posted on July 23, 2001 10:02:32 AM
Since you're doing a clickable link...I like it very much. I know it's subjective, but you have a voice that would make me be more inclined to trust you...kind of reliable and professional sounding. Hey, nobody said a sales technique has to be logical...
For the record, I much preferred your first file. I thought you spoke too rapidly in the second one...could give an aura of a slick, fast-talking pitch. I know you were trying to get a lot in, but I don't think its worth it, if you have to talk so fast, IMO.
posted on July 23, 2001 10:20:10 AM
I say go for it. The nay-sayers are the same ones who can't stand any kind of extras in auction ads. They don't tolerate page backgrounds, music, GIF animations, extra graphics ... why those technophobes sell on the Internet and not some newspaper classified ad is beyond me!
I believe the code you can use is:
<EMBED SRC="url of your sound file" HIDDEN=FALSE AUTOSTART=FALSE>
That will display a nice console within the ad with a play button to start the sound file. Anyone who doesn't want to hear it won't click on it.
. Internet Pioneers
posted on July 24, 2001 04:50:40 AM
As long as it's a link, and not something that has to load for the page to come up, I don't see a problem. I have ben putting mpg links (audio/video clips) in my auctions so people can see that what I sell really works. On a 56k modem some of them take up to 2 minutes to download (I warn people that it can take a minute or two to download).
I've been told by several buyers (on items that brought between $200 and $1400) that the video was the reason they decided to buy an expensive item on ebay.
Those that want to look (and/or hear) what you link to, will, those that don't, won't.
Who Need's a stink'n Sig. File?
posted on July 24, 2001 05:42:07 AM
This is a good idea(not the adult one) but remember we love our shoppers who bid at work and any sound can get em in trouble.
Indeed, you do have a fine voice, but I too feel the real strength lies with auction items of an audio nature such as your windchimes.
Unless you're going to hire Britney Spears or Walter Cronkite as your narrator, I doubt many viewers will click to hear eastwest regardless of how good a voice you have!
If it's not an audio auction product to begin with I believe that better than 95% of your page views will never click your audio link. You'll need page counters on both your auction item & your clickable link to know for sure!
Although I'm not personally sold on the voice part, I'd probably give it a try, and once you get a little further into this, I believe a number of forum users here would enjoy being brought up to date.
I'm also curious as to whether you are simply using "Voice Recorder" to record & create your wave files? If not, what tools are you employing for this?
posted on July 24, 2001 06:26:10 AM
Using DSL connection, the .wav files downloaded in maybe 5 seconds. First, I'd definitely use the clickable-link or radio button to make loading sound of any type optional. Stating next to the link "Will take 30 seconds to load with 33K modem but 5 seconds on DSL" or some such would be a very good idea.
I think the super idea is to do this with items that make sounds, or do a video for something that "works or runs." Something everyone needs to consider is that there's a great individual variation in WHICH sensory information processing works best for different people. I'm always telling my spouse, "WRITE it down" when she says on the way out, "Honey, open an Ameritrade account" or whatever... I just do NOT register verbal information and recall it well.
For example, stating something like "Shipping anywhere in the US is $3.75 for this item" like I think you do in the .wav file "feels" very wrong to me. I need to see that information in print but it's completely wasted on me in a sound file, even though I now recall your saying it since I listened 4 or 5 times. Keep in mind also, details like that can be RE-read very easily in print text but it's a royal pain to play the whole .wav back again to make sure you heard it right.
That people surf at work and late at night w/o audio even turned on is a good point. You lose them.
It occurs to me that presenting substantive comments in this form could bypass eBay censorship, at least for a while. You could play games using one very blunt commentary first, then switch after a few hours or days to a different, toned-down version and leave the censors puzzling over what the emails were about...
posted on July 24, 2001 06:48:13 AM
I kind of agree about the shipping info. That needs to be read.
What I thought was missing from the description was the size of your item(s). Measurements alone won't do it. But if you could give them a visual by comparing its size to something common and well known. At least so they can get a an idea of size by visually comparing. For instance say your pig banks are about the size of a pop can, if you say that then they can get a good image of where that will fit in, in their scheme of things.
Then in your written description give the exact measuments.
posted on July 24, 2001 10:47:42 AM
Yes i understand the shipping but i also state the shipping in the auction as well. What program am i using??? It's called Audio Notes Recorder 3.0 works really well and it is a free. Remember i will be stating the same fact in the auction plus maybe a little more !!!!! and keep it under 30 seconds...that's all the free program let me do .....how would i put a counter on the link to the wave file?????
"how would i put a counter on the link to the wave file?????"
Since I brought this subject up in a previous thread here, let's see if I can give you the short answer. It all depends on where you have the file(s) hosted.
If your host gives you site stats on your individual files you're home free - just compare the audio file hits to the total auction hits. Since you already have an independent website I would imagine you can check stats quite easily.
If they don't give you file hits for your audio files, they likely give you hit stats for your html pages.
You could either set up an independent clickable link to the audio file; or bury the file within a special html page on your site which might amount to a virtual copy of the description from your eBay auction description page.
[ edited by classiclights on Jul 28, 2001 12:20 PM ]
posted on July 28, 2001 06:54:18 PM
JUST what I wanted to know Now tell me how do you add a TINY wav file to an auction? I got the neatest thing at a yard sale today that makes this great sound when you touch it, so it's would be like a windchime wav, not big, just enough to sample it. This is one of those things you have to hear as well as see. Any help appreciated, thanks.
posted on July 28, 2001 08:10:36 PMglassgrl & whomever would like to know -
Here's the code to add to your auction description page. It will work with any auction site. Just change the url to your sound file address. For reference, I find it easiest to place this at the beginning of the item description. The reason it appearss to repeat itself is because one works with Internet Explorer & the other with Netscape.
Remember to replace the bold url's above with your sound url's. This will work for .wav files as well as .mid files. Just remember, .wav files are typically huge, i.e. long download times compared to midis!
interesting all.. but to correct your problem, could't ya listen to what you said on the tape and write it down from that.. like a dictation thingy?
personally, when i'm bidding, i like to click back and forth and see things pretty quickly. i wouldn't take the time to load in anything else.. and then have to take the time to listen to it.. but the idea is pretty ingenius, i'll give you that!
