[Jewelry making - Article 00941] - Re: [Orchid] Online website sales

[Noel Yovovich]

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    Hi, Dale, I suspect that it would be very helpful to use eBay for
    buying a few things before trying to sell on it. That way, you would
    get the hang of how it works. A couple of things I've learned as a
    buyer: Things with a really low starting price often have a
    "reserve", a hidden minimum price below which the item will not be
    sold. This gives the illusion that a bargain may be available when
    it may not be. But it would also give the seller information about
    how much people were willing to bid, without committing to a
    low-priced sale. Also, many bidders realize that there is not much
    point in bidding before the last few minutes of a listing, because
    serious bidders will just wait til the last instant and "snipe", as
    it's called. I suspect, from being repeatedly outbid at *literally*
    the last second, that there is a program that will do this for you.
    Lastly, and this is mostly conjecture, you need to list the pieces
    the way people would look for them. People may look for "gold" or
    "turquoise" or "artist-made" or "contemporary" or who-knows-what to
    narrow the field, rather than be confronted with 43,000 options. But,
    bottom line, I can't imagine that anyone looking for hand-made
    one-off or even unusual jewelry would look for it on eBay. But, hey,
    what do I know? I do know I've gotten some great deals on eBay and
    Ubid, and also wasted some money. 

--Noël


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