****eBay Workshop: How Keywords Can Help You Sell More, Thursday, August 26, 2004, 1-2 PM EDT***

[carly@ebay.com]

Learn how eBay Keywords can help you sell more!

Join us here on Canada Town Square for an online workshop and more importantly, why you should use Keywords to increase your sales.

Date: Thursday, August 26, 2004

Time: 1:00PM - 2:00PM EDT

If you are not able to attend the workshop, please post your questions here in advance, and we will be sure and answer them, so you can come back and read the keyword discussion.

Hope you can join us!

Regards,
eBay

[keywordteam@ebay.com]

all

One great reason to try out eBay Keywords on the Canada site is that it's brand new...which means that there is less competition for words...which means you can get clicks for lower rates. Also - Canadian demand is stronger than ever!

thanks!

eBay Keywords Team

[denis20]

" the first thing you do is select which site you want the ads to run on: US or Canada.
"

does it mean that having an ad campaign on both site is not possible ?

[keywordteam@ebay.com]

Thanks everyone for joining! Please join us in a month for a more advanced Workshop on eBay Keywords. In the mean time - please post your questions to this board and we'll be monitoring it!

thanks

eBay Keywords Team

[keywordteam@ebay.com]

denis20 -

You can have a campaign running on both - you just have to create two seperate ones: one for Canada and one for the US site.

thanks

eBay Keywords Team

[niko_and_co]

last question - where do we go to do this??

[denis20]

thanks for the answers

Denis

(see, I even didn't touch the language issue 😉

[carly@ebay.com]

Hi

To try out the new Keyword tool for eBay.ca, go to www.ebaykeywords.com

You have $50 to try it out! So have fun with it and good luck!

Regards,
Carly

[niko_and_co]

I signed up and used the promocode ebaybronze. Worked. Then I tried to make another ad with the promocode ebayfeatured. Didnt' work. Says I'm not authorized to use that code but I have a featured store.

[cherabeth]

I swear, if there was a way to mess something up..I'd find it!!

I went to www.ebaykeywords.com..and proceeded to attempt to fill in stuff..

I'm doing something wrong...there's a link for powersellers to click and get the 50.00 bonus thingee, but if I go through that link, I'm getting 'Please enter a valid promo code' when the info link is telling me to input EBAYCANADA as the promo code...maybe it's becasue I'm clicking ebay.com...should be ebay.ca, maybe??

Also..name your campaign...Huh??...the only thing I'm sure of is my choice of keywords (if I ever get to that point)..everything else is making my head spin.

[cherabeth]

OY!..Readng your post, Janet, makes me even more confused!

I'd really like to try this, but I find it sooo confusing!

[niko_and_co]

I got the powerseller credit cheryl. The promo code for powersellers is ebaybronze for bronze level. I think I have to start all over again to use the featured promo.

[niko_and_co]

Ok I got one but I can't get a second one working. THE ebaycanada one only goes as far as the second page and I get an error message. ARGH

[cherabeth]

Another stumper...name your ad campaign??

[niko_and_co]

Anything - like cheryl1 or cheryl2

[cherabeth]

Oooh..OK..Thanks!

[starlandstudio]

Hi eBay Keywords Team;

Thanks again for taking the time to conduct this workshop and for answering our questions.

Another few questions came to mind:

When bidding on a keyword, are you informed whether or not you are the high bidder, and if not, is the high bid displayed?

Is there anything similar to proxy bids in an auction where a seller would set the maximum amount they are willing to pay for a word?

Thanks in advance. 🙂

[niko_and_co]

HI Starland, I just set mine up yesterday.

Yes it shows you the four top bids - what they're present bid is and what their maximum bid is. You enter your max bid like the auctions, and it bids 1 cent more than the fourth highest bid. Only four ads win for each keyword or combination. It sounds a bit confusing but actually quite easy if you can get it to work....

[starlandstudio]

hi niko- thanks for explaining that and good luck with your keywords!

[cherabeth]

Well, finally got it set up after repeated tries...ebaycanada promo code wouldn't work at all, though.

I have to say, though...I have never been as confused about how something works in my life!

I just kind'a went along and let them choose the list of keywords...eliminated some of them, and tried to add one that I figured would be a sure-fire good one, but it stated it was 'unpopular' any which way I put it...very strange..I honestly don't get this...

And I was poring over the darn thing until the wee hours last night! 😞

[niko_and_co]

Me too. I don't think I would bother except I have a featured store and I get $60 a month for keywords. I'm too cheap to pass up anything free.