Expert: Suzanne Wells - 3/20/2007

Question
I belivee this is the right peson to ask but please forward this question to the appropriate person.

Hello.
I have an extensive collection of NES, GameBoy, SNES and N64 games. Consequently, I also possess the systems too.
Some games are rather rare (Mega Man 1 for NES for example)
Most boxes and manuals also present.
I was thinking of selling them online.
I'm curious as to how to maximize my profits.
Is there a list for rarity/demands/mean selling price for games and systems?
For games that are rather common and don't fetch that high of a price, would it be better to sell them bundled?
Does eBay have a list of past transactions that would allow me to see the mean selling prices of games that I own?

Thanks for your help

Max

Answer
The best way to find if there is a demand for an item is to search past items sold on eBay.

Go to ebay.com. Conduct an advanced search for your product and choose completed listings. This will give you listings with matching key words that have ended in the past 30 days. You'll be able to see any items, sold or unsold.

You can use this information to decide on starting price, buy it now price, and determine if there is a demand for your item by researching number of unique bidders, and number of bids.

Good luck!