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Few ways currently, and more to come in the next few months. Basically: 1. Sharing your listing on social networks (good, not great for driving traffic). 2. A

Few ways currently, and more to come in the next few months. Basically: 1. Sharing your listing on social networks (good, not great for driving traffic). 2. Ability to list on multiple marketplaces, so you don't NEED to sell it through SellSimple - you can still list it on ebay, craigslist, etsy, etc. If it sells on one of those marketplaces, we'll auto-delete your item from SellSimple and all the other marketplaces. You're also not charged any SellSimple fee if it sells somewhere else. 3. Retention features on iOS - can't compare to eBays network, but downloads are growing quickly and users are buying items. This is more a long-term strategy help to help us overcome chicken - egg. If we can exist long enough for that to happen through a free posting tool - we'll be able to (eventually) have enough traffic on our own listings to generate a high sell-through rate.

MarkMc 14y ago
Here's an idea to really drive traffic: Your fees are 5%, eBay users will soon be charged 13% (including PayPal fee). So give your sellers the option to list on SellSimple for a price 5% less than eBay. For example, a $100 item on eBay would sell for $95 on your site. Then in the ebay listing description add some key phrase like "Heyy Folks Be Quick" - the buyers will quickly learn that such a phrase means "get a 5% discount by making your purchase through SellSimple".
- itsprofitbaron 14y ago
  Your idea is against eBay's Link Policy[1] and eBay actively remove listings (and in some cases limit users ability to sell on eBay) as their Policy states if you link to non-eBay sites where other items are offered for sale. Likewise, adding a phrase which may even suggest purchasing for less on another marketplace will probably lead to them editing or removing the listing from eBay as well. If you are going to do that idea then, do it as a marketing campaign, not on eBay listings. [1] http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-links.html http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-links.html
jbrowning 14y ago
What are you doing to help attract sellers? Any plans for auction-style listings?

MarkMc 14y ago

Here's an idea to really drive traffic: Your fees are 5%, eBay users will soon be charged 13% (including PayPal fee). So give your sellers the option to list on SellSimple for a price 5% less than eBay. For example, a $100 item on eBay would sell for $95 on your site. Then in the ebay listing description add some key phrase like "Heyy Folks Be Quick" - the buyers will quickly learn that such a phrase means "get a 5% discount by making your purchase through SellSimple".

itsprofitbaron 14y ago
Your idea is against eBay's Link Policy[1] and eBay actively remove listings (and in some cases limit users ability to sell on eBay) as their Policy states if you link to non-eBay sites where other items are offered for sale. Likewise, adding a phrase which may even suggest purchasing for less on another marketplace will probably lead to them editing or removing the listing from eBay as well. If you are going to do that idea then, do it as a marketing campaign, not on eBay listings. [1] http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-links.html http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-links.html

jbrowning 14y ago

What are you doing to help attract sellers? Any plans for auction-style listings?