Professional Auction Listings

Your Reputation as a Seller

noreply@blogger.com (eSpicer) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:55:00 +0000

Reputation
Today there is no secret of how powerful can Reputation be. People who trust you are going to be the first ones who visit your auction and check your offers before going anywhere else. However, Reputation is most hardest and most rewarded for any business owner to build up.

In fact that’s the main reason why SO many eBay sellers are SO frustrated and leaving it. But no matter how big is their frustration, Buyers Are Still On eBay and in such a quality that you Will Not Find Anywhere Else. So what to do?

Instead of just giving up on eBay, you should Grab The Traffic going towards eBay and point it into your Auction Business, increasing your Reputation as a seller.

Auction Business
I am pretty sure that you have your own strategy of auction business but let me Help You with more Ideas to reach eBay income that you have always wanted. So here is the deal…

My good friend, Jim Cockrum, is running a successful eBay business based on creative Ideas that provides the best results. He has worked his butt off to build his Reputation in 7 years of auction experience. I am pretty sure it helps to explain 100,000 people reading his newsletter.

So the question is why would he expose his Ideas? Does he realize that doing so is increasing the competition?

The fact is there are numerous opportunities on eBay. Jim is not afraid of competitors because of the countless ways you can apply these concepts. Even I, myself, hear from people all the time that are applying these ideas and succeeding. Here is just a quick run through of Ideas pointed out by Jim Cockrum:

Success with digital products on eBay. Nowit's better than ever!
Insane results with public domain products on eBay
Some specific products ANYONE can find locally to sell at huge markups
How to find tons of experts to interview and turn the recordings into in demand info-products ON AUTOPILOT
The best approach to finding wholesale deals
Some common traps that don't work but many people think they do still

He recorded a jam packed 30 minutes long audio! You can get it here.

Grab The Traffic
There is no “easy” but “smart” way to grab eBay traffic. And that’s a perfect spot to tap in The Professional Look and Design of your Auction Listings.

I always got scared by the fact that I would never afford ProDesign as a small business owner. But I respected the value of it. So I tried to create my own design with free tools like auctiva but it got worse…I guess, I am not much of designer….

I am going to be short at this - I am very pleased with SpicyAuctionTemplates service for two following reasons:

1)I can afford it as low as 17.95$
2)It has done amazing job by pointing out my Reputation and Grabbing The Traffic for my Auction Business.

In case you find yourself struggling with "How" , Please be free to browse my posts on left hand side…

The reason why I am telling this you guys is simple : I have been there where you are, struggling to earn money online. And I even blamed eBay for it as ruining my reputation and decreasing my sales by they policies and fee increases. I was too focused on saving money than earning it. 2 years of eBay business was starting to crack since February 2008. And I know how it feels… If I can help you just by providing this simple information, I would be more than glad I did.

To Your Success,
Andrew Levin

Advanced Auction Design Techniques

noreply@blogger.com (eSpicer) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:33:00 +0000

Up-Selling

Up-Selling is a great way of increasing your visitors Value or to put it simply, to make most money on every single buyer.

eBay offers upsell options, there is also third party software like auctiva.com that does this too and YOU SHOULD use them.For general up-Selling and cross selling techniques, you should use these advantages.

What I would like to stress here is that you can use one specific product to promote all of your other listings in a professional and attractive way.
eBay allows linking to other listings or to your eBay store.By placing a simple banner on your listing you can exclusively promote one specific item.

Here is an example

If you are in video games market, you could sell small item for PS3 like a cable and put direct banner advertisement, that links to the latest PS3 game auctions in your eBay store.Does that make sense?Ofcourse!
If someone is interested in HD i-cable for their PS3 they most likely will be interested in the latest games as well. By default, eBay places your other items ads below your listing description.The problem is, many people don't pay any attention to this anymore.

This is why its so IMPORTANT to place upsell offers directly into your listing description.

Video

Using video is one of the most effective ways to communicate these days. People simply LOVE VIDEOS, because they require very little effort - all you have to do is click on play and whole new world opens up. Experts predict that in the next 10 years Internet video will become the most popular media format surpassing radio, the press and even the TV! With increased number of high-speed broadband connections we are just a few steps away from some major changes.

