Why arent my items selling despite better pricing?

Question

Hello all,

I am tring to figure out why my items are not selling despite pricing. I recognize that I do not have any ratings. This is because I have not sold anything at this point. I would imagine this is a sticking point for many buyers. What is the best way to get the first few buyers so that I can get rated?

Are there any other issues with how I am listing?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

lucitabby · Answer

Shipping.

Looks like most of your items would fit in the Canada Post pre-paid Extra-Small Flat Rate Box for 16.99 plus tax 5% in AB is .95 = $17.89. Box can be mailed all across Canada for that price and includes tracking. Quite a bit cheaper than what your calculated shipping is showing.

Buy a couple at the Post Office to have for when you make a sale and change your listings from calculated shipping to Flat rate of $17.90.

femmefan1946 · Answer

Then there is aspirational pricing.

Some consumers feel that the higher the price the better the product.

Usually but not always true.

If something doesn't sell at a low price, try raising the price.

Or.

Since many of your items are already fairly valuable, use Free Shipping.

Don't Panic!

Free shipping means your cost of shipping is included in the asking price (making the asking price higher) instead of being a separate line item.

Which is cheaper: a $400 set of seals with $15 shipping or a $415 set of seals with Free Shipping?

You might also add to your description "Shipped from Alberta/ Next business day/ EXPEDITED SHIPPING"

You know that we can buy Expedited labels on eBay for the same price as Regular Parcel, right?

2 kits are required to completely service one pump.

Should you be selling two kits together then?

marnotom! · Answer

Why don’t you buy a few things and get your feedback score up that way? I tend to have more confidence in new sellers who have some buying experience under their belts as it shows that they do have some idea of what their own buyers are going through.

mrdutch1001 · Answer

Successful selling is about the product>its quality, uniqueness, target market, supply and demand,etc...Did you thoroughly research the product's availability on eBay? Is there lots of demand? lots of supply? perhaps there is an abundance of product and not enough demand?