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abc27 · Just Registered Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 1

Ok so i made an auction 6 months ago for a psp and it failed miserably (stupid me made a 7 day auction with a start price of 250 :O)

I made a different auction yesterday to sell my gta 4 preorders and set it at 1.49 starting with no reserve

I still have no bids and i have 2 watchers who im afraid will bid at the last second for something stupid like 5 and then im making a near 40 euro loss?
What can i do to prevent that from happening? How can i get people to bid with only 6 hours left

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Cluviou4u · Contributor Joined: 01 Jun 2008 Posts: 9

When you start to do your first listings, focus on creating a very compelling title and sales letter for listing. Not everybody who sees your sales letter will buy. Therefore the actual sales copy has to be full of benefits. Take your time, and look what kind of sales pages other Ebay sellers have.

There is free proffesional ebay tempaltes, just search google
Also it may have something to do with your feedback.
And remember to learn from the best. Watch others video game sellers using advanced search on ebay.

Good Luck!

nochkin · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:29 pm Post subject:

If the market value of your item is about 40 (you can check Completed auctions to see that), then you have a big chance to get bidders for about 40.

Putting a good keywords in the title makes the biggest sense and improvement.
The second thing is a good picture.
Templates don't have such a big impact on your sales.

When you start to sell more, then you can also investigate the best time of day and the best day of week when auction ends.

myfatbelly · Contributor Joined: 11 Jun 2008 Posts: 6

I find searching the completed listings is the best option for me at least. I try to mimic closely to ones that have been successful by looking at there keywords in their titles. If I know it will sell well, I have no problem with starting my expensive auctions at .01 or .99 cents to get watchers. Auctions typically get most of there bids towards the end of the auction. The hard part is getting those watchers' interest.

cherman · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 6:33 am Post subject:

I feel for you. Nobody likes to have their items not sell. I've been there, as have countless others. So don't give up.

The things that have kept me out of the red have been doing solid research on what I have to sell or want to sell. This has helped me determine whether an item is good to sell, what kind of profit to expect to make, how to structure my auction title, what to put in my description, etc. Most people use eBay's completed auction search to do their research, but I use a paid service. eBay's search is the best way to start.

Now, I don't if you are selling your own stuff or are buying and then selling. A lot of what I've sold has been stuff I bought. If you are selling or want to sell purchased items, be prepared to walk away from anything that won't give you the profit you are looking for. I often say that you make your money when you buy something, and I have found this to be true.

If your selling your own stuff then you will probably have more flexibility in the selling price, but you should still do good research. I spent hours teaching my mother how to do this and she has been successfully selling a variety of stuff (both her own stuff and purchased items) for almost a year now.

This is just me rambling... Very Happy

HTH,
Clint

zaffoo · Contributor Joined: 10 Sep 2008 Posts: 5

You try some other site who provides the auction facility. Some auctions sites are not so familiar there the people do not know about them. You can also try zaffoo.co.uk which provides online auction.

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lindal · Just Registered Joined: 12 Sep 2008 Posts: 1

In the online auction business the more professional you look, the more sales you will generate and it doesn't matter what you sell, but how you sell it! Maybe try high quality professional templates?
Take a look in -
spicyauctiontemplates.com/affiliates/r.php/73_18

JohnnyBay · Contributor Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 10

myfatbelly gave some great advice. Search the completed listings and look at the successful auctions.

Most important things to look out for are:
- titles
- gallery image
- end time
- start price
- CATEGORY !!!
- description

I hope you have at least 20 feedback points and at least 98% positive, otherwise that might scare some people off.

If you want, you can post the title of the auctions here, and other details, and I will give you some suggestions how to improve that. Maybe other successful ebay sellers will chip in too.

Johnny Bad