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LASPORTSANDMORE
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 Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:10 am Post subject: no sales in three weeks |
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I have been listing items for 3 weeks with no sales... what am i doing wrong.... PLEASE HELP
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wtcollectibles
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:55 am Post subject: |
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Assuming that you are promoting as hard as you can (check the FAQ forum for lots of ideas), then I would start by expanding your descriptions. Your sign is "handcrafted" or "handmade"--out of what? Are they painted, needlepointed, etc? Mention colors, materials, etc. Make sure they all have sizes. Are you adding Google Attributes?
It takes a while to get started and a few weeks is not very long really, although it seems like forever when you're waiting for that first sale! Your items look interesting, just need to tell the prospective buyers more about them.
It looks as if you might have the same item listed twice, Quiz Wiz? Or are they different?
Good luck and keep listing!!  |
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LASPORTSANDMORE
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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| WHAT IS GOOGLE ATTRIBUTES |
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acread
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GoneFunky
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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Complete Title: Chief Fans Only
Complete Description: handcrafted 11 X 14 sign
Complete Title: Eagles Football
Complete Description: Brand new wilson football......Pee wee size... with eagles colors and logo.... great item
Is this all you can tell a customer about what you are selling? 
You need to add keywords to your Titles and your Descriptions.
Tell them what the item is made of what use they might have for it etc...
People search for items using a string of Keywords you aren't offering much in that area.
For the football you might say Philadelphia Eagles Football Wilson Pee Wee Kids Boxed New Official NFL |
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antiques-collectibles
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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| When I first saw his post I did a "view source" and did not see any attributes, but I did not know the links to send him. Glad someone did. |
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LASPORTSANDMORE
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:48 pm Post subject: |
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I am thankful for all comments ... I am in the process of revising my descriptions...... let me know in a few hours what you think
thanks
Lisa |
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homeandbodyessence
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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| antiques-collectibles wrote: | | When I first saw his post I did a "view source" and did not see any attributes, but I did not know the links to send him. Glad someone did. |
Just curious, what is "view source"? And you can actually see someone's listings attributes? |
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zickit
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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| antiques-collectibles wrote: | | When I first saw his post I did a "view source" and did not see any attributes, but I did not know the links to send him. Glad someone did. |
I never get the view source to open on a product page.
Interesting that you can.
| Quote: | | what is "view source"? |
It's the html coding page that creates the web page you are viewing.
Want to see what your competitors use for attributes?
Get the name of your competitor then go to http://dev.tomthedeveloper.com/googlebase/ca/ |
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acread
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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| bigtallmensclothing wrote: | Want to see what your competitors use for attributes?
Get the name of your competitor then go to |
That's assuming your competitor know better than you do. |
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zickit
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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| acread wrote: | | bigtallmensclothing wrote: | Want to see what your competitors use for attributes?
Get the name of your competitor then go to |
That's assuming your competitor know better than you do. |
still shows you what they are using -- good bad or indifferent
sure easier then searching through the coding of a view source page |
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antiques-collectibles
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Just curious, what is "view source"? And you can actually see someone's listings attributes? |
At the top of my window there are various links to use while browsing. File-View-Favorites-Tools-Help. I can click on "View" and then on View Source. A 2nd window opens with all the html of whatever page I am looking at. Useful tool I used frequently when I was designing my own site some time ago. |
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bookbatches
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks. I learned that you can list a whole bunch of keywords in the Google "product-type" attribute box seperated by commas. How this will add or detract from Google customer search I don't know. I am told Google ignores keywords.
Also, something is amiss with entering "ecrater" into the Google search box. This should "auto complete" and send one to the main ecrater home page. On this end it sends me to "Aljira" and then "Access Denied" and then the main site sub categories. Is it just me? If I type the entire URL into the top box it takes me to the site. |
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bookbatches
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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Oh, to see the "source code" right click your mouse on a blank area of a screen and you will see "view source code." Click on that and you can view all the meta goodies and the other code.
I'm still bugged by what appears to be a Search glitch on Google concerning eCrater. |
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acread
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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OK this topic weired off way too much. If you have questions and answers regarding something mentioned beriefly please start a separate topic for it. It would help us to have things in better order and people reading the forum to easily locate info faster.
So back to the OP, which is:
| Quote: | | I have been listing items for 3 weeks with no sales... what am i doing wrong.... PLEASE HELP |
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