Some Great Ways To Increase Your Traffic Members And Sales On Your Own Auction Website Or Webstore - By Paul Greenawalt

Well what is the best possible source for finding moving or large auction websites? The answer is simple really, Research and study. Here is a collective list of GREAT auction websites below for use around the world. Now I am not saying these are the only websites, but what I am saying is these are the big ones, beside the BIG one if you know who I am talking about. These are not in order by size just randomly typed.

sell.com, Yahoo Auctions, Bidville.com, eCrater.com, uk.ebid.net, MightyBids.com, tazbar.com, blujay.com, ePier.com, AuctionQuests.com, Bid-Alot.com, HiBidder.com, TheAuctionMan.net, Overstock.com, WeBidz.com, PlunderHere.com, Lowbid.com, romahawk.com, halfmoonauctions.com Biddersnsellers.com

So these websites you think probably had alot of money to get there names out not really true in most circumstances. They used word of mouth in various online methods. One is they have a person caring enough about the sites to write a article and someone will read and hear of the site name. Another way is the owner or some members start a myspace group and invite people like crazy. We can say FREE advertising right! Gotta love that. Do not stop there add more groups on other websites that operate like myspace. Here are a few more options hisholyspace.com holypal.com and JCfaith.com. It does not cost anything and the more spots you have for people to see you, the better off you are.

Auction Websites, webstores and just plain auction websites CANNOT think this way "build it and they will come" The truth is advertise it like crazy and hopefully they will find you. Google adwords are nice too if your site has any kind of advertising budget. First and foremost use free first, and then add on.

Here is a couple of my stores for an example, whenever you send an email include in your links perhaps someone will click on it and visit your store or the website your helping out.

(sample email)

Hey John thanks for the purchase

Please visit my stores again in the near future

Thank-you...

http://shops.half.ebay.com/gooddealsbooks

http://gooddealsbooks.ecrater.com/

Now that you have some people at your site give a contest. find a cool but not very expensive or even better free prize to give away. Perhaps too, if you have time you may want to consider many contests to help spread excitement and commitment. This will help get the sellers with you or better yet get the sellers involved. It also will help raise awareness and promote teamwork. Let your team help you in as many avenues as they can. Her is an example get ten sellers to go to myspace and start advertising as a good example.

Well there is so many things, you can do but you have to make sure you don't waste your time doing the wrong ones. Such as this might work but won't be cost effective. Mail everybody who made a purchase from you a invite to your new webstore or website. Might as well use that money or advertising on the net.

One big deal is help the sellers find a way to get a positive feedback or two. It will help give their selling credibility to possible buyers who visit. So yes, even as the owner of the site buy an item or two. There is nothing worse than shopping around with all sellers having a zero for a feedback. Your site will look like a ghost town.

Here is a great thought to close with: If you can commit to, bribe, bargain, and even plead with your sellers to add say a pamphlet in with their sales about your site. This would be for their sales at the expensive auction website their also selling on. You can give them better deals and they can invite their buyers to this site so they can make more money on their products. Basically just the seller saying please join me here for my other auctions for sale or visit their store on your site will also help increase members and traffic alot.The last thing it would do is help build trust on your site because of a referral.

I am a online book seller since 2002 with 1000's of worldwide orders. I have mailed items all across the USA and Canada. I have also shipped items into the UK, Europe, Australlia, Brazil, Norway, Japan, South Korea, Kuwait just to name a few.