by DoghouseRiley »
Tue Jul 08, 2014 11:57 am
This is some general advice for anyone, not of course for those who have experience in selling.
This board has a "devoted but very limited" membership base.
e-Bay, I've always consider the best option for selling most things. Surprisingly, most people don't take advantage of all the facilities available and many vendors are "poor salesmen."
The first consideration is to determine where you are and how far people would be willing to travel to collect a purchase. This will affect it's perceived value.
I live in the UK and have bought two jukeboxes, one was from ten miles away and the other I had to make a round trip of 200 miles. That's "a long way" by UK standards.
When selling anything on e-bay, I study the market, I won't advertise something if there's a couple of similar items already on offer.
I also look through "completed listings" to see at what sort of prices similar items have been sold.
The time of the year can have an effect.
Then there's the listing. I always work out what I'm going to say and type it out in "Word" and have a think about it and make any amendments before listing it. I try to make it as accurate as possible, but I emphasise the "plus points." But it's this "write-up" which is most important, to attract attention.
Good photos make all the difference.
You should also make a video of it upload it to You-tube and link it in the listing. It's free! yet so few people do.
Decide your minimum price and set that as a reserve, then start with an eye-catching price, but not 99c.
I'm sure others can think of more things you could do.
Best of luck.
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