toolhound
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posted on July 26, 2002 07:09:51 AM new
I am selling more on Yahoo this week than usual. I put on quite a few auctions this week and have sold a lot with buy now. The items I am running are a little more expensive than I normaly put on Yahoo. Most in the $25.00 to $50.00 range seem to be what is selling. I have sold 9 items in 2 days just with the buy now. Am I just lucky or are others doing better on Yahoo?
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beinc
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posted on July 26, 2002 05:27:53 PM new
I haven't been listing on yahoo too long but I've noticed that I'm getting a few more hits this week than the previous weeks.
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caffeitalia
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posted on July 28, 2002 05:23:17 PM new
Sales are better at Yahoo for me as well. Actually even better than Ebay. Not sure why, but I am not complaining. At least about Yahoo.
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bidsbids
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posted on July 28, 2002 10:33:56 PM new
I broke down and listed everything that wasn't deleted and I'm surprised to see a very large amount of sales and side deals. There still are a lot of bidders on Yahoo.
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blairwitch
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posted on July 29, 2002 05:39:53 AM new
Sellers can make alot of money selling on yahoo if they research what is hot. Playstation 2 games are doing very well, as is collectable sports cards. If you want to sell nickel and dime stuff then yahoo isnt a good choice. 
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YourDesigns
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posted on August 4, 2002 10:02:44 AM new
It is so great to hear that a venue is doing so well. Are you folks getting a lot of pageviews as well as bids? Just wondering if there are a lot of shoppers AND lookers. 
Yahoo has some of the best features too.
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toolhound
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posted on August 5, 2002 01:51:43 PM new
On the 15 items I have coming off today and tomorrow pageviews average about 125 ranging fron 28 up to 359.
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robertsmithson
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posted on August 6, 2002 10:22:01 PM new
That's great news.
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prettypics
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posted on August 17, 2002 11:05:10 PM new
My sales are picking up, as well. Even had some last minute bidders. I guess it pays to spend a couple bucks here and there just to keep your presence out there. Although I market fairly low priced items, even 1 sale can pay for 100 of my listings, so I got to keep plugging away at it.
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robertsmithson
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posted on August 18, 2002 02:37:46 AM new
That's true. And there is much more traffic on Yahoo then on most of the small online auctions.
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blairwitch
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posted on August 19, 2002 11:21:30 AM new
If every seller who was fed up with ebay would list 10 quality items the site would really take off, but many will not do this. 10 items at $9.95 or less would be fifty cents.
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toolhound
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posted on August 22, 2002 06:27:37 AM new
blairwitch that is a good idea. I have 10 items right here that I had planned for eBay. I am going to put them on Yahoo. I ran 167 items on Yahoo last month and 76 sold. My sell rate was a little better on eBay but my fees are much lower.
I start my items on Yahoo at a resonable price where I can make money and then put a buy price a little over average eBay price. I have been selling about 75% of my items with the buy price.
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caffeitalia
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posted on August 22, 2002 08:58:04 PM new
toolhound,
I have found that to be true for me as well. Again, not saying that I can retire with Yahoo, but it sure is nice to be able to list quality items for next to nothing and actually get some quality sales.
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tooltimes
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posted on August 22, 2002 09:11:15 PM new
I was just thinking about the price differences between eBay and Yahoo regarding listing fees. On an auction item with a starting bid up to $9.99 the listing fee at eBay is 30 cents for 7 days.
For 30 cents at Yahoo a seller can list that same auction item for 60 days, 6 listings of 10 days each. The Yahoo sellers can also set a BIN at no extra charge and also receive half of the listing fee back if the auction item sells within 30 days of the start. Also the Yahoo sellers can set the start time of the auction, something the seller can not do at eBay without a third party service. Also the FVF is much less when the item sells.
That's a lot of good reasons to at least try Yahoo for the more common auction items that do not do well at eBay.
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blairwitch
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posted on August 23, 2002 07:09:01 AM new
Yahoo gives sellers MUCH more than ebay does. The thing I really like is on yahoo you can set the feedback requirements for bidders. This eliminates negative feedback bidders from bidding. Sellers are only hurting themselves by not building up another site for backup. They complain about ebay, but wont do anything to help themselves. 
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