Useful Ebay stats
- Ebay was founded in 1995, Ebay UK was launched in 1999.
- Ebay has a global consumer base of 244 million registered users (as at 10/9/07)
- At any given time ebay UK has 3 million items listed and growing.
- Ebay UK is the 2nd most popular site in the UK with 2.51% market share.See: http://www.hitwise.co.uk/datacenter/rankings.php
- The most expensive item sold on eBay to date is a private business jet for $4.9 million.
1. Sell products
2. Use as a customer acquisition tool, and sell products at minimal profit, grow customer base.
Making Ebay a customer acquisition tool
Advice is to include a link to the off eBay website in the: “About me” page. You can also place on opt-in form in there to collect people’s e-mail addresses, so you can build relationships with customers and promote products to the customers in the future. The “About Me” page is the most important area, some do’s to use this page properly.
1. Include link to the off ebay website in the ‘About me page’ – and encourage visitors to see other products.
2. Include an opt in form on the page, to encourage sign up add promotion, newsletter, something free.
3. Also in the auction listing encourage people to visit the ‘About me’ page. Possibly ask them to read FAQ – about shipping & delivery.
4.When someone does buy something from ebay, important to get in the habit ofsending out a ‘thank you for your custom/order’, if available invite them to sign up tonewsletter, so that you can then get this customer on the ‘opt in’ list. Important tonever email, without ‘opt in’ as the customer could complain and ebay will close theebay shop.
Make sure you follow the ebay rules:
- Don't include any links to your off-eBay website in your auction listings.
- Don't include any links to your website in your eBay store or custom pages.
- Don't include an opt-in offer in your auction listings or eBay store.
- Don't automatically add your auction customers or visitors to your opt-in list.
Basically the above means don’t try and send people off eBay or collect their information for marketing purposes on your auction listings, your eBay store or any of your customer pages.
How do you take advantage of eBay?
1. Recommended: Selling Manager Pro
Monthly fee – this application will: automatically list and re-list items for you plus:
Inform buyers by auto notification
Let you know when payment has been received
Tell you what items you have shipped
Provide Auto feedback upon buyer payment
Allow the scheduling of items
Offer Reporting
Allows you to Design Professional Listings
Restock alerts
It also allows client to create professional & business like listings which are similar to company website. Mimic the company website for integrated brand communications. Example of company using Ebay as a successful sales and customer acquisition tool:
Ebay shop example - good integration from ebay shop to site
Shop
About us section
Public website
EBay Shop set up – four quick steps via Ebay
1. Build and customise shop (Your online marketing agency can assist with this)
2. Manage listing and sales
3. Promote shop
4. Track shop traffic & sales.
Useful Ebay Firefox Addon
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