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5 Hidden Resources For eBay Users
by Jason James
Reports show that over 90% of searches on eBay are done
using the search facility. What users do not know about
eBays search facility is that by default it only searches
the item titles - not the descriptions of the items.
Remember this fact as it will show the significance of some
of the resources listed below.
1) FatFingers
How professional a seller are you? Do you check your
listings before submitting them or even does someone else
proof read them for you? With millions of listings on eBay's
networks of sites at any one time, a small proportion of
these listings contain errors - and a misspelt word is about
the biggest error you can make.
Imagine you're selling a Sony Television for example. What if
you misspell the item as Sony Televisoin. Anyone who
searches for the term "Sony Television" simply isn't going
to be presented with your item. Only those eBayers who
search manually through the category will find your items.
Needless to say that if people can't find your item,
they're unable to bid on them.
Fat Fingers is a service you can use to find all misspelt
variations of a term. Why would you need such a service?
Well obviously if an item has low visibility on eBay it's
also likely to have zero or few bids enabling you to snap
yourself up a bargain. I've known people use this service
to make a full time living, purely buying items cheaply and
relisting them without errors.
2) eBay Pulse
The only thing to watch out with this service is to make sure
the keywords are relevant to your item, IF NOT DON'T USE
THEM. How many times have you seen listings such as "SONY
PANASONIC LG WIDESCREEN DIGITAL TELEVISION GUIDE", -
listings such as these are well thought out to earn high
visibility from the way users search. Anyone searching for
the items with any of the keywords will uncover your
listings.
While it may lead to a high number of views, firstly fellow
users will get annoyed if they find your item completely
unrevealed to what they searched for, Secondly keyword
spamming as it is known, is against eBay policy and will
lead to your item being pulled. I use pulse daily with all
my listings but make sure it's relevant to your item first.
Details at: pulse.ebay.com
3) Keyword-Pro
Keyword-Pro is a commercial subscription service which is
similar to eBay pulse. However, the main difference is
Keyword-Pro offers a much more in depth list of relevant
keywords. It lists the top 50 keywords for every category
for both eBay.co.uk and eBay.com. This is a great addition,
especially if any of the terms found in eBay pulse are not
relevant to your item.
Keyword-Pro is available as both a web service or as a
small program that downloads the list onto your P.C. It's
data is updated weekly to keep you informed of the latest
search terms.
Details at Trading-Web-Solutions.com/keywords
4) Selling Manager
When you first open a selling account on eBay, options
listed under the sell tab of eBay are enough to get you by.
However, you can upgrade to a more in depth service known
as Selling Manager. As eBay describes the service "eBay
Selling Manager is our online sales management tool for
medium to high volume sellers". It allows you to track
every eBay sale, customize your feedback comments, print
shipping labels and much more. It saves me about four hours a
week tracking orders and watching my sales.
Selling Manager is FREE on eBay.co.uk and has a small monthly
charge of on eBay.com (after a one month trial free). Once
I moved over to Selling Manager, there's simply no way I
would go back.
Details at: Click on services once you've logged into your
eBay account.
5) eBay Popular Products
Here you can see, directly from eBay, what the most popular
products are in several categories. an invaluable tool for
an eBay seller.
Top Internet marketers constantly educate themselves by
purchasing and reviewing almost every new product released.
The way I look at it, if an ebook costs $197 and the
information within the ebook saves me this or allows me to
make an additional $197 it's well worth it - once you can
do it once you'll be able to repeat the exercise over and
over again making repeated profits.
If you discover a precious eBay related resource let me know and I'll consider revising this list for future editions.
Good luck with your eBay selling.
Jason James’ website "The Auction Resource Network" reveals
his inside secrets and sources that help him pocket over
$10,000 a month on eBay. Claim your FREE 14 Day "Learn How
to Sell on eBay" e-Course Here:
Copyright 2005 Auction Resource Network
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