07-02-2020 09:43 PM
Hello guys, i'm new at ebay and just started selling my items, in the last month I think that I sold about 9 items in one week, so I decided to change my pictures to look better (try to be more professional), and the item description with more details.
Since then I'm struggling to sell, even offering best prices, I have 0 reviews, even that some items are delivered.
Any tips? What I'm doing wrong? I see same items like mines selling 10 / 20 /30 a day with higher price.
Thank you.
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07-05-2020 06:53 AM
Nobody can, its just the way to sell it, i'm trying to figure out what to do to get costumers attencions, if I sell for free shipping for sure the item will be a bit higher then usual.
Just playing with the numbers to see what fit.
Thanks
07-05-2020 07:39 AM
The quickest way you could get some feedbacks to get rid of the (0), would be to buy a few things on eBay.
07-05-2020 07:51 AM
07-05-2020 12:29 PM
@guangxi_hone wrote:Your zero feedback is a stopper. Seller from far away country with zero feedback - as a buyer I'd choose domestic rather especially that your prices are not competitive. Please compare:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=254350607186&_sacat=0
searching for Nintendo 64 N64 and clicking on yours at the bottom of page Ebay displays suggestions. This is one of them.
Listen to nuclearomen. Do more research
That is a modified console that is not allowed to be sold on eBay. You can't play US and Japanese games on a Nintendo 64 without physically modifying the console.
07-05-2020 12:34 PM
@nuclearomen wrote:i'm telling you do search on ebay for each item you have, and I said systems, not games, there are plenty of the same systems listed (pages actually) pre-owned for much less. You can believe your prices are great but I remember you asking why your not selling and I'm telling you that is one very likely reason. Do you think or believe that you are the only one selling these gaming items? Do you thin your prices on pre-owned equipment are the best? Do you believe buyers in the US will spend the extra to get said item from Japan? Do you believe your items are that much demand? It seems so since your convinced your right...then why ask for help, you have it all figured out.
Have a good night - best of luck to you.
Japanese game consoles and US game consoles are not the same. The older systems are region-locked, meaning that you can only play games from that region on that console. You can't play Japanese games on a US system, for instance, without modifying the console, and vice versa. Many video game collectors will own systems from both regions to allow them to play both English and Japanese versions of games without having to mod their consoles. So yes, they will pay extra to buy the Japanese version of a system.
As an example, I own both a US and a Japanese Wii. My US games will not play on the Japanese Wii. My Japanese games will not play on the US Wii. I need both systems to be able to play games from both regions unless I want to mod one of them.
07-05-2020 12:47 PM
@grjapan wrote:If was me, ill be stopped by no feedbacks too, but i'm struggling to get one lol, last week I delivered an item in 2 days from japan on priority mall to be sure that everthing was ok and I can get my feedback but was not enought haha, even asking twice to the costumer.
you have to understand that the new age ebay buyer culture does not leave feedback, you'll experience around 2 out of every 10 buyers leaves feedback...if that. But if something goes wrong you can bet your bottom dollar the buyer will leave bad feedback.
@grjapan wrote:The problem is if I lower my prices with no feedback ill be less trustable, so i'm stocked in this part. I made 3 sells on this wknd, hopefully they can give me a feedback, because that was almost 0 profit to start being trustable.
I fell everybody has the same problem in beginning so ill trying to do my best and get some feedbacks.
thank you for the advices.
why do you think this? You believe that new seller, zero feedback and higher prices formula is going yield you high rate of sales? The formula you need is opposite of this! Listen, i don't mean to tell you harshly, but your in a world where millions of sellers exist, sellers who have been here many years and have gained tons of loyal customers. You've one initiative right now, is to build that same reputation they have...and having higher prices won't do it. Trust me when I tell you, you are not going to make a lot of money, you won't likely even make much profit for quite some time, that is fundamental part of doing a new online business. If you go into it with the mindset you charge bit less and gain some ground, customers, some reputation the higher prices can gradually come. Look at your choice of products, there is no shortage of gaming related sellers and everyone single one will tell you what I already have, the competition in gaming is fierce and not just here, everywhere, anything you have someone else has it cheaper and there are some really big gaming sellers on ebay, who I have bought from myself, they have the absolute cheapest prices - for instance Game Stop will charge $50 for said game, I come to ebay and can usually get it $20-$25 with free shipping - as example.
Now I'm not saying drop your prices so low you lose money either, of course, but be competitive not just on prices but in descriptions, mention everything important, everything needed and fill in all the Item Specifics fields possible (it helps in search) and finally, package your items extremely well, in a professional manner - nothing beats when a buyer gets a package and opens it and sees the item they purchased was packaged with complete care in mind - that will generally provide you the feedback you seek.
07-05-2020 12:48 PM
@yuzuha wrote:
@nuclearomen wrote:i'm telling you do search on ebay for each item you have, and I said systems, not games, there are plenty of the same systems listed (pages actually) pre-owned for much less. You can believe your prices are great but I remember you asking why your not selling and I'm telling you that is one very likely reason. Do you think or believe that you are the only one selling these gaming items? Do you thin your prices on pre-owned equipment are the best? Do you believe buyers in the US will spend the extra to get said item from Japan? Do you believe your items are that much demand? It seems so since your convinced your right...then why ask for help, you have it all figured out.
Have a good night - best of luck to you.Japanese game consoles and US game consoles are not the same. The older systems are region-locked, meaning that you can only play games from that region on that console. You can't play Japanese games on a US system, for instance, without modifying the console, and vice versa. Many video game collectors will own systems from both regions to allow them to play both English and Japanese versions of games without having to mod their consoles. So yes, they will pay extra to buy the Japanese version of a system.
As an example, I own both a US and a Japanese Wii. My US games will not play on the Japanese Wii. My Japanese games will not play on the US Wii. I need both systems to be able to play games from both regions unless I want to mod one of them.
i know all this, I'm a gamer myself, i said there are others selling same thing.
07-06-2020 04:18 AM
Thanks,
Yes, I'm trying to change the strategy and changed my prices to be more competitive.
You are right, I'm trying to pack everthing with care, clean and send fast to looks more professional and show that I care.
I need to improve a lot, but I'm learning every day.
Thank you for the advices.
07-16-2020 11:40 AM
He’s right. Price is everything. High price =no sale.