Based on community demand for enhanced features in eBay shops, we recently introduced the ability to create up to 300 customer categories in your eBay Shop. In this workshop, we will like to share with you: --More on creating and using 300 Custom Categories --Value in opening an eBay shop --A refresher on Shop Features
Date: Thursday, 11th May 2006 Time: 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm (IST)
I hope the information provided in this workshop is helpful. I wish you all the best with your eBay selling activity.
We will end this workshop here. Should you have any more questions please feel free to post them here. I will visit this board frequently and try to respond to all questions to my level best.
Select the Gallery View and choose the right Sorting Option in your Shop
You can select to have either the List View or the Gallery view in your listings. - List view is useful for showing long lists of items - each item takes up less space, making more items immediately viewable. - Gallery view devotes more space to your items with bigger images. This is very important for items where pictures play an important role.
To change the display view of your listing
- Click on the Shop design link on the left navigation bar. - Click on the Change link on the right to change the Default item view. - Click on the Change link to the right of the display settings you would like to change - Select List view or Gallery view as the layout for your listings. - You can also change the Sort order for your listings. You can change your sort order to highest first to get more visibility for high value items.
Your Shop listing header is a great way to build your eBay Shop's brand and drive more traffic to your Shop, because it appears at the top of the item description in all of your current listings as well as your future listings.
Your shop’s Listing Header always includes your Shop name, a link to your Shop's home page, and your Shop's colours. You can also include: • Your Shop logo • A search box that enables buyers to search your Shop • A link that enables buyers to add you to their favorite sellers • A link that enables buyers to sign up for your email marketing newsletters • Links to your custom categories, custom pages, and About Me page (up to a maximum of 5 links)
Steps to create your listing header: A. Click on the Listing Header link in the Left Navigation B. Select the fields you would like to include in your Listing header and click on the Apply button.
You can customise your eBay Shop and and attract buyers to buy more by using the following features.
- Custom Categories as discussed earlier in this workshop
- Custom pages Custom pages are a set of unique pages that you can create for your Shop to serve a variety purposes like your shop home page, presenting your shop policies, highlighting a current sale, telling more about yourself, showcase items and specials, explain shipping and return policies, describe the history of your business, and more.
The maximum number of custom pages that you can create depends on your subscription level.
- Go to My eBay and click the Manage My Shop link in the left navigation bar. - Click the Custom Pages in the left navigation bar. - To create a new page, click on the Create new page link. - Select the layout for your page with either 1 / 2 promotion boxes, pictures etc. based on your requirement. - Provide content for your custom page with details including the Page Title, description, promotion box titles etc. - Click on the Save and Publish button to publish that custom page
A Shop on eBay is as good as having your own website. Some of the key benefits in opening a Shop on eBay are:
Build your brand on the site Encourage buyers to buy more. Get your own Web Address List for 30days or Good Til' Cancelled Lower feature fees for shop listings, Create upto 300 Categories for your products in your shop Free Trial for 30 days
Ex: Mobiles- Handsets – Nokia. In this case Mobiles is the main category, Handsets is a Level 2 Category and Nokia is the Level 3 Category
To add level 3 categories - Select the Level 2 category within which you would like to create sub categories - Click on the Add category button - Enter the category titles for the Level 3 categories and save - Click on the Add category button
Ex: Mobiles – Handsets. In this case Mobiles is the main category and Handsets is a Level 2 Category
To add level 2 categories - Select the main category within which you would like to create sub categories - Click on the Add category button - Enter the category titles for the Level 2 categories - Click on the Add category button
You will see a list of all the Level 2 categories you have created.
Steps to Create Custom Categories within your Shop
Steps to create up to 300 Custom Categories- Go to the manage my shop section - Click on Shop Categories on the left navigation
Step 1: Create main Categories Ex: Mobiles. Mobile is the main category. - Click on the Add category button - Enter the Category titles. You will see 5 text boxes.
You can create more categories by clicking on the Add more categories link.
thanks for the info , also i hear ur have semiar on how to make money on ebay , since i am from goa do u have a online semiar so i also can get better able to make money on line
Welcome to the workshop. There are a lot of products you can sell on eBay. You can start with unused items lying around the house or source products from dealers, distributors, local manufacturers and resell them on eBay.
If you have a source for handicrafts you can sell them on eBay. There is a good demand for such products.
Let me first start with what are Custom Categories within eBay Shops.
Custom Categories are like departments within your shop that make it easier for buyers to find what they are looking for. You can now create up to 300 categories upto 3 levels in your shop.
Depending on the items, some sellers use product-based categories like- ceramics, glassware, posters while others use more flexible categories like sale items, seasonal, best-sellers, etc.
We recently expanded the Shops category navigation to 300 custom categories with up to three levels of categories and sub-categories.
This is a great feature to help you manage your shop and make it more buyer friendly.
Welcome to todays workshop on How to create custom categories within your eBay Shop.
My name is Preeti from the eBay Seller Marketing Team and I will be here for the next hour to share information on eBay Shops and answer any questions that you may have.
I would love to have the workshop to be interactive hence please feel free to ask questions/ give suggestions during the workshop.
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