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.
Please send all good vibes to us!! We're staring right at a big hurricane and need all the help we can get 😞
Lurker here ~
Prayers AND "Good Vibes" to all -
We may have nasty winters in Wisconsin, but
yikes, the past couple of weeks have been unbelievable
for our friends in the south.
Thanks so much for the good vibes! Please step outside, face SE and encourage Irma to stay well out to sea.....all help much appreciated!
Thanks so much, Julie! Since pretty much ALL of florida is going to get whacked, it's impossible to know where to go. We'll be driving about 50 miles north and inland and hoping that works well. Friends are putting us up---all prep we can possibly do here is done, so what more can you do? Appreciate your concern and hope to be back posting here in the not-too-distant future.
Beth
Thanks so much, everybody!
We're going inland this morning and hope to be home here sometime tomorrow (Sunday) to assess the damage and start the cleanup. Will check in whenever I can, love to all!
Ok Hello...I have not been here in forever...WAVING HI!
Need some help if possible? 3 days ago my sales nearly STOPPED...and when I look at my store front the items featured are almost all my non clothing items...something changed and I must have missed what it is that my listings are missing...afraid they are no longer being seen? Any help for me on this ????
Hi, Lisa----I just looked at your store and it's showing me roughly 50:50 clothes and non-clothes items. Keep listing on a daily basis and see if you can bust something loose. Hugs!
