posted on August 2, 2000 02:04:12 PM new
Hi! I sell jewelry on eBay and I have just now signed up for Yahoo! to sell jewelry at.
I am confused as to which category is the right one.
I sell gemstones atached to 925 Sterling Silver. Do I put my wares in Jewelry>Gemstones>Semiprecious or do I put them in Jewelry>Sterling Silver>Contemporary?
The problem is that in the Gems section, you get just the Gems being sold, but also have gems mounted in jewelry as well. And the same thing happens in Sterling Silver: not just Sterling Silver jewelry is being sold, but Sterling Silver Jewelry with Gemstones mounted in them as well.
Maybe putting them in Jewelry>General is the better way to go? I don't know how Yahoo! feels about "mucking up" the categories with unrelated items!
posted on August 2, 2000 03:20:24 PM new
For maximum exposure I'd split them between every jewelry category they might pertain to and note in bold in all descriptions "See my other auctions for related items" or something along that line.
Yahoo deletes ads outside the proper categories (if/when someone complains) but you might have enough items to spread around jewelry subcategories. Also note, you can only have one ad running at a time for an identical item (unlike eBay). Yahoo gets carried away sometimes and deletes ALL your listings instead of just the duplicate ones.
posted on August 2, 2000 04:43:26 PM new
Borrilar - for what it is worth, if I were buying it would be because I found you in the silver category. I don't wear gold and so
would never wade through gemstones which would be overwhelmingly "gold" hoping to find silver. More apt to browse sterling and see a piece I want, gemstone or otherwise, and buy.
posted on August 2, 2000 06:15:42 PM new
I'd go for the "Contemporary Sterling Jewelry", but you could stick one in "Gemstones" to see what happens. It's ALWAYS a good idea to say "see my other listings for XXXXXXXXXXXX" in your description.
Yahoo prohibits IDENTICAL listings to prevent people from flooding the auction with dozens of listings in every category for the same thing. If you have a 925/garnet ring in size 6 and the same ring in size 7, you can put one ring in "Contemp. Sterling" and one in "Gemstones" (listing TITLES should differ by at least one digit).
Kasmoon, have you had Yahoo DELETE your auctions????? I listed one item in the obviously wrong category, someone "neighborhood watched" it, and I was unable to RELIST it into the SAME wrong category when the auction ended....but Yahoo didn't END the auction early or DELETE the listing.
posted on August 2, 2000 09:45:30 PM new
LOL Granee, I don't even own more than one of the same thing so I have no identicals to list. Rarely I buy 2 of something for resale but always list them about a month apart.
I said on another thread I have seen people with 20-100 ads per identical item. And people with 1000 ads for ONE item. Those, I email Yahoo a complaint. They notify me they deleted ads so I check to see what was done. Sometimes the seller still has lots of ads minus all the duplicates but most of the time they have 0 listings.
posted on August 2, 2000 09:57:03 PM new
Well, I for one am really happy with Yahoo's policy on that, because it's a PITA to shop on Ebay with 1 million of the same item cluttering up the cateogories.
Borillar, I agree with what Kasmoon said. Split 'em up, at least at first. After a few rounds of auctions you'll be able to judge for yourself where you've had the most hits & bids, & then you might want to move everything to one category. OR maybe you'll see that maximum exposure is better. Either way, the best thing to do will probably make itself evident after a few tries.
posted on August 3, 2000 10:25:49 AM new
Hey, thankx folks!
I'm happy to see that there really is an active Yahoo! community on AW. I really appreciate the advice - and for telling me about the duplicate auction warnings!