Even tho Youtube has grown faster than eBay in a past, it took some time for eBay to accept an idea to allow video in auctions. With the launch of vzaar.com now is the perfect time to introduce videos into your listings. If you do, you have big advantage over most of your competitors. Majority of eBay sellers are afraid of using videos, because they think its

too complicated,
too expensive,
too time consuming

Are you ready for this? All 3 of these statements are completely false! Video in the 21 century isn't complicated at all. If you can take a picture with your digital camera, then you can make a video. In fact, most of digital cameras has video option aswell and the quality is good to use on the web.Video isn't expensive. You can pickup good used camcorder for less than 200$ dollars on eBay or buy a new one for 300$ dollars or so.

Its funny how eBay makes you pay for pictures and listings, but video is FREE. You don't have to spend a dime to include video in your auctions.

No one expects you to be next Spielberg by creating Hollywood style movies for that used cell phone you are trying to sell. A short video is all you need between 15 sec and 1 min long. If you can add your voice in video by describing your item - even better. The biggest video advantages is that your potential buyers can see your item live!

They feel much safer as they see that you have item in your possession. So you should definitely start using videos as trip is gonna be bigger and bigger and who wants to miss that train?

I hope you have learned tip or two and are doing changes in your auction listings. If you see the results, please visit http://proauctionlistings.blogspot.com/

Advanced Auction Design Techniques That You Can Use To Dramatically Increase Your Reputation As A Seller

noreply@blogger.com (eSpicer) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:52:00 +0000

"If wanna create amazing auction listings, take a look at these tested and proven auction techniques to increase conversation rates."

Not many people know this, and even if they did, not many take action to implement at their auction listings.One of the easiest ways of checking the sellers reputation is to take a look at his(her) feedback left by previous buyers.
99.99% of sellers assume, that if buyer wants to check his feedback, they'll click on the link next to the seller ID.That's how it happens most of the time but not always and there is very easy explanation for this.

I made a questionnaire and asked 100 average everyday eBay shoppers to fill it out.One of the many question I asked had to do with the sellers feedback system.The results truly amazed me!

The results

*98% of buyers said that sellers feedback plays an important part of their decision to Buy or NOT to Buy the product.
*54% of buyers do not check the feedback for every item. The main reason for this - they don't feel comfortable with eBay's navigation, and are afraid that they will navigate away from item they looked at and not be able to get back.

What does this mean for eBay sellers?

It means that eBay feedback is very important for 98% of buyers but they do not always check it. The answer?! You should place your feedback rating right into your listings! Majority of eBay sellers don't do this and once they do, usually just put in html code from eBay, which doesn't look very attractive. Its better then nothing.

But as an alternative, SpicyAuctionTemplates has created a better way to insert sellers feedback in new profit to all your listings with few simple clicks explained in videos. This is a very HUGE time SAVING technique.

eBay stores

If you have an eBay store, you should know the advantages of offers to sellers like lower listing fees and longer duration times. You should also know that one of the most effective strategies to bring traffic to your eBay store is to place a link on every listing that goes on all other auctions. If you haven't done this yet, do it now! If you don't, you are losing a lot of potential buyers. Ofcourse a link is better then nothing, but its not THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY to raise your buyers attention, especially if your listing in low quality.

By using the simple graphic file, you will see an instant result in stores traffic and sales! Also don't forget about discount strategy(not discussed here)

Guarantee

Do you offer any kind of guarantee for the products you sell? If you do, great!If not I suggest you at least to think about it!Buyers Love Guarantees of all kinds! They feel much safer of making purchase if they know that they are protected. It has proven, that guarantee, a return, a price match, etc. increases sales volume and number of returned profits even the sellers returns the product here-and-there.

Think about it in this way, if buyer isn't satisfied with his(her) purchase, they'll contact you anyway for refund or even leave negative feedback without warning! So its better to always offer a guarantee. This way buyer will contact you, before leaving a feedback as he knows that you are taking full responsibility for your products.

