eBay Sales are not moving

[1688store]

Hi,

we sell arcade gaming joysticks and components on eBay, previously we sold one joystick on the 28/8/2015, however after updating the listing using professional templates no sales. Any help will be much appreciated.

John Zhao

[everard6920]

Okay, I don't know why your items aren't selling, but for a start, the nuclear green and magenta text has to go. Hurts eyes.

I don't know what your listings looked like before you changed them, so it's difficult to say what the problem is. There may not even be a problem - sometimes sales are just slow.

[chameleon54]

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@everard6920 wrote:

Okay, I don't know why your items aren't selling, but for a start, the nuclear green and magenta text has to go. Hurts eyes.

I don't know what your listings looked like before you changed them, so it's difficult to say what the problem is. There may not even be a problem - sometimes sales are just slow.

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Agreed, I found it very hard to read the green and magenta text too and gave up.

I dont know anything about joysticks but searched arcade ps3 joystick. Your items came up very well in searches on the first page. Maybe yours are super proffesional, but the Chineses sellers are offering similar looking items for half the price and they come with funky graphics and plastic bodies that would appeal to the casual buyer. 

 If yours are elite type proffesional items have they been reviewed in gaming sites and blogs ? Can you get a mate to write you some glowing forum posts and product reports on popular sites ? Maybe ask a few questions such as "Hey I saw this controller for sale second hand, does anyone know about them" and then just answer the question with how great they are and you can buy them here.  insert link  ( yeah I know, but this is marketing, do you think all the advertising we see is snow white and true ? ). Is it worth sending one to some respected online gaming guru to get his appraisal. ? And yes they are going to have to stand up to independent appraisal and be worth twice the price of similar products if you go down this path.  Good luck with it all.

[thendreamer]

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@chameleon54 wrote:

Chineses sellers are offering similar looking items for half the price and they come with funky graphics and plastic bodies that would appeal to the casual buyer

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I think this is his biggest problem, his listing does not stand out. The title really should say it's Australia Made, made with professional grade components or something along those lines. It's just got a generic title (Arcade Balltop Black Joystick X10Y for PC and PS3 Game Controller) with a faily generic listing graphic.

Descriptions are rarely read these days, templates are a complete waste of time.

[dylan11235813]

It was good to see the traffic from forums and other sites but eBay new peice of work is a piece of rotting poo

[1688store]

Hi thendreamer,

you got a good point about the title, I've just changed the title to Australian Made Joystick Superior Parts and Quality X10G PC PS3 Game Controller.

[digital*ghost]

I just looked at one listing and couldn't see any issues with the listing format, text colours etc, but speaking as someone who may look at these kinds of items from time to time, I'd personally prefer to see more about the one you're selling and less about other people's '**bleep**py' products. (For example, when advertising high quality, 'superior products', it kind of ruins it when you don't leave it at that - if you look at top of the range product advertising, any reference to inferior quality products tends to be subtle and general, while the focus remains on the actual product being sold - I think it conveys better if you show enough confidence in the product that you don't have to keep reminding people other products are **bleep**py 😉 ). 

Things like photos of different angles (esp. a top-down view), would also help, and also - just speaking as someone who has only ever used stock controllers - what kind of finish the wood has (i.e. is it laquered, or somesuch), or how likely am I to get splinters after a few months of banging around with it. 

[dazzledayz]

Perhaps you could also value add?

If you manufacture these yourself you could always offer ongoing product support, repairs, upgrades, tradeins etc

I don't think you are doing too badly.

Another Au based seller with a similar item priced at 59.95 only sells 2~3 per month.

[1688store]

Very good point, I will do some product photos with different angles and focus on my product rather than someone else's.

Thanks

[harley_babes_hoard]

Good to see you are willing to take advice.

I agree with the other comments about other peoples listings. Nothing is a bigger turn off for me than a seller saying how bad, cheap, inferior another sellers products are..

good luck I hope your sales pick up soon.