My First Auction - No Sale!
Last week I suggested you watch me learn how to sell via eBay auctions. Well,
how we can fail admirably and learn from our failures.
My auction ended yesterday for my self-published family history book, “A Godly
Inheritance.” No bid. So I’m out $1.20 in Canadian funds.
However, I’m not terribly disappointed or upset. I did learn how to set up my
seller’s account, and I had a sales page on my site, to link to for more info.
I think I did most things right. Except for one thing. While I tried to check
my auction each day to see how it was going, I failed to go check for messages
from would-be buyers.
One man asked if he could pick it up. But I didn’t see that until just hours
before the auction closed. I answered him promptly, of course, but it was
probably not enough time for him to make a bid. Even if he had bid a $1.00 he
would have got that book cheap, and if he dropped by and picked it up, no
shipping costs.
So now I’m weighing the pros and cons. Shall I try that one again, or pick
another product that may have greater popularity?
