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It says reserve not met, does that mean nobody is seeing my items
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It says reserve not met, does that mean nobody is seeing my items
woodland_gnome
·3 years agoNo. It means that nobody who has seen it has bid at least as high as the Reserve Price you set. There could be hundreds of views and dozens of bids but until someone bids at least as high as the amount of the Reserve it will remain "Reserve not met". Or for that matter it would say "Reserve not met" even after that if that bid were retracted (or cancelled, though I doubt you would be asking this particular question if you had cancelled a bid) between when it was placed and when you saw it saying "Reserve not met."
Of course it's not impossible that nobody clicked through from the search results to the listing. Or that nobody did a search that would have brought it up. Or scrolled down far enough to see it if there are a bunch of listings that meet the keywords used by the searcher and the sort order that searcher uses would put your item down the list.
shipscript
·3 years ago"Reserve not met" indicates you have paid for a listing upgrade to set a reserve price. A reserve price means you will not accept a winning bid below that price. If no one has bid, or if the bids are still lower than your reserve, then the item will not sell. It does not mean that no one is seeing your items.
It is not economical to set a reserve on everyday items. Reserves are typically set on vehicles and items where robust bidding is expected. For items that may see only a single bidder, I would recommend setting the start price at the lowest you are willing to accept and don't pay for a reserve option. That single bidder will then win the auction unless someone else is also interested.
In that light, it might be worthwhile to explore similar items that have sold. Those sold items would be a better indication of the price to expect. Then you might decide to go ahead and list as fixed price instead of auction.