Common Mistakes While eBay Listing – How to Avoid Them

If you want to make the perfect sales, here are few mistakes that the users usually make while eBay listing. We have also mentioned the ways how one could avoid all these mistakes. eBay is one of the most world-famous e-commerce business sites, with more than 170 billion active users. eBay provides you a platform where you can easily sell anything, it can be antique dolls to spark plugs.

People are using eBay all around the world for more than 22 years now and it has become more and more competitive with each day passing.  However, it’s also become easier for new users to be a part of this competition. If you are new to eBay and plan to make a mark in the business world, here are some mistakes that beginner usual make and you should avoid while eBay listing.

Not using “Buy It Now”

According to a study by The National Bureau of Economic Research that was held in 2013, the listings that use the “Buy It Now” feature, have been preferred listings on eBay. Think about it this way, will you wait for days or probably weeks for an action to end to get a shirt? Using buy it now makes a lot easier for the customers to buy the goods without any delay. Most of the eBay users prefer the items with this feature. If you want your sales to perform well, you should use it.

But few products demand to be put for auction. Suppose you have a little quality of a product that is very hard to find. That is when you could try auction to see if it can drive up the price. 

Selling Items for less than you could get

The best way to sell your product on eBay follows research before actually selling it, if you list your product on eBay before doing any research, you are leaving your money on the table. If you are confused about pricing your item, you need to check other sales of that product.

You can check if the pricing is too high by using the same way, if the sales of the products with a higher price are successful that means that no one is buying it because of the high price. You need to be very smart while pricing your item, as you want to be lenient to the customer so they buy your product but also you have to make sure you’re not facing any loss.

Wrong product selection

Some of the sellers think that if they will use more items while eBay listing, the sales with increase as the buyer will at least buy one of these products, thus increasing the chances of more sales. Then choose the quantity of the item over the quality.

However, the better choice you can make is to research the market on which products are selling rapidly and are higher in demand. Or even better, if you choose high demand items that only a few sellers are offering. You will make more money if you focus on selling just a few quality items rather than trying to sell a bulk of goods that aren’t even in demand.

Bad quality images

According to a recent experiment, the item with great photos was sold 10 percent more than the items with normal quality photos. If you use photos of your product that show every detail of your product, have the perfect lighting, and have a good quality it can make a direct impact on your sales.

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