Alan
most of my website have nothing to do with selling anything, or I
haven't had time to deal with most of them due to MoviePosterBid.com
for instance www.comic-art.com used to be my main gateway and was one
of the first 25,000 websites created in 1994.
I sold alot through it in the 90s but now it's mostly a learning site
but it is the reason my websites are high in the search engines
www.graffixmultimedia.com is my images sale website
if you scroll to the bottom of the main page on comic-art.com there
is a list of 39 domains I own, most of which have some kind of
website or redirect
to answer why long-term seed economics are not often taught today,
it's simple.. They realized they wanted it now and they expect to
have it in hand in 3 minutes flat. Then in 15 minutes they're going
to forget whatever it was and be on to the next Kardashian tweet
At 06:22 PM 12/28/2013, Alan Adler wrote:
Thanks for weighing in Richard -
Your experience is invaluable in this area.
Notes below -
On Dec 28, 2013, at 4:35 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote:
I've been a bit busy so I am late in responding
My site is getting swapped out with new software and I did query
David about having him create a new site for MoviePosterBid before
I went with another programmer.
However I have seen David's work and it is outstanding.
I highly recommend him. I also recommend Webmaster Pete at my new site
Back to Alan Adler's original question
personally I have had a website since 1994 and I always believed in
multi-level marketing. Once websites became ubiquitous I was always
rather surprised that more people did not use them. I think
everyone should have a website even if it's just to direct them to
your ebay sales.
Interesting - I would have thought vice versa - but of course there
will be unique visitors to the site. Are your site offerings the
same or might something be found one place and not the other.
What other kinds of multi-marketing has been successful for you?
It takes time to work up through the search engines even when you
know what you're doing. I had a friend out here he was a poker
dealer. He was a Native American and always had some relevant
advice for people. My favorite was when someone would remark he
wasn't winning any money and was almost out of chips and he said
"Many years it takes, but from a small acorn a mighty oak grows"
the meaning of course being that you plant a seed.
My wife and I planet a living Christmas tree in our yard 25 years
ago - it is 60 feet high. Every time I look at it that lesson comes
home to me. Why don't they teach more about such natural-style
economics in school. The simplicity of compound interest is a beautiful thing!
You can create simple websites doing minor sales all by yourself or
from one of those companies that advertises on TV. Or you can make
an investment (plant a seed) and spend some real money to have a
real professional do it. Either one is well worth the money, but
you have to start somewhere and there is never any better time to
start doing something than right now, at this moment.
Thanks for the supportive note - it is actually quite exciting to
think about having my own space to play with posters and stuff on the web.
Alan
At 04:21 PM 12/28/2013, Dario Casadei wrote:
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)
<mailto:[email protected]>[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:
<http://www.moviemem.com>www.moviemem.com
www.OzeFilm.com
<http://www.OzeAuction.com>www.OzeAuction.com
www.BodyCorporateNews.com
Facebook:
<http://www.facebook.com/moviemem>www.facebook.com/moviemem
Mailing Address:
John Reid
PO Box 92
Elanora
Qld 4221
Australia
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Adler"
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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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