sun818
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posted on April 5, 2002 04:40:21 PM new
Do you advertise in other places?
Do you feature you auctions?
Do you have a mailing list?
Do you put L@@K, Paypal, V/MC or other words in your title?
tekgems.com
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rarriffle
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posted on April 5, 2002 06:23:00 PM new
I always use the gallery. that little picture, if a good one, really pulls the lookers in. I have about a 95% sell thru rate.
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ihula
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posted on April 5, 2002 07:33:50 PM new
I keep seeing that little picture on auctions...that's the gallery? What do you pay for that little picture?
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ok4leather
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posted on April 5, 2002 07:54:06 PM new
One way to do it is this - Get all your regular auctions ready to launch- then set up one special auction for an item thats in high demand and a little pricy. Set it up for 5.00 starting bid, no reserve or buy it price. If its a good item people will jump on it and others will come to see what all the bidding is about. Bidders will look at your other auctions. Sometimes you give away a good item and sometimes you clean up.
Good luck
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slabholder
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posted on April 5, 2002 10:12:36 PM new
I keep seeing that little picture on auctions...that's the gallery? What do you pay for that little picture?
Gallery fee .25
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outoftheblue
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posted on April 5, 2002 11:10:21 PM new
It's amazing how eBay has brainwashed people into thinking that a gallery image is necessary. I have sold many, many, items with and without gallery images there is little or no difference in the mount of bids or page views.
I do not feel that the gallery image will draw people to your auctions but if the picture is bad it could scare people off....
You would be better off spending a few cents more and list in 2 categories than you would to use a gallery image.
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rarriffle
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posted on April 6, 2002 02:55:23 AM new
using the gallery is not from brainwashing. it is a quarter well spent in my opinion. when i search (I buy quite a bit), i do not search on category, i only look at the gallery items.
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ourbiz1
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posted on April 6, 2002 03:55:04 AM new
I have tried it with and with out the gallery pix and rarriffle is correct it does work for the extra $.25 pulling!
Soory had to get my 2 cents in.
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alldings
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posted on April 6, 2002 05:44:50 AM new
Take advantage of the item discription line and put in search words that tell the buyer about the item. Sit in the buyer's chair and ask "What word or words would I type into the search field if I was looking for whatever it is you are selling.?"
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on April 6, 2002 08:05:14 AM new
Gallery did not work for us. Complete waste of money. I suppose the only solution is to try it to see if it works for you. If you have multiples of an item, try one Gallery auction and one non-Gallery auction.
We get lots of hits by starting auctions at $.01 with no reserve. If a looker turns into a bidder, s/he typically bids on 3 or 4 other items as well.
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kyms
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posted on April 6, 2002 09:15:18 AM new
We don't use any of the added features and only list payment methods in the ads. We seem to be getting great hits on most things..
I think the "features" are a big waste of money.
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bidsbids
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posted on April 6, 2002 09:20:17 AM new
I think the gallery is a complete waste of money since the eBay hosted iPix photo shows up on half of the darn items anyway after a search is done. Save that quarter and use at least one iPix photo. I have been on eBay for over four years and have never done a gallery only thingie for any item I've searched for. In the old days it took a great computer and connection to even use that feature without a long wait.
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rgrem
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posted on April 6, 2002 10:01:28 AM new
I really study what goes into that title line. I think if anyone is tempted to say look, wonderful, rare, or wow in the title can find another word which might help the search. Also, due to the nature of my stuff, I often use 2-category listing. And if a 'customer' should find my gadget I am very careful with their first impression of my s/h/i and terms. It is hard enough to snag a bidder- let's not lose them with our layout or terms. jmho
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quickdraw29
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posted on April 6, 2002 10:02:01 AM new
It really depends on what you sell, if you already get lots of bids, it would be a waste of money to pay for extra features because there's only so much people will pay anyway. If bidding is a little weak on your item, it helps to draw in more bidders anyway you can because one extra bidder pays for the extra fee. On the otherhand, if you have almost no bidding, you may not be able to give away your item for free and more lookers won't help, so don't risk more money trying to pull them in.
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