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Promos have been fast and furious the last two months. Anyone keeping track of them? What to expect and when?
"Anyone keeping track of them?"
Keeping track of what?
Sellers are listing all types of "stuff" flooding the site. Many of these listings would never be listed if sellers has to pay a token for the privilege of listing (as all sellers did in the good old days).
With more "stuff" for sale and fewer buyers visiting the site, the results are predictable. As always, a few sellers will buck the overall trend and do well. Good for them.
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My intent was, the promos are doing me a lot of good. They are creating sales where I did not expect them. I am creating more listings, 125 more, than my basic free 500. Keeps me busy and brings in shekels I would not ordinarily have.
It is starting to get complicated. I have store listings, dot com listings, dot ca listings. For me this makes a difference as my com and ca listings are radically different for the same part. Com has parts compatibility, ca does not.
So, I am listing far more, and for free. These listings are increasing my exposure and delivering sales. Sales, on widgets I would not ordinarily list.
I have one particular widget that has seven different applications. I have thirty of them. I can auction on .ca in one format, on ,dot in another, in my store in a third manner.
Listing with Google searchable part numbers and application years, which is better, one listing, or 21 listings? These are vintage ignition switches that fit seven different makes from 1948-1969.
This is a whole different level of organization than I would have anticipated.
My intent was, the promos are doing me a lot of good. They are creating sales where I did not expect them. I am creating more listings, 125 more, than my basic free 500. Keeps me busy and brings in shekels I would not ordinarily have.
It is starting to get complicated. I have store listings, dot com listings, dot ca listings. For me this makes a difference as my com and ca listings are radically different for the same part. Com has parts compatibility, ca does not.
So, I am listing far more, and for free. These listings are increasing my exposure and delivering sales. Sales, on widgets I would not ordinarily list.
I have one particular widget that has seven different applications. I have thirty of them. I can auction on .ca in one format, on ,dot in another, in my store in a third manner.
Listing with Google searchable part numbers and application years, which is better, one listing, or 21 listings? These are vintage ignition switches that fit seven different makes from 1948-1969.
This is a whole different level of organization than I would have anticipated.
I do not watch TV, let alone ads of any kind.
However, every time I fire up my computer there is an ebay icon on my screen loaded in with Windows 7. Windows 8 comes with an eBay link. To me, that is advertising.
However, every time I fire up my computer there is an ebay icon on my screen loaded in with Windows 7. Windows 8 comes with an eBay link. To me, that is advertising.
@pjcdn2005 wrote:If you have a premium price store, extra FP listings are only .10 so you could list an extra 125 listings per month for $12.50. Even if you just sold one of those extra items that you wouldn't normally list, you would pay for that $12.50 and more so why not continually list them rather than doing so only during promotions?
PJ, I am a Scotsman. The old Scot expression "Auch!" means "My bar bill is too high".
eBay has done their metrics and have noticed that free attracts people like me, like fleas to rotting garbage. It has caused me to try different things. These different things work, much to my consternation.
Because I list on two sites, with different functionality, I need different approaches. Different approaches requires some level of coherent planning. Hence, my original question.
@rose-dee wrote:
@mr.elmwood wrote:
eBay has done their metrics and have noticed that free attracts people like me, like fleas to rotting garbage. It has caused me to try different things. These different things work, much to my consternation.
You're a hoot, Mr. E., I just about fell off my chair reading this! Are you sure you shouldn't be trying your hand at being a stand-up comedian?
I have been asked that before. I have said for years that I should write down the things that I say, or, burble out up out of the rotting mess.
BWWWIIIINNNGGG!! Away we go off topic again.
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Jersey, thanks for staying on topic. As CCR sang "Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself".
I chanced to see what you sell. First off, I thought "Kewl stuff". Yer Pat Lafontaine jersey? In you title you have a slew of non-searchable keywords. Who searches using any of these words "wth free team crest&patches 56"?
What is this word "wth"?
I chanced to see what you sell. First off, I thought "Kewl stuff". Yer Pat Lafontaine jersey? In you title you have a slew of non-searchable keywords. Who searches using any of these words "wth free team crest&patches 56"?
What is this word "wth"?
