Not getting Bids on Ebay

kabman

I have been selling for about 2 years on ebay, recently I have noticed my things are not selling. I have buyers watching a lot of my items but they don't put bids in. An example is, having used a Dropship company i have listed a 1" square air impact wrench starting at £130 or Buy It Now £150, I was told this items RRP is £220. Now I had 4 people watching my listing from about 4 days to the end and nobody bid. I wouldn't think starting at £130 or BIN £150 is high when it costs £220. The postage was £10 which included Insurance and a signature.

Maybe Ebay has got so huge that the competition has gone crazy. I had 7 items ending this weekend, some starting at 99p, and only 1 sold for 99p.

I don't know where to go from here, it was far better about a year ago than it is now.

angelcake

I am feeling it to! I haven't laid out too much cash but need to make loads! is there much more of the stuff u are selling?

Outtathaway

I was seeling an item that ended at 21:12 on tursday evening (A pretty good time I thought). It had 23 people watching it, and the last bid was at 15:00. I would have thought with that many watchers I'd get a few last minute bids. But no. Especially as there was an identical one ending later that was more expensive, had more bids and the seller was new and only had a 50% feedback rating

cafenervosa_2

It must be the competition, if its cheap enough then people will bid. Don't overdo the postage either as this can put people off.

I must add that what people were paying 12 month ago is totally different to now. We live in a constantly changing market as far as what sells well and what does not. You need to stay one step ahead of the game and do research into simlar items and how much they pull before you advertise. You get to a point where you ask yourself is it worth me selling this? if the percentages are in your favour then its worth the risk, if you can't get a cheap enough supplier then your going to struggle.

VH

Research other auctions selling items the same as yours and see if they are getting more bids.

If so then compare things like price, what time the auction ends, whether there is a reserve, starting bid, seller feedback, photos, listing enhancements, etc. These are the main factors which will affect the price you're getting.

Having a lot of watchers on an auction means nothing, for example if I want to buy or sell a product then I will watch certain auctions to get an idea of prices, numbers of bids etc.

The bottom seems to be dropping out of EBay now, it's at the point where you can buy virtually anything for less than wholesale prices.

payless

I looked at an item that had double the bids than I had and £110 with 2 days to go when mine was at £23.:(

Funny though, though most of the bids had come from 3 (zero rated) people who had also bid on every other recent auction ( range of products) that the seller had listed in the last 30 days!:rolleyes:

Oh what it must be to have such loyal followers

In fact they had even won a few - funny no feedback left!

Altarf

kabman wrote:

i have listed a 1" square air impact wrench starting at £130 or Buy It Now £150, I was told this items RRP is £220. Now I had 4 people watching my listing from about 4 days to the end and nobody bid. I wouldn't think starting at £130 or BIN £150 is high when it costs £220. The postage was £10 which included Insurance and a signature.

A quick look shows a competitor is selling what appears to be the same thing for less than £100, and still only has a 30% sales rate.

robowen

payless wrote:

I looked at an item that had double the bids than I had and £110 with 2 days to go when mine was at £23.:(

Funny though, though most of the bids had come from 3 (zero rated) people who had also bid on every other recent auction ( range of products) that the seller had listed in the last 30 days!:rolleyes:

Oh what it must be to have such loyal followers

In fact they had even won a few - funny no feedback left!

I take it you reported the seller ??

Jonni2bad

I've just noted a small increase in my sales after a very quite new year period.

Would also agree that number of 'watchers' means nothing. I'm convinced that the first 3 or 4 of mine are the same old competitors who watch my items to guage their prices - mainly because I do exactly the same!!

And there really is no accounting for buyers logic. I had 4 sim cards selling last weekend, the first sold for £7 and had many different bidders, but the next 2 sold for only 99pence - so some bidders would happily pay 5 or 6 quid one minute, but not pay £1 the next.

I NEVER cease to be amazed by buyers on there... :rolleyes:

payless

I NEVER cease to be amazed by buyers on there... :rolleyes:

willing to bid up to pay £40 on an item that is listed BIN at £25 !

Jonni2bad

payless wrote:

willing to bid up to pay £40 on an item that is listed BIN at £25 !

Definately - I was looking for a new photo(ish) printer and saw bids of £51 + £8 p&p for a Canon without warranty!! being sold on Amazon for £44 delivered with all that extra peace of mind too...

Thankfully, people seem too lazy to shop around. Great for us sellers