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Go free: Increase your chances of selling by offering your buyer free shipping, you can always include the cost in your price.
Gixen claims its success rate is 99.5 per cent. Other websites include Goofbid and Auctionrapter. You’ll save money, be protected and can do it all through the eBay site. Websites such as Gixen is rated by forum users on MoneySavingExpert.
Use eBay delivery: When it comes to packaging up and sending your parcel, eBay has secured great prices on tracked services that can be dropped off at thousands of locations nationwide.
You can choose to accept, decline or make a counteroffer.
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Consider allowing offers: To attract more buyers, allow shoppers to make offers on your listings. Pro Block or Report Block or report Gixen.
Pick your duration: You also need to consider the duration: a seven-day auction that ends on Sunday gives more time to garner interest and watchers, but if you’re selling a unique item you might want to select ‘good til cancelled’ which gives you plenty of time to get your item in front of buyers with no end date.
Pick your price: Price for success by comparing your items to ones sold in the past 90 days – even see the likeliness of a sale for some listings.
Think like a buyer: Fill the title with as many key words as possible, take photos and write a description that really sells your product.
Download the app: eBay has focused on making selling even easier and faster, especially when it comes to the app which benefits from seamless integration with your phone’s camera.