Question for postcard sellers

[allsortsofephemera]

Something I noticed when I started searching the UK postcard listings here.

Many listings did not seem to have the county. I think that it was because sellers were used to this being a more regional auction site, instead of global.

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The problem with putting the County in the title is that it takes up quite a lot of the number of characters you can use, I would have thought most people would search for a particular Town or City, rather than the County which they can browse through on either Ebid or sellers categories.
Of course you could abbreviate the County but then you have the problem of the search not finding it unless it is typed in exactly the same

[HerMajesty]

Personally, I often search by county......usually do the advanced search, tho, which newbies may not easily find.

[deanosaur1972]

Do you think that Canada should have categories for the provinces?

I know that I've got a lot more Canadian postcards to list.

Definitely yes. Keywords will drag someone into your shop for a specific postcard - the way the shop is structured (in this case split into provinces) can make that one sale from the buyer turn into 5 or 10, maybe 20 or even 30.

[somersethedge]

This is Del Boys view of Canadian Postcards.

I know it is but what about France with del boy..... if ever there was a case of over kill that has got to be at the top

[somersethedge]

I think a lot of postcard sellers left out the county when the title was more restricted than it is now. Some of those listings will still be running - I know I have such listings running and I tend to put more effort into listing fresh items than into revising old ones.

I have to admit I am the same... doubly so at the moment (thank heavens I got 3 months to list them here)

[mainlypostcards]

Personally, I don't use county names in my titles at all, unless the caption on the postcard includes the county.
As a buyer, I would not search for a county/province/state, but for an actual town/city/village and I just assume that other buyers would do the same.
As far as creating states/provinces/counties or whatever else different countries have, I am all in favor of it.
UK and US have their division. If there are sellers out there who could set it up for other countries, please do it.
If others agree with me, I am happy to suggest the correct categories for the Netherlands.

[HerMajesty]

As a buyer, I often search by county..............not just towns.

(Whoops - I see I already said that. Guess it means I often search that way because I forget what I say, so I probably forget what I am searching for, also!)