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JinSaotome · 04-21-2011, 10:34 AM

Trebel nailed it, "what someone is willing to pay." All his points are spot on. Except he's missing one.

Is it Deadpool?

Heh... Let me expand on the ebay part tho. Ebay is a fickle, brutal, and bizarre platform. All you need is two people who want the same thing back enough and you will have yourself a bidding frenzy as you put it. And those bidders take into account all the points Trebel made. But at the same time I've had customs that I thought would blow people away end for way less than I figured. The sale of the custom could depend on the current market as well. Is the SDCC about to start/going on, and people are saving their money? Spending it that week, or spent it the week after? My sales are always crappy around that time. Is it right before Christmas, and bidders are looking to get a custom for a boss/friend/husband? Did a major comic/action movie come out to spur the interest of a related custom? Is gas so freaking expensive nobody has any disposable income?

Before the Transformers movie hit, the first one, I got my hands on some of the figures. I customized them a bit, mainly repainting them and adding weapons. They sold for under $100, one buyer didn't even pay. Then 4 days later after the auctions ended the movie premiered. Suddenly the same type of customs I had this week shot up into the hundreds, and yes, thousands. The custom I relisted that the buyer never paid for? It ended up selling for about $800. Just because of the movie.

All that factors in I've found because I've been doing this for many years and I still haven't found the perfect way of selling my customs on Ebay. Doing commissions is even harder! How do you justify the price you're asking to someone? Back to Trebel's list. But then the buyer will also have a MSRP in their head.

So many factors it's really hard to gauge what a custom is going to sell for unless it's Deadpool apparently...LOL! For some reason every custom I see of him ends for a nice amount not matter what it looks like, what 'era' its based on, etc. No other comic character I know of demands that much interest. Which is why I'm really hoping for the movie!

04-21-2011, 10:34 AM	#14
JinSaotome Toy Customizers Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 755	Trebel nailed it, "what someone is willing to pay." All his points are spot on. Except he's missing one. Is it Deadpool? Heh... Let me expand on the ebay part tho. Ebay is a fickle, brutal, and bizarre platform. All you need is two people who want the same thing back enough and you will have yourself a bidding frenzy as you put it. And those bidders take into account all the points Trebel made. But at the same time I've had customs that I thought would blow people away end for way less than I figured. The sale of the custom could depend on the current market as well. Is the SDCC about to start/going on, and people are saving their money? Spending it that week, or spent it the week after? My sales are always crappy around that time. Is it right before Christmas, and bidders are looking to get a custom for a boss/friend/husband? Did a major comic/action movie come out to spur the interest of a related custom? Is gas so freaking expensive nobody has any disposable income? Before the Transformers movie hit, the first one, I got my hands on some of the figures. I customized them a bit, mainly repainting them and adding weapons. They sold for under $100, one buyer didn't even pay. Then 4 days later after the auctions ended the movie premiered. Suddenly the same type of customs I had this week shot up into the hundreds, and yes, thousands. The custom I relisted that the buyer never paid for? It ended up selling for about $800. Just because of the movie. All that factors in I've found because I've been doing this for many years and I still haven't found the perfect way of selling my customs on Ebay. Doing commissions is even harder! How do you justify the price you're asking to someone? Back to Trebel's list. But then the buyer will also have a MSRP in their head. So many factors it's really hard to gauge what a custom is going to sell for unless it's Deadpool apparently...LOL! For some reason every custom I see of him ends for a nice amount not matter what it looks like, what 'era' its based on, etc. No other comic character I know of demands that much interest. Which is why I'm really hoping for the movie! __________________