One way seller mess up is by including <html>, <head>, and <body>
tags in their ads. This has been known to cause the problem, so don’t
include them. But enemy number one with html ads on eBay is bad
table design.
If you’re new to html steer away from using tables in your ads… just
dress things up with plain and simple html.
Here are a few workarounds that WILL work for you if this happens:
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Post auctions using Netscape.
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Post auctions using Mister Lister.
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Make sure the html isn’t buggy.
If I had a dime for every time I heard that! Apart from the occasional downtime, eBay is notorious for it’s computer glitches. Some buyers have headaches trying to list their auctions using Internet Explorer. If you have ever tried to post and get the “Page Can’t Be Displayed Error”- then you’ll know what I’m talking about.
There are a lot of items up for auction on eBay, and it’s easy for your
item(s) to get lost in the thousands of others. Therefore, you must
get your item to stand out and catch the eye of someone browsing an
item listing. How? Use asterisks in the title.
Here’s an example: ***** ANCIENT_COINS! *****
See how this catches the eye? This is so simple to do and yet so
powerful.
Once the unsuccessful auction is over, eBay will send you an email
with a link. Click the link and follow the instructions.
Even that takes time. If you don’t want to change anything to improve
your chance of success, use Andale’s automatic relist feature.
If your item doesn’t sell the first time you list it, you’ll be able to relist
it at no additional charge if it’s a straight auction- this doesn’t apply to
Dutch auctions.
Some people like to feedback immediately- buyers get antsy and
hassle them and they give in.
Let’s make a rule to leave it once a week. When buyers send us emails
requesting feedback, we’ll have an email text shortcut ready to use
explaining our policy for leaving feedback.
Time sappers abound on the Internet. Make a mental note to yourself
to post feedback for buyers once a week- leaving posts as payments
arrive will quickly drain the life out of your day. What if you post 25
auctions a day? The feedback forum, just like the post office, is not
where you want to spend too much time.
#3- Don’t delete anything. If you throw an email away it may come back to haunt you. Spam is ok to throw away; it’s going to haunt you regardless. Every now and then back your email up and clean your folders out to stay organized.
#2- I used to catch myself hovering over my email checking it every 5 minutes… I broke myself of that bad habit; you don’t want to wear yourself out on email, there are more important things to do… like growing your business.