how can i get more people to view my items for sale?

[k.c86]

how can i get more people to view my items for sale?

thanks in advance 

[cherry*135]

If you want to use the Ebay postage labels for parcels (as Crikey mentioned) which cost less than going to Aust Post, you need to buy the satchels first ( 500g and/or 3kg). 

You can buy them online here: http://stores.ebay.com.au/australiapoststore/pages/australia-post-store-satchels

( cost of satchels, not including postage)

Once you have these satchels, you can buy the postage online through my Ebay and it is charged to your ebay account, once a sale is made.

You need to be competitive with postage otherwise you will miss out on buyers if it is higher than other sellers for same type of item.

[cherry*135]

Here is the cost of the satchels (not including postage costs)

Satchel prices

Please note: Prices do not include postage.

Satchel type  5 pack   10 pack  20 pack

500g 335mm x 220mm	$1.25	$2.00	$3.00
3kg 405mm x 310mm	$1.75	$2.80	$4.20

Box prices

Boxes B1, B2 & B4 can be bought from Aust Post or larger quantities online

[*crikey*mate*]

until his satchels arrive, he can use the non flatrate options with own packaging (cos aus post takes about a week to deliver your satchels)

the one right under the flat rate boxes (cant remember the name) but a 500g or less parcel in there up to 33 x 23 x 15 is $7.20 atm, but you get a 10% credit from eBay off that till August 6

[k.c86]

thankyou

[*crikey*mate*]

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@am*3 wrote:

Here is the cost of the satchels (not including postage costs)

Satchel prices

Please note: Prices do not include postage.

Satchel type  5 pack   10 pack  20 pack

500g 335mm x 220mm	$1.25	$2.00	$3.00
3kg 405mm x 310mm	$1.75	$2.80	$4.20

Box prices

Boxes B1, B2 & B4 can be bought from Aust Post or larger quantities online

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and make sure you get the coloured eBay ones for use with eBay postage labels - not the plain AP ones for use with C&S - there are two different typ4es of satchels

[sonya0576]

Let me just say well done to the OP for asking for not only asking for help but actually taking note and participating in the thread they have started. So often people come on here and start a thread and never return or do not respond once people have taken time out of their lives to attempt to help them.

Selling on here is a learning curve, no matter how experienced you are. The best advice I was given when starting out was to take a look at other sellers listings. Look at the information they are giving to their buyers just from their listing page. Use the description box to outline your item, your terms and to make your items appealing to buyers.

Having looked through your items I do agree with everyone elses advice too. The first thing you need to do is fix your postage. Some of the items you have listed with free postage ie a book $10 with free postage yet postage costs to you are at least $7.15, whereas low postage cost items such as the player cards would be better suited to appearing to have free postage.

[k.c86]

thanks very much for your comment and advise as well 

i hope to fix all the postage issues 

[k.c86]

so you suggest free postage on low postage cost items and charge postage with books etc

[*crikey*mate*]

I send some products by Free post, some I dont.

Please consider the ramifications of free post, ok?

Some books can of course go free post, I think the point being made was, selling a book over 500g for $10 with free post would cost you more in postage and fees etc, than you made,

even to sell a book weighing 500g but thicker than 20mm will cost you minimum $7.15 to post (not counting current 10% postage promotion on calculated parcels 500g) so not much oprotfi\

the cards - IF you don't send with tracking, can probably go in a small envelope for 70c. add a bit for packaging etc, and your $1.20 charge is not all that much to build into "free" post

MY advice

 look what your direct comp[etitiors are doing. If no one else is offering free post, why would you want to? (There are good reaSONS TO, BUT ALSO REASONS NOT TO, SO NOT DISSING YOUR CHOICE - JUST whoops sorry bout the caps - just hoping I am helping you to think about reasons why

[*crikey*mate*]

I have just looked at your first few books

Angels and Demons for $10 free Post" - you will be lucky to make $1 on that sale, so what's the point?

It will have to go as a parcel, so lets say post cost is $8.50 (I don't know how you post)

FVFs are $1 plus, if they pay by PayPal another 54c there

so unless you use ebay postage labels, you will actually lose on that deal and may as well toss the book into a bonfire to keep warm, cos you won't be earning any money to pay the electric bills!

If you use eBay labels, you may at least break even, but I am thinking you may be forced to use the over 500g options for that book, in which case the scenario is even worse