| Recently all I've been seeing as head lines are, "selling | | | | format will lower your cost and increase the money |
| on eBay in auction format has been going down." "The | | | | you put in your pockets. So the statement is true for |
| way to sell is using a fixed price. People want their | | | | you. What you may need to look into is finding a |
| items now and don't want to play around and see if | | | | cheaper source for your product. Or better yet find a |
| they are the highest bidder." The best one was "Was | | | | new niche with a better return on investment. |
| eBay just a fad?" | | | | Now for you people who sell "one of" items, auctions |
| I can't believe how so many people believe that selling | | | | are a gold mine. You are the ones who go to garage |
| on eBay, in auction format, is over. They say, "You can | | | | sales, tag sales, thrift stores, etc. to find your inventory. |
| not make money selling on eBay, the world's number | | | | You basically sell rare, out of print collectible items that |
| one internet market place, through auctions. The only | | | | usually can not be found in huge quantities. I must admit |
| way is to have fixed or buy it now." I find that | | | | you guys are the true pioneers of eBay. You are the |
| statement to be true and false at the same time. | | | | ones who made what eBay is today and are the ones |
| It's true selling in auction formats have gone down. | | | | who will make what eBay will be in the future. |
| There are numbers to back that up. This drop can | | | | With auction listings you are allowing the market to tell |
| come from many things such as not as many sellers | | | | you what your item is worth. Since most of these "one |
| on eBay any more. To sellers moving away from | | | | of" items are not easy to find in retail stores, eBay |
| auction listings to fixed prices. Who really knows and | | | | auctions can get you huge returns. You may say I'll |
| to that fact who really cares. What you really need to | | | | take $100.00 for my item, but what if someone is willing |
| know is if you are making money using auction listings. | | | | to pay you $150.00 for it. You would have left $50.00 |
| If you are, keep doing them. Why stop doing and using | | | | dollars on the table. I'm sure you would prefer to have |
| something that is working. | | | | those $50.00 dollars in your pocket. |
| People forget that eBay was created to allow people | | | | I must admit I do the garage sale, thrift store, etc. |
| to find hard to find items. The bonus was that you also | | | | buying and resell them on eBay. Most of the items I've |
| got it at a cheaper price than you would at the stores. | | | | listed through eBay auctions have made me more |
| Why would you go out to the store and pay a lot | | | | money than I would have thought. Some of the closing |
| more money for an item you can get from the | | | | prices were ridiculous. I once bought a record album |
| comfort of your home and pay less? The results of | | | | for $1.00 at the Salvation Army and resold it on eBay |
| this is what we now call eBay. | | | | for $125.00. How is that on a return on my investment? |
| When eBay started to generate millions of potential | | | | To be honest I would have been happy just getting |
| buyers, some sellers began to sell retail items. The | | | | $15.00 for the album. I would have made about $10.00 |
| same items you could find in your local stores, just at a | | | | profit after all the fees. Not to bad on a $1.00 |
| reduced price. Prices that were a lot less than the | | | | investment. I could have listed it in my store for $15.00 |
| retail store. So the same question comes around again, | | | | and most likely sold it for that amount. But I said to |
| Why would you go out to the store and pay a lot | | | | myself, "Let me see if someone is willing to pay more." |
| more money for an item you can get from the | | | | As you can see good thing I did. |
| comfort of your home and pay less? | | | | I feel that if you entered eBay selling retail items you |
| If you are one of these eBay sellers selling the same | | | | are going to find it hard to make money. Especially |
| exact thing over and over again, then you may feel | | | | since most of the big retailers are now selling their |
| that you can not make money doing auctions. You are | | | | items on eBay. You no longer can compete with the |
| selling the same items that can be bought in retail | | | | big boys now that fees have been increasing and the |
| stores or wholesalers. The increased fees will be | | | | rules are constantly changing. But if you are a "one of" |
| eating away any profits you make. If you were making | | | | seller you don't have too much to worry about. You |
| $20.00 in profit before the fee increase, you are now | | | | are still going to make money since you are selling to |
| making $10.00 in profit. That's a huge bite into your | | | | collectors and not just the average consumer. So are |
| revenue. | | | | eBay auction listings dead? It all depends on what you |
| For those of you in this situation I can see why selling in | | | | are selling... |
| auction format is not the way to go. Selling in Fixed | | | | |