Jewellery on ebay

As has often been mentioned here before jewellery doesn't seem to sell well
on ebay.

Has anyone any ideas why?

My own experience is that jewellery is bought mainly by women, and that
they like to handle the item before buying.

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Barbeques on fire by chalets past the headland
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Time for tea

William Black wrote:
As has often been mentioned here before jewellery doesn't seem to sell well
on ebay.

Has anyone any ideas why?

People are out for bargains.

Abrasha
http://www.abrasha.com

On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 01:20:32 GMT, William Black
wrote:

As has often been mentioned here before jewellery doesn't seem to sell well
on ebay.

Has anyone any ideas why?

My own experience is that jewellery is bought mainly by women, and that
they like to handle the item before buying.

Not just handle, a lot of women like to hold it up against them and
look in a mirror.

--
Marilee J. Layman

I think one reason that jewelry doesn't sell well on eBay is that many
potential buyers of jewelry may also MAKE jewelry, and feel like "I could do
that myself". I also believe the market there is flooded with either cheap
or underpriced stuff, which makes people not want to pay a reasonable price
for an excellent piece of jewelry. And the market there is just FLOODED with
too much to look at! I think most of the successful jewelry sellers online
that I know have developed their own following and found their own niche
without eBay. HTH
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"William Black" wrote in message
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As has often been mentioned here before jewellery doesn't seem to sell
well
on ebay.

Has anyone any ideas why?

My own experience is that jewellery is bought mainly by women, and that
they like to handle the item before buying.

--
William Black

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe
Barbeques on fire by chalets past the headland
I've watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off Newborough
All this will pass like ice-cream on the beach
Time for tea

i think fashion jewelry($20-) would best sell in high foot traffic areas,
where people can see it, maybe try it - and buy it. all on a whim!

it's kind of hard to buy a $10 piece of jewelry on ebay, and have to pay $5
for s/h





"Karleen/Vibrant Jewels" wrote in
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I think one reason that jewelry doesn't sell well on eBay is that many
potential buyers of jewelry may also MAKE jewelry, and feel like "I could
do
that myself". I also believe the market there is flooded with either cheap
or underpriced stuff, which makes people not want to pay a reasonable
price
for an excellent piece of jewelry. And the market there is just FLOODED
with
too much to look at! I think most of the successful jewelry sellers online
that I know have developed their own following and found their own niche
without eBay. HTH
--
Karleen Page
Vibrant Jewels: http://www.vibrantjewels.com/jewelry/welcome.htm
JustBeads: http://www.justbeads.com/search/ql.cfm?s=21770
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"William Black" wrote in message
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As has often been mentioned here before jewellery doesn't seem to sell
well
on ebay.

Has anyone any ideas why?

My own experience is that jewellery is bought mainly by women, and that
they like to handle the item before buying.

--
William Black

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe
Barbeques on fire by chalets past the headland
I've watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off Newborough
All this will pass like ice-cream on the beach
Time for tea

You know what does sell very well is Italian charms. I sold many from a wholesale website called www.italian-charms.cc and they flew off the shelf, and if they don't, you can always give the leftovers as christmas presents.

-jen

You know what does sell very well is Italian charms. I sold many from a
wholesale website called www.italian-charms.cc and they flew off the
shelf, and if they don't, you can always give the leftovers as
christmas presents.

-jen


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Jaaquino83

William Black wrote:
As has often been mentioned here before jewellery doesn't seem to sell well
on ebay.

I think the need to see it and touch is is one reason. Another
is that it is usually not possible to compete with stuff from
estates and attics on price.

where there aren't that many low cost items around, and
the item is "iconic" or recognizable, it may sell. one
category seems to be glass beads. I don't know if the
average sale is worth it, but there have been at least
a few sales for unexpectedly large final bids.

Has anyone any ideas why?

eBay works for "iconic" items better than ones which need
inspection, that have idiosyncratic characteristics. this
is true of clothing as well.

not necessarily entirely commodity items, but items where
one knows what to expect from the photo and description.

My own experience is that jewellery is bought mainly by women, and that
they like to handle the item before buying.


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"Contrarian" wrote in message
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where there aren't that many low cost items around, and
the item is "iconic" or recognizable, it may sell. one
category seems to be glass beads. I don't know if the
average sale is worth it, but there have been at least
a few sales for unexpectedly large final bids.

A friend of mine is a bead maker and sells on ebay.

She reckons it's because they're bought by people who make their own things,
and there's also that there's little intrinsic value in the item.

People seem to be scared to buy stuff when they may get ripped off because
it's not made of what the seller says it's made of, when they will buy
something where the value of the materials is essentially nothing.

If it wasn't for the customers jewellery would be a wonderful business to be
in...

--
William Black

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe
Barbeques on fire by chalets past the headland
I've watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off Newborough
All this will pass like ice-cream on the beach
Time for tea

"Karleen/Vibrant Jewels" wrote in
message ...
I think one reason that jewelry doesn't sell well on eBay is that many
potential buyers of jewelry may also MAKE jewelry, and feel like "I could
do
that myself". I also believe the market there is flooded with either cheap
or underpriced stuff, which makes people not want to pay a reasonable
price
for an excellent piece of jewelry. And the market there is just FLOODED
with
too much to look at! I think most of the successful jewelry sellers online
that I know have developed their own following and found their own niche
without eBay. HTH

Bang on Karleen! I wouldn't touch ebay with...

John


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Karleen Page