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littleking · Just Registered Joined: 23 Aug 2007 Posts: 3

Good day everybody,

I am new to ebay selling and AuctionCUT.

Anyhow, I want to sell a digital report on ebay and I am wondering what is the best way to set it up.

I want to sell the report for $10.00 and there is no limit to the number of copies. So it does not make sense to set up an auction.

So do I set it up as: 'Pay It Now'. If I do so, will the auction ends automatically?

Any other specific issues I should take note of?

Any advice is appreciated. Many thanks.

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AuctionMan · Power Member Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 168

I suggest registering on the US site as they have the facility to support digital dowloads as opposed to the Uk site where they currently do not..

Alternatively you can go the labourious route of BIN (multiple quantities) and then contact the winner get an email address and then send it to them that way, or set up a webpage and send them the link..

littleking · Just Registered Joined: 23 Aug 2007 Posts: 3

Thanks. I'm on the US site.

How about the 'bidding' options? Do I use 'Pay It Now' exclusively? It don't make sense for them to bid since I want to sell it at a flat price of $10. Or perhaps there's a better option.

Also, will the auction ends if I use 'Pay It Now'?

stevew8975 · Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:57 am Post subject:

As it is a non-tangible item, I would say to list it as a Buy it Now, but offer maybe 25 available - this means that 25 people can buy the item before the listing ends.

With an auction you can offer a dutch auction for 25 where each of the bidder will get the item if enough are available. If you auction 1, then only 1 person will win the item at the highest price.

See http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/multiple.html for more info on multiple item auctions.

Personally, i would be tempted to ay extra for a featured auction of 1 item, starting at 1c and running for 10 days to guage an accurate final price of the item and to attract lots of attention to it, and then run a BIN listing with slightly lower selling price, but link the BIN listing from the auction - this way if people do not want to wait for the auction to end, or think it will end higher final bid, they can purchase the item straight away.

A featured listing costs £10-£20 in the UK, but can increase page views at least 5-fold. I list one fo my products on a featured auction about once a month, but it has 14 links in the listing, as well as the shop categories at the side, to entice buyers to look at other items for sale. Although may only break even on the featured listing, it tends to generate around £200-£250 of extra sales for similar products I have in my shop.

omgbay · Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:22 pm Post subject:

Good luck in the ebook market, its quite competitive!

geester · Member Joined: 16 Nov 2007 Posts: 39

ebooks are competitive but make sure you have a niche