advise on selling a bike on ebay

would it be best to start at 99p with a reserve of close to what i want or start closer to what i want.

im not too keen on putting it on ebay, but i may end up doing so.

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It is better that you start off with a higher starting bid also it's cheeper to list also make sure the auction ends on a weekend as you will have more people ready to bid! And be honest with your descripion and get a deposit via paypal and cash on collection that way they can't back out!

Depends how much you want I would think - I don't have experience of selling much (I think I've sold 1 thing in 7 odd years) but buying, and watching other auctions that I've been interested in, shows that everyone on Ebay wants a bargain (stating the obvious, I know).

Due to that - if you start it with a price closer to what you want, then it might just be too high to be seen as a bargain, and it won't sell - but if you start it at 99p with a reserve near to what you want, and you DON'T reveal your reserve like some people do, it seems to entice bidders in...and in my case I will watch that auction instead of just ignoring it because it's too high.

I've sold 2 bikes on ebay so far. Both had a start price near to what I wanted, both were sold well before the aution ended. Best thing is, because I cancelled the listing after each one sold early - no % taken by ebay

I'll give you £10.......

Originally Posted by valleyboy

I'll give you £10.......

throw in the kwak & i will think about it

I tried my SV on ebay 2 weeks ago. used a starting price at the lowest I would accept for my bike, ended up with 16 people watching it, but no bids, Although it was cheap, it was prob too expensive to get bidders in, trying to decide if I will relist (if it sells the second time you don't have to pay the £8 listing fee for both)

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Why not list it on Bike Trader? Just wondering why people use ebay so much these days then bike trader tends to do the job?

99p and no reserve!

High starting bids are a put off and reserves are terrible. If you have a cast iron price you must achieve, use a second ID to bump it up to that. If it didn't get there it wasn't worth that to anyone.

Originally Posted by 5hort5

Why not list it on Bike Trader? Just wondering why people use ebay so much these days then bike trader tends to do the job?

The problem is I have seen sv's that are well priced sitting on Bike trader for months on end. and at £44 for 3 weeks, it isn't exactly the best way to throw the cash away.