New to the group and seeking advice on ebay pricing and selling

Hello,

I just wanted to take the time to introduce myself and hopefully get
some advice from some seasoned beaders and ebayers. I found this group
through Su of Tillerman Beads. She bought some beads off me from ebay
and told me she was introduced to the beads through this group, so I
thought I would check it out. I was so delighted to see the wonderful
remarks some of you were making about the beads I sell on ebay.
Unfortunately, I cannot claim responsibility for making the beads, I
just sell them. My good friend, Dominic, is the artist. I offered to
sell his work on ebay and I started about a month ago and, so far,
sales have been good. All of his beads that I have listed thus far
have sold. However, the beads are not selling for what they are truly
worth yet. I am wondering if anyone has any advice on pricing on ebay.
I am a little nervous about starting pricing at $.99 for his beads. I
know it's a good way to ignite interest and bidding, but it makes me
anxious that his beads could sell for less than what they are worth.
His beads sell for anywhere between $30 - $60 retail. I've been
starting his beads at around $19.99 but I haven't been generating as
much interest as I would like. So, I would greatly appreciate any
opinions and/or advice on pricing and selling on ebay.

Oh, and just a little about myself. My name is Jessica. I'm 31
year-old mother to a 20 month-old boy (Aidan). I started selling my
friend's work on ebay because, eventually, I would like to set up a
homebased business so I can be an active part of my son's life. I'm
hoping to find more lampwork artists in San Diego who would like me to
sell their work on ebay. Currently I am selling Dominic's beads and
another friend's handcrafted gemstone jewelry. I graduated with a
degree in art and art history. I am an artist myself and am really
starting to get into beading. Anyway, I think this is a neat group and
I am looking forward to your replys and being part of a community.
Adult interaction, even over the internet, is so stimulating since I
take care of children all day (currently, I nanny because I can take my
son to work).

Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope to hear from you!

Jessica Windsor

Welcome Jessica!! What's your ebay ID?

I have this article on selling on my website:

http://www.lampwork.net/what3.html

On the 99 cent thing - I would only recommend that tactic to people who have
an established customer base on ebay - it's too nerve racking otherwise.
Good luck to you!

--
Kandice Seeber
www.lampwork.net

Hello,

I just wanted to take the time to introduce myself and hopefully get
some advice from some seasoned beaders and ebayers. I found this group
through Su of Tillerman Beads. She bought some beads off me from ebay
and told me she was introduced to the beads through this group, so I
thought I would check it out. I was so delighted to see the wonderful
remarks some of you were making about the beads I sell on ebay.
Unfortunately, I cannot claim responsibility for making the beads, I
just sell them. My good friend, Dominic, is the artist. I offered to
sell his work on ebay and I started about a month ago and, so far,
sales have been good. All of his beads that I have listed thus far
have sold. However, the beads are not selling for what they are truly
worth yet. I am wondering if anyone has any advice on pricing on ebay.
I am a little nervous about starting pricing at $.99 for his beads. I
know it's a good way to ignite interest and bidding, but it makes me
anxious that his beads could sell for less than what they are worth.
His beads sell for anywhere between $30 - $60 retail. I've been
starting his beads at around $19.99 but I haven't been generating as
much interest as I would like. So, I would greatly appreciate any
opinions and/or advice on pricing and selling on ebay.

Oh, and just a little about myself. My name is Jessica. I'm 31
year-old mother to a 20 month-old boy (Aidan). I started selling my
friend's work on ebay because, eventually, I would like to set up a
homebased business so I can be an active part of my son's life. I'm
hoping to find more lampwork artists in San Diego who would like me to
sell their work on ebay. Currently I am selling Dominic's beads and
another friend's handcrafted gemstone jewelry. I graduated with a
degree in art and art history. I am an artist myself and am really
starting to get into beading. Anyway, I think this is a neat group and
I am looking forward to your replys and being part of a community.
Adult interaction, even over the internet, is so stimulating since I
take care of children all day (currently, I nanny because I can take my
son to work).

Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope to hear from you!

