Value for featured items on ebay?

asphaltman76

Curious to what everyone feels the value of a card should be worth when deciding if you should spend the extra money on a "featured item listing"?

$500? $1000?

storm888

I have mixed results.

Mostly good.

It seems to work better for multiples of the same item.

The traffic is usually 2 to 10 times higher. Sell-through
does not improve at that rate, though.

A card in the $5C range is certainly a candidate. I have used
the feature at about $3C, with good results.

Almost everything depends on the right folks seeing the
item. Featured-Listings increase the chances of that
happening.

baseballfanatic

Never used it and never will.
As long as you have all of your keywords in the title and description, the auction will be found.
Most of the featured auctions are now "Selling Cheating Boyfriends Card Collection" and other junk.
As long as you make sure everything is spelled correctly along with all the needed keywords, your auction will net a nice profit....

asphaltman76

Just for the info...the item in question would probably go anywhere from $700-$1000

Ladder7

I tried Featured once, for a Cobb. It didn't help.

larryallen73

As a buyer I generally skip the featured listings and go down the page to the regular listings.

Goot

Yeah the featured are normally way out of my league, although that isn't hard since my league is $10 maximum.

storm888

When you have a bunch of other listings - or
a store - the featured-listings tend to drive
folks to your other stuff. That is probably
the feature's greatest economy; advertising.

Last year, EBAY had a 1/2 price sale on featured.
I had the biggest month ever, in 6 different categories.

Lots of folks do not want to give EBAY anymore money,
and refuse to try the more expensive add-ons.

PS: EBAY announces earnings after the bell, tomorrow.

Publius

<< <i>Never used it and never will.
As long as you have all of your keywords in the title and description, the auction will be found.
Most of the featured auctions are now "Selling Cheating Boyfriends Card Collection" and other junk.
As long as you make sure everything is spelled correctly along with all the needed keywords, your auction will net a nice profit.... >>




Ditto here. I dont even look at the featured page, just enter my usual key words and off I go to the races.

Goot, that job must be working out for you, my max is $9.00.

joe

stown

<< <i>As a buyer I generally skip the featured listings and go down the page to the regular listings. >>





Me too.