Ways to get more trafiic to your listings

This is one technique that I have noticed over the last year that has worked for me. I will give you the example of  how I made an immense increase to the amount of traffic to my eBay pages for over a year.
I can tell you I only realised this now as the amount has dropped of significantly.
I sell a lot of stuff to a limited audience so I price it accordingly (more about this in another blog). It means that I don't get heaps of hits on my auctions so my overall traffic is fairly low.
Last year I sold a heap of music memorabilia and also a set of Meakin China. These were all much sort after items and because of this I was getting a lot more hits on my pages.
Now I will tell you how I made much more from these Items than expected and how I got the side benefit of increased traffic for a long period of time.
So I will focus mainly on the J&G Meakin China. I bought this a set of approx 35 peices at auction for the sum of $278AU. Reasoning that plates sell for around $5-$10 and the tureens, Gravy boat and platters I could expect $45-$75 each for...... I was looking for about $300-$350 profit. I will tell you now I got over $700 profit! I naturaly expect to get premium prices for my items due to the quality of my listings but I learned a few things during the sale of these items. Here they are in point form, some of them I knew, some were new to me and some were just re-inforced.

1. DON'T FLOOD THE MARKET: Well this is fairly obvious but I see it time and time again. You should be looking on eBay and watching for prime times to sell your items. Look for times when there are few or none of what you are selling listed or they are starting at a high price. If someone has the same or similar items listed at a high price - Don't undercut, use the opportunity to get the maximum price for your item. Beat the competition by presenting your item better and by giving outstanding customer service.
2. BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR BUYERS: What I mean by this is if you have 100 of item X and you list them all at once and buyer A would like 50 but is a bit unsure of the quality or service they might only be willing to buy 10 at $10 each. If you list 2 of your items and they buy 1 for $15 and are happy with, it they will continue to buy from you at a higher price. I got so much repeat business with the Meakin China because of this.
3. GET THE BENEFITS FOR THE LONGEST TIME: During the Meakin experience I would go weeks without listing stuff and would be getting emails asking when I would be listing again. I would keep all my regulars informed and list a few hear and there. I always list enough so that my customers can buy multiple items to save on shipping. The Meaking china and the memorabilia I was selling got me so much more traffic that my presence on google searches astounded me. I would be doing research on a product I was selling and here on the first page of the google search are all my eBay listings. Wow! So all my items that don't get much exposure were getting a huge boost from my increased traffic.

So when you get onto something popular make the most of it.

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Yamaha RZ250R 1987 RGV USD forks unfinished project RZ - eBay Yamaha, Road Bikes, Motorcycles, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 13-Sep-09 17:20:14 AEST)

Sigh :s I really don’t want to sell this but room time and other projects dictate it is probably for the best.

No bids yet but plenty of watchers and heaps of enquiries…. Looking real good. As a result of one of the enquiries, I have found someone interested in most of my other parts in Sydney too. So all good in that sense.

It is Sunday morning, Sunday arvo is a high traffic time on eBay so I am expecting – maybe no any bids – but lots more questions and watchers.

Yamaha RZ250R 1987 RGV USD forks unfinished project RZ - eBay Yamaha, Road Bikes, Motorcycles, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 13-Sep-09 17:20:14 AEST)

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Update

Well it has been a while.

Since moving things have been pretty hectic and I have only started eBaying seriously again in July.

I did sell a Harley-Davidson for someone for over $9000....... I am listing a diesel trawler engine and a Diesel generator for another person too. I have also sold the remainder of the G & J Meakin "June" china, for a profit just shy of $1000.

I have been toying with the idea of selling stuff like motorvehicle for people on commission. In the last couple of days I have made up some flyers and set a commission plan..... just about ready to go!~

I think selling motor vehicles on eBay in my area would be worthwhile because we are somewhat isolated here in Bundaberg. I see the same cars and bikes in the classifieds week after week and this is costing them around $70 a pop! I am not scared to ship vehicles interstate and my customer service is top rate so I think I could move cars and bikes pretty easily. I could even deliver as far as Sydney for a little cheaper than freight, give me a chance to visit family and play some poker at the casino :).
I could even buy a car in Sydney dirt cheap and sell for a tidy profit here. Yeah yeah, I know I said the market is tough here but there just isn't enough cars in the $2000-$4000 range for sale. And by choosing the right car, should be on a winner.

Ok cheers for now, I PROMISE to update regularly from now on.

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