I registered with ebay today and listed a couple of jewellery auctions. I was just wondering if stuff does sell on ebay without advertising it elsewhere or not?
What are your experiences?

And do you have any tips where i should advertise my jewellery auctions so that people will bid on it??

Thanks,

~Harshil

It's not quite the same, but I sell sheet music and books on a dutch auction site that has been bought by eBay two weeks ago. So far I have never advertised, but then I'm not in a hurry and I do it for the fun.

Sometimes I sell something within a few hours, sometimes it's up for sale for weeks and nobody even looks at it but then someone comes along and buys it. And sometimes I have to put it up for auction again and again.

It helps if you give a good description of what is special about your product. People easily overlook (for example) music book for the guitar, but take notice if you write: learn to play the flamenco guitar with this course, including a MC and written by this famous flamenco player. (Sold that one in less than 2 hours!)

Good luck!

Thanks a lot for your opinion.
Speaking of time, ebay charges 60c per 7 days just for listing so if it is sold in 7 days well and fine or else the money is wasted. thats why i asked

The trick with ebay is knowing the right category and the right keywords to use
I don't usually advertise on ebay - but I always go through a few searches to see where the sort of stuff I'm looking at selling usually is (category wise, and which keywords bring up the most results).

That's what'll get you the bids in the end

I sell a lot of things on ebay without advertising anywhere. Jewellery isn't always the best thing to try to sell - there are so much of it for sale. And having a feedback score of zero would turn some buyers away.

hmm i see
anything i can to increase my feedback? LOL

Edited to ask: what kind of things do you sell?? and do u use any special technique / keyword, etc for your product?

Yes, could u tell us some other things to sell and which sells...

Unfortunatly the only way to increase your feedback score is to buy and sell on ebay, but a lot of people won't buy or sell to people who have a feedback score of zero and have been a member for less than 30 days, so it's a catch 22 really.

I sell a large range of clothing for women of all sizes. No special techniques or anything, just found something that people want. The larger sizes I find sell the best.

I sold painting once without advertising

Hmm those are usually hot sellers and collectors pay anything for them

my experience with ebay is that as was mentioned its all about keywords, you put in the title of your item you are selling and in brackets ( ) put some keywords, so if someone wants for example 9carot gold instead of 18 or something like that, that keyword brings up your item, if you get my drift on that....

It is a big risk on ebay, because at the end of the day people go on ebay to get cheap goods, low prices on everything, and you can get some really cheap stuff, and thats why people go there.

As a seller, its a gamble, you can do the auction at a low price to save on the ebay fee, but do the "reserve" option on it, that means you can put in an amount you think is reasonable for your item, and the buyer has to bid and try and get to that price you put as a reserve.... if they don't reach it, you do not have to sell it to them, there is a small fee, but if you put the bid in at a low price you save on that i suppose.

In my experience the only items you see real money out of is electrical goods, computer parts etc..

But good luck though

Some trick

Post atleast 20 items, 30 is good

then you will able to get sale 2-3 item cover all insertion fee, that is a little profit.

Thanks for your advice. I will try that reserve price and keywords thing on my next auction

But if none of them sell then i will make a good loss of $12, isnt it?
It is a risk.
Otherwise, what i can do is post a couple of items and advertise them so that the chances of selling them are higher

I have sold everything I have ever listed on ebay without advertising. I suppose that if you do advertise then maby you will get extra bid you might not have gotten before though.

again, what products do you sell? Is it softwares, something to do with internet?

I have had a couple thousand eBay transactions, buying and selling, and have never advertised. I always sold a lot of bath & body products, homemade things, aromatherapy. Childrens items sell well, too, particularly clothes for cheap and in "like new" condition. Books sell ok but arent very profitable. Electronics sell well BUT there are special problems associated with selling them.

Ebay is a great site to sell stuff on, Ebay has helped fund my holidays (?2000) heheheheh cheers ebay

My tips would be

Spend some time looking at the auctions selling similar products to yours.
Do a search on the current auctions and the ones that have completed. Look at the differences between those that closed successfully with lots of bids, and those that didn't sell. And apply the successful techniques to your own. Use the same categories, and key words, item details included in the description.

Be honest in your description.

If the items are new, use words like MINT, Brand New, BNWT(Brand new with tag) Fine, in the title - depends on the product which is more appropriate.

Include a picture.

I've never advertised for my regular ebay auctions. If you are selling in a category you have not bought, you need to watch what is selling and not selling - but you need to do it over a month or longer time. Some of the buyers are not always on and people get emotional when bidding. Some of my best sales have been relists with a reduction in price - they sold for more the original listing. And, don't judge a sales until it is OVER - a lot of people are sniping and the auction activity will not happen until the last few seconds.

But, for GPT ads, you should advertise as the auctions will get lost among all the rest - unless you use the proper keywords to grab people. I've joined many GPTR programs after buying ads (or memberships) through ebay auctions. These were the best programs as I know they have an income source outside of the member ads and redemptions. You should advertise on like GPTR such as low minimums for low minimums, etc.

