The problem we have is that although we know what changes will be implemented, we don't know when. And when BPF is in place we will still have to wait for SD to be forced on us. So anything we put in place now will change.
But if you want to try to sell as much as you can before the changes this is what I do....
-Free post with increased prices. Large letter is £1.55 and insured up to £20 as long as you upload tracking and get proof of postage and is easy to claim and I have never been refused a payout by RM. That obviously will be effected by SD.
-business sellers have high fees too. Prices should not be that different. Eg i have some postcards. I might sell at £1. 80, it will go up to £2.70 but that will be the sort of price a business seller has to use. Again SD will change that.
-sell similar still works I think. I can't find my own items in a search even if i use my exact title to search with after about two months. Since we had 300 free listings i sell similar all items with no views every week or so. You can do them in bulk so it takes no time at all.
-Always use Best offer even if you only offer 25p off. People rarely use it, but it seems proactive.
-always send 5% offers to watchers. Allow counter offers, you dont have to accept
-do not allow Ebay to give you late delivery marks you don't deserve. They will remove it with POP. Poor scores will hamper everything.
- if you have an item which you think is great and no one else looks at, look at sold items to see if any have sold recently and even sometimes relist using that template. Sometimes, you realise that your item was cheaper, better condition, cheaper postage etc yet they chose the other one to buy. It can only really be that it was not seen.
-list (for me) Monday and Thursday or Friday after lunch. Occasionally you get an immediate view after posting, but (for me) things seem to take a few hours to start being seen.
-look out for offers. EBAY are putting offers on the overview page relating to promotions. I got £15 of promotions last week. No idea how the offer works yet but i put it on a really expensive piece and it has had great views.
We can be as cross with ebay as we like, but it is still the only place to sell it all really and we will just have to learn to adapt. I always think they like sellers to engage with the process, not just stick it on and leave it.
