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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lizzie, post: 10158695, member: 2027&quot;]I have been selling jewelry on Ebay for about three years but I am in the US so I am not sure how what I&#039;ve learned would apply to France.</p><p><br /></p><p>Early on, I used the auction format, starting them on Sunday evenings as Pearls and Komokwa noted.&nbsp; Now I rarely use auctions except when I have something extra special by a notable designer or a piece that is exceptionally rare.&nbsp; I still launch everything on Sunday evenings but at buy it now.</p><p><br /></p><p>I sell both vintage and fashion jewelry and stay away from fine jewelry.&nbsp; I am fortunate that I can purchase large lots from online but local auctions so my price per piece is reasonable. Of course, I get pieces that can&#039;t be sold due to damage or other issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>I keep somewhere around 500 listings.&nbsp; I check through my listings every couple of weeks and pull the listings if they&#039;ve had no views in the previous 30 days.&nbsp; I either wait a couple of weeks and re-list using &quot;sell similar&quot; or I group like items together and sell as a lot (i.e. butterfly brooches, clip earrings, etc).</p><p><br /></p><p>Sets sell faster than than individual pieces. Some vintage signed pieces sell better than others (for me Trifari is an easier sell than say Weiss). Colored rhinestone pieces sell better than clear rhinestone pieces.&nbsp; Some pieces that I think are not worth listing sell quicker than pieces that I consider outstanding (an absolutely hideous porcupine quill necklace with beads that looked like mouse vertebrae is the most memorable).</p><p><br /></p><p>I do use Ebay international shipping, although I don&#039;t know how much the the EU new rules on documentation will affect those sales.&nbsp; I do sell quite often to Chinese buyers who use their own freight forwarding companies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sales are a roller coaster, some months are awesome and others are not.&nbsp; Certainly this time of year in this economy results in less sales. I think one just has to hang in there, go with the flow, research, learn and adapt. Eventually it works.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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