How do other sellers get much beeter prices than me? Resent selling so low!

[TartyMcFarty]

Grr! I'm re-selling a great denim jacket that I only just bought on ebay for £24, for £4 sodding 99. My BNWOT Monsoon dress and a Phase Eight dress are going for the modest starting bids. Why do I only get one bidder on these things and end up selling for next to nothing? I think my descriptions are ok!

Presumably I can't cancel the sales? I'd genuinely rather donate the stuff to a charity shop.

This used to happen to me as well. I figured that there was to many similiar stuff on that week.
However I decided that I would only list for the least amount that I would want for the article and if it did not sell then 1 relist and then of to the charity shop.

Others say that if you start low it will attract more bidders, well not in my world, things were going for 99p and like you would have rather have given to a charity shop.
Having said that I got £5(starting bid) for mens shoes that I was really hoping would go for £10. I would have wept to sell for any less.

I've been selling on eBay for quite a while and generally it's become a haven for bottom feeders - people want Mercedes quality at Daewoo prices! However, it is the best place to sell, so we hang in there. I built musical instruments, so over the years I've dropped the quality on some parts to try and maintain profit, but by the time you take out eBay and Paypal fees the cupboard's pretty bare.

Watching with interest as I'm planning to start selling on eBay (never even bought anything on there before)

Can you just put it up for 'buy it now' instead of auctioning? Or are there too many charges?

Range of photos? I once read that you should aim to finish your auction at Thursday or Sunday lunchtime. But seriously if mine end on an evening, particularly weekend evening is good.

If they end on a weekday afternoon, people know they won't be able to last minute bid.

Hi, you definatly need to look at when they will end more than how much for, if you start a listing at 3pm on a tuesday afternoon, it will finish the same time the next week usually when everyone is in work or on the school rul, so you cant expect last minute bidders, ive listed for early 10 yrs and used to only list in the afternoons thinking people in work who were bored would have a look, now though i stick to the evenings after 8 when i think all kids will be in bed by then, also make sure your ending doesnt clash with anything on tv, like the apprentice x factor or anything else not to give them a reason not to bid.

I agree, use lots of decent photos, clear descriptions, cheapest postage you can manage and ensure auctions end during the evening.

I end on Sunday night about 8:30 and ALWAYS start everything at 99p.

My auctions finished last night and I listed expecting to get about £150 going by other peoples completed listings and ended up with £250.

WWYD then if you have something that's worth more? I have something worth about £160 new, I got it free but don't want to let it go for less than £100. Is it best to just set a price, and face the charges, or can I start the auction at a higher price? Would appreciate any advice :)

I sold a bundle of 3 dresses and 1 top, started bidding at £5 ended up with £19.50 for the lot was pleased as hoped for £20. Noticed the person who bought them has an online clothing shop on ebay selling 2nd hand stuff and they resold 1 of my dresses for £21, don't know what they got for the lot but did better than me. They had a nice ebay shop and displayed the stuff on a mannequin which always looks good as shows off the curves and how it would look when on.

Hi, personally id have a look at what others are going for in the same condition as yours, then probably start it lowish maybe around £50 but with a reserve on it for what you would be prepared to sell it for. I've only ever sold my dressmaking mannequins which where quite expensive, one went for £560 and i started it at 99p. Just remember that you dont always get the price that its worth so maybe worth placing a few adverts in local papers for the amount you actually want and take it off ebay if you sell it before.

Thanks, I expected a flaming. The stuff did end early Sunday evening, which I often find is when I have most time to pop on and have a look. I guess I could have made more effort with the photography. Won't bother with ebay again I don't think - I seem to pay quite a few quid for stuff that's invariably disappointing, and make peanuts on the selling side! When I think what a charity shop might have got for it I'm Nothing much else to sell anyhoo. Ah well.

Are you filling in all of the description form?

I'm trying to buy clothes on eBay at the moment, and finding things in the right grouping is a nightmare. A search for "Monsoon dress 14" brings up 2892 results, for example. I've probably not even seen yours.

If I use the advanced filters and narrow down to sleeveless, it shows 383 sleeveless, 2312 Not Specified. If I click the filter, the Not Specifieds won't appear at all.