Comments on: 5 eBay selling tips

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:58:37 +0000

“Be as descriptive as possible”
This is an excellent tip. You can save a ton of question and answer time by being as descriptive as possible. If you get a couple of questions about the same feature, or benefit; consider adding these details to your description in the next auction, or if you have no bids yet; go ahead and edit this description.

One thing that helps me to write very descriptive auction is : write your description as if you have no pictures. (of course you will have) but; if you are describing your item - features and benefits- as if you have no picture, you will find that you will naturally point out and describe (and bring attention to)every detail about your item.

By: Donald Mckenzie Jr

Donald Mckenzie Jr — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:48:06 +0000

Hey Phil this is a great post. Nice job man. I agree with these tips. They have helped me enhance my strategies a lot. Good luck!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:36:40 +0000

I agree with all these points except the delivery one. I find people tend to just see the delivery charge as a necessary cost and will bid on the item without considering too much about the delivery.

I do this myself. It is completely stupid, but I will bid on something that is 1 penny and Â£4.99 postage rather than something that is Â£5.00 and free postage.

By: phil

phil — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:42:39 +0000

Patrick: There is a definite pattern between a good auction ending time and a higher price. Ecommerce sites see similar patterns - at JJB Sports our best sales times were Sunday and Monday nights and the rest of the week never came even close to those peak days.

Andy: Very good point.

By: Andy J Latham

Andy J Latham — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:33:14 +0000

Great tips Phil, I hadn’t thought about the aiming for a good auction end-time. I just sold a car on ebay and got a message from a guy after the auction saying he missed the end and wanted to bid still.

The only other tip I would give is to not litter your description with unnecessary information. People often copy the specs of something from the manufacturer’s website, however if someone is looking for, say, a Nintendo Wii, they most likely don’t care about the speed of its processor or how much memory it has. If they were interested, they would have found that out beforehand. It’s a pain in the bum having to trawl through all that info just to find out what condition the item is in.

By: Patrick Burt

Patrick Burt — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:23:53 +0000

Good suggestions mate. I didn’t know about the Sunday night thing but it makes so much more sense.