posted on August 31, 2006 06:56:00 AM new
Ok, I know it souunds like a stupid question. I am trying to ramp up big time, I have dabbled here and there for about 6 years. I tend to get bored with selling one thing for very long, so I have jumped from item to item type several times. Right now I am wanting to sell a very large variety of party store type items. They probably fall into maybe 10 distinct groups, but many, many items in each. The items in each group would fall into many Ebay catagories. This is where I was thinking it might be easiest to set up a store and although I don't intend right now to have "store inventory" I could make use of the store categories to help buyers find related items. I would also use the store frame in my auction listings. Does my question make sense?
Somebody tell me if this is a stupid idea! How else could I go about getting buyers to see my "related" items without them looking through hundreds of listings?
posted on August 31, 2006 08:27:18 AM new
I think that is ebay's plan for Stores but you can do something like that yourself quite easily).
For example, I put a link in my listings to click to see "My other ___ items" and the link is for a search of my items using the appropriate keywords. You could also put a number or something like that in the description of all similar items and pull a t&d search of your items for that number. (you can get the coding for this by searching your own listings)
If the search is going to involve items that could be determined to be Key Word Spamming (ie your listing is for earrings and you want to show the buyer related necklaces) you will have to put all the writing inside a clickable image file.
posted on August 31, 2006 11:50:14 AM new
They are impressive indeed - but not a "mom and pop" business! Jay posted that he has 15 employees filling orders/listing - must have huge overhead.
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posted on August 31, 2006 12:11:49 PM new
I wish I could afford the "mom." I'm lucky to afford the "pop." In this instance, the mom humors the pop. And, the kids just run and hide.
but you can do something like that yourself quite easily).