Ebay was super slow yesterday

quest4nesquest4nes
in Collector's Corner
My friend had a ton of game auctions end with zero bids. like 40 games. He offered discount shipping for .50 a game after the first which was only like 4.50. Lot of collection filler games ended with no bids. Thought auctions on sundays would draw some attention. Donkey Kong 3 only went for 1.79....kirby 1.04, mega man 3 for 2.50....... many games super cheap. What did he do wrong? and anyone have any good hints at a better way to set auctions up? Everytime i try and win some nes games for cheap like this every single game usually gets between 2-3 dollars with games like mentioned above getting atleast 7 or so.
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  • RetroBasementRetroBasement
    can you give an example of what oen of the auctions looked like?
  • quest4nesquest4nes
    yeah one second let me go find one of his completed auctions to get the link.
  • jonebonejonebone
    I'm guessing this guy, thought DK3 went for more than you said:



    http://cgi.ebay.com/Donkey-Kong-3-III-NES-Nintendo-Game-Discount-Shipping-/150435087850?cmd=ViewItem&pt=US_Vintage_Video_Games&hash=item2306a145ea

    http://completed.shop.ebay.com/patrickwomack22/m.html?LH_Complete=1&_trkparms=65%3A13%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1&_ipg=&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_pgn=2
  • VGDVGD
    http://completed.shop.ebay.com/zeldaluxnyc/m.html?LH_Complete=1&_fln=1&_ipg=&_trksid=p3911.c0.m283&_rdc=1



    Stock photos are probably hurting them.

    EDIT--Hmm.. maybe not, thought they ended yesterday but was the 15th. Oops.
  • quest4nesquest4nes
    oh sorry dk3 ended for 2.25 at the last second but still ridiculously cheap for someone who won multiple games. Here is the link to that one.



    http://cgi.ebay.com/Donkey-Kong-3-III-NES-Nintendo-Game-Discount-Shipping-/150435087850?cmd=ViewItem&pt=US_Vintage_Video_Games&hash=item2306a145ea
  • quest4nesquest4nes



    http://cgi.ebay.com/Kirbys-Adventure-NES-Nintendo-Game-Discount-Shipping-/150435072998?cmd=ViewItem&pt=US_Vintage_Video_Games&hash=item2306a10be6
  • jonebonejonebone
    1) Maximum allowable shipping in the "Games" category is $3.99 so he must have used the "Vintage Games" category. As such, most buyers turn away from any game that costs more than $3.99 to ship nowadays.



    2) Inefficient titles, no one is searching for "Shipping Discount". Would have probably been better to spam a few more keywords or at least put "TESTED" in caps in the title.
  • RetroBasementRetroBasement
    shipping and discount are a waste of space, put like Rare, and NR, or somtin
  • quest4nesquest4nes
    Games like Star Tropics with zero bids when they could have been had for 1.49 baffles me.
  • quest4nesquest4nes
    he was thinking discounted shipping in the title might get people to buy multiple games. People actually search for RARE?? lol. MARIO BROS 3 RARE lolol
  • quest4nesquest4nes
    i guess he did use the vintage games category. I wouldnt think that would make a difference if your searching for an NES game youd still be able to find it.
  • RetroBasementRetroBasement
    RARE works very well im not joking
  • RetroBasementRetroBasement
    also put clean tested nice



    things like that
  • RetroBasementRetroBasement
    and never use stock photos
  • quest4nesquest4nes
    he didnt use any stock photos but i guess ill tell him to use rare next time. Mind boggling how really stupid some people are....just wow.
  • quest4nesquest4nes
    ive never once typed rare into the search field when trying to find something lol.
  • VideoGamesIzFunVideoGamesIzFun
    If I were your friend I would advertise here and other video game trading sites. There is a section called auction spotlight. You tell NA these are yours (or your friends auctions) then at least people might look at them. I advertised my turbo express on a couple sites and I got 30 snipers watching it. However it doesn't always work no one seems to want my Modern Warfare 2.
  • BattymoBattymo
    Originally posted by: quest4nes

     Mind boggling how really stupid some people are....just wow.


    Tell me about it.
  • ihavethatpmaihavethatpma
    A few years back, I would put #xx/xxx in the title of each listing, only using one picture of the bulk of the games over and over, I put shipping as $3 + $1.50 for each additional game and I made out like a bandit. Maybe he could try something like that next time.



    I probably would have bid if I had seen them, but when I see auctions at $4.50 shipping, I won't click on them because I assume that their discounted shipping means $1 off of $4.50 for each additional.
  • RpgCollectorRpgCollector
    I say it was the 4.50 shipping for a cart only auction. Never charge more than 2.50 and 1.00 each additional. People are tired of paying 4.50 for cart only and it showing up first class for 1.86. I started charging 2.50 and sales improved!
  • quest4nesquest4nes
    He was thinking people would look at the total cost and realize the savings. Thats what i do. I add up the total and look at it that way. People are so dumb. The auction that was the biggest flop was someone literally got kirby and mega man III for 8.54 total.
  • quest4nesquest4nes
    where i work those games would atleast cost you 16 total and we sell a lot of NES games too cheap.
  • quest4nesquest4nes
    ever since ebay went up to .50 cents for BIN he thought that auctions would be the better bet since you get the first 100 each month for free. Well that bit him in the arse.
  • quest4nesquest4nes
    .50 for BIN listings is flat out ridiculous

  • portnoydwinsportnoydwins
    I'm such a jew with shipping, you have no idea. I'm sure a lot of people are that way. I've probably passed a good 30-40 manual only auctions because I cannot fathom paying more than a buck fitty for shipping (which is, of course, reasonable for a stack of paper).



    For what it's worth, a friend on mine on DP listed stuff that ended yesterday and he got hosed to. Such is the crapshoot of listing actual auctions on eBay.
  • quest4nesquest4nes
    yeah yesterday must also have been a super slow day
  • quest4nesquest4nes
    he was selling alot of dupes and stuff he found at flea markets. Didnt lose money but should have gotten much more.
  • VideoGamesIzFunVideoGamesIzFun
    Originally posted by: quest4nes

    he was selling alot of dupes and stuff he found at flea markets. Didnt lose money but should have gotten much more.



    There is no "should of" on ebay only could of. If you want to sell games and don't want to risk them going for $1 try selling them here on NA or another video game trading site. Or you could just pay the 25 cents and list them for up to $9.99.
  • VGDVGD
    Quest4nes are you trying to build up your post count or something?



    Lol, you are allowed to post more than one thought in the same post.
  • jonebonejonebone
    Originally posted by: VideoGamesIzFun

    Originally posted by: quest4nes

    he was selling alot of dupes and stuff he found at flea markets. Didnt lose money but should have gotten much more.



    There is no "should of" on ebay only could of. If you want to sell games and don't want to risk them going for $1 try selling them here on NA or another video game trading site. Or you could just pay the 25 cents and list them for up to $9.99.

    Exactly.  You want a fair value for MM3?  List it at $4.99 with a $6.99 BIN option and I guarantee it sells.  Sure you pay $0.30 in listing fees but the extra $4 that you make over the $2.25 ending price kinda cancels it out...
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