Jessica Windsor

~ Adult interaction, even over the internet, is so stimulating since I
take care of children all day (currently, I nanny because I can take my
son to work).
~~~~~~~~
I understand. Numerous of us are disabled here on RCB, and find our
adult companionship largely over the internet as well, as it's hard to
get out of the house. (I found my beautiful husband online.)

My sister nannied for years! (Til she had twins at age 42!)

Kandice's advice on marketing http://www.lampwork.net/what3.html is
*excellent*. Read it and learn! You will benefit greatly.

Hi Kandice,

My ebay ID is jessenartie. Let me know what you think.

I haven't read the article yet, am about to right now.

Thanks!
Jessica

Hello again Kandice,

I just finished reading your article and I found it to be VERY
informative! I especially like your ideas on marketing. Thanks for
the great advice!

Jessica

Hi, Jesse. I just wanted to welcome you to the group. ))))
Linda

"jesse" wrote in message
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: Hello,
:
: I just wanted to take the time to introduce myself and hopefully get
: some advice from some seasoned beaders and ebayers. I found this
group
: through Su of Tillerman Beads. She bought some beads off me from
ebay
: and told me she was introduced to the beads through this group, so I
: thought I would check it out. I was so delighted to see the
wonderful
: remarks some of you were making about the beads I sell on ebay.
: Unfortunately, I cannot claim responsibility for making the beads, I
: just sell them. My good friend, Dominic, is the artist. I offered
to
: sell his work on ebay and I started about a month ago and, so far,
: sales have been good. All of his beads that I have listed thus far
: have sold. However, the beads are not selling for what they are
truly
: worth yet. I am wondering if anyone has any advice on pricing on
ebay.
: I am a little nervous about starting pricing at $.99 for his beads.
I
: know it's a good way to ignite interest and bidding, but it makes me
: anxious that his beads could sell for less than what they are worth.
: His beads sell for anywhere between $30 - $60 retail. I've been
: starting his beads at around $19.99 but I haven't been generating as
: much interest as I would like. So, I would greatly appreciate any
: opinions and/or advice on pricing and selling on ebay.
:
: Oh, and just a little about myself. My name is Jessica. I'm 31
: year-old mother to a 20 month-old boy (Aidan). I started selling my
: friend's work on ebay because, eventually, I would like to set up a
: homebased business so I can be an active part of my son's life. I'm
: hoping to find more lampwork artists in San Diego who would like me
to
: sell their work on ebay. Currently I am selling Dominic's beads and
: another friend's handcrafted gemstone jewelry. I graduated with a
: degree in art and art history. I am an artist myself and am really
: starting to get into beading. Anyway, I think this is a neat group
and
: I am looking forward to your replys and being part of a community.
: Adult interaction, even over the internet, is so stimulating since I
: take care of children all day (currently, I nanny because I can take
my
: son to work).
:
: Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope to hear from you!
:
: Jessica Windsor
:

Oh, your work is stunning!!
Hmmm - as for advice - I might say to use pictures which are slightly bigger
and a little more clear. Also, I wouldn't recommend 99 cent auctions for
your focals - that's much harder to do successfully than with sets.

Jewelry is a much, *much* tougher merket on ebay these days than selling
handmade lampwork - there are tons more people selling jewelry.

Nice job, though - your focals are wonderful!

--
Kandice Seeber
www.lampwork.net
"jesse" wrote in message
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Hi Kandice,

My ebay ID is jessenartie. Let me know what you think.

I haven't read the article yet, am about to right now.

Thanks!
Jessica

Sure thing - I am glad you found it helpful!

--
Kandice Seeber
www.lampwork.net
"jesse" wrote in message
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Hello again Kandice,

I just finished reading your article and I found it to be VERY
informative! I especially like your ideas on marketing. Thanks for
the great advice!

Jessica

jesse wrote:
Hi Kandice,

My ebay ID is jessenartie. Let me know what you think.

I haven't read the article yet, am about to right now.

Thanks!
Jessica


Hi and welcome to the madness!

And I love these!!! http://snipurl.com/gllh


--
Polly
--
don't spook my groove...
--

As a buyer, I dislike .99 listings. I guess it's because I want a sort of
statement of worth. You should start with it's lowest possible value, but
not below it.. Work that is good gets discovered pretty quickly and doesn't
stay low priced.

When you say "retail", do you mean the price he would get in a gallery?
Typically that would be double what the gallery would give him. So if a
bead of his retails for $60, he'd want $30, and might start at $20 on eBay.

Like Karen Lewis' beads
http://www.justbeads.com/listings/de...mnum=806873065
In a bead store this set would be at least $50. (I've seen them in stores).
Her reserve is usually close to half the BIN price, probably $22 or so. In
a way this is a poor example, because of the reserve pricing.

Reserve pricing is a big no-no in my book. I usually won't bid on anything
with a reserve price. I figure if you can't honestly ask for a price....
Oh I don't know. I just don't like it.

Tina



"jesse" wrote in message
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Hello,

I just wanted to take the time to introduce myself and hopefully get
some advice from some seasoned beaders and ebayers. I found this group
through Su of Tillerman Beads. She bought some beads off me from ebay
and told me she was introduced to the beads through this group, so I
thought I would check it out. I was so delighted to see the wonderful
remarks some of you were making about the beads I sell on ebay.
Unfortunately, I cannot claim responsibility for making the beads, I
just sell them. My good friend, Dominic, is the artist. I offered to
sell his work on ebay and I started about a month ago and, so far,
sales have been good. All of his beads that I have listed thus far
have sold. However, the beads are not selling for what they are truly
worth yet. I am wondering if anyone has any advice on pricing on ebay.
I am a little nervous about starting pricing at $.99 for his beads. I
know it's a good way to ignite interest and bidding, but it makes me
anxious that his beads could sell for less than what they are worth.
His beads sell for anywhere between $30 - $60 retail. I've been
starting his beads at around $19.99 but I haven't been generating as
much interest as I would like. So, I would greatly appreciate any
opinions and/or advice on pricing and selling on ebay.

Oh, and just a little about myself. My name is Jessica. I'm 31
year-old mother to a 20 month-old boy (Aidan). I started selling my
friend's work on ebay because, eventually, I would like to set up a
homebased business so I can be an active part of my son's life. I'm
hoping to find more lampwork artists in San Diego who would like me to
sell their work on ebay. Currently I am selling Dominic's beads and
another friend's handcrafted gemstone jewelry. I graduated with a
degree in art and art history. I am an artist myself and am really
starting to get into beading. Anyway, I think this is a neat group and
I am looking forward to your replys and being part of a community.
Adult interaction, even over the internet, is so stimulating since I
take care of children all day (currently, I nanny because I can take my
son to work).

Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope to hear from you!

Jessica Windsor