how to get more views

[redfireant]

100 items listed, but not many views.  What helps?

[inhawaii]

The more people are interested in your items, the more views.

[gone.c-33]

One observation: many of your VHS tapes are listed in the DVD and Blu-Ray category. That kind of inconsistency in a listing tends to turn off prospective buyers.

[ckimodog]

@redfireant 

Well darn...not many views.  It's after the holidays, a lot of people may be tapped out financially.  Try to stay competitive price wise, you need to accept returns as no returns does not mean no refunds and perhaps some sales may come your way.  In my opinion much more important than views.  You can have 500 views and still no will purchase from you.  Views are just that...views.  Sales pay the bills.  Hang in there.

Happy Selling

[maxine*j]

You need far better titles.  You need better descriptions. You need to use the keywords that people search on.  You need to understand what you are selling.

Example: 

You have one listing with the entire title being, "Early Airplanes." 

How about  something more along the lines of, "Early Airplanes by John Blake HB 1974 Golden Press Illustrated Aviation History"

By noting Golden Press (or you could use the words "Golden Highlights") and adding Western Publishing Company to your keywords, you hit both the Golden collectors and the aviation buffs.

Your Item Description is for the book is AI-generated copy-and-paste nonsense describing a model airplane, unrelated to the book itself.

You call the book both "Like New" and "Good" which are contradictory condition descriptions, because in bookselling "good" is a far cry from "like new."

So, in short, you need to up your game.  Study other listings for the same or similar items that you are selling.  Stop to think what words you would put into a search if you were looking to buy one of your items.  And so on.  Homework.  Legwork.  Gruntwork.  Selling is not easy.  But you can learn, and you can do it.

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[redfireant]

Thanks for the advice, as I didn't know people really read all the descriptions etc. Will work on titles.

[redfireant]

I wasn't sure I wanted to be saddled with returns.  Thought people might take advantage of that offer and over- use it.

Thanks,

[ckimodog]

@redfireant 

Actually you have a very nice shop.  Just work on what @maxine*j suggested.  

Wishing you all the best. 

[susanb1872]

Just a couple more suggestions that might help. For the Rockwell Field Program add the year to the title. Same for the Standard Aircraft Handbook.

[the-hook-and-the-loop]

You just need to pay eBay more. If you promote your listings at 20%, I promise you more views.

[thelongball]

You need to evaluate the catagorys you have them in to get views also. You have 3 gun books and they are in three different categories. You have one book about Mauser that needs more keywords in the title as they way it is , it will never get seen unless someone puts in the title of the book because that's the book they are looking for.  You'll have a better shot getting it in front of someone who didn't know it existed. 

    You need to compare your stuff to other listings for the same thing and see how others are doing it. Once you compare yours to theirs you will see what everyone is telling you. 

Selling on eBay really isn't like a garage sale. You need to create interest with your title and in your description explain why they should want what you have. 

Remember Untold is sure to be Unsold. One of the golden rules in selling anything. VHS tapes to Furniture to Cars it doesn't matter. 

[skeletonstore]

Better items?  Free Items?  More Items?  All of the above?  Creditcardmas just ended.  This is the day after.  Many a consumer were out shopping in local stores for mark down items.  This will continue till the end of the year when people will turn their focus to inebriating purchases.  Welcome to the retail market where the dolla grows weaker by the second.  In many ways you'll have to wait.  

[inhawaii]

Vintage Belt Buckle $100   <  Very Few Views

Brand new Playstation5 $100   < Very many views 

[laststopgeneralstore]

Better items that are in demand with higher sell thru rates, work on your titles(they need help), accept returns, make sure your prices are competitive(this does not mean you need to have the lowest price). To be frank, the items you currently have listed are not that good and will take a long time to sell. Next time your out sourcing/getting items to sell, take your time and look them up on eBay and compare the amount listed to the amount sold to gauge the sell thru rate. The higher the sell thru rate, the better, as long as you purchase it at a good enough price that you can sell it at a good enough price to make the profit that you want to make.

Returns & eBay fee's should be the last things that you should be worried about. Returns are such a small part of your business/side hustle/hobby, that they don't matter. If returns become big enough that they do matter then you're doing something wrong. eBay fee's are extremely low relative to what you would be paying if you opened your own website or brick & mortar or both. Don't let the fee's scare you and don't let returns scare you. Keep in mind that no matter what, you will NEVER be able to make everyone happy and you WILL have a return eventually that will 100% upset you. Do your self a favor and realize that now and DO NOT let that return bring you down, it means nothing, regardless if it's fraudulent or not. Deal with it and move on. Especially if it's out of your control and their is nothing you can do, then that's that, no sense in getting worked up about it like most sellers on these boards do.

Unless your items have very low demand and very low sell thru rate, you do NOT need to promote your listings regardless of what other sellers say. I advise against promoting your items until you've established a store that has good, in demand items that people want and that have a sell thru rate of 70% or more. After you start to have a steady flow of sales, then you can determine if wish to promote your items to possibly sell them faster.

Keep in mind that promoting your listings does NOT equal more sales. Promoting your listings will potentially increase your impressions, but will not help the buyer pull out their credit card from their wallet, input their payment information and follow thru to purchase your item. You're going to have many people on these boards saying that the only way to get sales is promoting your listings, and that's completely untrue.

[pickapaper]

You have it on a few of your lstings but it is really helpful to buyers if you put shoes or clothing sizes in your titles.   Also to put clothing measurements in your listings.   Sizes vary too much; a large in one brand can be huge and in another brand can be smaller, and if they are pre-owned, they may have shrunk in the laundry.   On things like tshirts that can be unisex, it would be helpful to put "mens" or "womens" in the title; even if listed in the right category it helps to put all the info you can in the title.