eBay Title Character Increase from 55 to 80

I was actually excited about an eBay udate for once when i read they were increasing the amount of characters in the title from 55 to 80. Then I started to look at my items in search fresults and they just look awful.

I did not realize that when eBay changed the title character limit from 55 to 80 that they would cut off the words when they show up in the search results. It looks really bad especially when some of the really important keywords in the title are the ones you can't see or even worse they are cut off so you only see a few letters of the actual word.

Oh well another thing that will waste more of my time. I will have to make sure that I stick to the 55 character limit, so my search results look normal.

eBay Auction of the Day - June 23 2011

Today's item of the day is a beautiful Chanel Camellia Pink Flower Brooch

Item ends Wed. June 29th @ 10:30 pm Eastern Time.

Here is a quick video that might be some inspiration to those who are or want to run an eBay business but think you do not have the time.

http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/05/13/youve-got-rob-dyrdek/

"Everybody has the exact 24 hours 365 days a year to accomplish anything they want"

Thrift Store Find of the Month - April 2011

Rapha Cycling Jersey
Purchased for $4.99
Sold for $142.50

My Top 10 Thrift Store Items to Resell on eBay - 2011

Good Luck

John Paul

Thrift Store Item 2 Sell - LL Bean Flannel Lined Shirts

Here's another item that I have on my Thrift Store shopping list.

LL BEAN FLANNEL LINED SHIRTS.

Here are the stats from my 90 day Terapeak Research

Avg Price: $20.19 / Sell Through % 91.53 / Total Listings 59

Now you won't become a Titanium Level Powerseller by listing one of these shirts, but it fits my goal of at least a $10.00 profit after all fees. Look at that sell through rate of 91.53%, that is as good as it gets.

Here is another LL Bean item to look for and I will have more to come in the future. LL Bean Hunting Boots Good Luck John Paul

Vitamin eBay Mailing List

I am working on setting up a new e-mail marketing list. After using both AWeber and Constant Contact in the past (both very good services) I have decided to cut some costs and just run it myself. To sign up send an e-mail to asapsellsit@aol.com with the subject Subscribe. My goal is to send out 1-2 e-mails per month.

Benefits of signing up

• Stay updated on all recent blog posts and important eBay news.


• Exclusive info and tips only available to e-mail subscribers.


• Discounts on my upcoming eBooks ( I have some good ones in the works)


• Occasional giveaways


• and so much more.

Thank you,

John Paul

Vintage Oakland Raiders / L.A. Kings Starter Hats & Jackets

I was watching a rerun of Married With Children this morning on TBS and Bud's character takes on the role of Grand Master B. He was wearing his Oakland Raiders Starter Jacket & Black Raiders snap back hat. As an eBay seller I was thinking to myself I wish I had those items to sell on eBay right now. Raiders & L.A. Kings gear which became popular with the rap group NWA in the late 80s (who always wore the black and silver colors of those sports teams) are excellent sellers on eBay.

Here are the last 90 days stats from Terapeak

Keywords

Oakland Raiders Starter Jacket - Avg. Price $70.28

Oakland Raiders Starter Hat - Avg. Price $32.79

L.A. Kings Starter Jacket - Avg Price $71.70

L.A. Kings Starter Hat - Avg Price $40.81

The average Sell Through Rate for these keywords is over 70% which is excellent. Plus a lot of sellers add these keywords to other teams starter hats or jacket auctions to get more views because they know people are searching for these items. So that average price and sell through rate would be higher for these items.

So keep an eye out for these items at garage sales, thrift stores, etc.

Good Luck,

John Paul