Selling items on ebay What am I doing wrong?

estop

hello

I have put in several items on E-bay with prices well below my competitors.

Yet none of my items have sold. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong? I tried selling remote control cars, digital photo frames, power tools, etc. I am not even close to giving up, I'm just trying to figure out what my flaws are. Do you guys have any suggestions?

Thanks

cbcdave

What is your eBay seller ID? I would like to look at some of your listings and maybe then comment!

cbcdave

fudjj

Having an item competitively priced can be only a part of the picture, but as cb above has requested, leave you seller id for us to take a look and offer some pointers where possible.

wholesalelist101

I have not seen your actual listings but I am a eBay Powerseller and this past year and the current year is one of the worst periods I have ever had on eBay since I started 5 years ago. We are going through some tough times and not even eBay is immune.

dinasour230

I agree 100%. Sales are down, way down.

grboutique

I don't know, for some reason, my sales are up this month. From January 1 up to this day, I have sold over $13000 worth of merchandise. Try taking actual photos of your item because I think buyer wants to see actual photos of what they are really bidding on and not stock photos.

estop

My ebay name is Electr0nics4you. I do drop shipping so I am un-able to take actual photos of my items.

grboutique

I just looked at your items for sale on ebay and from what I can see, you didn't put the model number or name on the title. The the philips dvd recorder you're selling. You should put 'Philips DVDR3475 DVD Recorder' so your item will show up if a potential buyer is looking for that particular model. The same with the rest of your items for sale. I hope this helps =)

glbco

You are using a dropshipper, so that is your first problem. You have to use their photos. If you are selling the same stuff as other people, from the same dropshipper, you have to stand out somehow. Taking your own photos would really help. To do that, though, you will have to buy the items you are selling and store them yourself. Since you are using a dropshipper, I assume that you don't have much money to get started. I can tell by the pictures and the descriptions of your items you're using Premiere Products International, or hotbuy4u.com, as your dropshipper. I sell lots of stuff from them, but I buy their items and store and ship them myself. But I don't sell their electronics. Also, if you have to use a dropshipper, don't bother using Auction and Buy it Now formats. Nobody is going to bid on an item starting at $82.20. Try using just the Buy it Now option. That's all I use, and it works very well. Nobody wants to wait on an auction that they are probably going to lose, anyways. You'll save money on fees, as well. Finally, shipping is the big thing, People want immediate shipping. You need to offer same day or next day shipping. And don't hide your fees in your shipping and inflate your shipping costs. People want reasonable shipping rates, and they want their item immediately. It's really going to be hard to make money on ebay selling electronics and using dropshipping. The market is swamped, and the dropshipping fees will eat you alive. If you can do it, try buying wholesale or liquidations. Believe me, that's where the money is. I hope this helps, and I wish you the best of luck.

estop

Wow that was a lot of info. I really appreciated that! I am definitely going to apply this to my strategy from now on. Thanks for your help!

jimmy_huber

Hey guys I wanted to post an update on ebay happenings. I have noticed recently that my auctions are closing fast when I post Buy It now Auctions. I just recently started posting auctions again. We listed 10 Last sunday for Buy it now prices. Of course we beat our competition. And all but 2 sold buy it now. We also sold them at our price.

I also listed 5 Auctions starting at $1.00 and was very disappointed with the result. I will be posting many more auctions soon but I really think I will be leaning more toward the Buy it now Format.

Once I close down my sample program with ppwdg I plan to list buyitnow auctions like crazy over march and april hopefully getting to around 1500 running Buy it now auctions. Well have to see how that goes. But it it possible ebay is right and statistics are showing that people would rather do buy it now then bid on a 7 day auction.

wth3rd23

Sorry to invade on your thread, I noticed you said liquidation is where the money is, can you suggest something for beginners to concentrate on. Thanks

jimmy_huber

Sorry to invade on your thread, I noticed you said liquidation is where the money is, can you suggest something for beginners to concentrate on. Thanks

Im assuming your referring to my signature. Yes Liquidations is where the money is because we can buy items at far less prices then if we were searching for new items only. You can get pallets full of stuff to sell for as little as $350 that have a retail value of as much as $3,000

Me and my wife started in Kids clothing. Buying pallets for $3500 and flipping them for a steady $2400 a month income after fees and such. I cant tell you whats best to start with. That choice is yours. I know that Housewares and bedding sell all year long. And they are basically value pallets. But if your in for serious money then the expensive pallets are where the money is if you have the money to spend on them.

grboutique

Jimmy is right on the statement 'Liquidation is where the money is'. I basically make my money on electronics. I found a supplier that liquidates their damage box units in pallets. 2008, I made $27000 net profit staying home. I don't have a job and basically this is my full time job LOL! but hey, I can't complain with the profits I made. My goal this year is to double that up. Wish me LUCK! =)

krispycream715

sorry to invade also, but i was wondering. someone said something about they buy products from a dropshipper but they dont buy their electronics. why not? and im just getting into this thing a little bit bigger. ive been doing this small-time for some time now. where should i go for electronics? and i would really appreciate some tips. if you guys can share any... thanks.

fudjj

sorry to invade also, but i was wondering. someone said something about they buy products from a dropshipper but they dont buy their electronics. why not? and im just getting into this thing a little bit bigger. ive been doing this small-time for some time now. where should i go for electronics? and i would really appreciate some tips. if you guys can share any... thanks.

