What really makes a difference to selling or not?

[sweetwheatz]

You left out one important thing- Networking and advertising through your networks.

great poll though

[bykimbo]

Sorry, I promised to post the final results in order, then totally forgot about it. Here it is now:

Have a detailed description 60 86.96%
Use Gallery (thumbnails) 57 82.61%
Have a Buy Now price (Google!) 55 79.71%
Offer PayPal 51 73.91%
Do not inflate your postage to recoup fees 50 72.46%
Have real pictures, not stock photos 50 72.46%
Sell overseas 46 66.67%
Offer as many payment methods as possible 46 66.67%
Have some feedback 42 60.87%
Have a good All About Me page 37 53.62%
Have lots of items 37 53.62%
Don't use Run Till Sold 35 50.72%
Have lots of variety 35 50.72%
Sell cheaper here than elsewhere 30 43.48%
Have an auction start price (ie not just fixed) 30 43.48%
Don't under-price your items 20 28.99%
Don't import your feedback 16 23.19%
Keep it brief 12 17.39%
Specialise 10 14.49%
Offer free postage 4 5.80%


And since the forum tends to do nasty things to text layout, here it is again as an image to retain readability.

[bykimbo]

Might be time to wave this about again.

[bykimbo]

Thought I'd give this a little bump for any new-comers who might be interested in the results of the poll.

[deltadelta48]

Thanks Kimbo, I missed the results in February.

Makes perfect sense, some things mean nothing to the buyers, the free shipping, and others are fairly important, like the descriptions, good price, fair shipping. Its like a checklist for a successful sale, hit all these points and chances are you make many more sales.