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Originally Posted by basesareempty
Ebay buyers are funny! They do not like to pay shipping costs. For example, I once listed an item for BIN $99.99 with $5.00 shipping and got no takers. I relisted the item for 109.99 with free shipping and it sold within hours of listing. Since then I have listed all my items with free shipping with the cost of shipping and the additional ebay % factored in. I have quit trying to figure Ebay buyers out!
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I agree completely. I only sell a few items a week on Ebay and have noticed the same thing. It appears that some buyers will use the filters to only show items with free shipping (I've noticed an increase in views/watches as well). Likewise, with free shipping, you automatically get a "5 star" rating on the dashboard for shipping fees.
One other thing that I've changed is listing prices. In the past, all of my listings were at whole dollar amounts. I've noticed that items tend to draw more bids if the starting price has a $.99 or $.49 suffix. If I want $50 for an item, I'll list the starting bid out at $49.99 instead of $50.00.... seems to work pretty well on items that I've had to relist multiple times.