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@lotzofuniquegoodies wrote:
"Coupon use is limited to users with a U.S. registration address who are logged into their eBay account.
This begs the question when will coupons be available for Canadian sellers and when will Canadian buyers have the same access to coupons to apply to their purchases. Majority of Canadian buyers and sellers are registered on dot ca only. "
Hi Lotz,
I have a different point of view and here's why;
I commend you for bringing coupon promotions to the forum but I want to give your order for "French Fries" (or poutine to you Quebecers) a free upgrade to "The Full Meal Deal" The Dot Com Promotions Manager.
I prefer promos that involve increasing sales through combined orders such as "Buy 2 get one Free" or Buy 3 get Free shipping". During my years as a B&M retailer having spent thousands of dollars on print media and mail out coupons they mostly resulted in selling items for less or no profit. The idea of a coupon is to sell something for less to increase trafic in your store. I'm not sure "virtual coupons" increase overall profit for most eBay store owners because eBay smothers your store listings with adds from other competitors.
Coupons, virtual or print media coupons offer an item at low or no profit to attract customers to your store. In a B& M store you don't have your competitors standing there in your store next to your coffee machine waiting for them. You have that problem on eBay.
eBay's process of pollinating your store with your competitor's. listings turns marketting coupons into REDIRECTS . I prefer the other tools in dot com's "Promotion Manager" such as "SHIPPING DISCOUNTS and VOLUME PRICING DISCOUNTS". These tools offer customers a discount only in your store. You can set the time limits. If you offer a discount on multiple items it's very unlikely any other seller can offer the same group of items to compete.
IT
See attached photo of the dot com Pr Manager features.
Along with @lotzofuniquegoodies request
@intimewithmusic wrote:
@lotzofuniquegoodies wrote:
"Coupon use is limited to users with a U.S. registration address who are logged into their eBay account.
This begs the question when will coupons be available for Canadian sellers and when will Canadian buyers have the same access to coupons to apply to their purchases. Majority of Canadian buyers and sellers are registered on dot ca only. "
Hi Lotz,
I have a different point of view and here's why;
I commend you for bringing coupon promotions to the forum but I want to give your order for "French Fries" (or poutine to you Quebecers) a free upgrade to "The Full Meal Deal" The Dot Com Promotions Manager.
I prefer promos that involve increasing sales through combined orders such as "Buy 2 get one Free" or Buy 3 get Free shipping". During my years as a B&M retailer having spent thousands of dollars on print media and mailed coupons they mostly resulted in selling items for less profit. The idea of a coupon is to sell something for less and increase trafic in your store. I'm not sure "virtual coupons" increase overall profit for most eBay store owners because eBay smothers your sotre listings with adds from other competitors.
Coupons, virtual or print media coupons offer an item at low or no profit to attract customers to your store. In a B& M store you don't have your competitors waiting for them and next to your coffee machine.
eBay's process of pollinating your store with your competitor's. listings turns marketting coupons into REDIRECTS . I prefer the other tools in dot com's "Promotion Manager" such as "SHIPPING DISCOUNTS and VOLUME PRICING DISCOUNTS". These tools offer customers a discount only in your store. You can set the time limits. If you offer a discount on multiple items it's very unlikely any other seller can offer the same group of items to compete.
IT
See attached photo of the dot com Pr Manager features.
Along with @lotzofuniquegoodies request
I personally am not sure if I would ever use coupons. I just know Canadian sellers have asked for that option for ages. eBay talks about a level playing field but when features get added to dot com but not to ca that doesn't help the overall situation. From recent repeat experiences most features when they do finally arrive at ca are either are not fully tested or stripped down in comparison to the US so just making them another hurdle against Canadians.
I've tested "sales" with veryyyy limited sucess. I know for other sellers they work great. May really depend on a sellers inventory. Promoting gets a bit of attention at the beginning they tends to dry up. The other day actually had a piece of eBay ad mail show up in my personal gmail account....for 1 of my own items. Just had to check to confirm and it was. Imagining when/if it does sell it will sell as a promoted listing.😏
-Lotz
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