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Looks great! My experience with selling painted stuff on ebay is to make sure to get good pictures, and just start the bidding low and let it ride. People are much less likely to bid on an auction with a high starting price. It's a turnoff for most people, and a low intro price makes the possibility of getting a good deal attractive to buyers. That applies to pretty much anything, I guess.
Kabal of the Slit Throat ~2000pts
Elect of the Plaguefather 4500pts
eohall wrote: Looks great! My experience with selling painted stuff on ebay is to make sure to get good pictures, and just start the bidding low and let it ride. People are much less likely to bid on an auction with a high starting price. It's a turnoff for most people, and a low intro price makes the possibility of getting a good deal attractive to buyers. That applies to pretty much anything, I guess.
The flip side is that you risk taking a loss on your financial investment, not to mention the time put into painting it. A high starting price might be unattractive to start and you're more likely to not sell at all, but won't the same thing occur once the bidding gets to a certain point anyway? Besides, you don't need lots of bids, you only need 1 if the starting bid is what you are willing to take for it.
Not arguing per se, just trying to give a flip view of the issue. I generally sell low like eohall suggested, but have seen this happen as well. Just a couple of cents.
eohall wrote: Looks great! My experience with selling painted stuff on ebay is to make sure to get good pictures, and just start the bidding low and let it ride. People are much less likely to bid on an auction with a high starting price. It's a turnoff for most people, and a low intro price makes the possibility of getting a good deal attractive to buyers. That applies to pretty much anything, I guess.
The flip side is that you risk taking a loss on your financial investment, not to mention the time put into painting it. A high starting price might be unattractive to start and you're more likely to not sell at all, but won't the same thing occur once the bidding gets to a certain point anyway? Besides, you don't need lots of bids, you only need 1 if the starting bid is what you are willing to take for it.
Not arguing per se, just trying to give a flip view of the issue. I generally sell low like eohall suggested, but have seen this happen as well. Just a couple of cents.
Great looking work! I would set a reserve but start the auction at .99 cents. I have found with my experiences as a seller...buyers seem to stay away if they see that you have set a high starting price. I have tried that and nobody but my model, then I would repost the auction withour a starting price and I would get more than what I originally was asking. Its also contingent on what is selling at the time too. Best of luck if you decide to sell it.
4250 points of Blood Angels goodness, sweet and silky W12-L6-D4
1000 points of Teil-Shan (my own scheme) Eldar Craftworld in progress 800 points of unassembled Urban themed Imperial Guard 650 points of my do-it-yourself Tempest Guard 675 points of Commoraghs finest!
The Dude - "Jackie Treehorn treats objects like women, man."
Black Templars 4000 
Deathwatch 6000
My own chapoter, The Broken Swords. Almost a full company.
1500
Kabal of the Slit Throat ~2000pts
Elect of the Plaguefather 4500pts
15 pts 0-0-0
1,000 pts 3-1-0
4250 points of Blood Angels goodness, sweet and silky 
1000 points of Teil-Shan (my own scheme) Eldar Craftworld in progress 
800 points of unassembled Urban themed Imperial Guard 
650 points of my do-it-yourself Tempest Guard