What Items do sell on eBid

Having only bought and sold once on eBid I would like to know what items do sell on eBid.

I am not a trader I am clearing out 30 years of collecting musical, disco band, electronic components, test equipment and karaoke equipment and soon the car, the house and its contents as we are due to move out of the UK 2011.

A person used to come and buy equipment on a regular basis from me, and advertise it on eBay, there were not many items that needed to be re-listed and that did not turn a good profit. (I sold them to him for next to nothing, they did not make their worth on eBay but the difference made him a good profit)

I ceased to patronise eBay when I was forced to offer pay pal which applied to everyone wishing to list items for sale. He also has now stopped since he was hit with charge back and lost several hundred pounds and his goods.

I have returned to eBid for the obvious reasons, I also use sites like Gumtree, the local free ads and the occasional car boot but that is more for domestic items, tools and test equipment (which I hate to part with) along with the odd bit of the music kit thrown in, which is more suited to domestic party type gear.

I have listed three items on eBid which after a week have not had one view I follow similar items on eBay which get about 20 hits a day.

What items are sought after on eBid and have a good sales rate, I am not looking to sell anything other than what I own and want to clear. I know there are sellers who use this platform as well as Ebay and no doubt other outlets.

What interests me are the facts and figures and what makes one selling platform more successful than another.

Welcome to Ebid~ and I wish you every success ~~but~~
I don't understand your question?
Sorry but if you're not a professional seller, and only clearing out, why do you want to know what sells?
Ebid is slow~ and you will not get the same foot fall here as on the other side.
If anyone knew what are guaranteed to sell, then we would all be making millions.
You can only list and wait~ sometimes for quite awhile~ but that is the same anywhere.

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Originally Posted by cheap2clear

Having only bought and sold once on eBid I would like to know what items do sell on ebid

I have listed three items on eBid which after a week have not had one view I follow similar items on eBay which get about 20 hits a day.



What interests me are the facts and figures and what makes one selling platform more successful than another.

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There lies the problem you have. You have only 3 listings and only used us once to sell. You have to build reputation as a seller and advertise yourself a little. As for facts and figures you only gain success through hard work.

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Originally Posted by XCESSBAGGAGE

Welcome to Ebid~ and I wish you every success ~~but~~
I don't understand your question?
Sorry but if you're not a professional seller, and only clearing out, why do you want to know what sells?
Ebid is slow~ and you will not get the same foot fall here as on the other side.
If anyone knew what are guaranteed to sell, then we would all be making millions.
You can only list and wait~ sometimes for quite awhile~ but that is the same anywhere.

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Because it is an indicator to whether or not those who use this site are interested in what I am clearing . I do not want to use a site as a dumping ground.

I did not ask what was guaranteed to sell I asked what sells (if you were established as a whole food shop then it would be pointless displaying GM food).
There must be long standing trade or hobby sellers on this site that have a regular turnover of paticular range of goods, perhaps china ware. so that may be a category that is well viewed and you stand a good chance of selling your item in that category, now lets say that glass items have sat for a months in a glass ware category and have had little or no views would indicate to me that the site does not attract buyers in that category and the item has little or no chance of being sold. EBid has been around long enough to become established and have strong and poor sales categorys.

I do not think eBid is slow because it has not been around as long as eBay, I feel eBay has gained the reputation that if you want something eBay is the place you will find it, which is not always the case.

Yes you can list and wait anywhere, but if if you list similar items in the correct category and they do not attract views it is obvious that the sales platform is not the right one for that item

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Originally Posted by knitandpurl

There lies the problem you have. You have only 3 listings and only used us once to sell. You have to build reputation as a seller and advertise yourself a little. As for facts and figures you only gain success through hard work.

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Hi you need a good sales reputation to sell, you need no reputation for a prospective customer to view your listing, that is done out of interest. In many cases it is not hard work that is needed to gain success, it is a product that is in demand and stratigic marketing.

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Originally Posted by cheap2clear

Hi you need a good sales reputation to sell, you need no reputation for a prospective customer to view your listing, that is done out of interest. In many cases it is not hard work that is needed to gain success, it is a product that is in demand and stratigic marketing.

