my item views are very low

kennwn
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my item views are very low & my last few sales have been to Canada... I may have something wrong with my settings...My Star Wars and  Nascar haven't sold..Are US buyers not seeing my ads? 

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my item views are very low

Your listings seem visible to Canada and US.

 

The high shipping cost is likely a factor, at least as far as Canada is concerned. Same with having lots. Maybe list items individually as an alternative, which will give you more leeway to be specific in your titles (e.g., "I have multiple vintage clocks" will turn into "here are some attention-grabbing features about this one clock"). Also bear in mind that these are niche collector's items.

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my item views are very low

I agree with @nostalgicaftertaste , your shipping costs at least on your NASCAR merch is too high. But that's because your selling the merch in lots rather than individual pieces which might be better over the long tern

 

Even if you're a racing fan and you seriously collect, who really wants to pay for items you either have or don't want when you just want one or two pieces.

 

As a seller of movies, I've had a tougher time selling large sets than items piece by piece.

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my item views are very low

From a math perspective you are doing pretty good.

 

In the last month, depending how many items you've listed that haven't sold, your sell rate is around 15% of items listed (or even better). 

 

That is pretty darned good.

 

Don't forget you're competing with millions of other items listed.

 

I would really really really like a 15% monthly sell rate, that's almost double mine (and I have almost 4,000 items running with special things I do to increase visibility/sales).

 

I put this in another thread too but doing the following might help visibility:

-include the shipping* in the price and make it free shipping. In my own experience the value the extra views brings, because it is free shipping and is therefore favored by the search algorithm overrides the negative impact of folks who don't think about the fact that yours is free shipping vs someone else's that is lower without the shipping included (PS despite the fact I'm a stamp guy, I'm doing this on packages right up to bankers boxes)

-if you don't already, consider using promoted listings, even a small percent like 1%.

 

*PS I agree with the others that the shipping price you have on stuff seems to be quite high compared to what I think it would cost me to ship the same thing. That will make it harder for you to include the shipping in the "free shipping" price plan.

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