Selling on Ebay

I know several on you do it. I've posted my first two items. There have been a bunch of lookers, a few watchers and no bids. I'm sure some of that is due to me not having a high feedback rating, some is probably due to being odd items.

Take a look at these and tell me what I can do to make them more appealing.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281798156306?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281798208743?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

One is a 10 day, one is a 7 day. Which is better.

Would I be better off selling these as a listing rather than an auction with a deadline.

Pointers would be welcome. If you have some good examples I'd love to see them.

For items like these, I like your auction style--BIN or bid it up. Just don't have a reserve. My opinion.

Also, we've had guitars go from $0.99 for the entire auction with 20 watchers, only for it to bid up past our reserve in the last 15 minutes. Don't worry about not having any bids yet, it really doesn't matter until the last day.

I was selling a lot of parts 10 years ago and I feel the used parts arent as popular. When folks call me up after hearing I sold one Hot Wheels car for $137 they tell me what they have. Look it up on eBay and see how that stuff is selling and sometimes there is a limited market on old stuff. I think your listing is fine but that the items might not be highly sought after.

Also, as many pictures as you think you can put in there. Too many is better than too few. You don't have too few here, but you can always use a couple more.

Again for these items, the description isn't that important--it is what it is, unlike a car where it can require a whole essay, but try to get a few lines in at least.

7 vs. 10 day? Meh. More important is the day it ends. I try to have the items end around 7:30PM eastern on a Saturday. That way across the country it is between 4:30 and 7:30, a time where people might be reasonably watching it and try to snipe it.

The last items I sold didn't have any bidders until the last 2 days of the auction. I think that's typical now.

I like to include shipping in my minimum bid, then call it free shipping.

As a buyer, I hate have to constantly add shipping into how much I am willing to bid calculations.

You need to use as many commonly searchable relevant keywords in the title as possible. For instance on the retract parts, you don't have RC, Airplane, Landing Gear, etc. You need those kinds of key words in the title so that people will see the listing without specifically searching for that brand.

Also, I wouldn't do auctions at all as a beginner. I know everyone thinks of auctions when they think Ebay, but serious sellers have largely moved away from them. On items like these, I would study completed listings to figure out your price points, list as BIN for 30 days, and wait for the right guy to come along.

A big mistake beginners make is to list an item on auction which sells for say $40 BIN, but only does so every couple of months. The guy who will pay $40 only comes along every couple of months, so the auction listing only sells for maybe $10 because the duration wasn't long enough for two "$40 guys" to see it and bid it up to that level.

Remember that Ebay takes ~10% from both the final selling price and your shipping charge, and then there's the paypal and listing fee (if applicable). Consider all of that when working out your BIN price. Some items move better with free shipping, others more commonly have the shipping charge separated.