@keziak wrote:
My auctions sales have been considerably less robust over the past some months. I've been experimenting putting "lots" of books and media in my store instead. Some things have sold that way, but also a lot of stacking boxes. A lot of trouble getting views either way. If you have a problem with this do you like to run 10-day auctions? Two 7-day auctions back to back? when I do that I usually add BEst Offer but that hasn't worked as well as in the past.
It may be time to resolve to discard any lots that don't sell at auction over 2 weeks and maybe a brief stint in the store. I am finding that stacking up boxes of the stuff is not sparking joy. How's it going for you?
I find at 10 days people lose interest before it's over... 7 days works best, I do ending on Sunday afternoon (it's late morning/lunch time in PST, and about 2-3pm EST, gives me a few hours to pack if payments come in right when they end).
Right now I'm auctioning German Inflation money, I have two customers that are buying most of what's selling. It also took a couple of weeks to pick up that two people even noticed what I have (but no, they're not bidding against each other). My plan is to run these auctions until I run out of banknotes and then return the rest to the B&M store for their disposal. To me returning something to the B&M store is the equivalent of donating it, only difference is I had no investment in it before, and getting rid of it just makes it someone else's problem to deal with, which I really like about all my items i can't move.
I figure if I run regular auctions each week I might pick up a few more interested buyers who come out to bid, and maybe by the time I run out of stuff to auction (which is looking like June 2025), there won't be much to return. I've allowed items that didn't sell to run again a couple of weeks later, and that's working out now that i have 2 customers (plus the odd customer that buys only 1 banknote at a time).
C.