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Your statement is quite profound and apropos. I know what doesn't sell well here, and that is numismatic precious metal items, which will normally sell virtually anywhere when priced properly. When you can't sell a PCGS MS69 (i.e. virtually flawless condition) certified Gold coin, listed at less than its' melt value, it's time to retreat. I believe that you'll find "widgets" and clothes to be the leading sales items, but others know better than I.

I have actually things listed that I didn't think would sell, but as it doesn't cost me I gave it a go - and some have sold. So there is no way of knowing what people are looking for

Welcome to Ebid, I Understand your Question but its not a case of what sells its how much.

I had over 60 sales in May - Records, Cds, DVDs, Books, Comics, Cigarette Cards, Plates & Ornaments, Prints But I do Have about 700 Listings.
I was on verge of giving a couple of figurine to the charitie shop last week, they had been listed for 12 months or more but within the week they both sold.

If you do have a lot that you can list (And having downsized myself a few years ago I know how much can accumalate) it may be worth your while to take a Sellers+ membership, I think you can still get it for 3 months if you dont want the Life time and then just list everything in categories that match your shops (You can have 5),

Listing is pretty easy, without downloading Ninja, if you do it in batches using templates and probabley quicker than using Turbolister on the other side.
Put a link in each of your listings enabling browsers to join Ebid direct from your pages, (Most of my buyers are drop ins from Google), Dont list till sold put them on for 7 days and 10 auto relists.

Dont worry so much about not having a big F/B number, Its nice to have feedback but I dont think its as important here as elsewhere, most of my buyers drop in from Google, see something they like, join straight from my listing and Buy only about 1 in 5 leave F/B for me although several do come back time after time.

Finally come here regularily for any advise needed and do take a look at the more experienced users listings, if you want to take a look at mine feel free to cut & paste anything that is useful.
I did/do.

Paul

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Originally Posted by meebo1

I have actually things listed that I didn't think would sell, but as it doesn't cost me I gave it a go - and some have sold. So there is no way of knowing what people are looking for

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You are quite right, what you no longer need may be sought after by others, but you have to let them know it is available, they may not even know they want it until they see it and it captures their imagination. and what better way than a free shop window where it only cost when you sell. The more people you can introduce to your item on a free, commission only basis the better and the greater the chance you will sell it. My dad told me when I was a boy.
He who wispers down a well, about the goods he has to sell, never sells as much as he, who hollers from the highest tree.

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Originally Posted by prescott9376

Welcome to Ebid, I Understand your Question but its not a case of what sells its how much.

I had over 60 sales in May - Records, Cds, DVDs, Books, Comics, Cigarette Cards, Plates & Ornaments, Prints But I do Have about 700 Listings.
I was on verge of giving a couple of figurine to the charitie shop last week, they had been listed for 12 months or more but within the week they both sold.

If you do have a lot that you can list (And having downsized myself a few years ago I know how much can accumalate) it may be worth your while to take a Sellers+ membership, I think you can still get it for 3 months if you dont want the Life time and then just list everything in categories that match your shops (You can have 5),

Listing is pretty easy, without downloading Ninja, if you do it in batches using templates and probabley quicker than using Turbolister on the other side.
Put a link in each of your listings enabling browsers to join Ebid direct from your pages, (Most of my buyers are drop ins from Google), Dont list till sold put them on for 7 days and 10 auto relists.

Dont worry so much about not having a big F/B number, Its nice to have feedback but I dont think its as important here as elsewhere, most of my buyers drop in from Google, see something they like, join straight from my listing and Buy only about 1 in 5 leave F/B for me although several do come back time after time.

Finally come here regularily for any advise needed and do take a look at the more experienced users listings, if you want to take a look at mine feel free to cut & paste anything that is useful.
I did/do.

Paul

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Paul

in Para 1 are you talking of price or quantity? Your advice is sound and well worth my researching.The magnitude of what one has collected over the years only becomes apparent when moving. When I was orphaned at 50 by the death of my parents and I had to clear the house. I realised that it was best to live in a foreign country as a hodiday maker than in your own as a resident and took stock at the time.

Hi
I sell mainly clothes, and have done quite well with them. I have also listed things that i wasn't sure whether they would sell or not, and they have, so it's pot luck really.
Things are slower here, and although you need a bit of patience i think it's worth it.

Good luck
Jane :)

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Originally Posted by starlady22

Hi
I sell mainly clothes, and have done quite well with them. I have also listed things that i wasn't sure whether they would sell or not, and they have, so it's pot luck really.
Things are slower here, and although you need a bit of patience i think it's worth it.

