Tricks of the Trade
Promote yourself and your auctions at The Teddy Patch. Here are a few tips that should prove helpful:
- Upgrade your basic listings using our Home Page Featured option as well as the Category Featured option. Use Highlight and Bold options to draw more attention.
- Open an Artist Studio Store and stock it for increased visibility. List your items in both places - your store and the regular auction listings. New Stores are still free for a limited time only.
- If you already have a Store - stock it with your work and advertise yourself and your website there!
- Display a link to your Teddy Patch store on your website.
- Email your customers and your friends and let them know where your listings are.
- Consider offering free shipping or at least guarantee proof of delivery with insured postage.
- Charge a reasonable postage or shipping charge. Don't inflate your shipping charge to include a handling charge - more buyers will be attracted if you are reasonable and only charge what's necessary.
- Offer multiple payment options as well as safe payment methods such as PayPal. More buyers will be attracted and tempted to purchase if they can use a credit card or PayPal. The small fee you will pay is worth the increased business.
- Use good descriptive titles with key words that people are likely to search for.
- Be sure you post good, quality photographs. Regardless of how great your product is, people are turned off by fuzzy, dark or poor photographs. Include several - you can post up to 5 for no charge.
- Include good, detailed descriptions of your items.
- Increase the number of your listings - the more items you have listed, the more you will sell.
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