posted on July 2, 2000 11:44:49 AM
I have posted my first auction on Yahoo!
I registered, etc., stumbled through the AW auction manager software, two errors related to number of images, and responding to the confirmation email from Yahoo!.
No bids yet, and the only page hit was mine - I was checking out what it looked like...Of course, it's only a so-so kid's video, so it may take a few relistings, but...Hey! It's not costing me a cent!
posted on July 2, 2000 11:55:00 AM
Ah, darn it! I was hoping your first Yahoo! auction was going sky-high and I'd have someone to cheer for!
I just listed 15 auctions there on Friday and so far none have bids. But I'm trying to take into account that this is the Fourth of July weekend, too, and probably a lot of people are off playing right now, even though I don't get to.
And, like you say, it doesn't cost anything to list, so I think it may be worth giving a few shots and taking the old wait and see attitude here.
posted on July 2, 2000 12:59:18 PM
I seriously advise anyone starting to sell at Yahoo! Auctions to start reading ALL the messagethreads in this forum, as they contain a WEALTH of information. I intend to keep going back & back & back -- I'm about to start on Page 3 of old messagethreads at this forum.
The most important thing I've gathered in my reading is that YES, it is possible to be a successful seller at eBay Auctions, but one must use different merchandising techiniques, more akin to strict retailing, and one must completely eradicat the "auction mentality" of frenzied bids and so on, cuz Yahoo! is different.
Entirely.
Again and again, people experienced with selling on Yahoo, state that PATIENCE is the key requirement to success over here.
Secondly, the number of sales seem to range from 20-25% of the total number of listings you submit.
Thirdly, if you refrain from listing the infamous "eBay reject", you are likely to have your selling list bookmarked by eager consumers, who don't like slogging thru pages of eBay rejects.
posted on July 2, 2000 02:48:03 PM
VeryModern: It may please you to learn that in one of the Sunday supplement magazines that came with the newspapers that there is an interview with dotcomguy and when he was asked to identify his five favorite websites, the first one he mentioned was Yahoo Shopping.
posted on July 3, 2000 12:30:15 AM
Radh, I agree with you on reading the topics here--I've found them very informative, though I haven't read them all yet. (I'm in the middle of a game competition--like I needed that right now in my life, LOL, and like I'm good enough to be competing, ROFLOL!)
Anyway, the stuff I have listed right now more of the same stock I sold on eBay last fall and did fairly well with it. I did add a few inexpensive books ($1.00 bids) for the fun of it. My page views are doing reasonably well, I think, though no bids YET!
Patience, patience, patience!
Anyway, while most sellers seem to prefer the "retail" type market, this is one who does on-line auctioning for fun and profit, so I want to attempt to put the Auction back into Yahoo! 'cause I think there's definately room for both auction and buy prices.
(You know, it was funny, today I saw a listing that in the title said "Real auction!" And the listing had real bids on it, too! )
posted on July 3, 2000 05:58:14 AM
I've got a total of 5 items now at Yahoo...not a page hit on any. Ah, well, as you say, radh - patience, patience.
None of the items I listed have a "buy" price, or a reserve. I just listed them as regular auctions, with the opening bid set at the least I'd accept.
I don't know if I'd call posting items on Yahoo that didn't get bids on eBay "rejects". Considering the time of year, it's very possible that nobody has seen the listings on eBay. On the other hand, the same argument holds for Yahoo...
Well, I'll keep trying Yahoo anyway...and eBay, and Gold's, and...