Good luck


Jane

Jane :)

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Jane

Looking at your listings which you list over several categorys, and you are in the main stay of eBids customer appeal. You offer quality pre owned clothes and what I would consider special purchase sale items all at very competitive prices. If I took a guess I would say you are a hobby seller and enjoys what you do on eBid and you are doing it very professional way. You are the sort of seller that made eBay a household name and eBay have now turned their backs on.

It is the type of categorys you list in, they have that bargain appeal and are maintained by enthusiastic individuals. The category I have listed in, consumer electronics Disco, which has very few preowned bargains. It is used by professional traders as a extension of their shop window and sellers who are private sellers who have gained access to a distributor (when I was in the trade these were known as the garden shed brigade that was before the days if internet sales). After I browsed the first few pages I came to the conclusion that there were no bargains to be had, a lot of the goods appeared to be grey or b stock from a well known far East import trade house being offered by private traders, at wellover the odds, there was a lot of A grade also above the RRP dumped on the site in the hope that a punter would come a long and buy, the odd few pre owned bargains, the sellers seemed reluctant to post the item and it was collection only although wide spread sales ability but limited buyers. I can understand the reluctance to post heavy items. for a once in a while private seller, the effort in packing and getting to the carrier compared with someone knocking on your door, seeing it works and taking it away. Unless the category I have listed in gets those enthusiastic individual sellers, buyers that have viewed that category before know the are no bargains to be found, and visit once in a blue moon and new buyers will look at the first few listings and soon find out the bargains are not to be had, and become an old hand and visit the category on the odd occasion. This is what is happening on eBay, buyers are trawling through listing after listing of the identical 99 pence far East item and giving up before they find the odd bargain. Ebay seems to have structured their business on major high turnover account holders rather than the individual account holder that made eBay. By the way your avitar is cute.

Graham

In sheer quantity, our best sellers are coins and stamps. We have also sold old banknotes, LP records, souvenir glasses, old bottles, art prints, used books, cameras, and various vintage decorative items.

As for how long to wait . . . we sold a camera last week that had been listed on *Bay for over two years, and listed here for almost two years. All our items are collectibles, very much a discretionary purchase, so we wait as long as we have to. Which is the best reason to be on eBid.

We couldn't afford to list on *Bay anymore because our sales had dropped to zero during the last three months we were there. That, of course, made the move very easy.

I understand what you meant and will answer with my opinion. Others will give you theirs.

Selling techniques are different here. Best brush up on forum tips to see what tweeks you can make to make the sales come. Generaly speaking, if you get NO views your things are not being downloaded/appearing on google. You need to use the buy it now option for ebid to download. That might be the problem. I also recommend you set your automatic relists within listings at 10 automatic. This tells google you plan to keep listings on for a while. All that will bring traffic from google, our largest source of buyers. But also work to get ebid members to look (add link to your posts), contact old feebay buyers, and do some clever marketing on your own. Work on all of these too.

How well ebid is doing depends on who you ask as you found out here. Sales continue to increase monthly, in double digits, and listings increase. Ebid is #1 feebay alternative. Many of us have daily sales, and do so by following the tips on the forums. Potential is growing daily here. i.e. google has more hits/daily users than feebay.

What sells? My vintage linens sell well, vintage cookbooks are steady sales too. Needlework items, old and new, seem to sell well. So does old sheet music. Unusual items seems to sell very fast. i.e. vintage altar cloths were gone in a few hours, old fashioned cloth doll in prairie clothes sold like gangbusters too. You can only try the items you have to sell. And remember, unlike feebay, we pack our stores full, each of us has lots of listings. That increases chances of google attention, and the buyers love having all the choices. Many buy multiples (so have a multiple shipping price worked out).

Make the items you put on attractive to buyers too. Have lots of different types, sizes, colors, prices. Use fair shipping. Clean out the closets and pack your listings full. Make sure your items are on google, make sure your terms/listings are attractive and filled with info (google shoppers are not feebay buyers, they like lots of info on the items). Then you will sell all those extra bits and bobs well here.

Someone is always here to help you. Welcome to ebid.

