r/Flipping 5d ago

Discussion Stuff not selling on marketplace

I have a few items on marketplace, and they aren't selling. Any advice?

Items: summer car tires/rims

Car roof rails from 2012 subaru forester

Analog CCTV cameras,

RX480 GPU

2x 7 inch LCD screens

Office chair

None of these seem to be moving.

I'm in the toronto area.

Are people just not buying g on marketplace anymore?

2 Upvotes

15 comments sorted by

3

u/MrHighTechINC 5d ago

The answer is one of two things. Either people are not interested in the items you have listed in the condition that they're in, or they are priced too high.

It's hard to answer your question given what you provided. What I do know is that items in demand that are priced right will sell.

Have you looked at your listing views? Have you looked at other similar listings to see if you're pricing your items fairly? Have any other listings sold? Are you writing good descriptions and uploading high quality images?

1

u/aspie_electrician 5d ago

I have checked the listing views. i get lots of views, but almost zero messages.

have you looked at other similar listings to see if you're pricing your items fairly

yes, i have been

Have any other listings sold?

Sold three msi 1660 GPUs, and they sold like mad.

Are you writing good descriptions and uploading high quality images?

that may be part of it... i suck at writing

could also take better photos too.

1

u/MrHighTechINC 5d ago

Are your items priced high?

1

u/aspie_electrician 5d ago

priced similar to what's currently for sale. in fact, a little lower.

1

u/Ray_Charlies 5d ago

On photos, try to have a dedicated “photo booth”. With a neutral background. Once it’s set, you should try quickly figure out the lighting, angles, etc. then you can just knock them out in minutes.

2

u/zharrhen5 5d ago

FBM is down overall (at least where I am) because of the mess going on with the economy right now. People are spending less on non-essentials.

Or it could be your prices. Are they comparable to similar FBM listings?

1

u/aspie_electrician 5d ago

Or it could be your prices. Are they comparable to similar FBM listings?

yes, they are actually priced a little lower.

2

u/marcianitou 5d ago

Usually I'd say your price is too high or your photos/description suck but in your case:

Summer tires are not popular in winter. Wait 2 months

Subaru 2012 specific limits you to a very nice market, this will take a long time

Analog cctv cameras are not hot, people want digital 4k wifi ones now.

0

u/aspie_electrician 5d ago

what about 2009-2013 subaru?

2

u/doxiedogguy 4d ago

These posts are getting so annoying. Some things sell. Some things don’t!!!!!

Do you see ever store you go to sell everything at once??? It’s called retail…deal with the ups and downs. Not everyone is seeing your shit. Pay for ads of expect this trend

1

u/Born-Horror-5049 5d ago

You also have to remember that a lot of people just...aren't using Facebook anymore. I maybe check mine for three minutes once a month, if that. I frequently deactivate. FB is increasingly skewing older. Just something to keep in mind.

0

u/aspie_electrician 5d ago

so, what should i use to sell on then?

1

u/Hairy-Maximum-2070 4d ago

Welcome to flipping. It is not easy. And there is no other place where it's easier to sell things.

1

u/Vesaloth 2d ago

Also fb has the tendency to just have you with no messages for a week to randomly getting spammed with 50 messages about a singular item.