posted on January 4, 2000 03:41:53 PM new
Maybe I should put in the link something like:
Please See All Our Ebay Auctions (Be sure to view all the pages!)
Anyone have a clever, clear way to state that? I would have 3 to 6 pages depending on how many items are listed. Don't know if that's a good idea or not.
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Lisa Land
Be careful what you wish for...
posted on January 4, 2000 07:51:28 PM new shoshanah
On the codeword the way I do it is this:
I post in the auction's description (the space available in the title is short as it is!) my codeword, which, in this case, it is actually two words: preacher4u auctions.
I post this "codeword" on every auction I want to show up in my personal gallery. In my case, since the codeword is a phrase, I have to do the search with quotation marks {"preacher4u auctions" so the search engine searches the phrase as a whole. Be sure to include the auction's description in the search!. Then, when you get the results, click on the "gallery option only" link, Then, when the results appear (obviously in blank) Copy the resulting URL and paste it into your auction's description as a link and that's it!
My actual HTML tag looks like this:
(center)(h1)(i)If you want to see a gallery of ALL My items, please click (a href=http://search-desc.ebay.com/cgi-bin/texis/ebaydesc/results.html?query="preacher4u+auctions"&dest=&cobrandpartner=x&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&SortOrder=[a]&srchdesc=y&category0=&category1=&category2=&category3=&textonly=n&tc=&ht=1&st=1&allebay=1&ebayregioncode=&ebaytag1=ebayreg&ebaytag1code=0&ebaycurr=&minPrice=&maxPrice=)HERE.(/a)(/center)(/h1)(/i)
But whith the proper encoding
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preacher4u on eBay.
I'm NO minister!
edited because the url did not appear
[ edited by preacher4u on Jan 4, 2000 07:55 PM ]
[ edited by preacher4u on Jan 4, 2000 07:59 PM ]
posted on January 5, 2000 10:42:52 AM new
Thanks, Preacher4..
I did REVISE 2 listings yesterday and added the string..in my case my user ID, but maybe it does not work when added AFTER listing, as nothing is showing today...I'll have to try it with a NEW listing todya, and check it tomorrow. It is GREAT, and I am so looking forward to not messing it up..
Here is one auction:
posted on January 7, 2000 10:40:12 AM new
I've received several e'mails thanking me for this tip and for the explanations. I think it would be a good idea to "recycle" this thread into the 1st page so new people getting into AW can get a look at it.
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preacher4u on eBay.
I'm NO minister!
posted on January 11, 2000 06:54:46 PM new
Since I don't always list gallery pictures I thought I'd try something else.I made a photo gallery with Yahoo Briefcase. It shows all the thumbnails of my photo's, or a list. I copied the url with the thumbnails. Pasted it into my auction discriptions, Voila!! instant gallery!
This I imagine can also be done with photopoint if anyone is familar with that.
Just another way of doing this.
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Sue
[ edited by beaddreamer on Jan 11, 2000 06:56 PM ]
posted on March 20, 2000 08:48:48 AM newpreacher4u
I want to personally think you for sharing this with all of us. I have passed it on to several people since you first posted it some time back.
It has improved my sales to a large degree. I use it on all my auctions and not only has sales improved, but I also seem to be getting higher prices for my items.
posted on March 25, 2000 10:11:30 PM new
I am really new but want to use the private gallery thing but I am SO confused. Would anybody be willing to email me and help me through it?
thanks windsong
[email protected]
posted on March 25, 2000 11:20:55 PM new
I'm 99% buyer--I've only sold 2 things on eBay. But I can offer a few things that will make me, as a buyer, NOT bid on your item. These are the things that usually make me move on to another auction (unless I really, really want the item and am sure I can't find it elsewhere).
Most sellers are great, and I'm not aiming this at anyone specifically. I just thought a buyer's perspective on some of this stuff might be valuable.
I will almost never bid on items with no picture. And if it doesn't have the picture icon in the search results, I'm not going to bother clicking on the auction to see if there's one in the description. It takes too long with so many auctions. I've also seen a *lot* of auctions with broken images in them (bad links, etc.). Annoying.
