How do you promote ebay items?

by jkiley
7 replies
Since ebay item's life is too small (just few days or even hours), how do you promote ebay items? I don't want to replace links all the time. So, how do you guys promote ebay items?
#ebay #items #promote
  • Profile picture of the author Michael Hilton
    Exactly there are several listing options on ebay itself to promote your item for extra costs that will make them stand out. Also think of what the best search term would be for people looking for the item you are selling. The title of the listing is important, and also the times you list etc.
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  • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
    You know you can get your listings as an RSS feed, right? There's a lot you can do with a feed.
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  • Profile picture of the author jkiley
    Maybe I wasn't clear enough. I am not trying to promote my own items on ebay. What I want to do is show my users an item from ebay (based on some criteria), so that if they buy it, I get commission. My question, how do I just show an item without actually linking to a specific item because that specific item will be gone in few hours. So, based on some keyword, I want to get ebay items and show them with my affiliate id.
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    • Profile picture of the author jakesellers
      Originally Posted by jkiley View Post

      What I want to do is show my users an item from ebay (based on some criteria), so that if they buy it, I get commission. My question, how do I just show an item without actually linking to a specific item because that specific item will be gone in few hours. So, based on some keyword, I want to get ebay items and show them with my affiliate id.
      I do believe you're talking about the Editor Kit. It's under Widgets in the Tools menu in the EPN interface.
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    • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
      Originally Posted by jkiley View Post

      Maybe I wasn't clear enough. I am not trying to promote my own items on ebay. What I want to do is show my users an item from ebay (based on some criteria), so that if they buy it, I get commission. My question, how do I just show an item without actually linking to a specific item because that specific item will be gone in few hours. So, based on some keyword, I want to get ebay items and show them with my affiliate id.
      That's exactly what I do on my product review blog (see my sig) and many others.

      You can use the editor kit or the creatives kit to create keyword based links. You can also use RSS feeds with various plugins like phpBay.
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  • Profile picture of the author radio
    check the link in my sig - it will allow you to show auctions to your site visitors if you are running a wordpress blog and it automatically prunes expired posts. i use it here: Buy New & Used Pinball Machines For Sale | Premium Pinball to supplement classifieds.
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  • Profile picture of the author yrre7
    phpbay works wonder if you target the right keywords and traffic
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