slw12
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posted on March 2, 2001 07:29:46 PM
Hi all,
Well I have decided to take my ebay selling more seriously and would like to use templates. Where do I find simple easy to use ones? Do they cost? Can I add my photographs? All opinions and advice gratefully accepted. I have looked at Mr Lister but as I have a new account I dont have 10 feedback as required yet. Thanks.
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bhearsch
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posted on March 2, 2001 08:01:27 PM
Hello slw12. You might want to look at this thread: http://www.auctionwatch.com/mesg/read.html?num=2&thread=340362
There's some great advice there and I listed a number of sites that have free auction templates on the 2nd page.
Blanche
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dubyasdaman
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posted on March 2, 2001 09:09:23 PM
Download Netscape Composer or Frontpage Express (they're both free) and make your own templates. They're as easy to use as a word processor and your templates will look 10 times better than the canned ones.
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gc2
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posted on March 3, 2001 05:46:49 AM
I have Netscape Composer, and was playing with it yesterday after someone had mentioned it as a tool; seems to work much like a word processor.
But what exactly is a template? Apparently it's something I've taken for granted (along with much else).
My total experience consists of 1)listing directly to eBay, 2) listing with Mr. Lister, and 3) listing through AW Auction Manager.
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cdnbooks
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posted on March 3, 2001 06:02:23 AM
What is a template?
Best definition in my dictionary was 'a pattern or guide"
A template contains the look and style of your listing. The color, font size, location of pictures, your TOS. All those parts of your listing that are common to all your auction listings.
Then for each listing you write the unique parts of the listing (the title and description) and cut and paste this infomation into your 'template'.
This process speeds up your work and standardizes your listings.
Bill
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Meya
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posted on March 3, 2001 06:06:28 AM
Just remember when making your templates that if you use a Table, the text contained within that table will not show up in a Search on eBay.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
Remember to KISS! No bright backgrounds, no busy ones either, red text is really hard on the eyes, especially if it's more than one or two words. Use plenty of paragraph or bread tags if you have more than a couple of sentences strung together.
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bhearsch
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posted on March 3, 2001 10:49:12 AM
Hello gc2. A template is a form that contains the design of your actual auction page which can be saved to use over and over again. All you have to do is change the item description, price, etc. Your TOS can stay the same for all of your auctions. Once you have made a template you save it on your hard drive as a text file (I use notepad to open and edit my text files) and then just copy and paste it into eBay's listing form.
This site has some basic templates that you can use along with the source codes needed to design them. The source code is what you need to copy and paste into a text file.
I agree with Meya about keeping it simple. I find the bells and whistles in auction pages to be distracting. A good picture/pictures, an honest and concise description and friendly TOS are the most important elements for successful sales.
http://fanciful.hypermart.net/
Blanche
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toke
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posted on March 3, 2001 10:55:42 AM
Meya...
"Just remember when making your templates that if you use a Table, the text contained
within that table will not show up in a Search on eBay. "
Are you sure? My whole ad is inside a table...my keyword for my Personal Gallery is my email address (which is linked within my ad). My Personal Gallery is working, so Search must be working inside my table, right?
OR...am I misunderstanding you?
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abacaxi
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posted on March 3, 2001 11:02:03 AM
Meya -
"Just remember when making your templates that if you use a Table, the text contained within that table will not show up in a Search on eBay."
WRONG!!! However, if you do not have a properly constructed table, with all tags in the correct order AND closed correctly, some browsers might never load the page.
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Meya
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posted on March 3, 2001 01:36:29 PM
I was sure I had seen a thread here a while ago addessing the search issue with text contained within a table. Maybe I just misunderstood something else and remembered it wrong.
I know about the closing tags etc. Hmm, now I wonder what I am thinking of...
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dinapal
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posted on March 3, 2001 02:25:31 PM
Slw12--please email me...click on my name, and my email address will be there.
thanks,
Dina
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mballai
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posted on March 3, 2001 02:34:31 PM
I have been using a table template that I clipboard and paste into each description. Once you make one, you are home free...apparently in more than one way now. I copied one I liked with the show codes in IE, modified it rather extensively and was all set. To pay over and over for a few lines of HTML is not worth it. Good luck.
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