Ebay experts- I need your help. Multiple Items Question

[CheapMom]

I have 20 of the same item that I would like to sell. I think Buy It Now would work well for what I am selling. Should I do 1 listing with multiple quan. or should I list them separate? Do I save money by doing multiple quantity listing? I am afraid if the buyer sees "20 available" that will decrease their "sense of urgency" that seems to work so well to benefit of eBay sellers.
Thoughts please.

 

[jarw00]

I would not sell your stuff in a multiple listing unless the buyers are going to be buying multiple items or you just want to get rid of them in a timely manner without posting several times and are not worried about the final bids.

 

[CheapMom]

It is very unlikey that anyone would purchase more than one. As far as the final bid- I think that I have come up with a Buy It Now price that I think people would buy this item for and I would be happy to accept. Is there a way to list multile items but hide the quantity available?
If I have a quantity of 20 items- Do I pay the insertion fee multiplied by 20?

 

[welovedis]

Per eBay:
"Multiple Item Listings (Auction-type and fixed price listings)-Insertion Fee is the starting or fixed item price multiplied by the quantity of items you offer. "

I honestly don't know if there is a way to hide the quantity available...never thought of doing that at all so I can't be sure.

Care to share what the item is? You've piqued my curiousity!

 

[ceecee]

I see that a lot ...people list tons of the same thing (I think the limit is ten for seperate auctions). I always list things seperately because I don't want to compete with myself!!!

 

[DMRick]

From eBay fees page:

"The Insertion Fee for Multiple Item Dutch Auction and Fixed Price listings is based upon the opening value of your items. The opening value is the starting or the fixed item price multiplied by the quantity of your items. The maximum insertion fee for any Multiple Item Listing is $4.80"

If you have 20, your chances of getting a good price is low, since everyone will get to buy them (in a Dutch auction) at the lowest amount bid, no matter how hight the highest bids are, so a Buy it now (or actually, what you are talking about is a fixed price sale) would prob be best.

I have 20 of the same item that I would like to sell. I think Buy It Now would work well for what I am selling. Should I do 1 listing with multiple quan. or should I list them separate? Do I save money by doing multiple quantity listing? I am afraid if the buyer sees "20 available" that will decrease their "sense of urgency" that seems to work so well to benefit of eBay sellers.
Thoughts please.

 

[CheapMom]

Thanks DM Rick- just what I wanted to know. I think I will list 1 as a BuyItNow and 1 as a traditional auction and see how it goes.

 

[InstImpres]

I agree about not listing multiples. Your other option is called "second chance". It originally was only intended for when the winner backed out. Now, ebay has figured out it is lucrative for them so everyone can "get a second chance".

Place 1 of the item up for bid. When the auction closes, you can click the 2nd chance button and offer up additional of the same item (with it stating I had more than one.) to all the other bidders. This is totally on the up and up. Ebay will than charge you a seller fee on any that sell.

Sandy

 

[ceecee]

I have done the second chance on a dozen items and no one has ever bought. I however, have bought two things from a second chance offer.