Put on your thinking caps people !

cosmicray · Posts: 7286

We have a thread running that asks how to better promote eCrater. Curiously it is in the off-topic section.

I have an idea about how to promote the site, but before proceeding, I need some feedback.

A common twitter hashtag for promoting items, which are listed on eCrater. Something that can be voluntarily included when a seller here is promoting on twitter, that ties together all such promotions.

My first thought was #ecrater, but a quick check on twitter shows that has been co-opted by certain adult promotions that have nothing to do with eCrater (or if they do, I'm not going to chase down the connection).

So the question is ... What hashtag would have high recognition and recall, but is not currently being used ? Ideas please !

viewfinders · Posts: 1561

Although I have a twitter account, I have no idea how to use it. I really don't know how to use #s. So no suggestions.

I am really curious about the #ecrater. Is it someone who sells adult products here? Can't imagine why anyone else would use that hashtag. Except maybe I would check it out as it could be an angry X seller who is being vindictive. Maybe the competition.

FoxAndFish · Posts: 1585

dccollectibles · Posts: 2761

is #tothemoon taken already? if not i'd grab that before nick at nite does.

MaggietheCatsMeows · Posts: 2853

Fox and fish summed it up very well. Google sold its soul. What does it take to set up a search engine that would work as well as Google search used to before they sold out. They need some real competition. Isn't this called a monopoly?

A-Better-Way · Posts: 3363

I do see other ecrater things from sellers for that #

I been adding it in to a few tweetrs here and there.
But if we drowned them out the tweets could easily be found.
I don't think anyone has a ownership of a hashtag name.
You could make #7ioujrfhbeiklwju but no one would search for that.

And you can find your tweets, via google, or other search engines.
BING contains all the stuff like we had before adwords came along.
I even ended up on one of those little top ad things first on the list at duckduckgo.

The only search google is good for around here for marketplace view is google shopping, they block the store view or regular links, or they made a mistake for the ones you can find..

cosmicray · Posts: 7286

SheilaDeesPostcards · moderator Posts: 4620

Back on topic, I don't think we need to reinvent a wheel that's working well. A quick check on Google for #ecrater shows that it is being used by ecrater sellers on twitter, instagram, pinterest, facebook and blogs. Yes there were a few tweets that I wouldn't click on when you do a search for #ecrater on twitter, but they seemed to be grouped and they probably do that on any hashtag that's popular. If you scroll down the list you'll see a huge usage for the tag by ecrater sellers.

MoonwishesStore · moderator Posts: 17389

I went to see what I could discover by inputting ecrater into the Google search. After a few pages I ran into something called Ecrater 100 top sites. Although the site supposedly reset today, the store in the #1 spot has been updated since 2009! I didn't recognize any of the 100 stores listed either which I thought was a bit strange. Surely someone that posts on the forum would be a top 100 store. Nor could I figure out how the ranking was made.