WHY AM I NOT GETTING ANY BIDS? HELP!

[starrsecret]

HELLO EVERYONE, I AM BASICALLY NEW BUT REALLY TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING RIGHT. I HAVE ONLY HAD ONE SALE IN 2 WEEKS!!! COULD SOMEONE PLEASE PLEASE CRITIQUE ME? I REALLY NEED HELP! THANK YOU~STARR

[castlemagicmemories]

OP, sorry about slow sales, but you are selling in a very oversaturated category.  That means you have a lot of competition from other clothing sellers.

I just glanced at one of your listings, you have measurements, which is good, but you had the word, PERFECT in the title.  I would be very careful about calling anything perfect.  

[southern*sweet*tea]

Get rid of the all caps in titles. You don't need that and from my understanding search hates it.

That said, auctions for most clothing items doesn't seem to work out very well. An item has to be hard to find or unique somehow for a buyer to justify waiting seven days for an auction to end. For your auction listings, might I suggest fixed price listings at competitive prices? Check sold listings to get comps for the items you have, and base your price on those.

Also, clothing is very, very saturated. Everyone and his brother and sister seems to sell clothing. You have 22 items including 18 dresses. There are almost eleven MILLION dresses alone listed on Ebay.  Very over saturated indeed.

[ten_o_nine]

I see you have 100% feedback but 4.6 - 4.7 seller ratings and that's bad. Buyers are giving you positive but stabbing you in the back with ratings. 

[relaxintowealth]

You can use cap letters , but the all cap letters don't run well with the ebay search engine.One literally has to wade through china sellers to get to what they want.

You could also try adding USA in your description,China has saturated the market and many look for USA sellers.They also want the authentic item, not a china knock off.

If it is vintage in any way, add the term.Include the time period.

[relaxintowealth]

And btw, your clothes look lovely.

[starrsecret]

Thank you!

[gdiesel70]

Your listings are very good. Beautiful  dresses, good prices, lots of photos and details. 

My advice would be list good til cancelled/buy it now.

Limit usage of all-caps and break the description into chunks of info with space between paragraphs.  Online shoppers tend to scan rather than read full descriptions.  

If something is perfect, say it's "very good". There's a special kind of buyer that will take "perfect" as literal word. They will search for the tiniest piece of fuzz and hit you up for a partial refund because  "it will need to be repaired". 

As for the slow sales, others have mentioned that clothing is saturated and very long-tail.  I have clothing and shoes that were listed as far back as June 2017. 

I've noticed that the mall brand clothes (Chico's, Banana R., Talbots, Vic's Secret, Cache and now Anthropologie) sit the longest regardless of how well-made  (yet cheaply priced) they may be - and those listings will attract tons of watchers who simply watch ...and watch.. 

[candd205]

Another thought, you use SM and MD as sizes in your listings. Just spell out Small or Medium. When someone searches for clothes, they most likely will include the entire word Small or Medium when they search.

[emerald_door]

The listings I looked at looked good, but I agree with everyone about the all caps.  It makes the description harder to read.  Also, you have a typo in this title.  "MAXAZRIA BLACK RUCHED DRAPED COCTAIL DRESS NWOT SZ 2" 

It should be cocktail. 

[patd3283]

Agree with what was said above.  Don't spend $$$ on the heavy cap titles.  You will experience a loss with auctions with super low start prices.

Patd

[starrsecret]

Thank you for your help! I can't believe how slow it is!