by Kathy Terrill | Sep 19, 2014 | eCommerce Selling Tips, Selling on eBay
4th Quarter is fast approaching for online entrepreneurs selling on ebay and elsewhere and it’s important to have your inventory listed now!When listing on ebay it is crucial to chose the right keywords and use the best order of the keywords to get maximum results in search for the items that you are selling.
There are thousands of sellers offering products on ebay and the order of your keywords can make a huge difference in how your products show in ebay’s Best Match search. Best Match is the default search on ebay.
You want to do everything you can to be on on the first page of ebay’s Best Match search and your sales item’s titles’ keywords play a role in that,
Here is a short and effective tutorial I did on youtube on how you can write ebay titles that will rank well in ebay search.
How to write great titles for your eBay listings quickly
Do you check your items regularly to see how they rank in ebay’s Best Match search?By watching the above youtube video for 3 minutes and taking notes you’ll know smart tips to help your items rank better in ebay search.
Better search results mean more of your customers can find your items more easily and you know what that means?
Yes, it means more sales for you! After all if customers can’t find your products they can’t buy them, can they?
Tweak your titles and welcome your customers to your ebay sales items now and all throughout the upcoming Holiday sales season and you’ll be enjoying that festive sound of cha ching, cha ching!
by Kathy Terrill | Aug 22, 2014 | eCommerce News, eCommerce Selling Tips, Selling on eBay
Many think that to successfully sell on ebay all a seller has to do is list.
False. Well partially false, certainly an item can’t sell if it’s not listed.
And I should say that if you are selling a highly desirable item at rock bottom prices yes the item I think would sell.
However if you are like thousands of ebay sellers and you are listing your items you are facing a lot of competition.
One of the ways to stand out is to write an ebay guide related to the products you are selling.
So if you offer women’s shoes you could write a guide on how to know what shoe size your are!
If you sell winter coats, a guide on what’s the warmest coat might be a good fit.
The guide once published is not only available to ebay sellers it’s fed to other search engines so it can be picked up by Google,Yahoo,Bing etc..
To write a successful guide be sure to put your item in the guide’s title and pick the correct ebay categories to tag your guide.
If I’m selling Party Shoes I want Party Shoes in the title of my guide and I’d want to tag women’s shoes.
The tag function is at the bottom of the writing an ebay guide template.
Once published your items that are related to your ebay guide will appear at the bottom of your guide helping to increase customer traffic to your offerings.
You can write an effective guide in under 30 minutes and your items will reap the results of increased search results on the internet which can mean more SALES for you!
Here is the link to the ebay template for writing an ebay guide on the ebay site. Click the link under #1 Getting Started.
Link to getting started writing an ebay Guide on ebay’s website
Here’s a guide I wrote on “How chose the right Bible for you” to get you’re creative juices flowing!
An example of an effective ebay buying guide. This 1 is on selecting Bibles.
Let me know when you’ve finished writing your ebay guide!
by Kathy Terrill | Aug 5, 2014 | eCommerce Selling Tips, Selling on eBay
I recently got a large clothing sale by one customer in my ebay store!
How?
My ebay store categories includes clothing sizes!
By sorting the clothes you sell by SIZE you are inviting browsing and shopping for your customers!
Your customers spending more time in your ebay store (or website) browsing and shopping can potentially greatly increase the order size of each sale!
Most importantly using clothes sizes in your ebay store categories(or website) shows your shoppers you care about your them!
It shows your customers you value their time and want to make their shopping experience with you a pleasant experience and that you care enough about them to set up your site in a manner that’s easy for them to navigate!
With the busy times we live in who isn’t looking to save time?!
Want larger order sizes for your clothing items?
Take the time to include sizes in your store categories.
Welcome happy and satisfied shoppers!
You can get bigger orders from your ebay store customers! Want to know how?
by Kathy Terrill | Aug 2, 2014 | eCommerce News, eCommerce Selling Tips, Selling on eBay
Many ebay sellers have found that Sunday nights are an excellent time to have their ebay auctions end.
This is true for profit and non-profit charitable sellers. Yet even following this method sometimes you’ll find your item will end with no bids.
