Ebay Listing Question: BIN BO or Auction with High Starting Price

Crewfan82 · Jun 9, 2012

Looking for some feedback here. I have been going back and forth between listing items Buy It Now Best Offer and listing items 7 day auction at a starting price that is the least I will take for the card. I like the idea of doing the auction to save on the 50 cent listing fee, but I am getting the feeling that many people just skim over the auction if the price is more than 99 cents.

Wondering if anyone else has experimented with both types of listings and what you all notice or feel nets the larger sale price. Keep in mind I am only doing this on items that are in the $10-$40 range. Higher end stuff I don't mind that 50 cent fee.

Pinbreaker · Jun 9, 2012

Crewfan82 said:
Looking for some feedback here. I have been going back and forth between listing items Buy It Now Best Offer and listing items 7 day auction at a starting price that is the least I will take for the card. I like the idea of doing the auction to save on the 50 cent listing fee, but I am getting the feeling that many people just skim over the auction if the price is more than 99 cents.

Wondering if anyone else has experimented with both types of listings and what you all notice or feel nets the larger sale price. Keep in mind I am only doing this on items that are in the $10-$40 range. Higher end stuff I don't mind that 50 cent fee.

I have 2 accounts.. one for my store where I can list high end items for $0.20 and then one account for listing items on auction for free no matter what the price.. (up to 50 per month)..

With the non-store account, I don't get charged a fee unless it sells...

Good luck,

mrwhitesox30 · Jun 9, 2012

Pinbreaker said:
I have 2 accounts.. one for my store where I can list high end items for $0.20 and then one account for listing items on auction for free no matter what the price.. (up to 50 per month)..

With the non-store account, I don't get charged a fee unless it sells...

Good luck,

That's true about not paying a fee unless it sells, but you're limited to only 50 auctions a month for that account and you pay more if it sells. I didn't like losing the 50 free listings a month, but one of the reasons I decided to open an Ebay store is because the final value fees on auction items are less. I guess it probably depends on the dollar amount of each card you sell and the likelihood of each card selling to determine which strategy works best. I only opened my Ebay store a few weeks ago and after a month I will calculate how much extra I paid in listing fees and the monthly store fee vs. how much I saved in final value fees.

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