Yup! Dave's the man. He's taken my site and business to a whole new
level. Honestly I did not expect the kind of traffic. It's been terrific.
Dave is the complete package with Web design and web hosting and he is
super easy to deal with.
Cheers,
dario.
On 2013-12-28 1:44 PM, JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia wrote:
Hi Alan
I sell through my own website but also on eBay. Bruce is certainly
correct in saying that the most important thing about having your own
website is getting potential customers to actually look at your site.
It takes a lot of work to get your site to appear at the top of search
engines with a high page rank but direct marketing is also very
important. As an example, I have a very large mailing list and I find
that whenever I send out a Newsletter I get lots of orders from my
website.
One thing I really like about having my own site is that there are no
constantly changing rules to put up with eg photo sizes, item
specifics, postage polices, return policies, Vero issues etc etc etc.
This makes listing on my website much easier and listing on ebay much
more cumbersome. Another issue with ebay, of course, is the fees which
keep changing and the Free listings that are given out in huge numbers
to selected sellers which create an unfair market place for sellers.
My website can certainly support itself on its own but there is a
great deal of work involved. If I stopped selling on ebay I would be
able to survive from website sales but you need to be constantly
updating the site and continually working on and tweaking SEO techniques.
Despite all of that I have actually increased my presence on ebay and
now have two ebay stores and sometimes use a third user id to list
other stuff occasionally. I still sell a heck of a lot on ebay but
they dont make it as easy as they could or should.
For anyone interested in setting up a website, I would recommend David
Rew (from this list) [email protected] but whoever you use to set
up a website, you must be prepared to do the work in SEO and direct
marketing.
Regards
John
JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA
Websites:
www.moviemem.com
www.OzeFilm.com
www.OzeAuction.com
www.BodyCorporateNews.com
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/moviemem
Mailing Address:
John Reid
PO Box 92
Elanora
Qld 4221
Australia
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Adler" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2013 3:49 AM
Subject: [MOPO] Dear Mopos with Websites!
Dear Mopos with Websites -
Have been thinking of following Bruce's advice and creating my own
off-Ebay website to sell (not auction) posters and goodies.
How do you mo-pros who sell on your own sites enjoy that digital
venue vs. the old Ebay paradigm?
Is it more difficult technically (man hours) to use your own site or
costly to keep running than you thought it would be?
How do you drive eyeballs - Is it tough getting visitors?
Do you sell on Ebay and your own site - or strictly your own site?
What do you suggest be included or avoided when building a site?
Any big surprises or epiphanies you've had in the process of building
and running your website that you'd be willing to share?
Hope some folks find this a stimulating thread.
Thanks in advance for your time.
Alan Adler
Museum of Mom and Pop Culture
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