08-24-2025 03:01 AM
Hi guys need your advice here
I want to list more but still keep nice descriptions & images. What small changes saved you time?
08-24-2025 03:06 AM - edited 08-24-2025 03:14 AM
Does it matter when you're in Israel dropping shipping cheap commercial goods from China? Other people do the work for you, try paying them more.
08-24-2025 04:14 AM - edited 08-24-2025 04:21 AM
Seller is also running maybe a dozen accounts with pointless listings like "mango margarita" that are "bought" by the other accounts to falsely build up feedback scores and seller metrics to keep the account out of trouble.
Look at all the $1 transactions, and nearly identical listings of associated accounts.
This account and all the others this seller are running are clear violations of the "Feedback Manipulation Policy".
https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/feedback-policies/feedback-manipulation-policy?id=4231
08-24-2025 08:59 AM - edited 08-24-2025 09:01 AM
but still keep nice descriptions
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I see the nice descriptions, lol
Doesn't look like an action figure
08-24-2025 09:17 AM
Respectively, I don't see any "nice descriptions & images" or "quality" to keep. What I see are a bunch of listings being dropshipped from China with images and descriptions that were copied from AliExpress, Amazon, DH Gate, etc.
If you want credibility (and to keep your ebay account), you need to have the items, take your own pictures, write your own descriptions and stop having unhappy customers who don't receive their items or who receive damaged items.
08-24-2025 11:09 AM
You are listing this as "passionfruit margarita" Do you send me a glass with a beverage? But this is listed in Health & Beauty/Body Wash& Gels? You need better pictures and descriptions
08-24-2025 11:19 AM
Everybody's doing it... lol.
08-24-2025 11:28 AM
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08-24-2025 11:45 AM
Ha, I thought they were selling flavored drink Mixers, but when I click on them, the category is Glassware.
So I guess they are selling the drink glasses?
08-24-2025 11:59 AM
I use Templates. I create a template for each category I sell in. I fill in as many of the ISB's [item specific boxes] as I can. I put my TOS [terms of sales] in the description. And fill in return policy, handling time and anything else that is common to this type of listing I create. This saves me a great deal of time when setting up new listings.
https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/selling-tools/selling-templates?id=4097
08-24-2025 12:13 PM
I use templates which prefill much of the information- although not the Very Important Item Specifics.
And I have a boilerplate which goes on every description with shipping information and more importantly the HTML coding that I think of as my "branding".
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<center><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><b><font size="+1" face="Textile">International bidders welcome! <br>Internationales Bewerber Willkommen! <br>Les sousmissionaires internationales sont bienvenues! <br>Recepción Internacional De los Licitadores! <br></font></b></font></center><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><b><font size="+1" face="Textile">
<center><br><br><br>BRITISH, AUSTRALIAN AND OTHER OVERSEAS: Shipping anywhere in the world by Air Mail International. And again Paypal . <br>Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying<br><center><br>US buyers may be subject to Trump Tariff.</center><font size="+1" face="Textile">c<hr><a href="http://stores.ebay.ca/REALLYNICESTAMPS" target="_blank">eBay Store </a>
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08-24-2025 12:15 PM
ProTip.
Never draw attention to your listings if the listings are sketchey or likely to be banned.
08-24-2025 12:28 PM
@reallynicestamps wrote:I use templates which prefill much of the information- although not the Very Important Item Specifics.
And I have a boilerplate which goes on every description with shipping information and more importantly the HTML coding that I think of as my "branding".
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"><font rwr="1" style="font-family:Arial" size="4"><!-- Auction ad begins here --><center><table cellpadding="10" border="2"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#CCFFFF"><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><center><b><font size="+5" color="red" face="Textile"><br><br>
</font><font face=Textile size=+3 color=blue><BR><BR>
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</font></font></b></center><font size="+2" face="Textile"><b><font size="+2" face="Textile"><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><b><font size="+1" face="Textile">
<center><br>We prefer Paypal which is fast, secure and free to the buyer. <br><br><font size="+1" face="Textile" color="red">We will combine shipping on multiple purchases. Email for further information</font><br><br>. <br><br></center></font></b></font>
<center><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><b><font size="+1" face="Textile">International bidders welcome! <br>Internationales Bewerber Willkommen! <br>Les sousmissionaires internationales sont bienvenues! <br>Recepción Internacional De los Licitadores! <br></font></b></font></center><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><b><font size="+1" face="Textile">
<center><br><br><br>BRITISH, AUSTRALIAN AND OTHER OVERSEAS: Shipping anywhere in the world by Air Mail International. And again Paypal . <br>Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying<br><center><br>US buyers may be subject to Trump Tariff.</center><font size="+1" face="Textile">c<hr><a href="http://stores.ebay.ca/REALLYNICESTAMPS" target="_blank">eBay Store </a>
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I don't know if I would include the word "Trump" when addressing tariffs. Half of Americans are snowflakes who would be offended and might not buy. Assuming they can read....
Ever thought about adding a link to a related store category? Like in a listing for a first day cover... link to your FDC category?
08-24-2025 12:34 PM
You're dropshipping junk from China and worried about quality.
08-24-2025 12:34 PM
@mamacassidy wrote:Ha, I thought they were selling flavored drink Mixers, but when I click on them, the category is Glassware.
So I guess they are selling the drink glasses?
I am baffled... they have a color stated but the glasses are clear.
No number of glasses given.
Multiples accounts with the same listings.
But the listings have tons of sales.