posted on March 28, 2001 11:31:15 AM new
Any insights on the value of plain vanilla versus the fee-based features such as gallery, dual categories, bold, etc...
posted on March 28, 2001 11:41:43 AM new
Thepriest...I don't have any hard evidence to bas my conclusions on but...I think the gallery images helps, especially now that "view all items with gallery" is the default way for buyers to browse the categories. I also think the double categories helps for items that can logically be searched in more than one category (a book on dogs...books, nonfiction, pets..and..Collectibles, animals, dogs).
Both of these enhancements are geared to catched the eye of the buyer who browses the listings...it would have no affect on the person who does title or description searches.
I don't find any use for bolding, highlighting, featured though.
posted on March 28, 2001 12:31:19 PM new
I think items that have a market can be vanilla and the collectors will seek the item out. If you're selling weight loss pills you'll probably want to use every advantage you can.
I used the gallery at one time when I had a gallery page made from a search link, but eBay's search became unstable and items were skipped or disappeared and I stopped the gallery feature. I think you can get a much better gallery page from some of the auction services.
bold, highlighted, and underlined have never whipped me into a bidding frenzy, but that might be just me.
posted on March 29, 2001 03:56:19 AM new
I agree with ababcaxi. A good title with key words and a clear pic is all you need. Vanilla all the way for me. Have found items with no reserve have sold better. Sometimes you lose, most of the time you make out better! I dropped charges too. Doesn't seem to make a difference. My end of month expenses look MUCH better.
