On the eBay main page, up in the upper right-ish corner you'll see a bell icon, which is a message icon, and a shopping cart icon. To the left of those you will see the words "My eBay" with an arrow pointing down. Click on that arrow and choose "Selling" from the drop-down menu. Once you are on the Selling page, you can click "Active" for more info on your one active listing.
Do NOT be alarmed at a low number of views.
AND posting your question here was a much better choice than trying to contact anybody at eBay.
Couple questions, though:
Are you really really OK with selling this book for Ninety-Nine Cents?
You have listed it as an auction with a minimum starting bid of ninety-nine cents.
IF somebody is willing to pay for the expedited shipping, they may just win the auction with a bid of 99 cents.
And YOU will then be required to send the book to them, once you have received a message from eBay that the buyer has paid. You cannot change your mind and cancel the sale, saying, "No, no, I really wanted to get more than Ninety-Nine Cents for this book!"
And then: Are you aware of the Final Value Fee (FVF) structure that eBay charges to sellers when their listed items sell? You've listed your book in a Collectibles category, so you would probably be charged a FVF of 12.9% of the total price your buyer pays, plus eBay's flat fee of 30 cents per order.
Read that again: The Total Price Your Buyer Pays.
As an example, to keep the calculations simple, let's say a buyer in Los Angeles wins the book for $1.00 and pays $19.00 for the expedited shipping. The buyer's sales tax is 10%, and California does not tax shipping costs.
So your buyer pays $1.00 for the book, plus $0.10 in sales tax on the cost of the book, plus $19.00 for shipping. $1.00 + 0.10 + 19.00 = $20.10. That's the total price paid by your buyer. eBay's FVF is 12.9% of that total price: $20.10.
$20.10 x .129 = $2.59 + 0.30 = $2.89. eBay will want to be paid $2.89 for showing your listing on this platform to a nationwide or worldwide market. A book your buyer has paid One Dollar for.
It could be worse, though. If you had listed the book in the Books category, the FVF is 14.6% plus 30 cents.
The Lesson is: do not list stuff for 99 cents. No matter what eBay says. I know they like to market 99 cents as starting bids for auctions, saying that's a good starting price. But in reality and wa-a-a-a-ay too often, that starting price is also the ending price.
All that said -- and without reading what others may have responded to you -- I recommend you come back to this Selling community board at least a few times a week and read the posts. It is a great source of experience and knowledge.
Good luck!