Make sure you clearly state in your listing what kind of guarantee you offer or even better, use graphic design, to increase the visibility of your guarantee. A graphic guarantee seal looks very cool and most buyers will have no doubt that you are genie seller.By using graphic seals you have full control. You can change that seal design everyday if you wish. You can test several guarantee ideas to see if they increase sales.

These are just a few techniques that I am willing to share on this article right here, but if you want to find more information on how to sell a competitive making it unique resulting in more sales then take a serious look at http://proauctionlistings.blogspot.com/

Listing description design, the layout and other important stuff

noreply@blogger.com (eSpicer) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:45:00 +0000

"It may sound like a boring stuff, but it makes a huge difference on how buyers will see you as a seller, which will directly result in increased sales!"

If you already know that auction loading time, outer design, headline, optimized and good looking pictures are "must haves" for any auction to succeed,then read on. Otherwise, please STOP now and take look at http://proauctionlistings.blogspot.com/ navigation sidebar!

Great! Now, lets move on!

Whats the main, most important part of any eBay listing?

The Description

When using the term "Description" we refer to text, graphics, pictures, video and audio, which makes every auction complete.One of the biggest fears of the majority eBay sellers is how to select right font style, size and color for their items description.
Sometimes we can even wonder: How, the heck, someone created that mess?
I am gonna be a bit harsh on these next points:

If you think,"Bigger is better," think again.
If you think,"Comic Sans font looks great," think again.
If you think,"You have to use all rainbow colors in one listing," think again.

Choosing the font style and size may be tricky, but not difficult if you know the basics.The same applies of using your colors. Don't start creating listing description before you have an idea of how it should look.You'll regret it if you'll do.

Top 5 Tips

*Text size - Keep it between 10-12 point, depending on the font style that you use. Smaller text will be too hard to read, while bigger will just look like big paragraph of headlines.By choosing font style that's too big, you're risking that your real headlines will get lost.

*Font style - Its important to use easily readable, nice looking fonts.You should stay away form exotic fonts, downloaded from font directories as,in the most cases, visitor wont have that particular font installed in his computer. As a result your description will look unprofessional.Top 3 font styles are Verdana,Ariel and Monotype Corsiva.
Choose the most suitable style depending on item that you are selling. You can combine two fonts in one listing, but not more.Use one font for headlines and another for subheadlines.

*Color - again, simplicity is the best choose. Don not make your listings look like a carnival poster in all 7 rainbow colors.Use the maximum of 3 colors or stay safe by using only 2 of them - different for headlines and description.Also, do not use bright colors as they are very hard for human eye to read.

*Paragraphs - do not create 5 page long description without separating them into paragraphs and adding subheadlines. If you don't do this, no one will read it, because its boring!By formatting your text into paragraphs using 3-5 sentences, adding subheadlines and inserting some pictures, your listing will look much better.Your goal is to make your buyers life easier, so do not complicate it!People just wont spend 10 minutes reading something in small print, if you don't give a reason why they should.
*Bullet points - this is a great way to make listing look more organized!
Its not a secret any more that in these days people don't read much on the Internet as they did years ago, with video taking a bigger marketshare every day.An average buyer is too lazy to spend even 10 minutes reading a boring description. If you don't have a video to show, at least make sure your listing is organised.This way your potential buyer, can scan your listing in 10 seconds and have a pretty good idea of whats for sale there and, if they are interested, they will stay for longer time to read everything or they will just buy it.

Lets take a look at some professional looking auction listing
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Did you notice the ending part? The way the important information about payments, shipping, guarantee and contacts are published makes these listings real winners.Statistics has proven that this is the information that most people want to know before making a buying decision.

You see, eBay is truly a phenomenal, world wide marketplace. 10 Years ago 99% of sellers where form US, UK, Canada and Australia. Now there are more and more people from countries like: China, Honkong, France and Ireland, who are selling on eBay.And they don't only do in their local eBay sites. Most of them sell on eBay US and UK sites.

