s you get more experienced
on eBay, you might be I would recommend that you stop
tempted to use fixed price listing anything as fixed price
auctions, just so you can budget as soon as you get into December,
better. It's often more unless you have a lot of
reassuring to know that either accumulated stock that you want
you will make a small profit on to get rid of for low prices.
an item instead of having to wait
and see whether it makes a big When an Item is In-demand.
profit or a big loss. However,
you should be aware that there If an item is selling within a
are some times when you really few hours each time you list it
shouldn't use ‘Buy it Now'. using Buy it Now, then you really
ought to consider using a normal
In the Holiday Season. auction format instead. The
chances are that the final price
The market goes absolutely crazy you'd get would be much higher
just before the holidays - and than whatever you're charging
that's why you shouldn't list now.
items using Buy it Now. Do you
really want to wake up one When You Have the Only Item on
morning and find that all your the Market.
stock has been bought up, the
current highest bidders on your If you have a hard-to-find item
rivals are bidding double what that no-one else is currently
you just sold them for, and the selling, then it makes no sense
people who bought your item have to use Buy it Now. You'll be
relisted it with a starting price surprised just how high buyers
higher than what they paid? Of will go on things that are truly
course you don't. rare, and how upset they'll be if
someone snatches it away from It.
them using Buy it Now. It's only
fair to give everyone a chance to It's simply not worth having a
pay you more and more money, Buy it Now button on every one of
isn't it? your auctions if nobody ever
touches the thing: it's just
If Your Item Doesn't Sell. sitting there, costing you money
for each listing. When it comes
If you keep needing to relist down to it, Buy it Now is
your item because it consistently expensive, and you should only
fails to sell, that might be the use it in auctions where you
time to give up on listing it in really think it will help the
the fixed price format. Buy it item to sell.
Now only works for things that
people always want - traditional Now you might not have noticed,
auctions involve them more with but there's another
things that they wouldn't usually ‘alternative' auction format
buy. You might end up with a that often goes ignored: the
slightly lower price than you multiple-item, or ‘Dutch'
wanted in the end, but at least auction. In the next email, I'll
that bad item will be off your show you how these auctions work,
hands. and explain why they could be
good for your business.
If No-one Ever Buys From You With
About the Author:
Kirsten Hawkins is an Ebay and internet auction enthusiast from Nashville, TN. Visit http://www.auctionseller411.com/ for more great tips on how to make the most from Ebay and other online auctions.
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