@*tippy*toes* wrote:I get them on my auctions all the time telling me to lower my price and list as a fixed price to attract more buyers. I list all my listings as auctions with a BIN option for those that prefer to BIN. Some sell as BIN, most sell as auctions. I just ignore those messages.
I feel sorry for the newer sellers when eBay recommends they start their auctions at 99c and they do. Then they sell for 99c and they lose out big time. They should be encouraging sellers, not trying to force them to lose money so they leave.
I looked at my unsolds tonight before I relisted them and that message has changed. It no longer tells me to change to a fixed price listing and lower my price to attract more buyers. Now it tells me to drop my start price (most $1-2 below my starting bid, some 99c).
I had to laugh at one. It's listed with a starting bid of $9.99. It told me to drop my start bid to 99c and that other similar items have sold for between $70 and $280!!! Maybe I should have upped the start price! There is no way it's worth $70, let alone $280! If anyone has paid that price for this particular item, they are insane.
Just to put it to the test and given I won't be able to use anywhere near the 200 freebies this weekend, I relisted one for the start price eBay recommended ($2 lower than the original start price). I left it half an hour and ended it. When it fell into the unsold area, the message then told me to reduce my start price by $2....even though I listed it at the amount they said.
So, it seems that even if you take their advice and reduce your price, they will still tell you to drop it more. Must confuse the heck out of new sellers!
