When you work in eCommerce, it’s sometimes easy to forget that many consumers don’t actually understand what an online marketplace is. You might look at a platform like eBay or Amazon and see a marketplace where millions of private, independent, and big brand sellers can come together and sell their products. But for most buyers, they just see it as a big online store. Let’s think about this for a moment. How often have you heard someone say, “I got it from eBay?” The retailer that picked and packed the product before breaking their necks to get it out of the door in time for next-day delivery barely gets a mention. The reason why eBay and Amazon get so much… Read more »
Category: eBay Design
Auto Apply: Optimise Your On-Brand eBay Listings No Matter How You List
If you are a seller that wants to stand out from the crowd on eBay’s marketplace, clean design templates ensure that all of your product details, images, shipping and returns policies, branding and company information are professionally presented. In a world where customer trust is hard-won, these elements are essential. This strategy is all well and good if your eBay listings are all created by the same person, using the same technology. But what if you have multiple people adding products to your eBay listings regularly using various technologies? How do you ensure that all of your listings remain on-brand and are fully optimised for the trading conditions of today’s marketplace? These questions are a particular problem for eBay sellers… Read more »
Gravity 360: Introducing 360 Spin Videos for eBay
At Frooition, we are big believers in the power of video to increase sales conversions. This is because our clients tell us that they typically see an increase of anywhere between 15% and 30% in conversions when they add video to their eBay listings. Video is particularly useful in highly visual categories such as home and garden, and fashion, where a static image might not showcase an item to its maximum potential. Video also helps sellers of more complex items, such as technology, auto parts, musical instruments or anything else that would benefit from a quick visual and audio explanation to demonstrate a product’s features. Sellers can also use video to showcase their product or industry knowledge, highlight their professional… Read more »
How to Optimise Your eBay Listings with Video
Here at Frooition, we help eBay sellers drive sales by creating custom designs and optimising listings. One of the easiest ways to increase buyer engagement is to add video to your listings. Our clients tell us that they are seeing anywhere between a 15 and 30% increase in conversions from listings including video. It’s incredibly easy to add video to your eBay listings using Frooition’s listing software. Remember, you don’t have to have videos for all of your products right away. Start by focusing on a handful of your best sellers, and then gradually add more videos as and when you can find the time. Your videos don’t have to be particularly complex or expensive to shoot. You probably already have all the technology you need to film and edit your video… Read more »
How eBay Sellers Manage Their Holiday-Themed Templates
Optimising your eBay listings for the many different seasonal opportunities should be a priority on your holiday marketing “to-do” list. But who has the time at this time of the year to update their holiday-themed templates for Halloween, Black Friday, Christmas, New Year, and the January Sales? Celebrating the festive season isn’t a problem for many Frooition clients. They enjoy the opportunity to turn on their eBay holiday-themed branding with just a few simple clicks in our software. eBay Seasonal Listing Templates Frooition’s pre-made seasonal templates enable eBay sellers to concentrate on fulfilling orders and keeping their customers happy, knowing that their eBay listings look great and are optimised to match the current selling season. Seasonal eBay listing themes cost… Read more »
Dynamic Cross Promotion on eBay, Sell more with Frooition [Guide]
Are you cross selling on eBay to boost sales? As we mentioned in our 10 eBay essentials, cross promotion is a huge part of optimising listings. One of Frooition’s most powerful features is the dynamic cross promotion sections within every eBay product listing template. Dynamic Cross selling on eBay offers alternative products from your eBay account within each eBay listing. The aim is to retain the buyer and encourage them to visit your other items on eBay rather than returning to the core eBay search and stop them from potentially buying with your competition. Successful dynamic cross promotion directly increases sales, boosts conversion rates, improves click-through and increase average order values. A positive side effect of dynamic cross selling is it also boosts brand… Read more »
10 eBay Design Essentials to Boost Your eBay Sales
Custom eBay brand design sets you apart from competitors and keeps customers in your eBay listings for longer. Not just exciting visuals, custom eBay listing design can include extra sales features like video in listings, dynamic cross-promotion and software for motors and motor parts sellers. It’s important that your customers know who they are buying from. If you sell great products and give excellent service, then you should brand that experience so that customers can be loyal to you using a proven eBay design for sellers. Professional branding design for eBay sellers makes it clear that you are a serious seller and encourages buyers to trust you. They know that you’re invested in eBay and your company appearance and that they… Read more »
Goodstart Jones – Growing A Fashion Brand With eBay
In 2013 Paul Jones started a business from his home, making bags. His personal mantra is “make a good start Jones” and so he named the business Goodstart Jones. And as starts go, this one certainly was good. Paul Jones made a lightweight and durable bag with a waterproofed wooden stability panel. As well as carrying, it can be used for all kinds of tasks like writing and for eating on. He called this bag the Woodsack. The woodsack was not like anything else on the market and customers loved it. Keeping his focus on quality of design and craftsmanship has grown Jones a loyal customer base. The business now employs two other people alongside Jones and operates from its own 520 sq ft… Read more »
Seller Stories: Bernard Savage – How to sell bespoke items on eBay
Bernard Savage make bespoke kitchens and furniture. They manufacture and sell from their showroom in Wolverhampton, where customers can see and touch the solid wood pieces. Buying from Bernard Savage is a unique luxury experience. Customers can even select raw tree trunks to have furniture carved from. However, they had never sold online. They were unsure how people shop for bespoke products online and how they would find these customers. Also, they didn’t know how to translate their luxury showroom sale experience into an online experience. But in 2018, eBay retail revival came to Wolverhampton. eBay Retail Revival offers brick and mortar retailers help finding customers and expanding their business online. The eBay team support retailers through every stage of… Read more »
6 Features Every eBay Listing Needs
eBay has over 168 million active buyers and it’s growing daily. So how do you make your listings stand out from the crowd and convert to sales? Let’s run through the six key features every eBay listing needs to entice customers and convince them to buy. 1. Quality Images An image speaks a thousand words – it may sound cliché, but its true. Images are an important part of your item description. More than half of online shoppers think that product visuals are more important than product information, reviews, and ratings. Images are a key part of the description and should be clear and not misleading. eBay only allow sellers to use manufacturers photographs if the item they… Read more »