How to sale the same products on 20 accounts?

[phaz0rz]

Originally Posted by manoverde

No, But your opinion sounds great putting the item on the different category

Im doing this because i notice that they always leave a image for each shop on the front page of the category, So my goal is to have many products on the front page to get most of the traffic search.

You can list the item a lot of times on a lot of accounts, but putting the same item in different categories is a bad idea. I've read countless stories here of sellers doing just that, and having the listing removed if eBay doesn't agree with the category it's listed in. Your results will be better if you keep your listing practices as legitimate as possible.

What you need to do if you've really found that golden niche with no competition, is just create unique listings on each account. Use a different background, use different cameras/phones, completely change the title and description each time, wipe EXIF data from images, change up the price (but keep it as high as possible for as long as possible). Someone mentioned varying the handling time but I wouldn't recommend doing that if you want to be on the first page. You won't get linked by a common shipping method and handling time.

If you're successful and you get 20 unique listings up, you will still always have some listings that outperform others. Nobody knows exactly how eBay calculates search result position, but it seems random sometimes.

[manoverde]

Originally Posted by phaz0rz

You can list the item a lot of times on a lot of accounts, but putting the same item in different categories is a bad idea. I've read countless stories here of sellers doing just that, and having the listing removed if eBay doesn't agree with the category it's listed in. Your results will be better if you keep your listing practices as legitimate as possible.

What you need to do if you've really found that golden niche with no competition, is just create unique listings on each account. Use a different background, use different cameras/phones, completely change the title and description each time, wipe EXIF data from images, change up the price (but keep it as high as possible for as long as possible). Someone mentioned varying the handling time but I wouldn't recommend doing that if you want to be on the first page. You won't get linked by a common shipping method and handling time.

If you're successful and you get 20 unique listings up, you will still always have some listings that outperform others. Nobody knows exactly how eBay calculates search result position, but it seems random sometimes.

Do i need to use other phone for pictures even if i delete all the exif data??

[yankee]

Originally Posted by manoverde

Do i need to use other phone for pictures even if i delete all the exif data??

No but using multiple cameras makes each image look unique. No two devices will take the exact same picture if that makes sense.

Different angles, close ups, some with a background, etc...all will hel with this as well.

Oftentimes I have someone take pictures. I have a hard time breaking from my personal techniques even when I try.

[phaz0rz]

No, not necessarily. That's just an added precaution to make the photo look different, since you mentioned using so many different account. I use the same phone to take all of my photos. I just make sure lighting is different, background is different, etc..

Rule of thumb: make everything as different as possible.

I also recommend renaming all of the files once you get them off your phone. If you have IMG_0001 & IMG_0002 uploaded to one account, then upload IMG_0003 & IMG_0004 to a different account selling exactly the same item, you're at risk. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what you're doing in that case, even if you wipe EXIF

[brandnewboss]

I used to do this on 100 accounts before, what I did was take different pics within different areas of the house and combine those with some google images and stock photo's. Then for title and description I'd make my own variations than mix that in with other's found on the web which I'd edit. Then I'd list each listing at different times throughout the day so they never showed up on the same page.

[phaz0rz]

Originally Posted by brandnewboss

I used to do this on 100 accounts before, what I did was take different pics within different areas of the house and combine those with some google images and stock photo's. Then for title and description I'd make my own variations than mix that in with other's found on the web which I'd edit. Then I'd list each listing at different times throughout the day so they never showed up on the same page.

100 accounts eh? That's a hell of an operation. Congrats to you on that.

I hate stock photos. I'd rather take my own terrible picture than use someone else's professional photo and potentially get my listing pulled. I don't do many auctions though. I guess there is less risk when the listing is only going to be active for 7 days. As for the listing position, I'm pretty sure (but not 100% sure) that OP was talking about BIN listings. He wanted to have them all on the first page.