topic Re: How increase traffic & Sales with 0 feedback? in Selling

How increase traffic & Sales with 0 feedback?

joshcatau — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:14:10 GMT

Hi Just started selling on this ID with 0 feedback

I have pretty much 0 Traffic go to my listing

How can I improve traffic when just starting out??

I Need get my feedback up so get access better options like gallery Picture which cant use till get a good score .

Re: How increase traffic & Sales with 0 feedback?

2106greencat — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:38:08 GMT

I would put more in the description - as much as you can fit within the space allowed. DVD, blue ray, actors any thing that can be a keyword to get better results in search.

Your images are for the most part clear, but if you have access to an editing program, perhaps crop them so the background is white or a standard colour for all rather than just a desk or table top. Only suggestions they are quite easily seen, but the little touches can make all the difference.

Also perhaps just purchase a few cheap items so you can get some FB. Other than that, patience and good luck with it.:-)

Re: How increase traffic & Sales with 0 feedback?

bright-byte — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:02:37 GMT

Hi there,

Sorry to say but you have picked probably one of the most competitive product categories on Ebay so you are going to have to find a really appealing reason for anyone to buy your product so you may want to look at including postage or adding something else to make the purchase more attractive and as already stated more descriptive titles and descriptions will definately get you more search results, remember you will get more interest if you offer something on a silver plate rather than a garbage lid 🙂

As already mentioned the quickest way to increase your FB is to buy a few items.

Re: How increase traffic & Sales with 0 feedback?

thebarginfinder — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:09:27 GMT

We all started with 0 FB, but u have to grind the comments, like mentioned you have to buy aswell, Like everything you have to be accepted by regs, I have people buying of me that have 1000 stars, i have 40 =(. i also find you have to hassle people. so to speak to leave feed back, i always send a msg a week after sale\postage to make sure people are happy,

How ever i clicked something on my account that Ebay says they cant reverse while i was playing with my settings, So i may have to start over again aswell. GL

Re: How increase traffic & Sales with 0 feedback?

2106greencat — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:23:13 GMT

(. i also find you have to hassle people. so to speak to leave feed back, i always send a msg a week after sale\postage to make sure people are happy

NO NO NO - Never hassle/ask/request any feedback, not ever. As a seller you take it as it comes, you get positive YAY - you get nothing, do not ask or you may get what you don't want. Please realise feedback is voluntary. Many sellers have it set to auto leave when left for them, some do it monthly, some not at all, this is the choice of the member. As for buyers, same applies, if a seller ever requested fb from me, I would leave nothing. If they requested more than once I would be sorely tempted to leave a neut.

Re: How increase traffic & Sales with 0 feedback?

thebarginfinder — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:26:35 GMT

I dont hound people, I just send a msg saying" are you happy with your item, feel frre to leave back" or similar, Not 50 msg in a week, I dont sell crap or defective item, SO i know my feed back will always be good unless something has happened in transit.

Re: How increase traffic & Sales with 0 feedback?

***super_nova*** — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:27:14 GMT

Best way to get few FBs is to buy few cheap items that you may otherwise buy locally from B&M store. Also, if you want to just sell few items to get FB, you could list with FREE postage and post the CDs in the CD mailer as a large letter. Of-course, that means you may have to refund if somebody claims they did not receive the item.

As already said above, you are selling against lot of competition, and 0FB certainly does not help. But do not listen to anybody who tells you to ask for FB, that is not a good advice; FB is totally voluntary and people who ask for FB often get one that are not happy with.

Re: How increase traffic & Sales with 0 feedback?

rjm6572 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:38:30 GMT

not a good idea to start items at 99c because if you only get the one bid and they pay by paypal you get nothing out of the sale.....with the dvd you can post in a tuff bag for $3 and go as a large letter but if you bubble wrap it you will have to send by parcel rate and click & send is the best option as its well under 500g

Re: How increase traffic & Sales with 0 feedback?

2106greencat — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:39:26 GMT

I dont hound people, I just send a msg saying" are you happy with your item, feel frre to leave back" or similar, Not 50 msg in a week, I dont sell crap or defective item, SO i know my feed back will always be good unless something has happened in transit.

(. i also find you have to hassle people. so to speak to leave feed back,

Sorry - must have misunderstood ?:|

Re: How increase traffic & Sales with 0 feedback?

crystal-gems — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:39:50 GMT

Josh, I am an ebay buyer only. I think your cost of postage is higher than most.

I would put a BIN price on the item with free postage. I think buyers are more attracted to this than a low bidding price with high postage. A lot of buyers prefer BIN instead of mucking around with bidding.

Re: How increase traffic & Sales with 0 feedback?

2106greencat — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:45:05 GMT

Just remember josh BIN is not a reserve, it disappears as soon as you get the first bid. I do agree though, you should maybe start at a higher price (factor in postage) and offer Free Post, this will help your listing in search. For the price of the items, I would risk sending standard as advised above.

Re: How increase traffic & Sales with 0 feedback?

phorum_junkie* — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:49:19 GMT

If any seller even mentioned feedback to me they would either get none if the item was perfect or a neg if there was the least little niggle.

After about 55 days I used to send an email asking if they could confirm they had received the item so I can archive the transaction, sometimes that prompted them to leave feedback & sometimes they emailed me to say they had indeed received it in which case I just left it for them and archived.

The harder you go after feedback the less likely you are to get what you are hoping for.

Re: How increase traffic & Sales with 0 feedback?

arnl7178 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:46:07 GMT

I also wouldn't ask or even hint at feedback.

I have several sold items where the buyers haven't even let me know if their item arrived, but I figure if after two weeks or so I haven't heard from them, then there must not be a problem.

I leave feedback once they pay, because they have kept up their end of the deal, so to speak, and I archive after a week.

If I get feedback after that, great, if not, oh well.

In saying that, I am waiting on a few from my jewellery, since I only recently began selling it, and I desperately want the feedback left to show potential buyers my jewellery is genuine and not cheap junk.

Patience is a virtue.

Re: How increase traffic & Sales with 0 feedback?

dylan11235813 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:14:50 GMT

Sell a heap of low cost items. Fast postage and well presented items make a big difference, obviously send what is described. If there are delays in posting don't mark as posted and post the next day, send an email explaining why it is late. I find it's the little things that make the difference and gets repeat business.

Don't ebay send an email to buyers after a month to leave feedback?

Re: How increase traffic & Sales with 0 feedback?

dylan11235813 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:17:32 GMT

sorry my post only deals with getting feedback not the actual sale