are things very slow? or is it just me?

[rockleigh2014]

are things/sales very slow? or is it just me?

[clarry100]

Has been but we are picking up again now.

[phorum_junkie*]

Having one of my best weeks in a long time. Overal the month is I think going to be higher than the average. May be because my things are beginning to show up in google searches.

[5kazam · Accepted solution]

Methinks we are in need of lots of 100 free listing weekends.  That tends to move things along...and out of here...!!!

[chameleon54]

I had a couple of crazy weeks end Dec. start of Jan, with two weeks of full time packing & mailing etc.  Sales then slowed right down for a couple of weeks. Picking back up now. I have used the 5000 free auctions to list some surplus stock. Managed to get 350 listings done with 60 - 70 % selling, some to strong bidding. This will fill in the hole of last weeks slower BIN sales. I used long auction times 7-10 days to pick up extra watchers in the slow period. ( I normally use 3-5 day auctions ) This seems to have worked nicely with the auctions gaining about the same interest as I would expect in "normal" times..

[chameleon54]

re. above ONE REALLY INTERESTING THING was I thought I would try a few 0.99 cent start auctions as I had never used them before.  ( Most started at $6.95 ). I listed 70 x 0.99 cent starts thinking it would create some interest. Many of the items where same as $6.95 ers. They where very much avoided by buyers, with less than ten recieving bids. The same buyers where happy to part with $6.95 start or more bids for virtually the same thing. Does the low opening start, colour buyers views into thinking the items are rubbish ? VERY STRANGE ????

[bookmanx500]

Maybe they bid on 0.99c items in the past and sellers have refused to send them.
So are wary of this type of auction

Barrie

[chameleon54]

Thanks Barrie, Normally I would say that sounds like a good theory, but the pool of buyers I have are a small group of regular repeat buyers ( both International & local )  with special collectable interest.  I have dealt with them many times before and have built up good repor with them. I even offer them select items first, if I find something juicy that they would like. I had hoped to create a bit of a bidding frenzy with the 0.99 starts, but it just didnt fly. These little quircks do fascinate me ( must have too much time on my hands ) ANY OTHER IDEAS ANYONE ???

[endless_delights]

Sales are terrible..I guessing its post xmas..school fees etc but every year for the last  years jan was good..

Also could be people waiting to see how much Dictator Abbott will cut their payments by...

[maconii]

Sales were quite slow last week, but there was a sudden surge this Monday which had me packaging for a few hours.. Today has been a little slow again though..

I actually find listing 0.99 cents gets more bites than having the auctions listed a little higher.. I guess it depends on the items.