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Just getting back into the hobby and have my first sale finishing up in ~3 Hours. 2019 Topps Chrome Update Rookie Auto SuperFractor 1/1 Jalen Beeks.  If anyone is into it, link is below.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2019-Topps-Chrome-Update-Jalen-Beeks-Auto-SuperFractor-1-1-Rookie-Autograph/283688662053

Nice work, it was gone before I could take a look.

Thanks. It's gonna take me some time to be able to sell much on eBay. I feel like my limited eBay activity kept people away. Only got 190 views over 5 days. I'm gonna post a bunch of single cards just to get some feedback. 

I don't follow baseball very closely anymore but $150 for a single card sounds like a lot to me even if it is a 1 of 1 so maybe you did ok?

I am pretty happy with the result but my larger point is that there was such little traffic for the post that I'd be afraid to list one of the cards I have worth more than that. Might be over-thinking it but that's what I do...

From what I can tell, the $150 is the lowest I've seen on ebay from a sold 1/1 Superfractor Auto in that set. But Jalen Beeks is also a 26 year old left handed pitcher that isn't highly touted or anything, so I'd say that's a pretty good result on your end. 

The 1/1 Keston Hiura auto sold for over $1200, that would have been a pretty sweet pull!

Congrats on the auction, and I do agree that more feedback would help. I typically don't bite on items without plenty of ebay feedback. 

Thanks. In order to boost my feedback, I started to list a bunch of base cards but quickly realized it was a lot of work for what would probably be a loss. Selling cards for $1 with free shipping after counting shipping cost, eBay cut, and penny sleeves would end up a net loss. 

Does anyone have a good consignment service for sales? Is that basically what COMC is?

The $150 starting bid likely has more to do with the minimal views than anything else.  Most people use the mobile app to search for specific things, and aren't even going to click on something with that high of a starting bid.  If you had started it at .99, you would've had a ton more views.  Of course, you may not have gotten $150 either.  Although my experience is that if a bunch of items are selling for $125, and a seller puts a starting bid of $89.99 on a similar item, I'm far more likely to get it for $89.99 than I am $125.

For your high value cards, a BIN and offering a best offer is the best way to go on eBay.  Won't sell as fast, but you'll get what you want out of it.  You can do a quick scan of other completed sales to get a good feel for what the cards actually sell for.

If you're going to do an auction, start a 7-day auction on Sunday evening to end the following Sunday.  Auctions that end on a Saturday don't get as many views.  Hope this helps.

This is very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to walk me through it. I will certainly be following your advice on the next go around.