How To Price Your eBay Item

You have an item you want to sell, but don’t know what your starting price should be nor what you could eventually get for your item. The eBay’s “Search Completed Listings Only” is an excellent way of researching how other items like yours were priced and whether or not the item sold. It has been very handy in helping me put in my starting and buy it now price.

1. On eBay's home page, click the "Advanced Search" link. It is next to the search button.
2. When the Advanced Search page opens, type your keywords in the blank below "Enter Keyword" (e.g. "Gymboree butterfly girls 2T" or "Motorola v3 phone").
3. Be sure the box next to the “Completed Listings Only” is checked. If this box is not checked, then your search results will be active items, not already sold items.
4. In the "In this Category" dropdown menu, you can search for your item "All Categories" or can narrow your search by choosing a category from the "In this category" drop down list. For instance, you can search for Gymboree butterfly girls 2T in all categories or can choose the category “clothing” and it will only search for the item in the clothing category.
5. Once you have your criteria selected and the box next to “Completed listings only” is checked, then hit the "Search" button.
6. An eBay window will open with your search results. You can sort this list by choosing from the "Sort by" drop down menu. I like to sort my list by Price: Highest first.
7. The green text represents items that have sold and what the final selling price was. The red text represents items that did not sell.
8. You can click on the listings to see more details, such as the bidding history. There, you can see what their starting price was.

Using the “completed listings only” is a great tool for researching an item on eBay. It will help you determine your starting price; it can help you write your description; you can even have an idea what a good "buy it now" price would be. So try it out, good luck and have fun.