How to find reborn dolls on eBay?

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With reborns.com STILL down and no idea when it will come back… I strolled over to eBay last night. And I could NOT FIND handmade reborn dolls. I typed in reborn doll, reborn baby, art doll, and so on. What always pops up is the Chinese factory dolls. When I typed in reborn doll kit, I had no problem.
Am I missing something? How do you list on eBay?

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With eBay, you have to play around with search filters for a while… a combination of item location and other refinements. I think sites like eBay work best when you know a little bit about what you want (sculpt name, artist name, price, etc.). It’s also great for secondhand dolls-- if you choose “pre-owned,” you don’t see as many Chinese knock-offs. Choosing your price range and then experimenting with “sorting” (what order the items are listed in) really helps too. Hope this helps :slight_smile:

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eBay seems to be just an extended version of Wish nowadays. Even looking for baby clothes is ridiculous. I’ve figured out searching by nearest item puts a lot of the China junk at the back. And when looking for reborns. I type specific kit names. I don’t know how people weed through that crap to browse. :grimacing:

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And on a good note, another thread on this forum says reborns should be back up tomorrow. :grin:

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Thanks! I was going to list a couple on eBay… and after going, I thought… what’s the point??? It’s like a messy store. :grimacing:

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Yes! I very messy store. It’s sad what it has become. :confused:

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I bet they are! The thing is…if I couldn’t find them , a normal consumer won’t either. A dad shopping for his daughter for Christmas might not have details like sculpt name. They might only know the words… reborn doll.

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I was thinking this too!! So much of everything from China
And I listed stuff on eBay too just because I don’t know when reborns.com will be back up and running.

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type in reborn dolls… then set search bar to highest price first, and scroll down to you get to the price range you want… bypasses all the knock off junk

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On eBay, when you search, you have to filter your search. Make sure you put the location to “US ONLY” and for the price range out the minimum price to about “$200”.

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I listed my Chase there…Im afraid I may have to list my other babies there as well :frowning: I put “Chase Bonnie Brown Reborn”. I list on eBay France (where I live) but it will show on any eBay…Im surprised that there are not too many Bonnie Brown babies for sale. I think people looking for the cheap dolls are going to find them and people looking for true reborns will know where to look as well.
I think when listing you should put the sculptors name in the search…I hope Reborns is back soon!! I honestly thought it would be back up today.

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Limit your search to US or North America only. Prices over 200. Then decide on gender, artist or sculpt, and size or age. Here’s my search.

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Who do you buy from in Russia?

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:heart_eyes::heart_eyes: I’m going to their sites now thank you! Beautiful babies!

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