Post #77880 by tikibars on Wed, Feb 25, 2004 11:41 AM

VLV is Viva Las Vegas, a big rockabilly hoedown in Vegas every April. Do people (including the fellas) like to get spiffied up for it? Well, let's just say that vintage dealers do very, very well in March.

Adding my two clams to this debate, Ebay sells (get ready) several MILLION items per DAY! The only way for a seller to not get their items competely lost in the avalanche of crap is to throw in as many words as possible that will draw buyers to the item during keyword searches. It does get very obnixious sometimes, but as a buyer and a seller, I can see both sides of the argument.

That said, if you get too nutty with using keywords that obviously have nothing to do with your item, Ebay WILL pull the plug on your auction.

But come on, let's all be real: Ebay is a business. People don't list items there for fun. It is kind of a pain in the keister, in fact:

obtain the item
photograph the item
get photo hosting
upload the photo
write a description
create the lisitng
wait a week
email the buyer
wait for the money
buy or hoarde packing materials
pack up the item
drag it to the post office

repeat ad nauseum

Given all of this effort, why WOULDN'T a seller do everything in their power to make sure the item sells?

The only way to make any real money is to do big batches of items together (like I was doing with my Dynasty mugs... which I think of as a public service for Tiki newbies haha), or to sell high-ticket stuff.

Right - back to it...