1) Figure out the uppermost price your product is most likely to fetch.
2) Double the amount of views your auction receives.
3) Immediately get enthusiastic buyers to view your auctions.
Allow me to provide you with an example of the way I use "Instant Page Views" scheme to accomplish these goals. Once you see the way it is accomplished, you will be able to easily incorporate this simple scheme into your personal eBay auctions.
I put up an auction for a "Deni Scoop-Factory Soft Serve Automatic Ice Cream Maker + FREE Extra Speedee-Freeze Canister." This was a nice little homemade ice cream maker.
I relisted this item because I put it up for auction once before without any success. The first time I put up the auction, I opened it with a beginning bid of $0.99. I prefer to open my auctions with a low beginning bid to get the maximum number of people visiting them, right when the auctions go live. This particular auction got a lot of attention. When it was over, my counter said I had received 143 hits... really good visibility!
Before I put the item up for auction the first time, I did some research to find out the amount that a soft serve ice cream maker might go for. That process helped me decide to place a reserve price of $49.99 in the auction. Whether you use a reserve, or not, I highly recommend that you employ a research tool to assist you to determine how to set the price of your items.
The auction ended with a top bid of $42.00, so the reserve was not met and I did not sell the item. This did not cause me to be unhappy, since one of my objectives is always to get the most views possible, even taking into account that I don't sell an item the first time. The more views I get, the more people are likely to see my "About Me" page, which will direct them to my website.
Because the auction did not finish in a purchase, I listed the item again. Okay, here is the tricky part. Do you remember that I mentioned the last time I listed this item, it got 143 views? Well, of the total number of people that looked at the auction, 4 people bid on the auction a total of 23 times... looks there was a mini bidding battle going on! Doesn't it make you wonder if some of these bidders might want a second opportunity at this item? You bet they would. So, being the good eBayer that I am, I made the decision to inform all of the previous four bidders that the item was relisted again. Here's the exact email I sent them:
