posted on June 22, 2001 10:06:43 AM new
Funny stuff! But seriously I love that feature where Yahoo shows you how many times your item is on a watchlist. Gives you insight into the interest for your product.
If your item isn't selling and it's not being put on anyone's watchlist it's safe to assume it's putting people to sleep! Time to reevaluate sale tactics!
posted on June 22, 2001 10:16:11 AM new
I've found that a LOT of the items on the Watchlists are items that fellow sellers are monitoring to see if your item sold or not to see if it is viable or worth listing ...
posted on June 22, 2001 10:21:31 AM new
All of my items that have been placed on people's Watchlists on Yahoo have sold with Buy It Now. So I relist em quick to give the watcher a 2nd chance!
posted on June 22, 2001 01:22:01 PM new
I'm also looking at some watchlisted "first bid wins" auctions I have up. I puzzled over that myself and will offer the possibility that a shopper might know he/she could afford a certain number of items in a certain price range and use the watchlist to group them together, look over the larger list that way, and decide later which ones to settle on.
Me, I use my browser bookmarks to do that, that way I can have stuff I'm interested in from several sites all grouped together. Doesn't mean other folks wouldn't just stick to Yahoo or Ebay, though, I guess.
posted on June 22, 2001 03:06:27 PM new
Very seldom had a watchlist buyer bid on my items. I know because the bidding never increased after it was on the watchlist.
I've concluded it has nothing to do with the price because they often can win at the start price. I think what happens is they bid on a similar item then put my item on watchlist in case they don't win the other one. That's the only thing that makes sense to me.
Items with a watchlist on it make a good prospect for a relist at a later date, so it's good info to know that there's interest.
posted on June 23, 2001 05:08:55 PM new
i have an item on watchlist,the watcher could have it for a penny more than the starting bid.
so i tend to agree that fellow sellers are watching the outcome??
or most sellers will tell you buyers dont read,may be they dont read they can have it for a penny over start bid?
or THEY JUST CANT AFFORD THAT EXTRA PENNY??
posted on June 24, 2001 06:48:51 AM new
I've placed items on my Watchlist to track the success, failure or final bid amount when I've had similar items for sale. I've also placed items on my Watchlist when I'm undecided about the item, but don't want to lose track of it in the event I do decide to bid. If I want to watch a particular Seller's auctions I will often place one on my Watchlist just to give me quick access. It's simpler than alerts in my opinion.
msCuFF@BidVille
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