I completely agree with the other posters - the best way to establish your reputation is to build it up slowly, first as a buyer, then as a seller, with less expensive items, or at least a mix of lower-priced and higher-priced items. Buyers may be wary of purchasing a $200 item from a new seller.
You'll have to determine through your own experience whether the items you're selling do best through auction or BIN. Try out different options for different types of items and see what works best for you. For some items, BIN with "Make an Offer" works very well, but you have to be flexible on price. Reserve price auctions protect you from sacrificing your items to low bidders, but those $2.00 fees can really add up, so I'd suggest using reserve auctions strategically and carefully (personally I rarely use them anymore).
You have some lovely crystal and glass items listed, but as a new seller, are you prepared to deal with damage/breakage issues which are much more likely with such items? Some of these look rather large and/or fragile. Are you a really experienced packer/shipper of these kinds of items, i.e have you handled them in similar merchandising situations? If not, you may not want to have that sort of risk involved in your first 100 or so sales. If you are selling larger glass or crystal items, I would suggest always shipping with tracking and insurance, especially at these values, and packing extremely carefully. Overall, my suggestion would be to begin with less costly and less fragile merchandise. Smaller items, that would be easier to pack and less likely to break, would be good to start with.
I have some other suggestions that I hope will help to get you more notice from buyers:
(a) You really should include more than just one picture. Show the item from two or three angles; and
(b) Ensure your listings are correct, spelling is checked, etc. I noticed quite a few errors. You're trying to establish a reputation of professionalism and trustworthiness, so accurate and complete listings that are also attractive are key. Choose a good-looking font for your descriptions and make the text a little more legible by enlarging it to 12 point (make full use of eBay's free listing tools).
(c) It looks as if you have "International parcel" shipping listed for "United States" -- you might want to review/revise the shipping options you've chosen for your listings. There are a number of options for the U.S. depending on the type and value of the item.
(d) Free shipping to Canada is good, but don't risk negative FB or low DSRs by sending costly breakable items via the cheapest means possible -- you will want to always use Xpresspost, or Expedited Parcel at the very least, for those items.
(e) Make sure you've read through and are familiar with eBay's seller policies, and keep up to date on changes -- some of them are actually helpful to sellers.
(f) Lastly, be aware that it does often take much longer to sell a more expensive item - another reason to have a wider mix of values in your merchandise.
I hope this will be of some help, and best of luck!
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