Is there a website that shows the final prices of items that have been
sold on ebay?

I'm getting ready to put some tools up and want to have an idea of
what they will sell for.


tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)

"Tom Watson" wrote in message
...
Is there a website that shows the final prices of items that have been
sold on ebay?

I'm getting ready to put some tools up and want to have an idea of
what they will sell for.


tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)

You can search Ebay "Closed Auctions Only" and get that info. Only problem
is it only goes back about 90 days. Not a problem if it is a popular item,
but not much use for the more uncommon items.

--
Bill Pounds
http://www.billpounds.com/woodshop

Tom ...

Is there a website that shows the final prices of items that have been
sold on ebay?

I'm getting ready to put some tools up and want to have an idea of
what they will sell for.

If you do a search for items similar to the ones you want to sell, then look
at the yellow box to the left of the items you will see, toward the bottom,
the heading "Search Options." Under that is "Show Only" with several check
boxes. Select the one that says "Completed Listings" and click the "Show
Items" button. You will then get a new list of items for which the auctions
are completed and the final bid price. You can then sort that list
according to date or price in ascending or decending order. Each listing
also shows the shipping cost as a separate item (if available) and also the
number of bidders there were on the item. If an item went unsold, either
because the reserve was not met or there were no bidders, its price is shown
in red.

Lee


--
To e-mail, replace "bucketofspam" with "dleegordon"

On the left under search you can choose to see completed items.
max

Is there a website that shows the final prices of items that have been
sold on ebay?

I'm getting ready to put some tools up and want to have an idea of
what they will sell for.


tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)

On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 12:18:58 -0700, max wrote
(in article ):

On the left under search you can choose to see completed items.
max

Is there a website that shows the final prices of items that have been
sold on ebay?

I'm getting ready to put some tools up and want to have an idea of
what they will sell for.


tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)
ng
When you sell some more common items, Ebay will tell you the average selling
price as a way to help you decide a starting price.

-Bruce

On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 12:24:57 -0500, Tom Watson
calmly ranted:

Is there a website that shows the final prices of items that have been
sold on ebay?

I'm getting ready to put some tools up and want to have an idea of
what they will sell for.

Go to Ebay, log in, and then go to Advanced Searches. Click the
"Completed listings only" checkbox and go from there. (Checking
completed listings requires Ebay membership, so you'll -have- to
log in first.)


---
- Sarcasm is just one more service we offer. -
http://diversify.com Web Applications

"Lee Gordon" wrote in message
...
Tom ...

Is there a website that shows the final prices of items that have been
sold on ebay?

I'm getting ready to put some tools up and want to have an idea of
what they will sell for.

If you do a search for items similar to the ones you want to sell, then
look
at the yellow box to the left of the items you will see, toward the
bottom,
the heading "Search Options." Under that is "Show Only" with several
check
boxes. Select the one that says "Completed Listings" and click the "Show
Items" button. You will then get a new list of items for which the
auctions
are completed and the final bid price. You can then sort that list
according to date or price in ascending or decending order. Each listing
also shows the shipping cost as a separate item (if available) and also
the
number of bidders there were on the item. If an item went unsold, either
because the reserve was not met or there were no bidders, its price is
shown
in red.

Lee


--
To e-mail, replace "bucketofspam" with "dleegordon"

One note to add: It used to work without an account to see completed
auctions, but now you have to loggin to see. John

"Pounds on Wood" writes:

You can search Ebay "Closed Auctions Only" and get that info. Only problem
is it only goes back about 90 days. Not a problem if it is a popular item,
but not much use for the more uncommon items.

A search of completed listings doesn't go back anywhere near 90 days. I
just did a completed listings search and it goes back to December 27th.

They used to do 30 days and went to 2 weeks a while back. This really
sucks as it is hard to get a value on something that you only see every
week or two on Ebay.