I won't bid on items with "l@@k" or other similarly annoying gimmicks in the title.
I usually won't bid on items with extremely annoying page design (weird backgrounds, hard to read font colors, ALL CAPS, hard to read formatting, too many too huge photos, lots of annoying animated GIFs). Gimmicks don't add to the attractiveness of the item; they distract the buyer, make the page take longer to load and make it harder to get the real info I want.
Sometimes I don't bid on auctions with "cookie cutter" descriptions. What I'm talking about are the auctions that say absolutely nothing about the specific item. They just say things like "all of our items are in excellent condition." Not having specific info about the item I'm looking at does not instill confidence about the condition. I understand that large-volume sellers need to use a standard format for all of their auctions. No problem. But I want at *least* a sentence or two specifically describing the item I'm looking at.
Items listed in the wrong category won't get a bid from me (if I find them at all).
Items with a completely undescriptive subject line won't get a click. Some sellers will just say something like "10,000 Maniacs" in the subject line. While the item might be obvious in the context of the category, I don't usually browse by category. So from the search results, I have no idea if it's a CD, a poster or an oven mitt. And I'm not going to bother clicking to find out.
Spelling the name of the item wrong or in a non-standard way is somewhat annoying but also ensures that I won't find it in a search. It's worth the five minutes to find out how to spell it correctly. The seller may not know much about the item, but the buyers probably do and are going to search based on the correct spelling.
Unrelated banner ads are annoying and will sometimes drive me elsewhere.
Counters usually aren't a big deal, but some of the counter services have slow servers and it makes the whole page take longer to load. If I'm in a hurry or it's a common item, I'll hit stop and go on to the next auction.
In a related vein, some people put their images on slow web servers. That's much more annoying than slow counters. If the images take a long time to load, I'm not likely to stick around.
E-mailing me after an auction about other items you're selling without me asking for it is a pretty good way to be sure I'll never bid on another of your auctions. If I want to be notified via e-mail of new items, I'll let the seller know.
Unprofessional looking EOA messages will prevent me from bidding with the seller again. By unprofessional, I mean things like ALL CAPS, bad spelling, poor grammar, incomplete sentences, etc. Spending the time to craft a good EOA message indicates a deeper attention to detail and care for the customer. If they won't bother writing a full sentence to me in the EOA message, what should I expect from the packaging?
And, some things that *will* get my bid...
Allowing credit card payment is a good thing. Given two identical auctions, one that accepts credit cards and one that doesn't, I'll pick the credit card one any time. I'll sometimes pay more for the convenience of paying by credit card. It's just a lot less trouble. If I don't pay by credit card, I always pay by money order. I don't pay for auctions with checks or cash.
Leaving me positive feedback after a transaction makes me much more likely to bid on another of your auctions in the future. I won't avoid sellers who don't leave feedback, but I will deal with the ones who do if I have a choice.
One picture is pretty much a requirement. 30 pictures is overkill. Three or four is usually really nice (depending on the item, of course). My favorites are the auctions with one large overall picture of the item (*good*, well exposed, in focus pictures) and a few smaller photos of other angles or details.
posted on July 17, 2001 10:15:26 AM new
I want to revive this great post for some fresh ideas.
My challenge now is how to charge a handling fee for PayPal. It is illegal to just say, "I chargexxx for PayPal", but I cannot afford to pay nearly a dollar to process a $15 item.
I have thought about charging a handling fee to cover this while keeping my initial bid price low. I don't want to increase my starting bid to cover it as I will incur more fees.
Any bright ideas about how to delicately get around these outrageous paypal fees? Most buyers are hooked on Paypal.
posted on July 17, 2001 10:20:34 AM new
Add it to the shipping and handling of your item. You could add to the start value as well, but that doesn't grow based on the item.
Even if you don't quote the shipping and handling amount, you can add after the auction.
JUST REMEMBER TO ALWAYS SAY SHIPPING *AND* HANDLING.
so the search engine searches the phrase as a whole. Be sure to include the auction's description in the search!. Then, when you get the results, click on the "gallery option only" link, Then, when the results appear (obviously in blank) Copy the resulting URL and paste it into your auction's description as a link and that's it!
