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Don't Cite Unsold eBay Listing Prices

38 points by speckx

by bdcravens

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It doesn't make for as good of a headline, but learning to look at solds (and even more importantly, sell through rate) is the first thing you learn (or should learn) if you do any reselling.
Additionally, you have to factor in free shipping. A rough way to do it is to multiply the % times the average shipping price and deduct that from the average sales price (so the "real" average sales price for the totes is closer to $14 or so)

by nothercastle

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Ha this summarizes marketplace problems in one sentence. All items that are still available for sale are typically priced too high. The slices of market that actually moves a minuscule 1-5% of items and they don’t hang out for long

by dangus

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Could have been helpful for the article to include a tutorial:
In the filters, there’s one for “completed” and “sold,” you want both checked.