First listing on eBay. How did I do?

Millertime · October 2, 2008 8:52AM

Here's my first listing on eBay as a seller, what do you think. I picked a nice little widget to get me started so if I make any serious errors it's not going to cost me.

Comments would be greatly appreciated. I think I paid attention to all the comments in my other post and incorporated most of them.

Thanks,
Millertime

fc · October 2, 2008 8:55AM

i would leave opinions like this out of the auction: "The coin is mark free as it should be given the grade." Allow people to form their
own opinions of the coin.

otherwise i like the auction. i cannot find anything else i dislike.

commoncents05 · October 2, 2008 8:56AM

Looks good. On an item of this value, I would "self insure" it, send it without insurance. The shipping is kind of high given the low value.

-Paul

CoinJunkie · October 2, 2008 8:58AM

A reasonable first attempt.

Your pictures don't particularly flatter the coin, and your BIN will go bye bye as soon as someone places
a bid for $0.99. BINs only tend to work for high starting price auctions or for fixed price listings.

I know a lot of sellers disagree, but I don't make insurance mandatory for lots under $50.

Good luck.

Casman · October 2, 2008 9:06AM

<< i would leave opinions like this out of the auction: "The coin is mark free as it should be given the grade." Allow people to form their
own opinions of the coin.

otherwise i like the auction. i cannot find anything else i dislike. >>

I agree, it's a good looking listing..

Millertime · October 2, 2008 9:06AM

I agreed with the comments so I updated the listing. Dropped insurance in description, reduced s/h and removed opinionated text. Dang coin was harder than heck to get pictures so that's an area I'm working on improving. I can't figure out what I changed but I'm having a horrible time getting the focus back.

Thanks
Millertime

GFourDriver · October 2, 2008 9:08AM

You can't get a grade till it sells.

21Walker · October 2, 2008 9:09AM

Listing lokks good, pix could be better, you no longer have a BIN cause I just gave you a bid............Rick

Millertime · October 2, 2008 9:12AM

<< Listing lokks good, pix could be better, you no longer have a BIN cause I just gave you a bid............Rick >>

Cool. I just put the BIN so I could see more features and decide what I liked and didn't like. Since it only cost 20c (I think) I'm not out much.

Millertime

CoinJunkie · October 2, 2008 9:18AM

<< I agreed with the comments so I updated the listing. Dropped insurance in description, reduced s/h and removed opinionated text. Dang coin was harder than heck to get pictures so that's an area I'm working on improving. I can't figure out what I changed but I'm having a horrible time getting the focus back. >>

You probably should have made insurance optional, not included, at that shipping price. If the buyer
opts for it AND looks solid, I usually self-insure for lots under $50.

GoldenEyeNumismatics · October 2, 2008 9:42AM

I like it. Nice layout. Maybe you should add a little color text next time though (make it solid blue or solid green, just looks a little pleasanter)

zeebob · October 2, 2008 9:53AM

I like it. I found that by using "self hosting" photos (which in my case means a photobucket photo), I and just post a single FREE image and have BIG pics. Here is an example.

In my example, the photo is excessively large, next time I'll trim it down a bit. Dial uppers won't like the big photos, but I'm gambling that most people have DSL or cable or surf from a T!+ at work. I might be wrong, but my listing fees for low cost coins dropped by using the single composite photo hosted on Photobucket.

BTW: Nice widget on your auction.

Millertime · October 2, 2008 9:56AM

<< I like it. Nice layout. Maybe you should add a little color text next time though (make it solid blue or solid green, just looks a little pleasanter) >>

How do you do the background and the larger pictures?

Millertime

HighRelief · October 2, 2008 10:04AM

Not bad for a rookie, Millertime

zeebob · October 2, 2008 10:07AM

The larger images are pretty easy. Just take the pic, crop and size it the way you want it to look in a browser (say 1000 pixels horizontal) the upload it to photobucket. When you list your item, in the add-pic menu click the tab for "self hosted" or "externally hosted" photos. Paste in the "direct link" just like you would if you were posting a large pic here in the forum (you can practice in the forum by posting a large pic).

Photobucket has free accounts. If you pay the $25/yr they let you store images up to 5MB (huge jpegs).

To edit multiple images together, I use GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). It's free. It works pretty well. Just open the multiple images as "layers" from the file menu. Arrange them the way you like and export the composite image to a single jpg. You'll have to make the canvas big enough to give you room to work with multiple images and you'll probably want to "fit canvas to layers" just before saving.

Millertime · October 2, 2008 10:12AM

I use photobucket and I downsized these pictures because someone mentioned that Turbolister might not like the larger size. GoldenEye's auctions have a decent sized picture and then the larger image link. How do I do that?

Millertime

cheezhed · October 2, 2008 10:20AM

Looks perfectly fine to me.

ArizonaJack · October 2, 2008 12:43PM

sumdunce · October 2, 2008 12:50PM

Looks good to me.

S

YaHa · October 2, 2008 1:05PM

If this is your first ebay auction why all of the Positive Feedback?

Did you hijack someones acct and now trying to sell items?

Millertime · October 2, 2008 1:08PM

<< If this is your first ebay auction why all of the Positive Feedback?

Did you hijack someones acct and now trying to sell items? >>

If you noticed in the first post I said first listing as a SELLER.

Millertime

YaHa · October 2, 2008 1:14PM

<< 

<< If this is your first ebay auction why all of the Positive Feedback?

Did you hijack someones acct and now trying to sell items? >>

If you noticed in the first post I said first listing as a SELLER.

Millertime >>

Yea but you have 4 positive feedbacks as a Seller. Is ebay wrong or are you tryin to make friends?

Millertime · October 2, 2008 1:35PM

I don't think selling (3) gmail accounts count for anything.

Millertime

YaHa · October 2, 2008 1:38PM

It's in your ebay feedback, it's misleading but if you say this is your first so be it.

I think you have done a proper job.

First listing on eBay. How did I do?

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