With the addition of the new stock entering my shop, there has been a lot of people checking out my store.
The games have a good few views, some in particular are very high, and there have been a bunch of watchers coming along to keep an eye on them.
The Halo stuff though, has blown up, since I started listing them.
Here's one of todays listings, Spartan Soldier - GCM28
He has been up for about 2 hours, and has already had 5 views.
Postage for these figures works out at €9.70, worldwide.
An A5 padded envelope weighing up to 100g, is that much, regardless of where it is being shipped, and the figures weigh around 6g each, so I could actually fill one of those envelopes, and have encouraged people to buy multiple items in one go, in my description, as it works out as a much better deal.
I don't like the fact that shipping costs so much, but it's just the way it is.
I'm going to lower the shipping costs by a few Euro, which will eat into my profit, but will hopefully encourage people to take the plunge and buy some stuff, everyone wants a deal, after all, and the best way I can do that is by pricing fairly, and lowering the postage.
Here's one of the first figures I listed, Decimus - HDP51
He has had 11 views in the last 4 days, and has 1 watcher.
Watchers, and views don't mean much, but the way I see it, traffic coming to my account is a good thing, because there are more eyes on the other listings I have.
The Message
Yesterday I received a message on eBay from a potential buyer, asking if I had Whatsapp, or Instagram. They find it easier to talk on those platforms, and they told me that they have a photography account centred around Halo Mega Bloks/ Construx. They also said that they'd be interested in purchasing a bunch of stuff in one go, which would cut down on the costs.
I don't want to conduct business outside of eBay for two reasons:
- My main goal is building up my account, and gaining feedback and a good reputation, which would in turn make it easier for people to buy off me in the future.
- I don't want to fall victim to scams, which are out there, and which I've been aware of since before joining eBay.
I replied, telling them that I don't feel comfortable sharing personal information with people. But, I'm more than happy to combine a bunch of items in one package.
They were understanding of this, and asked for a list of what else I have.
I replied with a few items which I'm going to upload next, namely the bigger sets, and ships.
Some are not ready for photographing yet, and I don't want to talk about them until they are. I did say to follow me, as they'll get notified each time I upload something, which currently is twice a day, from 7 - 8 AM.
I'm not really interested in doing some bulk, Mega deal, because I want to build up my account and reputation with feedback, so if I sell everything to one person, that means I only get one feedback note, or I get a bunch from the same account, which doesn't really suit me at this stage.
Here's one of the figures I'm saving for a few days, Master Chief.
My idea is, I want to upload a bunch of stuff each day, and save more sought after items like this, and a few other figures, until I have a lot of stuff up there.
I figure it's better to let people come to my account for something they really want, to then discover a plethora of other items for sale, which they might be interested in too.
It's kind of gaming it, a bit, but it's common to do things like this, especially at Car Boot sales. Nobody puts all their best items out on display first thing in the morning, because by time the afternoon comes they'll all be gone, and you won't have a draw factor anymore, and so I'm using that same logic for my eBay store.
List 2 - 3 items a day, with more sought after pieces sprinkled in.
Currently I have 4 days worth of stuff photographed and ready to go up, which is going to give me 4 days to prepare the next batch of stuff.
I'm only listing this stuff at the moment, but I'm going to clean, and photograph a batch of games over the weekend, to give me at least a week or two of uploads once I run out of Halo stuff to list, so I can buy some time to clean and prepare even more stuff.
Once the figures are gone, I'll only have sets and vehicles to upload which are a bit more time-consuming to get ready.
All in all though, it's going well and I'm enjoying the routine.