A head scratcher

hubb

Oliver14 wrote: »

I very much doubt it. Are their listings better with better pictures etc. Do you have any silly Terms and conditions in yours? Are their items better quality.

Offer free Postage, That puts you higher in searches. What are your titles have you good keywords in place. There are so many variables that make people pick specific sellers. Little things can make sellers seem more trustworthy and make buyers willing to pay more.

I offer free postage, my pictures are excellent, no silly terms and conditions and the quality is as new.

sequence

I always avoid second class posters.

As they sell more their search ranking goes up too, which helps them sell more. Try buying a few of your own items, see if that helps ?

terra_ferma

hubb wrote: »

I offer both, upped my price a bit and sales are worse. I feel deflated :-( There is some kind of fix going on for sure.

best match is a mistery to me, my items come up differently every time I look without an obvious pattern.... I'm so lucky than buyers can still find me, and I have a strong presence on some searches, but I can see the difference when my items are moved down.

I don't think it's a fix as such, but ebay changing their criteria every 5 minutes....

lindos90

Are you compairing like for like when you are looking at other sellers?

If your stock is limited to a certain design or theme, it could be that?

No_Eye_Deer

To me it sounds like a close Knit community you are trying to sell to. They know what they want and they are willing to pay for it from reliable sources.

I would try to get regular customers coming back to you.
Can you put a history in with the badges? Where you got it. What you know about it etc
If they know you are as interested in the items as they are (and are not just selling them for profit) it may help.

I would also describe my items 100% accurately (so they know what they are bidding on). Get a reputation for honesty and you may be half way there.

greeneye

I'd look into the above "closed knit community". See if there aren't some forums out there on these badges where your seller is well known.

hubb

I have an excellent reputation which is why I am miffed.

hubb

Again ALL my listings have come back unsold yet they were being "watched". It must be a click, fix or something.

lovinituk

hubb wrote: »

Again ALL my listings have come back unsold yet they were being "watched". It must be a click, fix or something.

LOL! Watchers don't mean anything really and certainly don't guarantee bids. A lot of people will watch an item and then forget to bid on it before the auction ends - I've missed out on many a deal myself doing that. There will also be others watching items because they have the same item to sell themselves and just want to see what others are selling at.

You're better off ignoring the watch count. There is certainly no fix involved, what would it achieve exactly?

*edit* Just noticed you are a business seller - in that case, most of your watchers are probably competitors. I watch many of my competitors listings and I'm sure they watch mine too.

JonTurner

Do you post worldwide, hubb? You probably do, but if not maybe the other sellers are getting a lot of sales in places that you don't post to?