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Ebay Sales Traffic 17th Dec To End Jan 2013

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Posted 02/27/2013   6:59 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KGV Collector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
It is now the end of the last week in February.

We have sold very little from the week before Christmas to the beginning of this week.The income has payed for the bills only!

This week our monthly sales average has increased by over 100%.

We hope very much that this trend continues. Wow! That was a long period of very little happening with our sales.
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Posted 12/04/2013   04:03 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KGV Collector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Things are starting to slow down early big time!

Here we go! Last month's bill goes out at the end of next week!

We need the income to pay for this month, next month!

Will we do it?
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Posted 12/11/2013   7:03 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KGV Collector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
This week has been a lot better sales wise.

But it is because 80 listings of very popular stamp have been injected into the ebay store.

To have some very popular listings on hand definitely helps to flatten out those low spots.
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Posted 12/17/2013   6:36 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KGV Collector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Sales have slowed to a trickle now. Same as last year. A week before Christmas and that is basically the end of the selling season.

January is definitely not a time to go hard with listing on ebay.

On the 31st 0f December we will change from a $500 per month Anchor ebay store to a $50 Feature ebay store. So instead of unlimited listings we go to 200 listings per month at no extra cost.

Having approx 50 listings a week in Jan is proving to be harder to put together than I thought.

ebay bills on the 30th of the month. So the change over of store type should be 31st Dec. I have asked ebay about this but all they say is to change over at the end of the month but in the conditions for store billing they talk about part payment if you do not change store types at the right time.

I guess I am going to find out!
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Posted 12/22/2013   7:08 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KGV Collector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Our ebay Anchor store will change on the 31st Dec to a Feature ebay store which gives us 200 listings for Jan.

It has been not very easy to understand the what to do and go in what direction when it comes to a listing change.But this is the plan.

1st thing is to leave all of the unsold listings from the Anchor store in the unsold area so as to start it up again, so it is like a normal listing day or week when it comes to starting up the ebay Anchor store again in Feb.

So for Jan 2014 we have picked out 40 lots to list. Listing will happen 5x so 40 listings per week, all on one day.
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Posted 12/23/2013   07:37 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add kevin504 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I have looked at the 1st 200 of your items....which ends in a few hours, and you have ZERO bids.
I would never tell anyone how to run "their" business but since you are posting on a forum I guess you are looking for advice.
You are not listing high dollar item...so I assume they are all common items (I am no Aussie expert)
why not start at 1c....build up interest in your items and repeat customers.
I find that items starting low generate more interest and bids that items normally do.
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Posted 12/23/2013   08:06 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Battlestamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I find that if you diversify your listings, you can also generate more bids by reaching collectors who normally wouldn't look at modern Australia as their first choice. Mix up the listings some with older Australian stamps, some states, Oceanina, Asia and other countries. Throw in some covers if you got them. Some variation goes a long way. I've had buyers attracted for one thing, but they then find out that I have a wide range of items availible that might be of interest.
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Posted 12/23/2013   11:39 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Londonbus1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

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A week before Christmas and that is basically the end of the selling season.


I wish you would tell that to the buyers who are bidding against me !
I bid on many items yesterday and today, and there were many, many bids on each one. I only won 3 lots out of a total of 20. Some had 10-15 bids and went into prices out of my league.

And this is only Cinderellas !

Christmas makes no difference from what I can see.

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Posted 12/23/2013   5:56 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KGV Collector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Four weeks ago we were selling about $600 per week. Now it is $50 a week out from Christmas, same as last year. We sell 98% of lots to Australians

We sell Australia 1990 till now used.

Monday: Letter rate sets most items $1.99

Tuesday: Mini Sheet and set with high values + Personalised Stamps. Most items under $10

Wednesday: High Value singles most items under $10

Thursday: Mini Sheet and set with high values. Most items under $10

We have about 850 lots for sale per week and we can not fit in anymore listings.


Over the next 4 weeks we will list 40 lots $10 to $60.
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Edited by KGV Collector - 12/23/2013 6:03 pm
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Posted 12/23/2013   6:49 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KGV Collector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you very much for the replies.

If you have looked at my 1st 200 listing before they started to finish about an hour ago you would have a good feel for what we sell.

Sales so far today at the half way point is a $45.99 item sold, a 13.99 item sold, about $80 of lots has sold. Which is really nice.

Back to relisting!
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Posted 12/23/2013   7:50 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add kevin504 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
According to the ebay search of sold items...
(guess not updated for todays sales)
On 12-22....you sold 6 items for $14.32

I see no reason for a $500 month Anchor store.
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Posted 12/23/2013   8:59 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KGV Collector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

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I find that if you diversify your listings, you can also generate more bids by reaching collectors who normally wouldn't look at modern Australia as their first choice. Mix up the listings some with older Australian stamps, some states, Oceanina, Asia and other countries. Throw in some covers if you got them. Some variation goes a long way. I've had buyers attracted for one thing, but they then find out that I have a wide range of items availible that might be of interest.


Very interesting, I see others, stores that use this way to list their stock.
Some experimenting in this area looks good. Thank you!

We tried other Australia stamp eras to sell but they did not sell. From 1990 to now is a very popular era. We offer 850 different lots per week, when things are in a normal position.

We are going to have to make some packet stamps, with a fine quality. A pack from 1940 to 1965(which is pre decimal)With approx 100 different stamps with good amount of sets.
Also a 1966 to 1989(which is decimal) packet made the same way as other packets but heaps more stamps.
And maybe a High Values packet from 1966 to now.

Some kiloware off paper 450g or lb or smaller in the same stamp areas mentioned.

List some of the expensive KGV's.



I list as the catalogue is in front of me. Do not need to look at the catalogue very often any more.

Have often wondered if listing 850 lots per week, is just to many lots for the lookers?



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Posted 12/24/2013   12:27 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KGV Collector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

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According to the ebay search of sold items...
(guess not updated for todays sales)
On 12-22....you sold 6 items for $14.32


First you have to change to my time zone.

I will make it easy & clear to see the pending figures that we will find from ebay sold on: ebay sold total $102 for Dec 24th 2013.

Info: 7 items at AU$102.19c Dec 24th 2013.

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Posted 12/24/2013   9:11 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KGV Collector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Over a month of listings on ebay we have the very most of stamps on offer from Australia 1990 to now & some variations.
It is a constant task looking for the missing stamp and/or replacement stamps in numbers.

We are very strong with the how many different listings of single High Values which includes International Post stamps & the stock or(collection).

Most 1990 to now letter rate sets are on offer with some perf differences.

Our stock from approx 1940 to 1989 is large and will become our packet stamps & small lots of kiloware.

Will try to do more with Australia kiloware next year. We sold heaps of kiloware this year.
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Posted 12/28/2013   05:21 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KGV Collector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The end of year slow down was on 26th.

On Dec 26th 2013 we had "no further sales listed" for about 8hrs.

Last couple of days we have had about 3 bids! It will be like this for the next 5 to 6 weeks. Our ebay store is all packed away ready to come out again in about another month.

Maintenance: Scrubbed & Washed all working areas. Extensive area!

:Increase Prepared Stock Harvest, over the next 6 weeks

This is also a rebuild with the function of the business, strongly in mind. Makes prepared image listing and saves hours from the listing times
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