If you sell cards on eBay how do you decide between auction or fixed price?

[OsFan]

If you sell cards on eBay how do you decide between auction or fixed price?

[deeg23]

I always do buy it now OBO. That way I'm never unhappy with the selling price...

[Stonepony]

I .99 cent auction everything. I figure what it goes for is what it's worth.

[MVSNYC]

If you need to sell an item, do auction, no reserve...if you have an item that you'd like to test the waters, but don't really need to sell, then do a BIN with a robust price.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Stonepony

I .99 cent auction everything. I figure what it goes for is what it's worth.

I start mine at 99 cents with free shipping (since ebay started taking part of that too) and trusting the market...actually hoping for a 'feeding frenzy'.


I only use BIN if I want to make sure I don't loose any money.

[docpatlv]

Does anyone know if eBay is still automatically relisting fixed price items?

[Fballguy]

Auctions are dead. Extinct. When I see an auction listing I salivate. If you want to maximize your sell price, don't do auction. I do buy it now with best offer option. You can set to automatically relist. I do 30 day listings.

[Jantz]

Originally Posted by OsFan

If you sell cards on eBay how do you decide between auction or fixed price?

Depends on the individual card, whether it's a modern card or vintage.

Quite a few factors to consider on selling vintage cards on Ebay.

Modern cards can be completely different since most sellers fail to look at sold listings and don't understand that they are setting the market price. I don't sell much in the way of vintage on Ebay, but on modern cards, I always start them in a bid style auction at an opening bid I'm willing to accept or I do a Buy it Now/Best Offer. I've learned over years that I will never start an auction at .99 cents.

So to answer your question, I take into consideration the individual card and the factors that apply to it.