Item specifics

[dirk12955]

Regarding Item specifics and Listing placement.

Do the item specifics,   and the amount of item specifics I fill out on a listing,  Affect the placement?

Is more better?      

Inquring minds and all that.    

[penguins_dont_fly]

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@richard1rst wrote:

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@penguins_dont_fly wrote:

Let's take "Color".  You have a lime-green shirt.

eBay has a set list of colors (red, green, white, etc) in the drop-down.

Select "Green" from the eBay list ... this will drive the color filter on the search page.

If you wish to clarify ... add your own Item Specific "Shade" and put Lime Green in there 🙂 ... that will get a search return for "Lime Green" 🙂

Am I making sense???I'm into the Christmas cookies ... starting to get sugar-rushy LOL

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@penguins_dont_fly

An interesting tip.

So following up on that: I sell a lot of college and sports mementos. Teams are usually 2 colors. Let’s say Red and Black as an example. I have been putting “Red and Black” in the color block because putting only one seems to short change the description.

I always thought that was for the benefit of the buyer. But if it is a search engine thingy then are you saying I would be better off listing “Red” and “Black” in 2 separate color blocks? Likewise “glass and metal” and other compound descriptions?

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Take look at the filters in the category.

See what eBay is showing to the buyer's as a filter ... use what eBay uses in the dropdown.

When you add your own to those, it will not come up if the buyer uses that filter.

For a sports team, usually one color is used as the primary

for Home and Away uniforms with the other being secondary on away.

I would put it as "red" on the eBay IS and add "team colors" as a different IS with "black & red"

Same thing with glass and metal. Use the primary as the eBay supplied IS (whatever is in the drop-down for "material") with a secondary clarifying added IS like "composition" or something.

Your add-on IS are searchable ... but not filterable.

[richard1rst]

@penguins_dont_fly

Thank you for that detailed information. Especially that part about IS and the difference of being searchable and filterable. And your color/material suggestions.

I have set a task for myself come the first of the year to comb through my listings looking for things to add, correct and/or improve.

This will certainly be one of them. Thanks again.

[joesoucie22012]

I just read all that SEO junk. What a crock.....