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All the auctions an eBay member has done are listed in a separate area on eBay. Often eBay members will get into a niche and sell the same or similar items again and again. (And then there are those eBay members who sell about anything under the sun with no rhyme or reason to what they sell!) The advantage of looking at these past auctions is it gives you a view of a member who is specializing selling a particular kind of item.
Reviewing the past auctions of these eBay members can provide you with a wealth of information as to how to present your own auctions, specifically, your headlines, your sales copy, your pictures and your general auction layout.
One of the quickest ways to view a member’s past auctions is to click on the member’s ID or their feedback number. Both of these can be found on the right side in the blue box of any auction.
By clicking on either of these links you will be moved to their history page. At the top of the page will be the member’s public information. Beneath that you will see a table of information with four tabs: “Feedback Received,” “From Buyers,” “From Sellers,” and “Left for Others.”
Under those tabs there are four columns: “Comment,” “From,” “Date/Time” and “Item #”
On the far right under Item # is a list of past auctions. Clicking on any one of those numbers will display that past auction on your screen. Locate past auctions of products that are the same or similar to what you are going to auction.
The Completed Listings link will take you to a screen that looks like the site map page. The difference is by clicking on the links of the Completed Listings page you will go to lists (pages) of past auctions. These auctions will go back approximately two weeks.
You can click on the links in these lists to view past auctions and study and learn from them. Items that are on auction now are the most obvious to research. Put the keywords into the search field on eBay and click search. This will bring up a list of auctions going on presently. Go through the listed auctions and find items that are similar to what you plan to auction. There is a lot of information here that you can use.
- Items on auction now
- Completed items found by looking at members’ histories (feedback)
- Completed items found through the Site Map. The link is labeled Completed Listings.
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