Thanks John - always good to hear from you. Couple responses below - On Dec 28, 2013, at 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. Do you send the newsletter out through Ebay - and if so, they let you use your website url? > > 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. I've lived off of Ebay and continue to do so, but have never been able to figure why they make sellers life so difficult - My wife, Susan, thinks it is because they really want to be Amazon - but still no reason to treat the sellers so badly. > > 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. I am amazed at all the stuff you have to go through to sell a movie poster these days - remember the old type it up and send it to MCW ads? - I lived for years off of them! > > 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. How do you redirect an Ebay buyer to your website? Via newsletter? > > 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 >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> >> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > MUSEUM GIFT SHOP: http://stores.ebay.com/Museum-Store-Gifts ALAN J. ADLER INTERVIEW: http://ephemera.typepad.com/ephemera/2009/09/movie-poster-collector-alan-j-adler-interview.html Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
