A Xianyu Seller's Guide: How to Sell Your Unused Things Faster

The essence of business is exchange, and the precondition of exchange is being seen. – Peter Drucker

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How to Get Your Item Seen

Many people think that once an item is listed, all they have to do is wait quietly for buyers to ask about it. It doesn't work that way.

Xianyu has up to 200 million monthly active users, and countless items go up every day. Items listed after yours take over your spot on the screen. And the longer ago you listed, the lower your item naturally drops in the ranking, and the less likely it is to show up on anyone's phone.

So Xianyu gives every seller a feature called "refresh," which bumps your listing back up the ranking and raises the chance that people will see it.

How do you refresh your listings?

Open Xianyu → tap "Me" → tap "My Listings" → tap "Polish All"

That's the refresh process on Xianyu. Normally, you should refresh your items every day.

As for what time to refresh? There's all kinds of advice online telling you to refresh at particular times, mostly because that's when the most people are on Xianyu.

In my view, an ordinary seller doesn't need to bother with that. Just open Xianyu once a day and refresh. The time doesn't matter.

**Because good stuff always gets seen.

How to Sell Your Items Faster

1. You need clear photos that show your item as fully as possible 2. You need an organized description that honestly describes your item 3. You need a solid sense of what your item is worth, and a sensible price

You have to get all three of these right to trade on Xianyu.

If your item is in a popular category, like phones, computers, cameras, and other electronics, and it hasn't sold within 72 hours of being listed, that usually means one thing:

Your price is too high.

The reason to know what your item is worth when you trade on Xianyu is to keep your price in a reasonable range.

My Xianyu tutorials are written for ordinary people who want to sell their unused things, not for people who plan to run a shop and flip goods for profit. So for the former, as long as the price is fair, and you're not after a big profit, just a way to "recoup," a sensible price is a must.

You can use Xianyu's "Market Prices" feature to see roughly what your item is worth.

Using the sales records in the price listings, browse what items in similar condition to yours finally sold for, and adjust your asking price accordingly.

A fair price is the precondition for selling. Of course you might run into a rich buyer who snaps it up and pays instantly without haggling. But put yourself in their shoes: what's your own mindset when you shop?