What am I doing wrong??

[Sleepingbunnies]

I am trying to sell some things on eBay for my dad, rugs and bedroom furniture but nothing seems to be going :(

I'm actually getting disappointed for him because I thought the stuff would fly out!!

HELP!

[CatsCantTwerk]

Are you doing buy it now or auction?

Are you offering postage or collection only?

Have you took different pictures/angles of the items?

[lynniep]

have you got some links? will help to see what you're selling

[Butterflyspring]

try gumtree or freeads instead. And only take cash if collected.

[Sleepingbunnies]

It's clovercarpets shop on eBay.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Have posted everything on gumtree too with no success. :(

[Sleepingbunnies]

Collection only as he is a shop and people would be put off by the postage!

[TheReluctantCountess]

Have you got high starting prices?

[CatsCantTwerk]

I have just looked and your starting price is very high. It will put a lot of buyers off.

[TheReluctantCountess]

I've had a look and it's not cheap. People like a bargain on Ebay.

[LaurieFairyCake]

Can you post a link?

Because in searching for clover carpets I can only find carpets shaped like 4 leaf clovers

[CatsCantTwerk]

www.ebay.co.uk/sch/clovercarpets/m.html

I would also advise doing some buying on there to get your feedback up, You have 0 feedback which will not help with high prices also.

[Sleepingbunnies]

I thought it would be the price. :(

[allmycats]

It is too expensive.

[CatsCantTwerk]

If that is the price you ant for them, put them on BIN not bids.

[Sleepingbunnies]

It's all brand new furniture / rugs.. How much should I lower the price by? I will show this to my dad and see if he can do it.

[Sleepingbunnies]

I can't seem to put on a BIN without putting a starting price in?

[lynniep]

Ah yes - its the price. People want bargains on ebay - if you want to sell these on auction the price has to be reduced considerably.

[MisForMumNotMaid]

You used to need to get yourself a feedback score of 10 plus so that paypal covers buyers purchases.

The descriptions lack many search triggers. For example if you search rug you bring up 200,556 listings. So you then add search criteria like dimensions, colours etc. so if you describe it as

'contemporary rug, beige, grey 1.2m x 1.4m (4ft x 4ft 8)' flat weave NEW

You're more likely to hit peoples search criteria.

Would you wrap and allow courier collection to be arranged by buyer?

Would you courier at the risk that distance selling regs mean you could get returns?

[LilyBobtail]

I would also add more to the descriptions - ie what are they made of. Are they a brand name etc.

[lynniep]

Also for instance update the titles e.g. 'coffee table' change to 'Stunning Viva Modern Large Coffee table - oak veneer 110 x 60cm Brand New Glass Shelf' or something like that

[Sleepingbunnies]

Don't think he particularly wants to 'sell the at auction' he would prefer BIN but I can't do it. It says I have to enter a starting bid?!

Thank you for the help with the descriptions! mumnotmaid

[MisForMumNotMaid]

this is a better example of a not dissimilar rug

[Sleepingbunnies]

I could kiss all you ladies for your help!

I will work on these when I get home :)

[MisForMumNotMaid]

Ebay fixed price listing how too

[Sleepingbunnies]

Even on a fixed price listing is £80 really too much for a brand new coffee table?

[ChickenFajitasAndNachos]

I think you should reduce the prices by 50%.