Maybe you feel like one of these faceless, invisible sellers... Just one auctioneer in a million; somebody trying to advertise an item in your possession, no matter how popular, yet you never get noticed on Ebay - not even a single bid on your listing.
I know, because I've been there. And I've asked myself this question many times:
"EVERYBODY WANTS THIS ITEM, SO WHY HAVEN'T I HAD ANY HITS ON MY AUCTION? HOW CAN I GET NOTICED ON EBAY?"
My problem is that I don't have the time to troll the internet, nor read through the billions of auctions on Ebay that are competing with my listing. So I tried using words like "Rare" or "One Of A Kind" and "Limited Edition", etc, to attract attention to my title. However, nobody who's looking for my item is actually typing in these words.
So how do I get noticed on Ebay?
Simply put, my auction title sucks. I hate to be that blunt, but it's true. More than that, I realized that I did not include a unique description in my item's body article that is also scouted by the Ebay search engines.
Recently, I've looked into the process of "Article Writing"... It does involve a great deal of time, commitment and follow-up, however it can produce results. Depending on the type of submission sites that I find, they sometimes allow me to include a self-promoting anchored link back to my website, or auction listing, or even a video of my product on YouTube. It all depends on a site's submission guidelines.
On the other-hand, I've also found that I'm strapped for time, and require some assistance in speeding up this whole process. With some research on auction-software available on the internet, I discovered a little program that has a built-in "Popular Search Term Generator" ... it's called HotItemFinder. It has this cool little function which is a keyword analysis tool - so far I've been able to search Ebay's items (any category) and discover what the most popular keywords are instantly! Now I can incorporate them into my auction titles and article descriptions all too easily. Apparently, the data is received in real-time directly from the Ebay website, so it's always changing and up to date.
Now I'm no longer another invisible Ebay seller, and my auctions are getting noticed.
How to stop feeling like an invisible ebay seller and get noticed by changing your auction titles to include popular keyword searches with a search term generator.
Tanis Wahl
http://www.hotitemfinder.com
http://www.daveguindon.info
Tanis has a BA in Writing from the University of Victoria, and an MCSE in technology; she's a former international model out of NYC, currently residing in Victoria, BC, Canada. Presently, she's employed as a Personal Trainer, Copy Writer, and Harley-Davidson entrepreneur launching West Coast Harley Tours in 2008.
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