Woot! Here we are with a chance to make a fresh start....brush the cobwebs off your old listings and your old mindsets and let's go! We're a group of eBay sellers who enjoy talking about our great finds, good sales, and life in general. We welcome newbies and lurkers, and promise we don't bite!
THIS IS THE SECOND QUARTER THREAD AS WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN TO 700 ON THE ORIGINAL THREAD! GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE!
Here are our best ideas, culled from years of selling experience:
1) LIST IN A VARIETY OF FORMATS - Try some regular auctions, auctions with Buy it Now, Fixed Price, and Fixed Price with Best Offer---try some with free shipping too. Not only will you get a better idea what works for YOU, but you'll offer buyers a variety of buying options.
2) OPTIMIZE YOUR LISTINGS – By using the free Terapeak Keyword app (find it in the Applications tab), practice how to take better photos, change the keywords on your listing titles regularly, change the opening blurb in your store header every now and then, and experiment with price changes UP as well as DOWN! Run Sales on a regular basis with the Markdown Manager and also learn how to set up Promotions on your Store listings for better visibility.
3) DON'T LET YOUR UNSOLD LISTINGS LAY AROUND - Check your My eBay page and click on Unsold...get those relisted ASAP! You've already done all the work, so be sure they're available to buyers. More listings = more bait in the water = more bites. 😄
4) OPEN A STORE - If you are wondering whether you are better off with a BASIC store or a PREMIUM store, figure that if you have over 250 store items, Premium is a better buy....under 250, Basic is....this is at least a rule of thumb to get you started. Stores used to be great places to put items and keep them available year round, but with the fee changes, maybe not so much - sit down and figure it all out.
However, there are at least four really good reasons to have a store.... 1) listing fees are less if you have a store, 2) your items can be separated into categories making it much easier for buyers to shop, 3) you can run Promotions and Markdown Manager sales. They are two different ways to generate sales!, and 4) you can put your store in vacation mode when you need to get away for a bit.
5) DEAL WITH BIDDERS, BUYERS, AND ANNOYING INQUISITIVE POTENTIAL BIDDERS IN A PATIENT AND FRIENDLY WAY - Remember that it's worth money in your pocket and it's good business sense to show respect to all. If you must, write up that snarky reply, laugh at it, then hit delete.
6) KEEP A POSITIVE ATTITUDE! This thread is all about MAKING MONEY, that's for sure, but we feel that being supportive of our Lister Sisters and Brothers helps ALL of us. Drop in and hang out! Venting is allowed, but take it easy on the drama, negative vibes and controversial, off-topic issues such as politics and religion.
Hi Penny! Glad you moved all that stuff out and YES, it's worth giving it away if you don't have to haul it 😄
Great sales for me this weekend. I seemed to get a boost from closing my store for a bit, then really kicked right back in with listing listing listing. I have a good # of packages to go out as well as more auctions with bids closing tonight. YAY FOR THAT!
Lunch hour over, back to work!
@pennywise-4 the link that is causing your listings to have active content is the link to your store.
It has to be removed or you have to add HTML to it or you can just have the active content fixer do it.
Right now when I click on your store it does not take me to your store it takes me to eBay main page.... and it can vary by user ... another user MIGHT get your store or might get the eBay landing page
Good morning!
I have a nice big stack of packages going out and I LIKE THAT! 😄
Hugs to all!
I'm off tomorrow and am hoping for good weather to get pics and listings done.....still having good sales, yay!! 😄
Hi Penny! I'm pretty sure if you google Lilly Pulitzer prints, you'll find a # of websites. Glad to hear you're having good sales and YAY for a free concert, though I have to say, after a wonderfully sunny day, I'm now seeing clouds and hearing distant thunder. The obvious problem with a symphony orchestra is the intricate, time-consuming setup, so I'm guessing they'd be a lot more cautious about setting up in an "iffy" situation. Hope it happens, though---sounds terrific!
I shopped today and found some goodies, got a LOT of pictures ready, and should be hitting it hard and heavy this weekend to keep the sales coming! Glad to have a stream of $ coming into my PayPal account, that's for sure 😄
Sounds like a lot of fun with your line dancing group, Penny! If I lived near you, I'd definitely join in! Good exercise and fun too! Nope, think you made the right decision on the symphony....sure as heck if you'd have gone it would have rained 😄
I have a 3 day weekend and have already got pictures ready to go for this weekend. Hoping to keep on my steady sales groove---sure am enjoying that.
Anybody care to join me in listing this weekend? Would be glad for the company.
Hugs
Hi Pembroke!
Earlier this year, this thread seemed to be winding down after lo, these many years, so I decided to just do a quarterly thread. It continues to decline, with very few posts.
I would love for it to keep going, but with almost no participation, I don't know if that's possible.....maybe it's finally run its course. I have no idea who started it originally, but it's been around a LONG time!
Beth
