My items are getting no attention HELP

[gocatrecords]

I've been an eBay seller since 2011. Sold records for a few years and made good money. Then things got busy and I stopped selling. Now after almost two years of not selling anything I've starting listing items again. I've got tons of records just sitting around many rather collectible that I'd like to sell. Trouble is my items are not getting any attention. I think my prices are pretty good but I've got a combined 2 watchers on 17 items and most items haven't been viewed more than a handful of times. Seems like the stuff I used to sell for like $20 I can't even get watchers at half that price now. Has the market for old records gone down? Is there something wrong with my listings? Somwthing else? I don't know any advice is appreciated. Thanks.

[ekmadonna]

part of the problem might be MILENIALS are not interested in ELVIS, and the hard core collectors that are still out there probably already have what you are offering. your pictures look great. oversaturated category and lots of competition dumping stuff cheap does not help either. stick to it cause your prices are fair. I sold all the Elvis albums I had 3 years ago fairly quickly. the last one I sold took over a year-- girls,girls,girls AT 20 bucks. the market place changes rapidly so check sold listings and current items for sale and price a hair below if others are offering the same album or slightly higher than the sold listings if you have little or no competition for the album being offered. Good Luck

[emerald40]

Over 31,000+ of Elvis records listed.

And 16,000 have sold, so it is in demand, just in a crowded category.

Check the sold listings to see what might have attracted buyers to purchase them.

[coolections]

Don't worry about watchers as they mean nothing. Your records have not ended yet so wait until the auctions are over. Most buyers bid in the last 10 seconds at auctions here on Ebay. There is a chance some will sell but most likely only one bidder. If you look closely most of the stuff you are auctioning  have little demand as every Elvis fan out there already owns that stuff.  The records that end with many bidders include the Elvis photos, and the conditions are very nice thus the reason why you may get only a single bidder. Ebay is not what it used to be as buyers are very picky as to what they purchase.

[duggmills]

I noticed there are over 4.5 million records for sale on eBay.  It may be difficult to draw a larger share of the flooded market.  Maybe sell in batches of similar artists to save buyers a bit with combined shipping.

[luckythewinner]

I think my prices are pretty good

Elvis Harem Holiday Germany black RCA label: 

1) There are 15 other copies for a lower total price than yours. 

2) there are 11 sold items, and 10 of them sold for less that your asking price. 

So while you think it is a good price, the market suggests otherwise. 

P.S. When I see a listing offering a "MyStoreRewards invitation" , I run away screaming.  I'm here to buy items not to collect spam. 

[atikovi]

I just have to wonder about records in general. Being made of plastic that tends to get brittle with age, are they still going to usable in another 20 years, 50 years or 100 years? I could imagine in 50 years just pulling one out of it's jacket could break it into 1000 pieces. Maybe people are moving away from them as collectibles if they will become worthless in the future.

[Anonymous]

From my earliest days on the ebay message boards, the deepest and most penatrating concept I learned was that you get what you put in. Hard work pays off. If you aren't working hard, you can't expect a pay off.

[coolections]

@atikovi

Actually they have went up tenfold over the last 30 years or so and gaining even more popularity each year if you have the right ones. The majority are not worth more then a few bucks. No, they do not get brittle and break.

[sockmonkeydave]

@atikovi

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@atikovi wrote:

I just have to wonder about records in general. Being made of plastic that tends to get brittle with age, are they still going to usable in another 20 years, 50 years or 100 years? I could imagine in 50 years just pulling one out of it's jacket could break it into 1000 pieces. Maybe people are moving away from them as collectibles if they will become worthless in the future.

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I have Sun records from the 1950's... In a thousand years they will still play.

My Kenwood amp and turntable is from 1974, in a thousand years they will still play.

Many new and old are using the old round disk.

The sound is much better quality, a warm feeling.

And the prices are crazy hig...

Fleetwood Mack, 5 bucks in 1978.

New pressing 50 bucks.

[themagicmountain]

Millenials are the ones buying the records, and record covers to decorate with

In some places, record sales are very good

this seller doesn't have the track record of sales and isn't getting good search placement

[themagicmountain]

When you took time off, your sales record went away, so now you getting downgraded in search results

List more, and if you can get some cheaper items up in quantity to get sales numbers up, you'll get higher search placement. Also offer 1 day handling and 30 day returns.

It will take time, but with steady listing you will get moved up in search results

aslo make sure you fill in item specifics