Good Morning AR,
I originally posted this within a thread of one of my favorite AR'ers and he recommended I do it in it's own Blog so that it wouldn't get lost in the shuffle. The original Post was place in: http://activerain.com/blogsview/57023/RANT-Why-a-REALTOR; :).
EBay is a powerful tool IF you can weed your way through the forest of "How-To" articles. Below should make your journey a whole lot easier and I'd love to hear how it's going (before and after) and I also think it would be great to have other AR'ers share their unique marketing ideas.
-- Jenn
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Well --- I have to say that I've spent the past 5 hours (Good Thing I had a down day to do it) trying to wade through the Ebay "How To" Ocean and wanted to post this so that anyone else attempting to post a "Classified Ad" can do it with complete EASE!!!!!!!!
My mission was to offer my Real Estate services in and around Spencer County Indiana. This includes Santa Claus, Dale, Ferdinand, Jasper, Saint Meinrad, Lincoln City and many more, in a place I knew reaches people. Christmas Lake Villlage in Santa Claus Indiana and my company American Dream Realty simply don't have enough internet presence. Using Ebay should help and I hope you can put it to good use too.
Go To My Auction - My Username on EBay is indianaflats!
The Link is below and scroll down to the bottom and click "Sell Like Item".
10:24 PM: ADDING TO: What this does is copies my classified ad (the basics of it) and you can customize it with YOUR information.
(If you have an Ebay account or be sure and register first):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120097895698
What I had to go through to get My AD in the proper place was enough to cause me to crack a beer at 6pm. :) And what's funny is that Super Seasoned Ebayers could not find the solution either, so that made me feel better.
There are how-to articles up the wazoo but none tell you HOW to post the classified and if you trust the Live Operator and just post it and state IN your Post that this is just an ad --- you'll be fine lol YAH RIGHT!
After logging in today I found that I had a bid on my "Ad" so I went into the Ebay Forums to seek input and this was when I found out that the way my ad was posted was actually a listing violation. Now I would not have gotton into trouble but I could have lost the listing fee's had I just ignored it and got caught. So I went in and cancelled the bid (emailed the bidder to explain) and then cancelled the auction and well - that is when my 5 hour search (torture) began.
I had numerous Ebayers running in circles too; it wasn't just me!
So anyway --- again, for anyone wanting to post a Classified AD on Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120097895698
The Ad will run for 30 days for $9.95 (You can run them longer if you wish) and I added some extras like shading, borders and bold text. For a 30 day ad it ran me $19.95 --- Way cheaper than a newspaper and definitely cheaper than a lead company :).
Now I'm off going to enjoy some casual internet time!
-- Jenn
Oh and PS: If you need a template; bookmark this link as there are MANY and they're all free.
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=1000377149 ; You can always use the one I chose but if you want something else, this is the best place to look. If you need some help with the html coding --- just let me know and I'll do what I can (And No - I'm not going to charge you :) --- Isn't that what colleagues are for?)
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WOW! Thank you so much for sharing. I know this has been the topic of many blogs lately, so there is a large group of agents that you're helping out here. It's awesome of you not only to have taken so much time to figure out how to do it right, but also to let all of us know. Many thanks!