Ask Nick: Help for eBay Newbie

[Ask Nick]

Ask Nick is a regular column in the AuctionBytes-Update newsletter. Here is the question for March 23rd's issue (see Nick's reply in the issue). Feel free to post your comments here.

Dear Nick,
I am a new seller on eBay. I have only been listing my items for about a month. I am trying to sell gel candles and scrapbook items. I listed approximately 35 items (some twice) and I only sold three items, all at the beginning price, which barely would cover my cost. Out of the three I sold, only two have been paid for. Is selling normally this slow?

When I first started buying on eBay about six months ago, everything I looked at had at least 10 to 20 bids. I have been checking out a lot of other items in different categories and nothing seems to be getting many bids, and a lot of them with less than 24 hours to go have no bids. I didn't put anything back on this week. I can't afford it. No more sales than what I have had so far won't even pay the listing charges. Please help, is it something I'm doing wrong or what?

Thank you,
Ashley

[Ina]

Here is the article in today's newsletter:

http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y203/m03/abu0091/s06
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Ina Steiner, AuctionBytes.com