Searching Through Completed Listings

When trying to work out if your item will sell (and how much you might get for it), the most useful information can be found by looking at completed listings. You need to be registered with eBay to search for ‘completed listings’. To search completed listings tick the box to the left of ‘completed listings’ in the ‘search options’ box (to the right of your search results page and below ‘narrow your search’). Then click ‘search’ at the bottom of the ‘search options’ box. The prices of completed listings are in red and green.

Green prices indicate the item sold and give you the final price. This will give you an idea of what your item may go for. If there are items exactly like or very similar to yours, have a closer look at the number of bidders. This will give you an idea of how popular your item is. The more bidders, the lower you can make the starting price and the more people this will attract. Please be aware there are no guarantees! There is always the risk of loosing out when starting the bidding at a low price.

Red prices indicate the item didn’t sell. Usually, if the item is similar or the same as yours, and it consistently doesn’t sell then there probably isn’t much point in trying to sell your item.
However, there are many other reasons why the item might not have sold and it is worth checking these out to be sure:

• The starting price was too high.
• The postage was too high. Sometimes sellers charge very high postage – it cuts down on the fees they pay to eBay.
• The item was pick up only and was in a remote location.
• The item was pulled off eBay early.