Because Google and Froogle are featuring eBay stores in their indexes, there are SEO techniques that can be used to improve your SERP ranking as well.
In a thread featured on the SearchEngineWatch forums, WebProNews contributor Nacho Hernandez came across some tips to consider when optimizing your eBay store for the search engines:
- If you sell on ebay, submit your store but choose the store's name carefully [because] it goes in your title tag.
- Having a few hundred items in your eBay store gives you a huge number of inbound links. - Your store department names should be keywords.
- Build an "about me" page that has links to each major department of your website. Links from your "about me" page are allowed but you are not allowed to link out from your listings.
If you have outbound Links in you're E-Bay Store you will lose you're PR! It's [similar to] Geocities. With all of these tips in mind, some of the logistics for a successful eBay store shouldn't be as daunting. Just make sure you have a target audience for your products.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Sourcing Ideas for Getting Started on eBay
Below are 3 tips of places where you can find merchandise, place it online, and then test your sales to determine what sells best on eBay for you.
1. Find items to sell at large wholesale discount stores like Costco. Places like this typically have a huge inventory of cheap items sold in bulk that you can resell on eBay. They offer such good deals on all kinds of merchandise like toys, grills, DVDs, etc. You will have unlimited new products to choose from with wholesale outlets like this in order to determine what sells best on eBay.
2. Dollar stores are probably the best way to buy cheap items and resell with little risk of loosing money when you test to find out what sells best on eBay. The quality of products sold in dollar stores range from very poor quality on up to 'diamonds in the rough'. I have seen the same products that I have purchased in a dollar store sold on eBay or at a swap meet for 10 times the original cost, not a bad profit!
3. Garage sales happen usually every weekend and there is a multitude of products that you can find to sell on eBay. What sells best on eBay from garage sales could range from antique furniture, to new or used video games, on up to old clothes.
Of course the above eBay product sources are just a few of the overall options available to you. They each are stock piled with product ideas that you can help you determine what sells best on eBay for your home based business.
1. Find items to sell at large wholesale discount stores like Costco. Places like this typically have a huge inventory of cheap items sold in bulk that you can resell on eBay. They offer such good deals on all kinds of merchandise like toys, grills, DVDs, etc. You will have unlimited new products to choose from with wholesale outlets like this in order to determine what sells best on eBay.
2. Dollar stores are probably the best way to buy cheap items and resell with little risk of loosing money when you test to find out what sells best on eBay. The quality of products sold in dollar stores range from very poor quality on up to 'diamonds in the rough'. I have seen the same products that I have purchased in a dollar store sold on eBay or at a swap meet for 10 times the original cost, not a bad profit!
3. Garage sales happen usually every weekend and there is a multitude of products that you can find to sell on eBay. What sells best on eBay from garage sales could range from antique furniture, to new or used video games, on up to old clothes.
Of course the above eBay product sources are just a few of the overall options available to you. They each are stock piled with product ideas that you can help you determine what sells best on eBay for your home based business.