New Hardware Store on ebid

[churchill01melvin]

Hi everyone
just thought I,d post this link to my new hardware store on ebid. Plenty more items to be listed in the near future.
Please have a look and let me know what you think. Thanks for your time
Kind Regards Churchill01melvin.

http://churchills-hardware-store.ebid.net/

[cornishmaid1961]

Hi Melvin you need to use the 'Plug your Auctions' forum for promoting your own stuff. You are allowed one thread there that can be bumped once every 24 hours. If starting a new thread there then make sure the old one is deleted first.

Your shop looks good but I would be inclined to use the 10 x auto repost instead of 'run until sold' as your items will then rise to the top of the page and will get noticed more. Good luck.

[kreativebargains]

Just had a quick look, a couple of things.

All your listings are Run Until Sold (RUS), these will always stay at the bottom of the listings so will get less viewings on eBid. You might be better switching to 7-10 day listing with 10 auto reposts, this means they will gradually rise up the listings and will always be above the RUS stuff. Listine for 10 days with 10 relists means you only have to physically relist every 110 days.

Make as much use of the available letters in titles, your first listing "13 Blade Feeler Gauge" you could add the brand Tool Zone and maybe the details 65 Mn Alloy Steel, those extra details may make the difference inyour item being either found or viewed.

In addition put as much detail in the desription as possible

You have a few listings with no image showing, people like images.

Put your store link into your signature, it will then show every time you post on the forums.

Hope all goes well and you make the sales.

[graphskill]

Good luck with your new store

[suesjools]

What Cornish and Kreative said. Oh and you might want to change your terms of service mention from eBay to eBid. Your listing photos are very nice and the descriptions are well put together.

Some thoughts about sales/selling on eBid:

1) Add a signature link to your forum posts, so members can click to view your listings.
2) Offer international shipping whenever possible to widen your potential customer base.
3) Use Plug Your Auctions to promote your items (1x per 24 hours, remove/delete old plug before adding new one).
4) Use 7-10 day listings with auto reposts to ensure your items move up searches.
5) Participate in forums and eBid community activities, as YDC auctions, to help good causes and increase your visibility.
6) Tell everyone you know and meet about eBid.
7) Use social networking (as Facebook, Twitter, personal blog) to promote your listings.
8) Read Astral's FAQs page, Bykimbo's page and the Help section for good advice and tips.
9) Use MaO (if it's your thing) on listings and/or offer combined shipping or other incentives to buyers (if feasible) to purchase your items.
10) Let former customers on other sites know you're selling on eBid.

Hope this is some help.

Best wishes for many sales to all,