I cleaned out my whole office of spare computer stuff selling it on ebay as well as old books and knickknacks and musicboxes I was trying to make space in my tiny house. Did well and cleaned ou tthe house he he.. I did not advertise but to mention on a couple email lists I am on that I had some things for sale in my signaure on ebay.

A good way to increase your feedback if you're from the US is to list on half.com (I don't know if that's available internationally). There's no listing fee and there's no time limit. So, if you have some books and such you'd like to get rid of, put them on half.com for about 75 cents. Once you've sold about 10 or 15 items, your feedback will be getting to the point that buyers will trust you.

I've never advertised ebay. The key is good pics, detailed to an obscene degree descriptions, and a low start price. Once the first bid has been placed buyers rarely care about the price if it's unique. Someone just has to break the ice.

Having really good keywords is an excellent idea, you may have to
experiement with a few untill you get the right one.

Having a picture of the item is huge. It will increase the amount of bidders.

Make sure you indicate that if they have any questions all, to not hesitate
to email you. That email address could be worth 2-3 times the amount
of that one jewellery.

Ebay have great features that works towards sellers now so take
advantage of that.

You want to create a bidding war between the bidders. You can accomplish
that by placing several items or jewelleries.

For example: you can write, " If you are looking for a necklace for that
special women in your life, visit my other auctions "

This way, they might be interested in other items.

Well. Anyone wanting to increase their feedback score is more than welcome to bid on a few of my auctions.

Hi . . . hello

I'm a newbie at this forum.

I've sold stuff on eBay without having to advertise the items in other places.

I've sold - Pokemon Trading Cards, New and Used Phonecards for Collectors, FLY Slot Racing Cars, Finland EURO Coins and other bits and pieces.

Right now . . . I am looking to sell eBooks at online auctions. It does not have to be EBay. Sometimes I feel eBay imposes too many restrictions on Sellers . . . except when they take there cut of your sales.

SurfBay, Welcome to the forum!

I too have sold trading cards (sports mainly) on eBay, but nothing too recently. I had owned a shop offline and moved much of my stuff in auctions. I have found that unless you have a very desirable card that you may end up having to re-list multiple times to sell it. Since most of my inventory leftover is lesser priced I have lost money by re-listing once too many times. LOL

I had sold some items for friends/customers and did ok with that for a bit. I am hoping to find the time to get back to that (and selling on eBay in general) as I have kept a perfect feedback rating for nearly 7 years.

In keeping with the thread, I really never did advertise much and I doubt it would make much difference in my case.

Good Luck Everyone!

Bux

I have sold stuff. I mostly sell books and children's clothes. For me, I have found name brand clothing sells the best. Like Polo, Gymboree sell well for me. But there are higher brands that sell at unbelievable prices too.

I started off as a buyer. I bought for like a year and got 100% feedback and then started listing stuff. I haven't sold everything I have listed but have sold most of it.

Take pictures. You don't have to pay to list all the pictures. I pay for the gallery pic(which I think is a big must) and then insert the other pics through HTML.

Good Luck!

know almost nothing about ebay

There is absolutely no need to advertise when you list on ebay. Whenever you list anything on ebay, your item is exposed to thousands of potential buyers. That in itself is advertisement enough.

All you really need to do is get a good description and preferably a good picture. Trust me, if your item is trully a desirable product, it will get bids.

But whether the item sells or not is another story. The best test is for you to do a keyword search for similar items. Be sure to search for CURRENT and CLOSED auctions. If the search reveals that in the last month 30 other sellers had listed the very same item you intend to sell and none of them got any bids, my advice is to save yourself the trouble and listing fee and find something else to sell instead.

set the remain time of every auction in short intervals,maybe you can accelerate selling out your jewellery.

Just as the_gnome said, posting something on ebay is an advertisement in itself. There are people looking for a little bit of everything. I've never had to advertise anything I've sold on ebay. (Includes Laptop for parts, Drum Set, Guitar, Few Books, and a suit). All of this sold without reposting, and without advertising.

My opinion is that if you are going to sell anything online whether or ebay or any other place, you really need to do some advertising. You can just post to ebay without advertising, but are you really going to get the good quality customers that you want!

I agree that you do not need to advertise to make sales but it does help items to sell faster. You should try it both ways and then decide which works best for your financial situation. If you are happy with no advertising and make the money you are looking for, then by all means do it. I would!

If it is an item that people want no advertising is required .. .

That is right, if it is an item that is very popluar there is usually no need to advertise it, because everyone wants it. The key in that would be to make sure that you are not holding out for a price that people will really not be interested in.

When you have so many people selling the same thing, even if it is something they want, then the price is the deciding factor.

Everything I have ever sold on ebay has been only with the ebay advertising the site does. I have never personally advertised anything I have sold one ebay, and will never advertise anything I sell. I do not think there is any reason I should advertise independently.