Last attempt - Rare UK60s Psych on sale and still no takers! What's up?

[FortesMentum]

I posted the folllowing on the Music forum but have no replies yet - so am widening the net a little. I read many threads about 'no/slow sales' and equally many about 'wow - first/second sale', but when I look at the said sales they are usually for items selling at as little as 10p to a massive £2.00, and occasionally more. So I am wondering if Ebid is really the place for my stuff, extremely rare 60s UK vinyl. Can any one persuade me that it is worth my effort continuing to list on Ebid? Read on....


I am in the process of listing close to a thousand rare and ultra rare psych singles and acetates on behalf of Sir Henry @ Ed Debba. Usually on the *Bay site I'd list at 99p starting price and leave the bidding to find natural the natural price. On Ebid this is not possible so I have priced at current going market level. But Ebid being Ebid, you get the odd browser and not one taker in sight (in over a year and a half I've had just 2 sells). There seems to be a fundamental problem with Ebid and records sales.

I've even got a Tintern Abbey acetate on sale with a 99p starting price, and still not a single bid - and hardly any looks (putting on flicker immediately zoomed the counter + 20 for some reason - not actual people viewing).

The question is, should I bother continuing to list the other thousand singles on Ebid, or move the lot over to *bay where I know they'll go like hot cakes but Ebay taking a hefty cut.

Any thoughts welcome, as this is seriously depressing.

[bykimbo]

I posted the folllowing on the Music forum but have no replies yet - so am widening the net a little. I read many threads about 'no/slow sales' and equally many about 'wow - first/second sale', but when I look at the said sales they are usually for items selling at as little as 10p to a massive £2.00, and occasionally more. So I am wondering if Ebid is really the place for my stuff, extremely rare 60s UK vinyl. Can any one persuade me that it is worth my effort continuing to list on Ebid? Read on....


I am in the process of listing close to a thousand rare and ultra rare psych singles and acetates on behalf of Sir Henry @ Ed Debba. Usually on the *Bay site I'd list at 99p starting price and leave the bidding to find natural the natural price. On Ebid this is not possible so I have priced at current going market level. But Ebid being Ebid, you get the odd browser and not one taker in sight (in over a year and a half I've had just 2 sells). There seems to be a fundamental problem with Ebid and records sales.

I've even got a Tintern Abbey acetate on sale with a 99p starting price, and still not a single bid - and hardly any looks (putting on flicker immediately zoomed the counter + 20 for some reason - not actual people viewing).

The question is, should I bother continuing to list the other thousand singles on Ebid, or move the lot over to *bay where I know they'll go like hot cakes but Ebay taking a hefty cut.

Any thoughts welcome, as this is seriously depressing.

I skipped all the musical stuff there, it's not my subject but I spotted the final bit, and I'd say if you have something that's genuinely that rare and collectible it makes more sense to list here, at a sensible price you'd be happy to get (bearing in mind you get to keep nearly all of it!) for long enough to let Google get the word out for you. If they're that sought after, your buyers will find them. Anything you do to encourage your repeat buyers to follow you here is icing on the cake.

[Juliebabe25]

Did you know that 11 percent of all the listings on the US side of ebid are music.

That to me is quite a high percentage.
So it shows that people are listing music on ebid.
Of course that does not mean it is selling.

You know, as we all do that ebid is the second largest general auction site..

I imagine that your rare vynl is a very niche area, and as ebid probably has only 1 percent of the members that ebay does, your sales are hardly going to be stella unless you do as Bykimbo says and list them on ebid exclusively and get them appearing on GPS. If they are wanted collectors should find them.

I have no idea what they are worth, but there is no way I would start anything rare on ebay at 99 cents.
You must have an idea of the minimum you would accept.

Ebid is experiencing huge growth in the number of listings - we are out-listing the ranch and the moon combined.
So my thoughts are to hang in here as the pay off may come sooner rather than later.

[raindropsies]

I've sold records on eBid from 10p up to £65

[FortesMentum]

I skipped all the musical stuff there, it's not my subject but I spotted the final bit, and I'd say if you have something that's genuinely that rare and collectible it makes more sense to list here, at a sensible price you'd be happy to get (bearing in mind you get to keep nearly all of it!) for long enough to let Google get the word out for you. If they're that sought after, your buyers will find them. Anything you do to encourage your repeat buyers to follow you here is icing on the cake.

Hello Bykimbo and thanks for the response. I've tried altering prices up and down with no effect, and my latest experiment is a 99p start (as on $bay) to encourage bidding (though with a reserve) - but not a thing. I have blogged the sales, plugged on both facebook and Twitter, so am at a loss what I can do next.

[FortesMentum]

"but there is no way I would start anything rare on ebay at 99 cents.
You must have an idea of the minimum you would accept."

Hello Julie - fear not - i used a Reserve.

[FortesMentum]

I've sold records on eBid from 10p up to £65

Hello Raindropsies. Looking through the first lot of your recent sales, I notice that items sold for less than 99p. This is not encouraging really - and I don't meant that in a derogatory way, but at least you are getting sales.

[smurfury]

Hi fortesmentum. I don't know if this helps ( as the auction was not for a record ) but i thought maybe you should look at this auction 42454064 ... the item sold for £643. and had 2 bidders. But i sell low price items so cannot comment on your items. Good luck julie.

[Juliebabe25]

@Smurfury

Wow, that certainly is a feather in ebid's cap!

[FortesMentum]

Hi fortesmentum. I don't know if this helps ( as the auction was not for a record ) but i thought maybe you should look at this auction 42454064 ... the item sold for £643. and had 2 bidders. But i sell low price items so cannot comment on your items. Good luck julie.

Yes indeed, that is encouraging to see.

Thanks for that!