This leads to another problem:

*Additional fees(import duty & taxes)
*Long delivery time

Well, Its definitely not a bad idea to sell on international eBay sites as long as you clearly state shipping, payment and other information in your listings.People don't mind waiting 7 days for item they really want. They just want to know, how to pay for it, when expect the arrival and the sellers contact details.

Summary Secret!

Just give visitors what they want!If they want clear shipping and payment information - give it to them! Doesn't it make sense?And don't wrap your info into a half of the page paragraph in small, light blue text. Use simple graphics and subheadlines with few bullet points. This formula has proven to work over and over again!

Picture Hosting or How To Save Thousands of Dollars

noreply@blogger.com (eSpicer) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:25:00 +0000

If you are not new to eBay, you'll know that eBay asks to pay for publishing pictures in your listings except for the first one.

For example, it can cast you up to 2$ per listing if you want to publish 10 pictures. If you are still using eBay picture service and pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars per month in picture fees, you should seriously reconsider your strategy.

eBay doesn't promote this. Obviously, they want people to use this and pay for picture service, but they do allow to use third party hosted pictures.
How does this work? Very simple:

1)Upload pictures to 3d party server
2)Enter the link to that picture in your listing description.

That's it, no more eBay picture fees.You can insert as many pictures as you want for 100% Free.

Where and how do you upload pictures?

There are two choices to go with:
*Use a Free service such as imagehack.us or photobucket.com
With these sites, you can upload unlimited amount of pictures and use them directly to eBay listings.If you sell few things here and there for time to time, go for this option.

But if you are serious seller with loads of listings and strong business background, you should know this:
Get what you pay for!
In this situation you don't pay anything, so you shouldn't expect anything in return. These websites are for "everyday" people and other photo lovers, who like to share pictures over the net. Its not for businesses.By using these services, you are risking that one day your account will disappear with all of your pictures leaving all of your listings empty, and no one will help you, because you used consumer tools for business purposes.

Another risk - I have seen this many times on eBay. If your listing gets a loads of traffic, your pictures will disappear as these services block images taking too much bandwidth. With that said, these are only risks and you can always work them out for the best. But there is another side for these things as well.

By using free picture hosting services, you are losing security and also flexibility. You have no control over how those pictures are stored, deleted or moved on servers(ll cover exactly what that means later on).

*Use your own webspace
This is the option that most of the powersellers and simply "smart" sellers use. It cost just a few bucks per month, but you get full control and security of pictures you have used for your listings.

Here are just a few things you can achieve by using your own hosting space:

*You get Security and Flexibility including fully secured daily backups.
*Change pictures and layout in your listing without changing listing itself
*Run special promotions
*Test headlines
*Create seasoned greetings
*Change shipping information
*And much more!

As you can see possibilities are endless!

If you have more then 50 active listings, it could be a big hustle to make small changes.By using this system you can make changes to 50 or 1000 listings all at one time, all by uploading new image.

Full step-by-step videos and instructions on how to automate your eBay business, can be found on "members only section" of SpicyAuctionTemplates, where I found dozens of tricks of how to use selfhosted picture services to increase eBay sales.

As I said before

"If you continue to sell on eBay the way you’ve been doing it, you’re going to continue getting the same results.If you are looking for smart investment, this is the one"

Pictures-Save money and get more buyers

noreply@blogger.com (eSpicer) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:53:00 +0000

Are you eager to implement new strategies in your auction listings?

Lets take a look at one of the most important modules of any auction listing - product pictures!

The way you present your product depends a lot on a pictures that you have included in your auction.People are impatiens these days and they browse very fast.
Just to have a taste of it, watch people around you, see how they do the browse. You will see that there is not much time to convince your visitors to stay, read your description and close the sale.

Pictures are great sales tools because it takes very little effort from your visitor to take a look of them. If you have great pictures, there is an increase chance that you have a potential buyer.

