eBay Classifieds

[MadSam]

Thread has been moved here. Please do post how you get on with eBay Classifieds.

Thanks

[pod]

I was just taking a look and it seems to be local area only. You cant list nationwide or in other cities.

[MadSam]

Sure you can list nationwide.

[pod]

I was just going off the help pages. And those are always so awesome and full of info...

I posted an ad in California and will see if it stays up and gets any traffic

[pod]

I had a link to my site in the ad. 5 minutes later:

We have moved your ad from original category: For sale > to the more appropriate category: Services > Retail & merchandise

But they didn't take it down.

[MadSam]

They didn't say they were going to take it down, they said they were going to move it. Let us know how the traffic goes.

[pod]

Yes I know it was just moved. I was just adding the info that a link automatically moved it.

It has a view counter so that will be great to see traffic

[MadSam]

Did you do the $10 or the $50 listing? Is it up for 30 days?

[pod]

I dint pay anything. Just a free ad. In all fairness I spent 3 minutes looking at the system so my knowledge on it can be covered on the back of a stamp

All I had to do was enter an email address and zipcode. No info on me at all. I will look into system deeper. But I just wanted to throw something on the system to see how it plays out.

But my ad is nowhere to be found now. I didn't get an email that it was removed, but its not on there anymore. It was still there when they moved it, but now nothing

It does say it may be a few hours to show, so it may be that too. I posted another item as well and will see how it plays out.

[MadSam]

I think the results I mentioned was for the paid ads, but you lose nothing if it's free.

[pod]

oh for sure. I will just play around with system awhile before I risk wasting a credit card and info. Going in blind is going to have issues for sure. But all I will waste right now is an IP and email.

But my thinking is if I can get some traffic with a freebie, setting up a stealth classified account may have merits.

[MadSam]

Listen to us, wasting an IP, email, credit card, etc. Remember when we used to browse in ignorance?

[pod]

Ya my ads are disappearing within minutes. No email or reasons so hard to determine what their issue is or what rule I'm breaking. If they could at least email and say "you did this" it would help.

I will have to try later when I have time to look at system better

* Removing any links seems to keep them up [so far]

But I would have been surprised if you were allowed to post links anyway. They say you can for more info and pictures. But seems to be a gray area for pointing to site

[MadSam]

Eh, I knew the free ads was too good to be true. The paid ones will allow you to post links and get better exposure. For example, you can make them appear on eBay front page.

[pod]

Well, depending on traffic it may be worth it. How much are the paid ones?

I mean, if I sell a $500 item off my site that's a good chunk of ebay seller fee off the grid!

[MadSam]

They start at $10. The front page exposure fancy ads go up to $39. It may be a lot up front but bottom line if it gets 900 views then it's cheaper than adwords.

[pod]

Do they focus the attention with keywords? Or is it just random?

How long does it show?

[I could find this all out myself, but it would mean logging off and changing IP and I cant do that right now]

If its focused its a steal compared to ad words.

[MadSam]

30 days, but when the 30 days nears you just back in and pay for another 30 days just like relisting an auction, you don't have to create it again from scratch. It is targeted and you pay for front page exposure, I'm not sure I guess it's based on keywords and user's search history.

[pod]

Originally Posted by madsam

It is targeted and you pay for front page exposure, I'm not sure I guess it's based on keywords and user's search history.

Excellent. It most certainly begs a closer look! I mean, what would you get from Google for 40 bucks. Not much

[MadSam]

Keep us posted of your findings. I've been looking for some other, possibly paid classifieds and advertisements that would get good exposure.

[pod]

So the free classifieds are totally useless. But they move all my ads to the retail section, so that may be why no traffic, not sure. A whopping 2 views...

Where is this paid ad service? I cant seem to find it.

[MadSam]

You create a listing like you would an auction then select classifieds.