Ending Ebay Auction early?

[jag5311]

I have a reserve set for my gamecubecheats auction, and I seriously doubt any bids will get that high by tommorow. How do i cancel my auction because it didn't reach a high enough amount to what I wanted?

Thanks
bryan

[GiantDomains]

just let it end..............

[jag5311]

noooooooo , I don't want to sell it for a possible $50 , I would rather hold it for a while longer and try to make a sale down the road.

I found where I would end my auction early, but I am confused by a few options

"If you have bids on this listing, or if the Reserve Price has been met, you must cancel all bids or sell to the high bidder(s). "

So by canceling all bids, that would make it so no transactions will have to be made. here are the options I have if I want to end it, which one would I normally take.

The item is no longer available for sale.
There was an error in the minimum bid or Reserve amount.
There was an error in the listing.
The item was lost or broken.

Would I take the 2nd one? or the 3rd?

Thanks
bryan

[GiantDomains]

If the reserve is NOT MET, there is NO WINNER. Just let it end.....and hope the reserve will be met in the end!

[jag5311]

oh, i thought that whatever the highest bid is, then I would have to complete a transfer to the individual. So basically, if i just let the auction end, I can tell the other person, well my reserve wasn't met and it didn't get as high as I wanted, so i am not going to sell. Can someone post negative feedback on you if you decide not to sell to the highest bidder, with the reserve deal?

Thanks Doberry

[GiantDomains]

It will end unsuccessfully.. you do not need to contact anyone, and feedback is not possible. (unless reserve is met)

That is the whole idea of a reserve.......

[dotcom]

good advise doberry

i learnt that ins and outs for ebay auctions when i listed something for sale. thats why it is imperitive to have a reserve price. that way it doesnt matter if there is 1000 bids, if its doesnt make it to the reserve, then all the bids cancel out and all you have to pay is the ebay listing fees, mine was 5.50 :razz:

[jag5311]

For my gamecube one, I went all out 14.50 ouch.

Oh well, I will tell you what though, if it by change gets to around $200, I will probably take that. I am allowed to contact the highest bidder and offer them the sale, correct?

thanks
bryan

[GiantDomains]

Originally posted by jag5311
For my gamecube one, I went all out 14.50 ouch.

Oh well, I will tell you what though, if it by change gets to around $200, I will probably take that. I am allowed to contact the highest bidder and offer them the sale, correct?

thanks
bryan

yes. You can also go into the details and lower the reserve.

[dotcom]

Off course, the contact is via ebays internal email system. Just email the ebay memebr via their own contact system, though they discourage that for making sales ehhehhehe

i myself was contacted after the auction ended via ebays system. it had a BIG clause at the bottom of it. something like " ebay requests that no sales etc are done outside of ebays austion site" especially via email.

[GiantDomains]

Next time, pick 2 categories.

1).com's
2)Nintendo games

Selling domains in the categories they cater too attracts buyers too....

[jag5311]

Man thats bull. If some guy walks up to me tommorow and said, I will give you X amount for your domain, I would end my auction and sell to him. Can ebay try to sue you or something if you try to sell outside of their dominion.

[GiantDomains]

and advertise your auction here, in dnforum, in the 4 sale section. I dont see it there...

[GiantDomains]

Originally posted by jag5311
Man thats bull. If some guy walks up to me tommorow and said, I will give you X amount for your domain, I would end my auction and sell to him. Can ebay try to sue you or something if you try to sell outside of their dominion.

stop being paranoid.

[dotcom]

jag531, not sure if your post was directed at me.

what i mean is that ebay discourage contacting seller via their ebay's internal email sytem to "cut a deal"

they off course can not stop you seling or buying this way and cant instigate any legal action if you do so.

[jag5311]

I did post it somewhere once, i think it was the 4 sale section. I gave an ebay link. Well, to be honest, I am not sure if there is anyone at DNFORUM that is willing to pay no more then 50 bucks for my domain. I have been told its more valuable then that, so I am just out scouting for the right person. I have been sending some emails to gaming domains that deal with nintendo products, and cheats. No response quite yet, but its only been 2 days.

Do you feel I would get alot more offers/bids if It was in the gamecube/nintendo section, regardless of whether or not its a domain name

thanks
bryan

[DomainPairs]

Your best bet is to wait for a free listing day and start the bidding at $200. That way it doesn't cost you anything if it doesn't sell.

[jag5311]

Awesome, thanks

Its also just 5 or so bucks. That can be made up over a short period of time.