posted on November 13, 2000 06:42:31 PM new
Oh dear.... I'm sorry to hear that 1st Bid Wins didn't work for you.
1st Bid Wins is still paying the bills for me. Without it, I would have to report rather dismal sales. But the 1st Bid Wins have been selling very consistent.
posted on November 14, 2000 12:28:19 AM new
Ahaa.... I never use First Bid wins, what I use is a Buy Price
Opening Bid $4.00
Buy it $4.75
50% of my sales, sell this way
posted on November 14, 2000 12:32:25 AM new
On another note, remember this,
with the current transfer-credit-feedback from amazon or ebay to your account credit on yahoo to use for featured auctions, you
will be seeing many big sellers from those sites testing the cool waters of yahoo
and along with those sellers will come some of their buyers... its going to mushroom in
OUR favor
posted on November 14, 2000 04:25:21 AM new
It is critical that the price you set is reasonable.
If you are coming to Yahoo from Ebay setting your buy price at what you wish you could get, or what you used to get last year on ebay, your item is going to sit.
posted on November 14, 2000 04:54:14 AM new
VM is right-don't set unrealistic prices. so often on Ebay, you get those prices just because of the bidder's competitiveness. If you set prices that are about what they'd pay in a mall, including postage, this stuff will sell like crazy, because they don't have to go looking in the malls for it. They also don't have to wait a week to see if they got it. I do 1st bid almost exclusively now. If it's somewhat really different, I list it on Ebay and let the bidders compete!
posted on November 14, 2000 02:23:23 PM new
I do of course agree with bearmom & VeryModern. They are absolutely correct.
While I have used the 1st bid wins strategy very effectively in the past, I think it's very funny that you should mention it's not working for you right now, considering I'm kinda having the same experience. My sales on Yahoo have been pretty weak for the past 10 days or so. However, since I just lost about $200 (estimated) due to Ebay outages, I'm determined to get things hopping on Yahoo again.
Last night I decided to tinker a little with my auctions. Ever the gambler, I set some auctions up to start at $1.00 opening bids and set a realistic buy price. I was completely aggravated this morning to notice that some of the auctions had been viewed & watchlisted. Why watchlist an item you want when the opening bid is ONE DOLLAR??????? That sure doesn't make any sense to me. But I did just have one auction that was listed at $1.00 close with a buy price winner, so maybe there is hope.
All I can say is I WISH Yahoo would DE-SCRAMBLE the listings. I could just cry with frustration right now!!!!!
posted on November 14, 2000 10:16:01 PM new
I think I know why people put things on their watchlist rather than bid on it: the two lists are not COMBINED into one by Yahoo. (Ebay doesn't combine them either, but your "bidding" list is above your "watching" list on your "My Ebay" page, so you can see them all at once.)
If you bid on something on Yahoo, it goes on your "Bidding" list. If you're watching something until it closes, it goes on your "Watchlist". These two lists have to be pulled up and viewed SEPARATELY, so it's very easy to forget about one or the other when checking on the auctions you're interested in winning.
I learned early on that if I bid on something and didn't ALSO put it on my watchlist, I'd check my watchlist auctions but FORGET to check my bidding list, and the item I'd bid on would close with someone else winning it. So I quit bidding on auctions right away, just putting everything on my watchlist to bid on just before the auctions close.
People who put "First Bid Wins" auctions on their watchlists usually are either only mildly interested in the item, or want to check around to see if the item can be purchased for less elsewhere before bidding.
I'm sorry to hear that 1st Bid Wins didn't work for you.
