Flower (image) in the title.

[inhawaii]

I was looking at a competitor's listing and came across a flower (image) in the title.

I'm not sure what it's called or what the technical term is for that.

Other than having one less alpha/numeric character, are there any pros or cons?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/402895056703

[wastingtime101]

It used to be against policy to put emojis in the title. Not sure if it's still in there or not, I can try to find it, but if it is, it's not enforced. People do it all the time to try and draw attention to their products.

Over-use has an undesired effect.

[12345jamesstamps]

It's so tiny not even AL probably can't see it.

Not to change the subject...but so much $$$ for a coffee cup?

[inhawaii]

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@12345jamesstamps wrote:

It's so tiny not even AL probably can't see it.

Not to change the subject...but so much $$$ for a coffee cup?

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People who drink  starbucks can afford it.   😉

Interesting story on those mugs.

Stocked up on them about 2 years ago.

Sold like crazy the first year.

Then didn't sell any for about a year.

Now they are starting to sell again, about one a day.

[12345jamesstamps]

I have one of those steel limited edition Starbucks cards you add money on...paid $400. for it before covid.

Now everyone does online ordering...talk about a hit that I got. I can't even show it off anymore😭

[wastingtime101]

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@inhawaii wrote:

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Now they are starting to sell again, about one a day.

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Starbucks discontinued the Been There series and replaced it with a new series. The rest of your stock will move.

[chevymontecarlo88]

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@inhawaii wrote:

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@12345jamesstamps wrote:

It's so tiny not even AL probably can't see it.

Not to change the subject...but so much $$$ for a coffee cup?

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People who drink  starbucks can afford it.   😉

Interesting story on those mugs.

Stocked up on them about 2 years ago.

Sold like crazy the first year.

Then didn't sell any for about a year.

Now they are starting to sell again, about one a day.

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$28 for a coffee mug? Only in Trumps America. 

Glad things have picked up for you.

[luckythewinner]

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@wastingtime101 wrote:

It used to be against policy to put emojis in the title.

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Doesn't eBay have a help page that explains how to do it? 

https://developer.ebay.com/support/kb-article?KBid=1181

[eburtonlab]

It used to be against policy to put emojis in the title. Not sure if it's still in there or not, I can try to find it, but if it is, it's not enforced.

I remember seeing that policy long ago, but I could not find it last time I looked for it.

The policy may not be enforced by eBay, but I have also read that including emojis in titles can hurt Google search rank.

That might be a good reason to avoid using emojis, along with the fact that each emoji in the title increases the overall scam likelihood rating of the listing by 299%.

[roccotacodad54]

   There's one born every minute.

[roccotacodad54]

   It was $29 dollars and with $12 shipping......$41. One born every minute.........

[reallynicestamps]

Since it can't be Searched it's a waste of one of the 82 Free keystrokes in the Title and Titles are the most valuable real estate in Search.

[chevymontecarlo88]

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@reallynicestamps wrote:

Since it can't be Searched it's a waste of one of the 82 Free keystrokes in the Title and Titles are the most valuable real estate in Search.

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Emoji's can help with a google search, (visibility not as much as SEO) but the real question would be if they did, why did they use a flower instead of a coffee bean, coffee mug or something related to the item being sold?

@inhawaii Why not try adding an emoji (coffee bean) on one of your listings that has competition to see if it helps? (traffic/sales) 

[meme6253]

I have used them at times, Flames for Hot Wheels, Christmas Tree for an ornament, I don't really know if it draws more attention or not.

[chevymontecarlo88]

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@roccotacodad54 wrote:

   It was $29 dollars and with $12 shipping......$41. One born every minute.........

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@roccotacodad54 

Disposable income is making a comeback. 🤗 YMMV 

It does seem like consumer confidence is also getting stronger. Just last week many were worried about the price of eggs and gas. (rightfully so) Maybe we are finally starting to turn the corner and will see better days ahead of us.