There are 80 characters in the title, use them all. That is your first line of advertising and you are not using it.
eBay allows up to 12 pictures, you have one? That is your second line of advertising and you are not using it.
The bulbs are $12 to ship? Creative wrapping in a bubble mailer and I bet they will go for $2.50. I have made thicker widgets than that get through the 20mm slot.
Canada is 5% of my market, the USA is 90%.
Let me re-phrase.
Selling a widget is a complex algorithm made up of: widget, title, pictures, shipping cost, where you ship to, stated policies, target market, etc.
Any ONE of these can de-rail the whole listing. Too many attempted sellers believe their widget has value and will sell with minimum effort. Not so. All sellers have to promote and advertise their widget as: the best, most desirable, buy mine, buy from me, do not buy from someone else.
OP, you are not selling to me very well. You are not giving me a BOOM BABY reason to buy from you.
I see you have only sold two items since 2004. A little early to be tossing in the towel, pointing and blaming, don't you think. The old adage of "when you point one finger forward, you are pointing three back" applies here.
You are not using any of the tools available, yet, you are blaming externally? I fail to understand that.
Let's take the bulbs for an eg. Make a 20mm slot and practice packaging to make it fit through the slot. I use a bubble mailer with cardboard inside. Cut out an outline to make the bulbs fit in the cardboard and then I would wrap with industrial grade shrink wrap. I get that at Rona for cheap.
I bet you can knock $10 off the shipping charge.
80 characters in the title. Use them all. Look at what other sellers are using for SEARCHABLE key words. Use them. This is you hook. This is where you have your ONLY chance to catch someone to look inside. Your words have to lure them in, kinda like the Monty Python milkman sketch.
Now, pictures. Twelve may be excessive, I do not know. Practice pictures and lighting. Natural light is best. Angles, top, bottom, long shots, close-up, part numbers, crystal clear focus.
Ship to the USA. Cost is kinda the same when it fits through the slot. 90% of my market. Small parcel is much cheaper to the USA than Canada. Bigger market and cheaper shipping? Hum?
There is a huge learning curve and frustration is a large part of it. The frustration never goes away, you just learn to deal with it.
The best sellers value add their listings.
Selling a widget is a complex algorithm made up of: widget, title, pictures, shipping cost, where you ship to, stated policies, target market, etc.
Any ONE of these can de-rail the whole listing. Too many attempted sellers believe their widget has value and will sell with minimum effort. Not so. All sellers have to promote and advertise their widget as: the best, most desirable, buy mine, buy from me, do not buy from someone else.
OP, you are not selling to me very well. You are not giving me a BOOM BABY reason to buy from you.
I see you have only sold two items since 2004. A little early to be tossing in the towel, pointing and blaming, don't you think. The old adage of "when you point one finger forward, you are pointing three back" applies here.
You are not using any of the tools available, yet, you are blaming externally? I fail to understand that.
Let's take the bulbs for an eg. Make a 20mm slot and practice packaging to make it fit through the slot. I use a bubble mailer with cardboard inside. Cut out an outline to make the bulbs fit in the cardboard and then I would wrap with industrial grade shrink wrap. I get that at Rona for cheap.
I bet you can knock $10 off the shipping charge.
80 characters in the title. Use them all. Look at what other sellers are using for SEARCHABLE key words. Use them. This is you hook. This is where you have your ONLY chance to catch someone to look inside. Your words have to lure them in, kinda like the Monty Python milkman sketch.
Now, pictures. Twelve may be excessive, I do not know. Practice pictures and lighting. Natural light is best. Angles, top, bottom, long shots, close-up, part numbers, crystal clear focus.
Ship to the USA. Cost is kinda the same when it fits through the slot. 90% of my market. Small parcel is much cheaper to the USA than Canada. Bigger market and cheaper shipping? Hum?
There is a huge learning curve and frustration is a large part of it. The frustration never goes away, you just learn to deal with it.
The best sellers value add their listings.
You are espousing a negative belief pattern. I have NEVER done that. If you say you are being hard done by, you will believe that. Mailing costs are a non-entity for me. Rarely part of my decision making process.
You are buying to sell? That is not how it works. I prefer the word "acquire". I pay, on average $5 on my retail $100. That is where I need to be to make a profit after ALL expenses.
Some things are not meant to sell on-line or on eBay.
You are buying to sell? That is not how it works. I prefer the word "acquire". I pay, on average $5 on my retail $100. That is where I need to be to make a profit after ALL expenses.
Some things are not meant to sell on-line or on eBay.
Again with the negativity. There is minimal, at worst, shill bidding.
You want to believe the world is against you, eBay is not for you.
Here is an expression a friend of mine uses in business class: "Hobbies cost money, interests are free, business makes money". You had a hobby, a hobby costs money.
You want to believe the world is against you, eBay is not for you.
Here is an expression a friend of mine uses in business class: "Hobbies cost money, interests are free, business makes money". You had a hobby, a hobby costs money.
Femme, again with my argument that folks come here complaining and pointing fingers only to end up with "oh".
Free shipping means, sigh, you do not charge an extra amount on top of the advertised price. Free shipping means, you include all S&H in the price.
"oh"
Free shipping means, sigh, you do not charge an extra amount on top of the advertised price. Free shipping means, you include all S&H in the price.
"oh"
