Re: OT-Selling on ebay

Posted by Brian in NY on January 13, 2005 at 11:44:02 from (24.97.74.126):

In Reply to: Re: OT-Selling on ebay posted by Allan in NE on January 13, 2005 at 10:32:43:

Dave,

My wife and I buy/sell lots of stuff on ebay.
Go to ebay's selling page and read through it carefully for the selling terms as that info will be the most current and accurate.

You'll likely get lots of different advice from many folks on what to do/not to do in order to maximize your profits, etc.

My simple advice is BE ACCURATE. Be very descriptive, be very honest, be very careful.

Look at other listings selling what you want to sell...and see how the prices are. The market sets the prices, and if you look at other like items that are actually selling (not the ones with no bids) you will have a good idea.
Mispellings or too few words in the item description (this is what is used when buyers search ebay) can cost you big $$ (example--you have a baseball glove to sell...don't just title it Baseball glove--Title it "Baseball Glove Men's Nice Rawlings Roger Clemons"
that way you pop up on many more searches...maybe your auction will be seen by a Roger Clemons fan who didn't know that Rawlings made a Roger Clemons glove----you get the idea...again you will learn from looking a other listings.

One other thing....think seriously about the timing for the end of the auction....make sure it is not in the early morning hours, etc....early/mid evening or on the weekend mornings is best. Lots of bidding occurs in the last few hours (we are an immediate gratification society after all), so you want to have lots of people looking when it is ending.

Good luck...hope that helps!

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