Picture placement - Layout

Bad auction layout:

*No pictures at all just a plain text. Don't make such a costly mistake
*Many pictures in a single row. Obviously, its good that seller has a loads of pictures, but this listing would look much better if seller puts 2 or 3 images, group them and put some text between them.
*If you have 1 picture, you want to show it! You cant do it if you hide that one picture at the very end of your listing

I hope these examples given gets you into a pretty good idea of how important picture placement in your listings.

When you have figured out the picture layout in your listing its time to talk about pictures themselves.

Usually there is two ways to get pictures for your listings. You can take them by yourself or download them from suppliers or wholesalers websites. It doesn't really matter where you get them, as long they are good quality pictures, you'll be safe.

7 things you should know of using pictures on eBay!
1)Picture Format
Two of the most popular picture formats are gif and jpg. Gif pictures are smaller in size and lower quality, jpg is just the opposite - they are very good quality, but they take up more space.
Generally speaking, you should use gif for graphical elements such as: buttons, guarantees and feedback. Jpg files for main product images.

2)Picture size
By using most suitable picture format for your listing its gonna load very fast, which is a good thing.Many people make mistakes by converting or saving pictures in a wrong size. Remember, always set a resolution to 72 dpi(dots per inch) and not bigger. 72 dpi is maximum of the computer screen can show. If you save your pictures on 300 dpi, it would be a total waste of image size, and would take a load of time to load.
Also, in most cases, when you are saving pictures as jpg files, you don't need a 100% quality. If your product picture is very simple, you can take some lose of quality to save on size. Always remember to check the size of your pictures(they shouldn't be more then 30 to 100 kb)

3)Picture quality
If you are using pictures of manufacturers or wholesalers or other third party website, make sure you have full rights to do so, if you don't, you can run into trouble. You just cant download a picture from Google and put it into auction, because almost all pictures are protected by copyright laws. If you are taking pictures of product yourself, make sure they look good as bad looking can pull off a load of potential costumers. If you don't have a proper digital camera, maybe its time to get one! You can pick up one on Internet in less then 200 dollars.
If you run in tight budget, look for older models, they'll do the same job but will cost less.

Look for more info and videos on how to take studio quality images from your bedroom inside the SpicyAuctionTemplates members only area.

4)Close-ups
Depending on what are you selling, you should consider to take close-up shots as people love them, especially if you deal with small items, such as jewellery, mp3 players,stamps etc. High quality macro pictures will excite people about the product.

5)Variety
Always try to get as many pictures as possible. On average, 3 to 7 or even more different pictures of each product that you are selling. Take pictures from several angles, maybe even in different lighting or environment.

6)Watermarks
If you are using your own pictures, don't forget to put watermarks on them, if you don't, other sellers can STEAL your pictures and use them on their own auctions. This is a very common problem in some product categories as there is not many pictures available for sellers to use in their listings.

7)Misleading Pictures
Do not publish misleading pictures in your auctions. What is a misleading picture?Well, if you have a picture of mp3 player and headphones in your auction but you are only selling the mp3 player with no headphones, you will have problems with buyers, even if you clearly state in your description that item comes without headphones, there will always be people who argue false advertising.Just stay out of trouble and have accurate pictures.

There you have it: 7 important point to remember, when dealing with pictures on eBay or any other auction sites. You should do everything you can to have good looking, professional pictures on your auction listings. People also love interesting and unusual stuff. SO if you can get any funny or extraordinary images, use them!
Using this strategies will definitely increase interest in your auctions

Taking it to the next level!

If you really want to stand out from your competitors, there are many ways to make your pictures look even more attractive! In fact, some members have reported that the pictures they use sells the item, not the description.

*Special effects
*Shadows
*Colors
*Borders
*Other elements

Will do the job for you!

A good looking picture can really make a difference on how professional or ugly your listing looks. And, remember, no one likes to deal with chaotic and unprofessional seller as it gives no trust.

Graphic Headlines

noreply@blogger.com (eSpicer) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:19:00 +0000

Here are few things that you can accomplish by using graphic headlines:

Test listing sales by changing headlines without actually touching listing itself.
Make seasoned greetings without changing listing
Change headlines for multiple listings at the same time without changing listing itself

I hope you see how powerful this can be.

