First items not selling - any advice for a newbie?

[chillikat]

I've only recently signed up to Ebay. I've started with what I felt were low value, but interesting CD stands hoping to build up to selling more expensive stuff.
Rack 1
Rack 2
I've now nearly reached the end of the auction but have no bids - where have I gone wrong? Is it my newness? - I've no ebay history. Is the postage too high? Could I have described them better? or does no-one want CD racks in the download age?

Does anyone have any advice?

I would say that you can get similar things to this in the shops for 4.99 (which is effectively what you're offering them for) Is the postage really that high?

I'll have another look at postage, maybe it doesn't need to be recorded. Maybe I should be willing to take a small loss on my initial items to build up feedback.

I also wondered if I should sell them as a pair, rather than individually.

I wouldn't worry about building up feedback at the expense of a loss - not a good idea. You need to have a think about what you're selling - if the postage is too high you price yourself out of the market so aim for selling items with a low postage or ones which are definitely wanted. For instance, I never sold toys on ebay as they cost nothing in shops and were always too heavy to post...instead I sold good make clothes, such as mini boden etc as you could always get a decent bit back for them. Good luck.

Maybe its the items themselves? CD racks arent used very much any more?

Just looked at your ads - Make the title as explanatory as possible such as "Beautiful wire 20 disc CD rack - great condition!". Do not put "no returns" so bluntly - rather say something like - "Apologies, I am not a shop so unfortunately cannot offer returns on this item". Clearly state in the ad what used condition they are in too and the ad could be a bit more friendly ..."Would make a beautiful gift, available as a pair (see my other listing)" etc. Would you also accept people picking this item up? The photo used looks like a professional one - do you have any to add of the actual item? I have found a conversational tone in ads work. "I have on offer 2 beautiful wire CD racks, currently looking for a new home due to [insert reason here - moving house, relocation etc].
You are also very new with not much feedback. Also your listing time ended at 3.30pm. You should move this to be about 8pm at night, 3.30 is in the middle of the day when the most people won't be looking to impulse buy. It is good to put lots of items on at the same time so you can add under your listing "Having a clearout. Why not check out my other listings and grab a bargain!" This seems to encourage people to look at your other stuff too.
Think jimswifein1964 is also correct though.

Sorry, didn't mean to carry on for so long!

you shouldn't write no returns at all to be honest

Thanks for all the feedback everyone, especially wheresthepopcorn, it was really useful, and I took the photos - thanks for saying they looked professional (!), I did wonder if more 'in situ' photos might be better, maybe with a CD or 2 in. I'll have another go at re-listing them when I'm settled back at work and if they don't sell there's always freecycle and a whole host of other things to try to ebay (was meant to be something to do on maternity leave...)