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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rhino89, post: 1159008, member: 21773&quot;]Gotcha. When it comes to a listing, though, I like to keep mine professional and right to the point. Brief description of all the necessities (year, mintmarks, weight, composition, special notes about it, mintage, maybe a catalog reference number, and a guarantee of authenticity underlined and bolded) followed by photos. To help bidders, what I do is I also include photos in different lighting. So for example, my first set would be nice &quot;wow&quot; photos in nice yellow, darker lighting that highlight the coin&#039;s features and epth of details, but then I also throw the coin under a scanner for the most generic, least-attractive, neutral images and post them underneath the camera photos that I &quot;staged&quot;. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I personally don&#039;t like listings that tell long stories that are meant to get people pumped about an item, or stories about how rare a coin is, or long paragraphs of info that waste my time. If I&#039;m looking at your listing, there&#039;s already a reason I&#039;m here: I know what the coin is, and I want it.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Also, make sure you include a description of your shipping policies, and take into account any scenario. List one for domestic, international, give people the rates for regular vs. registered, and then tell them what your policy is on additional items that they win and how it affects the shipping charge.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That&#039;s how I do my listings, and I very very very rarely get questions from bidders. All the info is out there for them, there&#039;s rarely anything I can clarify further. I have a feedback of over 300 and my &quot;Item as Described&quot; is 5.0/5.0, so that type of listing has done well for me.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>EDIT: I just saw your packing/shipping question... pick whatever you want, as long as the item you&#039;re selling is secure in the envelope and well sealed. I HATE getting items in the mail where the coin is rolling around in the packaging, or the envelope is so think that my banknote got folded and bent. I throw in a piece of thin cardboard into the envelope no matter what I sell, it makes the thickness of the envelope uniform, instead of the mailman &quot;feeling up&quot; your envelope and knowing there&#039;s a coin in the middle. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Don&#039;t waste money on expensive shipping supplies. Reuse packages, reuse cardboard, reuse paper, save yourself the money. Personally, I do tracking numbers on things that cost more than $30. I do certified (needs a signature) if it&#039;s more than about $75. Everything under $30 gets regular mail, I just put stamps on that thing and send it off. Keep your shipping charge under $4, you&#039;ll be good.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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