I could use some advice on Ebay

I'm no eBay expert, but I have sold and bought from eBay for some time. My view on whether to reveal your reserve price to a potential bidder is this. If they would ask directly I usually tell them, but I do not make that response public to everyone. Furthermore, when it comes to the bidding psychology on eBay, an auction that has not met reserve has not really taken off yet. For most people, as long as the reserve price has not been met, the item is not truly available. Only when the reserve has been met, then the bidding frenzy starts. That is the reason why your previous no reserve auctions has done well because every bidder knows that he can be the winner, unlike when there is a reserve, even if he is the highest bidder but the reserve has not been met yet, the item is still not his. I hope this response is of value to you and help you become a successful eBayer.

To be honest I don't see any problem in saying what the reserve is on an auction. If you have a clear idea of the reserve price you can work out your budget and decide whether to bid. The minimum reserve is £50 so the items should at least go for that. Let the bidders know the reserve price and see if they come back to you with a bid.

Good, If you set a reserve price so you must not disclose it.

I take it that you are in the USA as I didn't think anywhere else allowed reserve bidding these days [except on larger items like cars etc] I couldn't find anything on the main site after having a quick squiz but i always thought that it was illegal for buyers to ask what the reserve price is. I may be wrong on this though. Without knowing what it is that you are selling etc I can't help you much more. If you need anymore help then head on over to the forum section under help in ebay. The people there are always extremely helpful and a lot of people use personal experiences to help so it's a lot better than just reading something off the screen. Good luck!!

Make them bid. I'm a firm believer in the rules of ebay and conducting an auction properly. You won't get into any problems that way.