Is it worth relisting?

[HomeEcoGnomist]

I am on my second round of selling on eBay, and some items have done v well...others had no interest.

Is it ever worth relisting, and if so - any tips I should be aware of?

I have a mixture of ladies' clothes, shoes and baby clothes.

Thanks

I would wait until free listings come up personally, happens every few weeks.

The other thing to do is put them in bundles.

I already wait for the free listings before I go on there!

The baby stuff is in bundles...I am really surprised that they have had no interest (even the one that is 100% Gap stuff, I read on here that you would definitely get interest in that )

Then again, I can't be arsed to go and post a whole bundle if I only get 99p for it, so I have put my starting price at a number I would actually like to achieve. So maybe I am pricing myself out of the market.

i do relist and sometimes get sales second time around. i do research what has sold recently before deciding whether to list. Does that help?

I've had mixed results, some things do sell on the second listing. I'm deciding whether to list a specialist item for a 3rd time. I had loads of watchers on both previous listings but not one bid so I think I'll do it again with a lower starting price.

Its a bulky item so I think the high postage may be putting people off

Well, some of my relisted items did sell this time round, and some new things that I thought would do really well have watchers but no bids!

Ebay is a funny place...

DH commented on the amount I have made so far, something along the lines of 'you could make a living from this!'

Er, only if you never need any money! It is quite a lot of time for a relatively small reward. Don't think I will be bothered when I go back to work - don't mind trundling to the PO when on mat leave, but don't fancy going every Sat morning!

vbusymum you could list it collection only but put something in about courier perhaps? looks cheaper that way

Thanks overthemill - I think I might do that. I've never sold anything as big before so I just used the same postage amount as other people selling the same things (lazy I know but I'm assuming they've done their research).

Do you think its better to list as collection only but also do a postage amount or vice versa ?

Things with a higher starting price rarely do as well as those that start at 99p IME

Nancy - so if you have in mind an acceptable price that you would like to achieve, but put it on at 99p, how often do you get up to the price you were originally after?

I think it would be really painful if something I was hoping to make a few quid on only went for 99p - especially if P&P is really only what it costs, and you're not making anything there.

HEG the way I look at it anything is better than nothing.

You might thing £4 is acceptable but it is only worth what someone will pay.

I find ebay is swings and roundabouts I have sold lots of baby gap stuff for 99p/£1.20 and then occassionally something not particularly interesting will sell for more than the original price.

I am actively put off bidding for anything that has a high starting price even if realistically I would happily bid more than that if I was bidding against someone else.

I listed my old car with a starting price of 99p - I got 6 figures for it

i list things as

collection only due to size but happy for you to arrange courier at a mutually convenient time. cash on collection if collecting in person otherwise paypal please

I look at completed listings for similar stuff and then list as buy it now or best offer just above the typical completed listing price.

I seam to do better generally this way especially with branded stuff like gap where it might narrow a search to bring up all dates.

Hmm, some interesting tactics.
Might try them next time I am ebaying!

thanks ladies

ANTagony that's roughly what i do, for stuff i consider 'expensive' i research prices similar stuff sold at eg selling leather chair at the moment my bin price is what same thing went for recently and auction start price at same start price it started at iyswim.

can i ask bundles advice please?

If i have 8 or 9 unsold things all the same age - is it worth 'bundling' them to see if that gets any interest? These were things i put up for .99 each to start with so can you suggest a price to start off with for me ? Thanks - bundles are all new to me

Have you tried selling the bundles of clothes on Gumtree or Netmums? I have had quite a bit of success on these sites. You can put things up at the price you want for them and people come and collect them so there is no need to worry about postage.

Also no paypal fees, and you know people are happy when they leave - so no worries about negative feedback.

tutu100 - so bundle up unsold stuff ad listing on netmums and/or gumtree. Hmm good idea - just so keen to get some cash and declutter all our stuff*

right, i have just listed 10 x things for £10 on my local netmums board - see what happens! Can't lose i guess with no fees.

Yes I find bundles of clothes foe £x tend to sell whereas if you list things individually you don't got any interest at all.

Also it's worth checking the wanted ads on Netmums. Mine regularly has people wanting particular sizes of clothes, I find that good if I haven't had a chance to sort things out yet. I just email the person and say they are welcome to come and look at what I have.

Good Luck. Hope you do well.

Do people realise that if you collect items in person you aren't covered by ebay protection ? I sent DH to collect a pram that was boxed up, he just put it in the boot thought no more of it, it was covered in mould.
Anyway nothing we can do as he should have checked, but if you arrange your own courier to collect the same applies and I bet the couriers wouldn't check the contents.

I always show people everything if they come to my house to collect whether I sell on ebay or elsewhere. That's what I mean by you know people are happy when they walk away. If people have a good look, then they would buy if they aren't satisfied.