Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Selling Fast On Trading Stuff Sites

By Katina Brady


Online trading has gained popularity in the recent past. This has been driven by the ability to access internet easily and reduced costs of selling products online. This makes it easier than setting up a physical store. Setting up a personalized eCommerce website is not cheap, however, you can sell stuff through trading stuff sites. Setting up your store on these sites is easy and you can start selling immediately. There might by hundreds of similar products on the site. Thus, a strategy is paramount to enhance visibility of your store.

The seller needs to determine what site to sell his or her stuff. There are tens of site one can choose from. Choosing popular sites is more likely to give better outcomes. One may consider using free sites or paying a small fee on paid sites. Furthermore, one should find out if the site ranks well on the search engine results, the number of sellers on the site and if it is easy to navigate through its pages before selecting one platform. One could also feature products across several platforms.

The seller should use the keywords that clients usually use in their search for such products. This adds more traffic to his site from natural search by would-be customers. One could also use keyword marketing tools where provided by the specific site for page optimization which gives better visibility.

Include some added service to your product. It may be a quantity discount, free delivery or shipping if one is selling overseas. Customers are always attracted to offers that seem to give more value for their money However, ensure that the cost of the free service is added to the price of the product to avoid hurting your profits. That said, do not over-inflate the price. Since there might be similar products in the same site, check the price ranges and set the price accordingly.

The seller should post quality product images on this site. The clients make decisions on purchase from the images they see. Thus clarity is important. The images should show product details and should be taken from different angles if one does not show all that there is in the product. A white background is desirable but one can just edit any picture and remove the background.

Use caption that sell the product. Tell the visitors that the product is great for them. It caption should be concise and on point. The product features could be highlighted in bullets. The title should be catchy and in standard font. Ensure you show benefits of the products to the visitors.

There are sites that allow sellers to post videos. Videos are good at engaging with visitors and converting them to buyers of your products. Make videos that are informative, funny but short. Videos can be added to captions and pictures.

There are several payment platforms on these sites ranging from escrow to mobile and online payment options. The seller should pick options that are popular with his target population. Since most clients would review their experience with a seller and the product, quality service is paramount. Disputes should also be resolved promptly with necessarily involving a third party.




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