all 50% of 20 Items sold is 10 Items sold, 50% of 500 item sold is 250.
if all you item sell for $10 to $20 which is better ..
posted on July 27, 2001 08:55:27 PM
I try to do the same thing as holdenrex. If I have a bunch of items that appeal to the same kind of person, I try to end them on the same night. I also make a note to myself to end them at least 15 minutes apart, so that a potential bidder can get to them all.
As to the other, it does depend on what you're selling. If I could sell two items a week, and clear $1000 profit on them, I'd just do those two items. Some people have higher goals.
I have found recently, that taking time to present good ads with good pictures has been helping me more than "mass" listings. But I also have smaller items that I do a little less work on (while still giving all pertinent info) because I'm not making that $1000 a week profit yet.
posted on July 28, 2001 12:14:22 AM
One trick is to use your About Me page to list your other items of interest. You can't mention your other items on the View Item page because that would be keyword spamming, but you can list them on your About Me page.
Do anything you can to bring users to your About Me page. Then use it to sell your other items.
Another trick is to insert a unique keyword into each listing. Say, you've got several auctions going for a red 1999 widget. Just put this keyword in each auction: "red1999widget." Then using eBay's search engine you can create a link like this:
"Click here to see my auctions for red 1999 widgets."
(You can do that on an About Me page, but not on a View Item page.)
posted on July 28, 2001 05:33:29 AM
Putting my buyer's hat on and speaking only about my own tendencies...
Once I decide to bid on a seller's item I always check the seller's other auctions because combining shipping is one of the best ways to free up more $$$ for higher bids. If the seller has 50 items or less, I will check them out. Over 50 and it turns me off...I might glance at the ones on the first page but I won't go any further. I know it's a psychological thing, but too many listings at once can be overwhelming to think of the time it will take to even just look at the titles for each of the listings.
As a seller, I've tried grouping similar items on the same ending date and am not sure that it works for me. I did learn to NEVER list two of the same item at the same time...it's bad enough having competition from other sellers with the same item, without competing against myself.
Gerald
"Oh but it's so hard to live by the rules/I never could and still never do."
posted on July 28, 2001 06:39:44 AM
As a buyer I agree with Gerald. too many I'll look at 2 maybe 3 pages but that's it.
too many turns me off.
As a seller, well the more your name is out there the more looks your gonna get. Of course too it depends on how much moola you need for your goals and the price of your items, etc. Maybe you don't need to list as many as others do?
The situation I'm in now is the merging of the store listings. My auctions end up buried and all those store *no-bid* items make it look as if no one is interested. I like them being together but I wish ebay would put another word in other than *no-bids* put store item or something else. I am getting sales but they don't fall off the list because I have alot of multiples.
Angela
www.pandorastrinkets.com
-0- it's a beady place -0-
posted on July 28, 2001 07:17:32 AM
there is a gemstone dealer from thailand who runs 5000 auctions per month and it is mindboggling to access his list,so that is a waste of time,you just have to seach for whatver you are looking for?
talk about supply and demand!!
posted on July 28, 2001 07:43:41 AM
Yes looking at a sellers listings when they have 5000 or more is confuseing and sometimes boreing but There listing come up 50 to 1 to the lister in the same category who is list 100 items.
Most people run a search and surf the search page for the items they are looking for most dont do a search on a sellers ID.
For the most part buyer will need to find you listing in search before they even find your Items or about me page.
There are 3 to 5 million listing on ebay in any one day the person listing 500 items daily is more sure to get veiws and bid then the person who might list 10 to 50 items a week or month.
Ebay feature can help the odds a little for some but there feture is high cost and if you items are low start bid feature not very usefull.
Even though ebay continues to Advertise as being for the person with that one or two Item in there attic they would like to get rid of and make a few dollars doing it but hasnt been geared toward the casual or small hobby seller for a long time.
