That seems as if it’s a lot of work, though: think about the time-per-listing as an expense, so if you take the time to duplicate a listing, change version 2 to fixed price (any other changes to the listing at that time, if any – I have none), save that, go back and manually re-check (by whatever system you use, then re-list the second version. Add on: if the item sells at auction, the time to go in (at some later point) and delete the “pending” second version, etc.
That vs. about three or four clicks from the active listings page in the seller summary on eBay.
The Sixbit method of creating two listings (etc.) takes much more time, and can get *quite* expensive (time-wise) if one has many items to list. Fortunately I have 10 on average, no more than 15/week.
I make mine even easier by listing them all at the same time on Mondays as a 5-day auction that will end on Saturday afternoon (right after pay day!) That makes the Sixbit way of doing it a little easier, but I can imagine that would be a lot more extra work if one posted auctions randomly throughout the week.
It’s an interesting idea, though: I think I can use that for some other tricks in my bag, such as with a booklet of souvenir postcards I listed last week. I have two sets of them, but one has a completely different set of condition issues than the first. To avoid confusion I want to list/sell one, and *then* list the second.
I like your idea for pre-gaming the second set that way so it’s ready to Rock and Roll as soon as the second set is sold and paid for!
Thanks for the idea!! Much appreciated.
