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[Old Dad]

7 watchers after just 40 days is very good, in my opinion. I really don’t think there are very many buyers who are savvy enough to understand the new seller send offer function. It’s hard to say why people watch an offer, but with that many watchers, I think you have genuine interest. Since you have best offer you must be willing to take less, why not use the send offer to tickle the watchers?

[Old Dad]

eBay for Business – Ep 56 – 2019 Fall Seller Update: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cDovL3NlbGxpbmdvbmViYXkuZWJheS5saWJzeW5wcm8uY29tL3Jzcw%3D%3D

[Old Dad]

Mark,

The function you are referring to is “Sell Now” and the link is below the listing pictures

In this case, you will not inherit the fitment chart because it was created manually by the seller. If you look just below that fitment chart you will see, “Portions of the information contained in this table have been provided by (seller name).

I checked the eBay fitment catalog and didn’t find this brand/part number. While it is possible to create the fitment table manually from within the listing, it can be very labor-intensive (and frustrating) if there are more than just a few vehicles. When I need to do this I upload the data using File Exchange, but that’s a big learning curve for just one listing. If you do want to do the fitment manually the fitment information is on the manufacturer’s website, https://www.roughcountry.com/ford-leveling-lift-kit-9265.html. Better to use that than some other seller’s list.

We are straying off-topic here, but I don’t think there is a PM function on this forum.

Bill

[Old Dad]

You can create a discount based on order quantity. Marketing -> Promotions -> Create a Promotion -> Order Discount. You’ll have to play around with the selections and filters.

I don’t know if this applies in addition to the multi-quantity discount, something to check into.

[Old Dad]

Mark,

For the Bronco/F150 springs if the specific brand and part number are in the eBay fitment catalog the vehicles fitment chart should be automatically populated when you list. Search out an existing listing for that part and use ‘have one to sell’ or start a new listing using drill-down, starting from eBay Motors. Without a fitment chart or at least a fitment description, chance of selling is slim.

I generally buy parts lots, I search a few of the part numbers first, but not each one. Parts for 60s and 70s muscle cars are good, pickup trucks for most years, high-performance vehicles, vehicles that are being restored. I have many parts that don’t fit the above guidlines and they still sell but not as fast.

If you give me the brand and part number on the springs, I can probably tell you what they fit.

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[Old Dad]

I haven’t kept close records. I did have 1 over $100 sale from Send Offer, but most were less expensive sales. I going to guess less than 5% results and that seems to be declining. What we can’t know is how many of those items would have sold anyway at full price. I think I’m just going to stop spending time doing this unless eBay can give me ways to filter the offers.

[Old Dad]

Mark, well you know it goes, high-demand items have the most competition, driving the price down. Most of the parts I sell are more unique and therefore long tail.

I try to stay away from items over 25 pounds due to back problems but do ship a few orders that weigh 50 pounds or more. The heaviest part I recall shipping recently was an 80 pound starter for a diesel truck.

The restoration parts such as the Mustang example aren’t likely to come my way from liquidation, my inventory is more mechanical repair type parts and some high-performance items.

[Old Dad]

The listing in the first link apparently had 2 sets originally, if you click on sold it shows that first one went for $500. Whether it was actually paid for and shipped is, of course, unknown.

[Old Dad]

I have a banding tool for heavy boxes.

I bought it used from a Facebook group, the complete system with cart, strapping, buckles, tensioner, and crimper.

[Old Dad]

I wonder if it made it to the destination undamaged, I’m skeptical.

[Old Dad]

Might want to use the Ryanne method, list at a high price with Make an Offer.

[Old Dad]

Sonia, I have used a gray bed sheet for the background of larger objects and it worked well enough for editing.

[Old Dad]

Very well written first-hand post on the subject. My first job out of high school was making steel rule cutting dies that were used in the Thompson. A guy I worked with got the end of his finger caught and smashed while hand feeding the Thompson, he didn’t lose the finger but it wasn’t fully functional afterward.

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[Old Dad]

Generally, a neutral gray background is the best to avoid a color shift, neutral gray being a light to medium gray. I use an old gray bedsheet for items too big for my tabletop photo booth. A solid background is better than one that is cluttered or patterned.

Looking at the last 2 photos I did last night, the creation times are 6:10 and 6:11, the last modified date of each is 6:12. That includes both cropping out the background and resizing to 1000 width.

I think most viewers aren’t going to notice the minor photo issues that we see and those are what take the most time to clean up. 2¢

[Old Dad]

I did use a sharp mask to bring out some detail, I find that usually helps with the results from my 15 year old cheap camera. One of these days I will redo my photo booth setup and enable shooting down from the top, but this has been good enough for many years now.

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