Can You Flip Sites If You Don’t Have Much Ebay Feedback?
Ebay has a lot of rules and regulations and they also run on a feedback system and I know a lot of people worry that if they don’t have much feedback since their Ebay account is still quite new, that they won’t get many sales. I tested this theory a little while back by starting a completely new Ebay account for my site flipping business and I am happy to say that it didn’t take me that long to build up some feedback and a good DSR rating and I have been verys successful with selling sites on my new Ebay account, so don’t let a low feedback rating stop you from starting a site flipping business.
DSR rating is something that Ebay brought in about a year ago and it is a little different from feedback rating. It is left at the same time as feedback is left, but this is the rating when your buyer gives you a rating out of 5 stars for different aspects of the transaction.
This DSR rating will affect where your listing is displayed in the search results and those with a high DSR rating will be displayed first above those sellers with a low DSR rating. This is worked out on the DSR rating for the category that you are listing in.
When you first start selling websites on Ebay you will have a low DSR rating and so your sites wont show up first in the searches and this can result in a lower sales price for your websites. If you stick it out past the first couple of weeks until you get some feedback and a DSR rating, then you will see your listings appearing higher in the searches and you will also notice that you will start getting a higher selling price for your websites.
So although your first couple of sales might be a bit low, believe me it is worth just getting rid of some sites at the low price to build up your rating and within a couple of weeks you will start seeing higher prices and better sales.
Once you have a good rating, it is just as important to keep a good DSR and Feedback rating, so remember to always provide your customers with good customer service and keep your customers happy. You’re feedback does affect your sales and many potential buyers will read through your feedback comments before purchasing a website from you. So good customer service is definitely a high priority in a site flipping business and if your customers are happy they will likely come back and buy from you again.
I’ve not tried flipping sites yet on Ebay – I’ve bought SiteBiz Academy and am going to give it a go – but I have sold other items on Ebay. If you have positive feedback as a buyer, people will definitely buy from you.
There were two things I did before I started selling that I felt helped me:
I took my existing Ebay account that I’d made purchases with where sellers had left positive feedback, changed the username to something catchy, and used that for my seller account. My rating and positive feedback stayed intact. Then, because I didn’t want to mix my personal buying and selling I opened up a new account for personal use.
The other thing I did was pay $5 and use Ebay’s ID Verify service. Ebay then placed a checkmark next to my username in listings to indicate my identity had been verified. I think this is only available in the US, but I think it’s a boon for new sellers (and buyers), especially if you have little or no feedback.