Can't Sell on eBay Please Help!
colllectorjamie
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Hey everybody,
I'm a fairly new collector asking for some help from the pros. I've tried to sell a couple things on eBay and have had the worst luck! Here is my current listing/lot for sale (all genuine) listed below.
It includes an entire Pokemon set, signed Michael Jordan Jersey, Signed Backstreet Boys CD, Signed first edition Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, working Nintendo 64 and Playstation 1 with games, working Gameboys with games, beanie babies and other small items.
So far very few views and zero bids! I've seen these things sell individually for hundreds or thousands. Can someone tell me if it is a marketing thing or is there something else I'm missing?
Thank you in advance for your time and help!
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Grouping all these items at one price is the issue. I suggest listing each item separately, A Michael Jordan collector or a Harry Potter fan will have trouble finding your ad because there is no mention of either in the title. And if they find it, they might not be interested in the other items in the group. You are asking someone to buy a wildly diverse lot for one price.
Some cool items, but I think you would have better results listing them separately, with a good descriptive title, and photos showing more detail. Also, show certificate of authenticity for the signatures if you have them.
I agree. If you want to sell them all together, you will have to sell at a significant discount. The only people who would be interested in all of it would be resellers. At least, put Michael Jordan and Pokemon in the title. But, your best bet is to sell everything individually, or at the very least, group your items into smaller lots. I would assume the Jordan jersey and Pokemon cards are your big items. Also, most non-authenticated autographs will not be taken seriously on ebay. Take a look at sold items and see how many Jordan autographs are being sold with out authentication.
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Successful transactions on the BST boards with rtimmer, coincoins, gerard, tincup, tjm965, MMR, mission16, dirtygoldman, AUandAG, deadmunny, thedutymon, leadoff4, Kid4HOF03, BRI2327, colebear, mcholke, rpcolettrane, rockdjrw, publius, quik, kalinefan, Allen, JackWESQ, CON40, Griffeyfan2430, blue227, Tiggs2012, ndleo, CDsNuts, ve3rules, doh, MurphDawg, tennessebanker, and gene1978.
Also, I just noticed that you only have one feedback. Many buyers will be very leary about that alone. Then add to that the non-authenticated autographs, and I would agree, you will see very little action.
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Successful transactions on the BST boards with rtimmer, coincoins, gerard, tincup, tjm965, MMR, mission16, dirtygoldman, AUandAG, deadmunny, thedutymon, leadoff4, Kid4HOF03, BRI2327, colebear, mcholke, rpcolettrane, rockdjrw, publius, quik, kalinefan, Allen, JackWESQ, CON40, Griffeyfan2430, blue227, Tiggs2012, ndleo, CDsNuts, ve3rules, doh, MurphDawg, tennessebanker, and gene1978.
I will also add that it is an auction with a reserve. I never bid in those because my experience tells me that 99% of all sellers using reserves have an unreasonable expectation regarding the price they want to receive.
Late 60's and early to mid 70's non-sports
No offense intended, but that is a terrible way to list the items, for the reasons given above.
Try looking at it from a buyer's perspective. If you were searching for any of those items, how would you ever find that listing? Nothing is mentioned in the title, and the category you have it in doesn't apply to any one item.
Many of those items are in demand, but they cut across several distinct areas of collecting. It isn't really reasonable to expect someone to buy all of it just for one or even two of the items.
Also, the signed items are some of the big ticket items but there is no authentication.
Take a look at sold auctions and see how many of these hodge podge collections ever sell. If I was you, I would also look at sold early Pokemon collections and see how they are displayed, described, etc... And sell that by itself, really all of these items need to be sold by themselves, but again, without authentication, it will be difficult to sell the autographs.
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Successful transactions on the BST boards with rtimmer, coincoins, gerard, tincup, tjm965, MMR, mission16, dirtygoldman, AUandAG, deadmunny, thedutymon, leadoff4, Kid4HOF03, BRI2327, colebear, mcholke, rpcolettrane, rockdjrw, publius, quik, kalinefan, Allen, JackWESQ, CON40, Griffeyfan2430, blue227, Tiggs2012, ndleo, CDsNuts, ve3rules, doh, MurphDawg, tennessebanker, and gene1978.
It does remind me of eBay in the beginning. When it was the world’s largest yard sale.
Halcyon days.
Enjoy the go.
Back in that era you could often times go into a specific category and scroll though all the listings. The OP's listing might have gotten a few more views back then, but now there are literally millions of active listings on ebay.