Text size

Can you imagine that there is Ugly Headlines with 72 point text size on eBay!?
Who really thinks that Huge red headlines attract more visitors and sales?
3 Classical mistakes:

*The text is too big
*The text is too small
*There is no headline at all

The text size you use in your headlines is very easy to choose if you set some rules. Generally speaking, your headline should be between 14 pt and 24 pt. Depending on the font type and style you choose, you can also use the bold, italic and underline options.

Why is it so important to have optimised headline size?

Because its pure physics. Its very difficult for human eye to read gigantic text. It looks very unprofessional as well. You should use font size to emphasize importance of text, but you don't wanna overdo it as it will generate the opposite results. People will simply leave your auction.

Again, if you are using the font size that is too small, your headline will disappear into description, which is just as bad as having giant headlines.

"You see, in the first few seconds when your visitor looks at your listing, they wont read every line of text. They will just do a quick scan of your headlines, pictures and bulletin points. They will decide in these few first seconds rather to stay or leave.
If your headline is the same size as your listings description, there are no eye-catchers to scan."

If the product you are selling is complicated or simply has a very long description, don't be afraid to use sub headlines.These should be a little smaller than headlines but bigger than regular text.

Subheadlines are a great way to emphasise your products benefits.

Okay, lets review what we have learned so far:

Use attractive, eye catching headlines,
keeping the emphasis on benefits, not features.

This includes correct font style and size, correct use of colors,subheadlines. If you are already selling on eBay, just go through listings and make changes accordingly, and you will see immediate results.

You can practise these skills by free auctiva tool for eBay sellers. But if you are serious, then you should consider more information on how can you fully benefit from professional auction design.

noreply@blogger.com (eSpicer) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:55:00 +0000

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Downloading Templates

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Uploading Templates to Your Auction

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There are many more eBay tips and tricks for uploading and modifying the templates – and I want to teach you this knowledge. But it would require hundreds of paragraphs to cover it all!

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Listing titles and listing Headlines

noreply@blogger.com (eSpicer) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:53:00 +0000

Listing titles is used to attract visitors to your auction through search or directory results.

Listing headlines is your most powerful tool as they can either rise interest and make people stay, and find out more or they can bore potential buyers and make them leave your auction.

Every time you create an new listing eBay asks you to enter the title for it. You have 55 characters including spaces. This isn't much space, DON'T WASTE IT!

When writing a title, take into your consideration the following:

*Use keywords. I cant stress enough how important this is! Most of ebayers(70%) go directly to the search box and enter the keywords for things they are looking for. So if you don't have proper keywords in your listings title.No one will find you unless they go through the category view.

This would be really stupid way of loosing sales!

eBay also offers an advanced search option, where users can choose to search by keyword and the auction titles, and by the descriptions.But the number of buyers who use this option is very small, so you should definitely use main keywords in your auction title.

Place keywords in a correct places!

Try to put an important keywords right at the beginning of your title so that the eBay search engine will show better results.You can incorporate two or more important keywords in one Title. Just remember to put the main keyword in front.

Lets take a closer view

You are selling a USB flash memory 4GB in size, manufactured by Toshiba. Most people will search for flesh memory, while some will look for USB memory, others will type in 4GB flash while others will look for specific brand like Toshiba, Memorex,Samsung and other brand names.

So you should effectively put as many keywords in your title as possible, keeping in mind it should sound logical, for example:

USB Flash Drive 4GB, cheaper than Samsung&Memorex
Toshiba portable 4GB USB flash- ON SALE!!!
Samsung type 4GB USB flash drive. The cheapest one of eBay!

By using different title variations you'll attract more visitors to your auctions, be creative and think "out of the box"

Do some research on what people are searching for, what titles do competitors use. Once you have 3 or 4 titles, test them to see which one will attract more visitors and which ones convert better. Eliminate the loosing titles and carry out with the winning ones.

There are many others things you should know about listing titles like these:

*How to properly use shortend
*Misspelling and spelling variations

I will not go to these details right now as this article is dedicated to auction listing design.