Hi Graham, good observation. She has worked hard to make her listings/items appealing to buyers and is selling those items. Some may say why bother to work so hard when you can sell with no effort on the other side. But most will tell you its a satisfying challenge to make a go of it here. Many are doing it now, and passing any tricks they learn along. That makes it easier for those coming after us too.

Finding what appeals to buyers in different categories is another challenge. As you say some, like electronics, are a harder sell. Lots of reasons, higher price, problem of scams, fewer repeat customers (who needs two computers, those who sell coins/stamps can have frequent buyers from regular customers), industry us changing fast with new products, etc, harder to buy for resell and make good profit, etc. Takes more energy to turn those sales around.

feebay did make numerous changes to their selling directions that, I assume, they felt would make their business grow. Did not work, sales are at 6 year low. Lately , I think this was done with real arrogance, they have always set the pace for online auctions and felt any decisions they made would be the correct ones. "We" can't make mistakes attitude. Not only were small sellers hurt by the decisions, but so was feebay. And gone are the days of being the trendsetter, with everything they touch turn to gold: GM deal failed, fashion feebay failed, classified listings failed. Losing small sellers because of their business decisions impacted them too. I think the management is genuinely shocked at the failures and can't understand why. But they lost their way when they began to hurt smaller sellers in favor of larger ones (who could line their pockets faster). Someday marketing classes will be teaching how not to run a huge business into the
ground, with feebay as the #1 example. Books will be written on the faulty thinking that led to the company failing.

I am finding that now I have made a few sales, and been on here a little while, I am getting more bids and whatnot. :) Persevere. :)

Hi- I agree with xcessbaggage. It takes time. I've been on this site for five years and havent sold anything but sold plenty on another site. If you are just clearing out things then when someone wants to buy it they will. You never know, you might end up becoming a pro seller : ) Good Luck!

As many people have stated, there isnt any secret formalar, its about persistance, hard work and really keeping on top of what you are selling and what you are looking to get out of it.

Tweaking ad's, price, description, may help but it often take time to sell products, great if your products sell straight away but realistically it doesnt happen like that, and yes I have sold plenty on "the other site" but I have been a member for a number of years and only recently joined eBid.

Keep plugging away, got to be in it, to win it..

http://football-deals.ebid.net

Hi, I wonder if you could help - on one of the forum messages above it mentions putting items in batches and using templates and also putting a link in listings enabling browsers to join Ebid dirct from your pages - can you tell me how to do this - or where to look to do this. I have struggled to use Ninja.

Many thanks.

If I knew what sold in Millions do you really think I would tell anyone else? Sorry Just seems a stupid question to me. You could sell Blackjacks (4 for a 1p) and have a great feedback rating but how much profit have you made? Or you could sell a Rolls Royce and make £1000's profit! Its not about how many you sell its about Profit!

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Originally Posted by RetroandCool

Hi, I wonder if you could help - on one of the forum messages above it mentions putting items in batches and using templates and also putting a link in listings enabling browsers to join Ebid dirct from your pages - can you tell me how to do this - or where to look to do this. I have struggled to use Ninja.

Many thanks.

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Not sure what part of that you're actually asking about, but there are How To Videos on the help pages here that might explain some areas you're struggling with. There's also my help site at www.ebidhelp.com and Astral's Knowledge Base (posted frequently, just keep your eyes peeled!)

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Originally Posted by RetroandCool

Hi, I wonder if you could help - on one of the forum messages above it mentions putting items in batches and using templates and also putting a link in listings enabling browsers to join Ebid dirct from your pages - can you tell me how to do this - or where to look to do this. I have struggled to use Ninja.

Many thanks.

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Try this link retro http://www.ebidhelp.com/ebidfaq.htm

O/P your three auctions are very unlikely to be seen by anyone as they are on first bid and you haven't even bothered to use a gallery picture, you will find a lot of people will not even look at an auction without a gallery picture.

Thanks for your nice comments.

Jane :)

Ah Well! I have sold......
Thunderbird Dolls, rare pottery, comics, doilies. clothes, thimbles, postcards, art work, ............ I hope you get the drift..
Whatever anyone wants is sold for the right price, good servive and down to earth postage.

I have over 500 items up for sale and I am going to be posting over 10,000 but yes it is slower here but this is how you build communication,trust and a community support and friendships,,I truly trust ebid and soon things will start getting better we just have to be patient.