1) FatFingers
How professional a seller are you? Do you check
your listings before submitting them or even does
someone else proof read them for you? With millions
of listings on eBays networks of sites at any one
time, a small proportion of these listings contain
errors - & a misspelt word is about the biggest
error you can make.
Imagine your selling a Sony Television for example.
What if you misspell the item as Sony Televisoin.
Anyone who searches for the term "Sony Television"
simply isn't going to be presented with your item.
Only those eBayers who search manually though the
category will find your items. Needless to say that
if people can't find your item, they're unable to
bid on them.
FatFingers is a service you can use to find all
misspelt variations of a term. Why would you need
such a service?
Well obviously if an item has low visibility on
eBay it's also likely to have zero or few bids enabling
you to snap yourself up a bargain. I've known people
use this service to make a full time living, purely
buying items cheaply and relisting them without
errors.
Details at: Fatfingers.com
2) eBay Pulse
Back to the search facility eBay pulse shows you
the top 10 searched keywords in every category.
It's a real gem of a service, obviously by looking
at the most widely used search terms you can see
what eBayers are after. And if your selling in this
category, by inserting some of these keywords within
your title your items will be seen by more users.
The only thing to watch out with this service is
make sure the keywords are relevant to your item,
IF NOT DON'T USE THEM. How many times have you saw
listings such as "SONY PANASONIC LG WIDESCREEN DIGITAL
TELEVISION GUIDE", - listings such as these are
well thought out to earn high visibility from the
way users search. Anyone searching for the items
with any of the keywords will uncover your listings.
While it may lead to a high number of views, firstly
fellow users will get annoyed if they find your
item completely unrevealed to what they searched
for, Secondly keyword spamming as it is known, is
against eBay policy and will lead to your item being
pulled. I use pulse daily with all my listings but
make sure it's relevant to your item first.
Details at: pulse.ebay.com
3) Keyword-Pro
Keyword-Pro is a commercial subscription service
which is similar to eBay pulse. However, the main
difference is Keyword-Pro offers a much more in
depth list of relevant keywords. It lists the top
50 keywords for every category for both eBay.co.uk
& eBay.com. This is a great addition, especially
if any of the terms found in eBay pulse are not
relevant to your item.
Keyword-Pro is available as both a web service or
as a small program that downloads the list onto
your P.C. It's data is updated weekly to keep you
informed of the latest search terms.
Details at Trading-Web-Solutions.com/keywords
4) Selling Manager
When you first open a selling account on eBay, options
listed under the sell tab of eBay are enough to
get you by. However, you can upgrade to a more in
depth service known as Selling Manager. As eBay
describes the service "eBay Selling Manager is our
online sales management tool for medium to high
volume sellers". It allows you to track every eBay
sale, customise your feedback comments, print shipping
labels & much more. It saves me about four hours
a week tracking orders and watching my sales.
Selling Manager is FREE on eBay.co.uk & has a small
monthly charge of on eBay.com (after one a month
trial free). Once I moved over to Selling Manager,
there's simply no way I would go back.
Details at: Click on services once you've logged
into your eBay account.
5) eBay Popular Products
Here you can see, directly from eBay, what the most
popular products are in several categories. an invaluable
tool for an eBay seller.
Details at: http://product-index.ebay.com/best_selling_1.html
I hope you find these services useful & time saving
in your goal for a successful home business on
eBay. Remember, your most important resource
is your time when your starting or building up an
online business & if you discover any site, person
or opportunity that can save you time give
it the attention & serious consideration it deserves.
