posted on January 24, 2003 01:48:19 PM new
I list under several IDs. As an experiment I tried listing some items on a 0 FB ID that didn't sell on my "high FB Power seller ID.
I had a 70% sell through on the 0 ID. Same price, same catagories, same time of week begin and end.
I am only speculating why, but I think that there may be some truth to the case that many buyers are steering clear of high FB sellers.
The reasons ? Again pure speculation, but could it be that many buyers figure that a high FB seller knows the value of the item and has a starting price that accords to that price,or that buyers may actually trust a newbie more so than a jaded experienced seller ?
Not sure why the stronger sales, but I will start listing more on the low FB IDs.
posted on January 24, 2003 02:31:15 PM new
That's the only advantage to being a low feedback seller, many shrewd buyers think they are taking advantage of a newby.
posted on January 24, 2003 02:32:34 PM newNot sure why the stronger sales, but I will start listing more on the low FB IDs.
Could be that many bidders feel they can get a better deal or price from a 0 fb id.
Under my buying id I have purchased some great items from new sellers as they do not always know what they are selling.
posted on January 24, 2003 03:28:16 PM new
I haven't had a sell through of 70% in years either, but you have to remember that the 70% sell through was for a fraction of the listings I do on the larger account, but I took items that were a 10% sell through and listed them in a 0 FB account and got 70% sold.
This isn't a scientific undertaking, but just an observation that seems to be worth following.
LOL-- we'll see how many people read this board if in a couple of weeks eBay shows a bunch of new 0 FB sellers.
If this pans out, I will also seriously consider selling my higher FB business. But I'm not counting on a single event to make the decision.
posted on January 24, 2003 03:28:22 PM new
I had a buyer not too long ago tell me that another sellers had the same item for $5.00 *MORE* than me, and that he didn't have ANY negative feedback. He wanted to know why he should trust me with my awful feedbacks.
I have over 1000 Positives and 3 Negs on the account in question. I checked out the other seller-4 Positives and 0 Negs.
I know *I* would trust a seller with my feedback, but I guess some buyers ONLY looks at the number of negs.
Have you ever looked at any of the "who has the worst feedback" posts and see [email protected] get mentioned? They do have the highest number of negs, but then they also have the highest number of Pos's as well.
It's all relative, but some buyers can't/won't do the math. Their loss.
posted on January 24, 2003 03:50:48 PM new
I definitely agree with the premise. In my own field, I have 2 different User ID's. One I use 99% of the time. Great feedback. Items fully guaranteed and professionally described. The other ID has low feedback, all good. I describe items here in a vague way, like I don't know what I have. No guarantees. On CERTAIN items the low feedback, duh seller works great. I've had items with a fair market value of $450 that I could not sell for $500 on my main site. List them on my "I don't know" site and they've bought up to $2500. I wished this strategy would work with all types of items, but in my experience it works with a very small percentage.
