eBay

theworldbaby · ‎08-07-2022

Somebody please provide some tips to a newbie on eBay, how to successfully increase sales even new??? thoughts guys/gals...

ckimodog · ‎08-07-2022

@theworldbaby

You may want to read up on ebay policies, rules etc.

You may also want to consider the Seller school:

https://sellerschool.ebay.com/

This is a valuable and important tool that will teach you what you need to know to be a seller on ebay.

Good luck to you should your enroll.

Happy Selling!

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ckimodog · ‎08-07-2022

@theworldbaby

You may want to read up on ebay policies, rules etc.

You may also want to consider the Seller school:

https://sellerschool.ebay.com/

This is a valuable and important tool that will teach you what you need to know to be a seller on ebay.

Good luck to you should your enroll.

Happy Selling!

stainlessenginecovers · ‎08-07-2022

Sell items that more people want-than don't- for a price cheaper than they can get it anywhere else on the internet.

theworldbaby · ‎08-07-2022

Good to go I am looking into this now

maxine*j · ‎08-07-2022

Just a couple of thoughts, for starters, and meant as constructive criticism:

You need to have hundreds and hundreds of items listed, not just two, in order to have sales. Having a sale with only two items listed would work if one or both of the items were both scarece and in high demand.

You need good, clear, photographs. Your photos for the one item are out of focus and the glare is terrible, obscuring the image and distorting the colors. Your single photo for the other item is so out of focus as to be useless.

Your need to have accurate descriptions: On the first item, the title says photograph, the item specifics says painting, and for some reason which I cannot understand you have the production technique as encaustic (a process that involves hot wax).

You need to give dimensions.

You need to study comparables to deternine pricing,

You should not call something "NEW" that is, in fact, rather old and, if the photos you provide are anything to go by, rather faded.

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hartungcards · ‎08-07-2022

Yeah, but other than that......

kathieskorner · ‎08-07-2022

There is no magic formula. However, in addition to maxine's constructive comments selling items priced $100-$300 as a newbie generally does not work very well.

pickapaper · ‎08-07-2022

I agree with everything maxine*j says above. Additionally, you have these listed in the paintings category but they are not paintings. These appear to both be prints, unsigned and unframed. The fact that both of these have a publisher's name & info printed across the bottom indicates they were mass produced for inexpensive distribution and most likely have not appreciated in value over the years.

You have to remember that millions and millions of items are on eBay so you have to put words in your title that the buyers will be looking for. Putting the publisher's names and addresses in your listing titles is not necessary as no one will be searching for them.

The only other thing I have to add is you might want to use "buy it now" with immediate payment required instead of auction. Determine the price you need and use that for your "buy it now" price. Buyers want immediate gratification and do not want to wait for an auction to end. The only things that sell well at auction are rare, high demand items.