So lets continue with most overlooked auction design elements-Headlines.

Your headlines can be a powerful tool to make a visitors stay and read your items description. Even tho your auction headline is just a few lines of text, there is lots of choices out there.

Lets have a look at some elements you should avoid using in your headlines:

*Inappropriate Use of Font Style.This really drives me crazy, People please delete COMIC SANS font from your computer. DO you really think it looks cool? No, seriously, go to your font list and delete it!And how does it feel? Good doesn't it?

The choice of witch font you will use for your auction listing still lye's in your hands, but now you will learn how to do it in style.

First, it really isn't that easy to create outstanding headlines on eBay. The reason for this is very simple: If you use rare font, you risk that your visitor wont have that particular font style on their computer. As a result he will see some mystic hieroglyphs or in a better scenario - plain arial or times new roman. So the best option is to create your headline as a graphic file. As this everyone will see it no matter which fonts they have installed. To do this you need just basic graphic software, such as adobephotoshopelemetns.

It has to look good and attract attention. They should be easy to read and they connect with the product for sale. If you have headlines like these you are guaranteed to increase your visitors interest to your auction, which is exactly what headlines should do.

There is even more advantages using graphic files for headlines, making your auction looking in a unique way, instead of just plain text-and I want to teach you this knowledge. But it would require hundreds of paragraphs to cover it all!

Why not visit SpicyAuctionTemplates and get more details?

noreply@blogger.com (eSpicer) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:25:00 +0000

"Today we are going to look at some overall auction design concepts and you will learn why 99% of auction sellers loses loads of money without actually knowing it and how would professional and attractive design dramatically increase sales and the number of repeat customers."

Before we start going into details you should understand why design is so important these days to build and sustain online business.

First, hard fact!

Today's market is nothing like it was when eBay was established back in 1997. Over the last 10 years everything is changed...Everything:

* In 1997, people were excited to get email doesn't matter from who
* In 1997, people were happy to find a website on the Internet that caters their needs
* In 1997, no one knew anything about MySpace or FaceBook
* In 1997, there was no online video
* In 1997, most Internet users used 56Kb/s dial-up modems
* In 1997, Internet was expensive
* In 1997, life was easier :-)

But things have changed!

If we look at Internet growth over the last 10 years its simply amazing, phenomenal even!There is no other invention in our history making such a HuGe impact on people lives in such a short period of time except, maybe oil.
So what does this have to do with eBay`s sales or listing designs?

One Word - Competition!

If you are only one mineral water seller in Sahara desert you don`t have to be very smart as people need water and you are the only person who can fulfil their needs. It doesn't matter what kind of bottles you sell it in as there is no other places around to compare your product.
It doesn't matter for how much are you selling it for. As long as people need your product there`s no competition. You can change your price as you wish based on demand.

You see, back in 1997 something similar was going on eBay and other online marketplaces. There were people who first decided to sell used DVDs and did so online.
These were the first people who tapped into this niche. Those people made really good money and it was much easier then these days, simply because there was no competition.
Of course there were several other factors as well:

* There was a much smaller number of Internet users.
* People didn't generally trust online sellers.
* No one knew about Paypal

These days most of those factors are eliminated.

* People feel much safer shopping online.
* Paypal has become a household name even if there`s pain sometimes
* And of course there has been dramatic increase in Internet users

All this has helped to explode online shopping market Worldwide which includes , of course eBay. The fact is in today's global online market you have to stand out to grab online shoppers attention.And what`s the first thing people see when they first visit your website or eBay auction?

How it Looks!

You probably heard that when you meet a new person you have about 30 seconds to make first impression before you even shake your hand you notice a persons clothing, hairstyle, the way he walks, smells or looks at you.
Actually 30 seconds is more then enough time to create the first impression. It made not always be correct but it`s very important in future decisions.

On the Internet it` much the same. The only difference is that back in 1997 people would spend minutes to look around even if it was a slow one with an ugly look.
These days people don`t spend that much time to make a decision to Leave or Stay. Now you only have a few seconds. If you can`t grab their attention in that short amount of time - you lost.

