topic Re: Listing templates in Selling

Listing templates

a-to-z-stencils — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 05:57:34 GMT

Can anyone recommend a listing template outside of ebay? I did look on google but there were so many - not sure where to start. thanks

Re: Listing templates

digital*ghost — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 06:19:13 GMT

I personally use FreeForm2 via Robshelp, which is quite easy to use and allows me to create a customised template rather than use one that many others can also use. You can create a variety of templates, and I also use it to create my listings from my saved templates, then copy/paste the HTML into eBay's online form (without saving in Freeform so that it doesn't create a new template). http://freeform2.robshelp.com/freeform2.htm

Before that, I did use a few different free, finished templates that you can find. In that case it was just a matter of looking at each site and viewing the available templates, then picking a few that I liked and seeing how they looked with my products. I didn't like anything overly graphic heavy, and definitely nothing that glittered, flashed, moved or sang - but I think most of the ones I ended up using came from here: https://freeauctiondesigns.com/template_category/all/

I also used a couple from here: http://www.isdntek.com/tagbot/templates/shipscript.htm as I had a liking for the clean designs (no images, graphics etc) in neutral colours.

Re: Listing templates

wehavethatau — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 06:45:43 GMT

I paid to have someone make mine 😛

Re: Listing templates

digital*ghost — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 07:05:31 GMT

@ozfalcon2801 wrote:
I paid to have someone make mine 😛

I'll do that after I make my first million on ebay. 😄 Having not quite reached that goal yet, the most I'll do at the moment is pay Vistaprint to do my return address labels (and even then, only when there's a significant discount coupon involved. )

Re: Listing templates

wehavethatau — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 07:41:18 GMT

How much do they cost?

You know you can buy eBay label paper so you can print the front and return label?

Re: Listing templates

digital*ghost — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 07:56:53 GMT

@ozfalcon2801 wrote:
How much do they cost?

You know you can buy eBay label paper so you can print the front and return label?

It varies slightly according to the value of the voucher. One of the last ones I had was for $20 or $30, so I got 420 individual labels for a bit under $8.00 (that was the delivery cost), plus I had previously uploaded my own design / logo (they charge for that, but sometimes give free uploads), so all told it was just shy of 2c per (colour) label, no paper/printing costs of my own. I like them for the branding aspect, and it saves a decent amount of time when I have a lot of packages, but without discounts and so forth, they'd be more around the 10c per label range, which I would never pay.

Re: Listing templates

davewil1964 — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 07:56:58 GMT

I had to pay for my last lot of return address labels. They don't seem to be discounting them much or often anymore.

Re: Listing templates

wehavethatau — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 08:02:23 GMT

Ah OK

I use these which works out at 17c / ea

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/231148545834?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

Re: Listing templates

digital*ghost — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 08:09:19 GMT

@davewil1964 wrote:
I had to pay for my last lot of return address labels. They don't seem to be discounting them much or often anymore.

The last decent voucher I received was in conjunction with the Melbourne cup. Sometimes they almost tempt me with the $5 mug and t-shirt deals, but then I remember I have nothing practical to do with them (other than feel self-satisfied if/when I use them myself. ).

They have got me a bit... I've gotten used to the convenience of the RA labels now and I bit the bullet recently and actually paid for some (50% off 420, so this time it cost me - after delivery costs - $20, a bit under 5c a label. I looked into a dymo thingy, but near as I can figure, they cost a lot more per label). There's probably more cost effective alternatives, but I found printing my own labels to be a bit more time consuming and laborious than handwriting the delivery adress, sticker with the return address on the back.

Re: Listing templates

digital*ghost — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 08:13:12 GMT

@ozfalcon2801 wrote:
Ah OK
I use these which works out at 17c / ea

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/231148545834?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

I don't have the turnover to warrant that kind of investment, LOL. (I send out average of 45 packages a week).

Re: Listing templates

wehavethatau — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 08:16:17 GMT

I send 150+ a day but be it me sending 1 or 100 that cost is built into the price of all my items...

For me I guess it isn't so much about cost as I obviously pass it on but for me it is the easiest and quickest way to labelling all my items for shipping

Re: Listing templates

digital*ghost — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 08:19:45 GMT

Yeah, I get that. Everytime I look at buying those sorts of things, though, I ask myself the same question.

For example, paying full price for the return address labels means I ask myself if I would be prepared to pay someone else 10c to write the address on the back of the package for me. The answer is always 'no', at least while I don't have a high volume to process. If I had 100+ to do a day, I'd be more willing to look into time-effective products over cost-effective. 😉

Re: Listing templates

wehavethatau — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:01:59 GMT

I remember the good 'ol days of hand writing addresses lol...

Then the days of printing them on A4 paper, cutting them and taping them on to the front haha

Re: Listing templates

davewil1964 — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 10:24:37 GMT

I only buy business cards when they are free. My last lot of RAL cost the full $9.99 for 140 (7c each, falcon). Plus the phone cover for $24. I have noticed since that they rarely discount RAL any more. A pity, as 7c per label is an actual cost. I much preferred 0c

Re: Listing templates

a-to-z-stencils — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:01:34 GMT

Thanks heaps, I'll give that a go....

Re: Listing templates

shellco2010 — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 02:41:38 GMT

http://www.biggerbids.com/ $10 p.month

Re: Listing templates

sueken4812 — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 07:10:47 GMT

When they brought out the original announcement of changes to photo sizes, I'm positive I read there, that they would be dis-allowing templates in listings. It was around about that time that they pulled the free templates that were available on the listing page. I'm certain it'll come into play sometime in the future. So it's a decision whether to spend any money on them.