@cb-boards wrote:
Would love to hear some input from other sellers on if they feel there is any best strategy for using markdown manager. We pretty much run sales constantly, usually for about 4-6 days at a time as it creates a call to action for those considering a purchase to "act now" before the sale ends. After the sale ends, we'll usually put them back on sale shortly thereafter.
The only downside I can think of is if someone who might be looking at the item for a long time before purchasing might think "Why not just list it constantly at the price you want to sell it for and not keep putting it on sale" however I think the pros outweigh the cons.
Would love to hear some input from seasoned sellers and/or if this sort of a strategy may have negative repercussions I'm not considering such as how a sale item might appear in best match etc.
I run sales, but it doesn't really do a whole lot to increase the sell through because my items are not commodities and no one needs them. The buyer who can buy my token on sale for $15 might not care that it's $20, but whatever price it is, he doesn't want it badly enough to buy it.
Usually I run a sale to try and unload some more expensive stuff, or put watched stuff on sale in the hopes of converting the watchers who are interested and not just looking to see what I sell mine at, so they can list theirs.
I've used Promotions Manager (the new Markdown Manager) to make combined shipping discounts so that if you buy one, it's $3.70 to ship, if you buy two, it's a flat rate of $4.35. I figured no one will buy enough coins to greatly exceed $4.35 in shipping except if I run 1.29 auctions, so I felt safe making it $4.35 flat rate.
Cheers, C.
