Advertising on Facebook

[joliefran]

It appears you can do what they call "boost a post" on Facebook without actually selling there.  Actually, I don't even know if you CAN sell there.  You have to keep a tight grip on your budget.  They will raise your limits when you are not looking.

Anybody else try this and if so, what did you think?

thanks

[ckimodog]

@joliefran 

Again, use your "share" button at the top right hand side of your listing page.  It's free and it can help.  I have had many sales networking via social media.  On FB, twitter and other sites.  Give it a try. 

Good luck.

PS Beautiful shop! 

[joliefran]

Thanks for your help!  Part of my problem is I am old and tech disabled and tend to panic attacks when I hear words like "meta".  However, I never even noticed the button you mentioned and I can do that.  Can you bulk edit with the "share" button, or is it page by page?

[joliefran]

When I click on share for Facebook, it brings up my personal page, not my business page.  Does anybody have a notion how to fix that?

If you also click on email, what does that mean?

thanks!

[ckimodog]

@joliefran 

It's per individual listing, but I'm telling you I have had customers tell me, "Hey, I saw your tweet and it was just what I was looking for"...it certainly can't hurt, right?  One more thing, when I do use the "share" button,  I use the Firefox browser.  My experience with Chrome has been it's very slow and takes for ever to get your message across.  With Firefox it's one click and you're done.  You'll also notice your views will increase too.  And they're real views, not bots.  

I think this could be a good tool for your and you shop.  It's obvious you work hard at it and there is a community and following for what you sell.  

Have a great one! 

[ckimodog]

Email is if you have specific regular customers that perhaps you would want to share your listings with.  I post on my personal page via FB and get sales all the time.  Grant it I have a huge family, but others come a long as well.  I also have a business page and for some reason FB disabled the option to advertise on that page.  You could always go to your business page & cut and past the listing address from the top of the page.  Like this for instance:

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/Advertising-on-Facebook/m-p/33246339#M2084732

Your listing would look like this, but it would be your listing.  Like I said, just an example. 

[joliefran]

Very grateful for all your help!!

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

@joliefran @ckimodog 

Yes, you can share it to your FB Business page directly from ebay's Share button. Here's how:

Go to your listing.

Click "share"

Click Facebook in dropdown.

In the Facebook popup, under "Share on Facebook" it says "Share to News Feed or Story" with a drop down arrow right next to the words.

Click the dropdown arrow.

Click "share on a page you manage". Choose your business page when the list pops up.

That's it.

[joliefran]

HAH!  You make it sound so easy.  But me, the dumb_ss, failed to accept the offer and now I am banned from using FB in that capacity.  I am hoping Meta can straighten it out for me....