Selling on eBay in 2022

You're usually better off listing a big ticket item using the Buy it Now/Best Offer combo.

Auctions are no longer the dominant way to sell on eBay.

In its' glory days, eBay's absolute auctions were the way to go!

Over course of time, eBay has changed its' search algorithm to favor the Buy it Now format and paid ads, so there's just no guarantee that your valuables listed for auction on the site will garner a strong bidding pool.

I'm and auctioneer, my money tree is the Absolute Auction , but not on eBay.

Great pictures are your best promotional foot forward when selling on eBay.

It used to be that a big bulk upload of items to eBay would get you a bunch of views, because of cross-selling.

But now, if you have a lot of items, the site's search engine absolutely seems to reward sellers who list a few items every day over an extended period, rather than a big bulk upload all at once.

It's obvious that when I use the Trickle Theory, all of my listings get more views.

This makes sense, after all, what do all search engines want?

It's the same with Google, and for that matter, it's the same with in-person antique malls.

For years, we've been baited into using all kinds of 3rd party software to boost eBay sales.

Some of them were pretty good, but when they became popular...BOOM, eBay usually bought the company or mimicked all the features and eliminated the use for their product.

Often, this left sellers with dead links, useless subscriptions, and selling strategies that eBay no longer supported.

Many sellers had to change thousands of listings to comply with the changes.

If you're going to use 3rd party software or social media to help with eBay sales, use only EXTERNAL tools & practices, which eBay will have no control over.

Put a link to your contact info in every listing . eBay strictly prohibits off-site links in your listings, but you can put a link to your eBay user profile directly in your listings.