There is a very simple explanation - Competition!

People know that there are hundreds if not thousands of sellers for any particular product. They won`t stay in your eBay listings thinking reasons why they should. They just leave and probably go to your competitor to finish the sale.
And how can you sell a product if a potential customer leaves your listing without reading it properly? You can`t! That`s why your auction listing look and design should be one of your main tasks.Even if you start selling anything you should have an idea on how it will look.

If you think it really makes sense and would like to go into more details please sign up for 5 day detailed video course and see what the buzz is all about!

The Power of Professional Auction Listings Design in Your Hands

noreply@blogger.com (eSpicer) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:33:00 +0000

I am still in development to bring the largest professionally designed eBay templates database on the Internet at very your own hands!

To put it simply – this information is invaluable to any eBay seller as even designing a single template will cost you a substantial amount of money.

The marketing strategies developed over years of personal experience selling on eBay are other part of my blog and will give you the edge over other eBay sellers.

Design and marketing services combined create a powerful and unique auction income boosting asset – a must-have for any serious eBay vendor.

Blogs general concept is -
it doesn't matter what you sell, but...

...How you sell it!

It has been proven over and over again – you can sell ice-cream to an Eskimo if you know how to! Of course, the quality of the product, timely delivery and customer service are the basic must-have’s for any business. But if you have a dingy storefront – your potential customers simply won’t come near you.

...How it looks!

The design – look of your auction listings - is very important to ensure the biggest profit margin. And you – a business person – already know that every dollar not earned is another dollar lost. The solution is a simple one – make your eBay listings look like best selling Internet miniwebsites and use our marketing strategies to test and choose the best option for you!

...Make the customer feel special!

If you own a brick-and-mortar shop, YOU are the face of your business. You can walk out and meet the visitors and give them a smile and make them return to your shop again and again. On eBay, the LISTING is the face of your business. Quite simply – if the visitor sees a professionally and nicely formatted listing and doesn’t have to struggle finding the right information in it – the chances of him buying from you are much higher. And he’ll probably add you to his favorite sellers, too!

I truly believe Professional Auction Templates:

	Make you appear as a professional and organized seller
	Increase your eBay sales amount and also the profit margin
	Increase the amount of repetitive customers
	Make you feel proud about what you're selling!

www.proauctionlistings.blogspot.com is owned by Andrew Levin and was established in April 2008. I'm eBay marketer working hard to help eBay sellers to get most out of their listings.

My commitment to you...

Are you selling very competitive products like DVDs or Jewellery? Have you ever got inside your customer shoes and try to think out the reason, why they should buy from you? Is that feedback - then show it! Is that the product - present it! Make customers feel special!

It will take some bright ideas and hard work to put it together but this is where I come in - for the ideas.Your hard work is to make sales and I will give my best shot to make it easier and more profitable.

Enjoy the Professional Auction Listings

noreply@blogger.com (eSpicer) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:51:00 +0000

I Was Searching For Professional
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Are you an eBay seller looking to boost your sales and sell more products than ever before?

When people cruise eBay, they can become very picky shoppers. They know they are dealing with strangers - so even if they really want to purchase a product, they may feel intimidated or worried about getting ripped off.

They also want to feel that the people they are buying from are offering a unique product or service - not simply another cookie cutter company!

To turn as many prospects into customers as possible, you need to present a unique professional image. If people view you as a one of a kind company, they are much more likely to hit the "Buy Now" button and make an impulse purchase.

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	The eye-catching graphics will immediately grab your visitors' attention and make them notice your products!

You will have a unique design that makes people want to purchase! Take a closer view!

In the body jewelry business the visual appearance plays a huge role and eBay is full of body jewelry sellers and thanks to my new listing design I’m definitely capturing potential buyers’ attention, increasing sales up to 80%

SpicyAuctionTemplates was the best "smart" investment that I have ever made and I want you to take it very seriously.

P.S. Forgive me for being blunt, but if you continue to sell on eBay the way you have been doing it, you are going to continue getting the same results.
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