Friday, February 13, 2015

Effective Selling On Trading Stuff Sites

By Katina Brady


Online trading has become popular nowadays. There is greater internet access among population and cost of setting up a selling site is cheaper compared to physical store. This makes trading stuff sites a better option. Setting up a personal ecommerce site is expensive. However, sellers can use established online trading platforms to sell their stuff. These sites allow you to set up your store easily and start selling. One will find many similar products. Thus, a strategy is needed to sell fast on the site.

It is important to choose the site you will be trading your stuff wisely as it determines if you will be able to sell fast. There are free sites and others that charge a small fee to host your products your choice may also be informed by sites ranking by search engines, how easy it is to navigate the site pages and the number of sellers in the site. You may decide to sell in different platforms.

Start by using the key words that buyers could use when looking for such products. This makes it easier to get traffic to your online store through natural search results from search engines. Where the site provides keyword marketing tools, ensure you optimize your page for better visibility.

It is desirable to include some free service or offering in the products. Such could be free delivery, quantity or trade discount or shipping for overseas clients Buyers find such offers attractive as they seem to give them more value and are a better bargain. However, the added costs from such offerings should be included on the final price not to dent the profits. The seller should however refrain from setting the price too high. The price should be competitive given the price range of similar products on same site.

Take quality snaps of your product. Customers will decide to buy based on what they see on your store. Thus, ensure that the images of the product are clear paying attention to its details. If one angle of the product does not show all the details, take snaps from different angles. A white background is desirable or you could just remove the background entirely.

Write a caption that sells. Show how the product is great for the clients. However, keep it short and concise. You may use bullet points to highlight the important features of your products. You should also have a good title written in standard font. Furthermore, the features of a product one is selling should give benefits to your clients. They should show the clients stands to gain on buying your products.

A video on the products is also a great idea if allowed by the site. It should however be short, informative and funny. It enables a seller to engage better with the visitors and is likely to convert many of them to clients better than captions and images.

There are several payment options available on trading sites. They range from online payments to escrow and mobile money transfer. Research on the popular platforms among your target market and make use of them. Strive to make clients happy with your service. They will give you great reviews that will boost your sales. Try to resolve an problems with clients on time and only use third parties when absolutely necessary.




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