You scratch your head and wonder why?
First you want to make sure you are following ebay’s best practices in writing a great title and description checking that you are not neglecting your item specifics.
You also want to take clear and clean pictures clearly showing your item from all angles noting any defects you see.
Here is a link to ebay’s seller central with helpful tips for you to write a great listing.
ebay seller central
So you say to me ” Kathy, I’ve done all that and my listing still received no bids”.
Ok did you promote your listing with any Social Media?
What’s key with Social Media is to grab the attention of your potential customers when you first list so they can be aware of your great product AND a day or two before your listing ends AND then again the day your item will end.
All Social Media whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google plus, Instagram, Snapchat etc.. works with a feed of some kind and you want to promote your item without spamming several times to get shoppers looking at your listing.
As you will be posting and reposting on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google Plus, Instagram etc be fun and informative to your social media followers so your posts are not just here’s my product for sale buy me, buy me!
Let’s say the ebay auction item you are selling is a great pair of jeans. You could say something about how great jeans are for the weekend, how great it is to add another pair of favorite jeans to your wardrobe etc..
So in short to sell successfully by auction on ebay it’s not enough to list your item among the thousands of products listed every minute on ebay.
If you want juicy prices for your ebay auction listings you’ll need juicy social media posts and several scattered throughout your listing’s lifespan particularly towards the end of the auction!
Use this tip and let me know your ebay auction selling success!
Is it time for you to get better prices for ebay auctions?
by Kathy Terrill | Jul 18, 2014 | eCommerce News, eCommerce Selling Tips, Selling on eBay
Sellers will tell me “Kathy I don’t have any Back to School items to offer shoppers!”
Really? Are you sure? Let’s see what do Back to School Shoppers want to buy?
Back to School shoppers purchase clothes for all ages from toddler through adult at all price ranges and items that are new and gently used.
While parents shop for their children they often grab some choice items for themselves!
School room and craft supplies of all sorts . This includes paper products and of course electronics with all their accessories.
Back packs and bags to carry all the school and sports necessities are also being shopped for.
Dorm Room Supplies are needed as well as everything for outfitting one’s first apartment including pots, pans, knives, forks, knives, spoons,dishes, food storage containers,cleaning supplies, towels, potholders, sheets, blankets, pillows, bed risers, lamps, storage bins in all sizes, hangars,travel mugs, water bottles, can & bottle openers, wine screws, microwaves, small refrigerators, shower caddies, irons, dust busters, blenders and more.
In each of these categories students ( and teachers) want to express their taste and style.
A savvy seller looks to source products that are modern, vintage and or can be personalized with different colors, style choices and even monogrammed.
Do you have some great ideas now? Good for you!
Now go through your inventory deciding what to feature for your Back to School Promotions on your eCommerce site and on Social Media.
Be ready for your shoppers with free shipping, fast friendly customer service, easy returns and exchanges when needed and you’ll be looking at Back to School profits!
Photo Courtesy of Avolore
by Kathy Terrill | Jun 14, 2014 | eCommerce News, eCommerce Selling Tips, Selling on eBay, Social Media Tips
Pinterest is an effective social marketing and branding tool for any size business( small, medium and large) on Social Media whether your a brick and mortar store, internet or both.
Let’s say you have a Father’s Day Board on Pinterest.
What do you do once the Holiday is over? Do you leave the Board up or delete it?
Rather than lose the followers to that board you can rename the board to something appropriate. So if it’s been let’s say a Mother’s Day Board you could relabel it “What to get that woman in your life” or “Perfect gifts for Her”. You get the idea?
You don’t want to relabel something that has nothing to do with what you were pinning as people followed that board for that content.
One thing to keep in mind anytime you change the name of a Pinterest Board you are changing the URL. If you have put the board somewhere else in the social media world or if you have embedded it as a widget on a page renaming the Pinterest Board will kill the link. In that case you’d want to not change the name.
So in 5 seconds(or less) you can rename your board and keep your followers. It’s a win win solution.
Next year when that Holiday rolls around just relabel your board again and you’re good to go.
Time to get busy pinning!
The Holiday is over what do I do with my Holiday Pinterest Board?