Most will sort through the best products to sell via drop shipping, and products such as electronic are mostly saturated on sites like ebay, and seeing as most use ebay as their preferred market place, they steer clear of the electronics.

As to where to source electronics, that's going to depend on what products you are wanting to source, what numbers you want to purchase in and where you want to sell it!

bayericlowe

Electronics is a complex market. I can tell you this, you're not going to want to join the likes of Doba for it.

I've sold quite a number of electronics using one-time dropshippers and dropshipping distributors. Everything you can name. The point is you have to find them. Locate them by searching the search engines far and wide, they are out there, and can be found on places like dogpile.com. Not salehoo. The distributors you are looking for do nothing but sell discount products hourly.

Everything from digital cameras to cell phones, to video games and also cooling fans.

Only thing was I sold them all on Amazon.com using my store or directly through Go Daddy Marketplace. I didn't sell them on eBay.

I also sold some on ioffer.com. Another one getting to be as big as ioffer is blujay.com. All of them have a strong demand niche wise for those kind of products meaning electronics, household goods, vintage decor.

eBay is just the opposite, it doesn't have such a demand that I see. eBay is more like the place you go to find wholesale deals, they are just another wholesale place. They are where you would throw out an auction or two on really rare items and cross your fingers.

I've dealt with that some but not recently. And if I use eBay at all anymore its only to unload auction level stuff, using buy it now, to make the maximum I can get for those. I haven't bothered with huge brands like you're trying to do, because well there is a great many reasons why. Especially on eBay.

aplaceinthesun

I think one of your issues is that you have 0 feedback so far. I would recommend selling some things you have around the house that you don't use anymore. This will allow you to build some feedback and buyers will trust you more at that point. The higher the feedback gets the more you will sell. Our feedback is over 12000 and we regularly sell our items for more than other sellers.

apluswebworks

Hi,

I am kind of new to this wholesale, dropship, liquidation thing, but I am not new at eBay, so I would like to give my 2 cents :)

First for Electr0nics4you,

I checked out your auctions and first thing I noticed was that you have no (0) feedback. A lot of people will look at that and run for the hills right away. I would suggest to get some feedback, buy a few things on eBay that don't cost much of nothing, say like 0.99 cents...maybe ebooks or something just to get your feedback started so people won't see a big goose egg when they visit your auction.

Next, with the dropshipper thing. I would suggest that you open a store because it would be easier to list things for buy it now prices and not pay as much for listing it. Maybe I'm wrong on this and if so, someone please let me know, but I think it would be a good idea to create a 'buy it now' item in your store, then throw the same thing up in an auction, but list it for only like 0.99 cents to start the bid and no reserve (less bids when you put up a reserve price). Then add a link inside that auction that points to the same item that's in your store with the 'buy it now' price. That way, if someone visits your auction and don't want to wait for the 7 days, then they could click the link, go to your store, and buy it now. I must say, you might lose out a little money on the auction because it may or may not close above or below what you have to actually pay for the item yourself, but it would drive people to your storefront if they are actually wanting to purchase that item.

Also, your auctions are too plain with the same ole boring 'Generic Description'. You should write the description yourself or give it your own little touch to break free from the norm. Yes, this will take a little work, but that's what we are in it for, no one said it would be that easy...wait, except for those fake wholesalers and dropshippers that I've messed with in the past :)

Anyways, that's my advice. I am great with auction templates and format, so let me know if you need any help.

fudjj

Everyone has covered this pretty well, not much I could ad.

You really are pushing it with your current strategy, the listing SCREEMS out drop shipping, and for most savy buyers that spells trouble.

No one really wants to deal with a broker on ebay, because if the deal goes south it's hard for them to get any satisfaction, and shinning a bright light on the fact that you are a broker will have most running for the hills.

Combine that with your feedback, and copy for your item, and you are very little chance of making sales. Even if you set your products up as the cheapest there, you will just be coming across as a scam unfortunately!

You need to strip that idea down and completely rework your marketing, and build some feedback, even if it is buying a few cheap stupid items, it will at least give you some cred!

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