Brian Elfert

"Brian Elfert" wrote in message
...
"Pounds on Wood" writes:

You can search Ebay "Closed Auctions Only" and get that info. Only
problem
is it only goes back about 90 days. Not a problem if it is a popular
item,
but not much use for the more uncommon items.

A search of completed listings doesn't go back anywhere near 90 days. I
just did a completed listings search and it goes back to December 27th.

They used to do 30 days and went to 2 weeks a while back. This really
sucks as it is hard to get a value on something that you only see every
week or two on Ebay.

Brian Elfert


Hmm, you are right. That does suck. Another useful resource gone.

--
********
Bill Pounds
http://www.billpounds.com

"Pounds on Wood" wrote:



"Brian Elfert" wrote in message
...
"Pounds on Wood" writes:

You can search Ebay "Closed Auctions Only" and get that info. Only
problem
is it only goes back about 90 days. Not a problem if it is a
popular
item,
but not much use for the more uncommon items.

A search of completed listings doesn't go back anywhere near 90 days.
I just did a completed listings search and it goes back to December
27th.

They used to do 30 days and went to 2 weeks a while back. This
really sucks as it is hard to get a value on something that you only
see every week or two on Ebay.

Brian Elfert


Hmm, you are right. That does suck. Another useful resource gone.

Some of the third party outfits - Vendio? - claim they have searchable
data. Are they just doing the same search available to everyone, or do
they download and store the data? Anyone ever use one of them?


--
********
Bill Pounds
http://www.billpounds.com

Lobby Dosser writes:

Hmm, you are right. That does suck. Another useful resource gone.

Some of the third party outfits - Vendio? - claim they have searchable
data. Are they just doing the same search available to everyone, or do
they download and store the data? Anyone ever use one of them?

I know Ebay keeps the data for 90 days or more. You can go into feedback
for a user and still bring up listings that are at least 90 days old.

Maybe Ebay licenses access to the old data to third parties to make a
little extra revenue. I can imagine the server load would be huge if they
searched through 90 days or more of completed listings.

Brian Elfert

Brian Elfert wrote:

Lobby Dosser writes:

Hmm, you are right. That does suck. Another useful resource gone.

Some of the third party outfits - Vendio? - claim they have searchable
data. Are they just doing the same search available to everyone, or do
they download and store the data? Anyone ever use one of them?

I know Ebay keeps the data for 90 days or more. You can go into
feedback for a user and still bring up listings that are at least 90
days old.

Maybe Ebay licenses access to the old data to third parties to make a
little extra revenue. I can imagine the server load would be huge if
they searched through 90 days or more of completed listings.

Brian Elfert


Didn't think about them licensing the use of the data. That makes sense.

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:27:58 -0800, "Pounds on Wood"
wrote:

They used to do 30 days and went to 2 weeks a while back. This really
sucks as it is hard to get a value on something that you only see every
week or two on Ebay.

Brian Elfert


Hmm, you are right. That does suck. Another useful resource gone.


It doesn't seem to be consistent: sometimes a lot more
than 30 days' worth comes up. At one time, I guess when
the database was a small fraction of what it is now, you
could go back to the Beginning of Time.

eBay just raised their fees very substantially.

GregP writes:


It doesn't seem to be consistent: sometimes a lot more
than 30 days' worth comes up. At one time, I guess when
the database was a small fraction of what it is now, you
could go back to the Beginning of Time.

eBay just raised their fees very substantially.

Only the fees for Ebay Stores have increased substantially. They didn't
change the listing fees or FVF for regular auctions. They did raise the
fee for a gallery listing $.10, but I don't call that substantial.

Brian Elfert

On 14 Jan 2005 12:51:22 GMT, Brian Elfert wrote:


Only the fees for Ebay Stores have increased substantially. They didn't
change the listing fees or FVF for regular auctions. They did raise the
fee for a gallery listing $.10, but I don't call that substantial.


In absolute dollars, you are right. Percentage-wise, however,
they are substantial, especially if you sell a lot of low-priced
stuff like CDs. The gallery fee is a 40% increase; 10-day
listing fees doubled.