Online Selling On Accessories
 

Anybody had managed to sell anything online, I had been online selling since end of last year, til now I still could not sell out the accessories. I had tried to sell personally to other, it works so maybe my presentation is not well done. Can anyone able to teach how to presentation attractive online.

Cheers :rolleyes:

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Hi Hanniteo,

First and foremost, your pictures must be appealing. Without a nice picture to attract the attention of the customers, it will be very hard to attract them.

Maybe you can start with using blogs as their templates is highly customizable.

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I nv sell accessories online before so not very sure, but most important you need to have visitor have good impression of you product and site, so that they will trust u to deal with you.

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a good way will be to ask those that had purchased from you to comment on your site and if they can help refer friends to visit.

ask if they has blog, post there and promote your site ;-)

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I sell handmade jewelry online. I manage to sell a few handmade jewelries from my website.

Yes, product pictures are very important. It have to be able to talk to your customesr. Make them want to buy your products.

Advertisement is another important issue. People have to know where your website is.

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Agree! And I think clarity of pictures is important too! as i tend to get irritated when people upload pictures of their products that are blurry. So maybe you can invest in a good camera. Or learn how to Photoshop!

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I've done selling online thru eBay until they have start increasing the prices. That was last year. The response was fantastic. I made quite a sale. So I move to my blog website to promote my accessories. So far not that good as we have to advertise ourselves to let others know we exist.

1) Your website must be nicely done and easy to find the links and all.
2) The pictures of course my be clear.
3) Offer your customers discounts/free gifts/cheap prices.

One way to attract more people to your site is make your URL a signature in your Yahoo, hotmail etc, meaning whenever you send out any mails, the receiver will definietly see your link and wants to open it.

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Hello Felisthestore,

Care to share some experience on ebay selling? Coz I always feel that for things to sell at eBay an Yahoo, prices must usually be very cheap.:( How much do u usually price your accessories at??

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Hi Bambie

Well I did some selling on eBay Singapore. That was free at first when I started in early 2005. But somehow they added like to make it bold you need to pay this much, if you need to highlight your picture so it will stand out, you need to pay this much. It's pretty pricey so because of that you need to increase your selling price.

I had a monthly store costing me $24 per month. But because of that I have to increase my prices by like a dollar more. Sometimes I didin't make any profit. One advantage of having a store is that you have an URL but disadvantage is that you need to cover up your store rental prices.

It's kinda hard to maintain my stuff as my working schedule got in the way so that's why I'm opting for blog website to sell my stuff. Just need to work harder to advertise it.

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It is still free to sell on EBay..
It's just that you have to pay to set up a store..
But for normal listings with no specialty (e.g bold words/highlight), it is free..

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That's the problem. You need to set up a store so as not to continuously keep relisting your items every week. It took up 1 hr of my time just selling at least 40 items if I don't set up a store. Having a store you have a choice of having your items on the site for as long as you want.

But that's another problem. Usually when you keyed in something in the search engine, eBay will give results of those items that will soon expire. So if you have your item for 30 days, nobody will bother to look for it at the bottom of the list. Anything that catches their eyes first they will buy it. But if decided to list the item for example 7 days, at the end of the 7 seven days you need to relist it just so somebody will buy.

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Yeah, I agree...
It is troublesome to relist the whole lot every week.
But well, that's the hassle you have to go through for free things..
Otherwise, maybe people won't even pay to set up a store there.

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what type of accessories are well sold? i also have problem selling off my accessories such as bracelets, earring and necklace online. how can we take nice pic of a pair of earrings? to lay them on the floor or to hanging them up? what about bracelet? to wear it on the hand or to lay it flat on the floor? Seems that the pic i taken not so appealing to online shoppers lei :(

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You have to attract the customers first, then you have to earn their trust.

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yupp. but how to attract the customers?

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For those who are serious about being an online entrepreneur, my suggestion is to start by selling through both ebay/yahoo auction AND your own website. In Singapore, it is really difficult to sell via your own website unless you are prepared to throw in some $$$ to do effective advertising.

For newbies, tap on the existing pools of browers &/or buyers in ebay/yahoo. If your website is new, people are either not aware or even if they know of your website, may not necessary buy from you. Selling thru' ebay/yahoo has its advantage because there is buyers' protection.

Each time someone buys from your ebay/yahoo sale, direct them to your website so that in future they can go direct to your website to buy. Keep prices the same though. In fact, in your ebay/yahoo sale, you can in your product description highlight the existence of your blog. The feedback rating will also help to create the right impression.

And if your accessories are really good and prices are reasonable, word-of-mouth will bring you the customers. For those with limited stocks of accessories may wish to consider selling a variety of different fashion products eg apparels, bags, belts etc.

It is also important to know who your competitors are. Drop by well-known accessories shops (eg Xcessories, Diva, Sinma, etc) or accessories corners in big departmental stores, and compare their products and prices with your own. If you have not already done this, spend some time in town first before you say 'hey, not comparable lah, their stuff must be more expensive because of the location and rental". You will be surprise.

Finally, do not attempt to do a blog when you don't have enough stocks. If a potential customer is to drop by your 'nothing much to see' blog/website, you are wasting both parties' time, hers and yours, and your traffic hits will just head south... meaning you can get ready to close down even before you start. Not trying to be sarcastic... it is really not easy... heard of 创业难,守业更难?

Then again, never give up, if you don't try, u never know... may be your business will be the next Breadtalk, 77th Street or Charles & Keith :p

Good luck gals :clap:

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Hi all,

I'm new here and just started my online biz for accessories.

I agree that word-of-mouth is the best marketing strategies for a start. It will be easier to promote to your families, friends, relatives and colleagues than an outsider. Once you have proved your products are worth the buy, they will keep coming back and of course spread the words around. That will help a lot with having your blog or website to showcase your products who have been introduced to, because the guarantee is there.

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I agree with dirah77. It's also very important to cash in on special occasionals like valentines' day, chinese new year, christmas, etc. Find reasons to sell your products to your friends for these events!

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currently you have to pay for using ebay,. its no longer free

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yeah, that sucks. and worse, yahoo auctions is giving me lots of problems now in the sign-in part.. haiz..

anyway gals, i used to run an online website to sell my beaded accessories. for about 3+ years. closed it last august cos too busy with my work to maintain it. now after joining this forum, my heart itchy again, dun want to see my passion die eh.. thinking of reopening website. if u all want to advert/list ur products in my website, can let me know. webbie may be up in august or later this year, depending on my work schedule (again.. haiz!)

cheers and good luck for ur biz too :)

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Hi
I'm interested in adverting / listing at ur website do keep me update
=)

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hi, can pm me ur email, website if any, nature of ur biz? so i can easily keep u in the loop since i dun check this forum regularly :)