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Is the extra commission worth it?
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Is it worth it to pay the extra commission to promote your items on google shopping and/or ebay?
My sales have died and I do not show up in google anymore.
Just wondering if paying the extra commission will help.

asked over 11 years ago

artsyfartsygifts
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you should probably try the 6 or 9% first, 13% is recommended if you intend to send items from here to ebay…

The percentage is the max you may pay, but not necessarily the amount you will pay…

You will not be in google if you did not opt for one of the % advertising, since google shopping now charges to be listed….

answered over 11 years ago

ccmom
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artsyfartsygifts says: October 07, 2013

Thanks!!! I’m willing to try anything!

HappyForeverFinds says: October 07, 2013

My fees on Ebay are not bad . I think only if they sell , you have to pay a small fee for that item . They would be listed for 30 days as a fixed price for buy it now . And you won’t be charged unless it sells . And you can check the check box when advertising to sell items on ebay through bonanza .

HappyForeverFinds says: October 07, 2013

Which will pay for the cost of selling through bonanza to ebay . It raises my prices a dollar or too , to pay for the bonanza fees.

HappyForeverFinds says: October 07, 2013

And since I started doing the advertisement through bonanza to ebay , I have started selling alot more![URL removed] Daily !![URL removed] It works great ! I do the 13 % . But I don’t pay 13 % , and the bonanza fees are covered because I check the box to raise my prices automatically when selling onto ebay![URL removed]

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Yes it is :) , I promote my items on google search ect … And list some on Ebay through here too . And I get a lot of sells :)

answered over 11 years ago

HappyForeverFinds
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HappyForeverFinds says: October 07, 2013

Oh also , I do the cheapest advertising too , I think it’s 13 % or something … Also there is a button you can puch before listing the items through here to Ebay , that will add a little extra cost to your item to pay for the Bonanza fees .![URL removed] That’s what I do .

artsyfartsygifts says: October 07, 2013

YIKES!!! 13%!!! Does that list your items on ebay, too? I don’t quite understand it. I’d have to raise my prices!

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One of the tricks I learned from another post, is to make periodic changes to the items in your booth. An example would be to change the price of a item from 14.95 to 14.90 or add a word in the title, etc. When Google sends its’ crawlers to your booth it notes the change and apparently treats it like a new listing, which moves it up in the search rankings. I change my prices by a few cents every couple of weeks or when I notice a drop in views. Within days the number of views increase dramatically. Unfortunately, if you have a lot of items in your booth, this can be very time consuming.
This doesn’t answer your main question but hopefully it addresses your Google exposure comment.

answered over 11 years ago

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gearseller2 says: October 08, 2013

Thanks for adding this tip :-)

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I do well with the 9% and most of my sales come through google.

answered over 11 years ago

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Definitely do google it is more than worth it. If I sell anything on ebay I just list it on there but at least 75% of my sales come from google

answered over 11 years ago

ilovegems2009
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I set my advertising fees at 13%. The last Item I sold on Ebay was charged FVF of 10% for eBay and 1.5% for Bonz. So yes, less than the 13% I selected. That seems to be the average for the items I have sold on eBay via upload from Bonz. You definitely do need to consider these fees when you set the price on your items.

answered over 11 years ago

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