Is ecrater worth the time?

denverdoniMember

Hi, I noticed alot of references here to ecrater stores and am thinking of trying it. Anyone have any luck over there? I have an etsy.com store and have sold a few things but haven't put too much work into it yet. Was thinking about trying ecrater too, but how do you drive traffic to your items? I have been told that blogging is important, not sure I understand how it works though. Thanks for any advice. I just need some ebay alternatives, can't keep putting all my eggs in one basket.

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http://store.auctiva.com/denverdoni

1/12/076:40 PM

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rickbradfordMember

I like eCrater a lot but it's nothing like eBay and doesn't really operate as a mall-type site (even though it looks like it does) so there's not really built-in traffic. Everything depends on how well you promote your own store -- just like if you had your own independent site.

1/13/0712:43 PM

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dmhcollectiblesMember

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Originally posted by Rick Bradford:
Everything depends on how well you promote your own store -- just like if you had your own independent site.

Actually that's not true in my experience. I have two websites with my own domains, and also two ecrater stores. I promote them all more or less equally, but my websites' traffic is at least 100 times more than my ecraters traffic. I don't know why, but it's true. I get hundreds of hits every day on my websites. A good day on ecrater is 2 or 3 hits.

1/13/073:04 PM

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denverdoniMember

Thanks for the info. I do have my own website, but I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to computers, so I have been slow to get it up and functioning. I guess my time would be better invested in that, huh? How do you drive traffic to your websites? I am a small seller, my stuff is handmade and I do OK on ebay but the fees are steep for my slim profit margin (actually not really profit, more like slave labor, but I enjoy it.) I don't have an advertising budget really, just looking for creative ideas. Thanks!

1/13/079:25 PM

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suthrnjewlMember

Sell wherever you can.

Set up your own domain. (if you don't know any designers or anyone who can help you do this, I do)

Set up eCrater Stores.

Set up a blujay store.

Set up an Etsy store.

Then market the heck out of them. Everywhere you can have a link....put it.

When you have your own stores, or ecrater or blujay it is up to you to market them and make sure they get out there on the wide world of the internet.

You could buy one domain name to have all your links on it so the search engines grab them...and individual sites.

If you need help...email me and I'll be glad to help.

Take care, Donna

1/15/076:13 AM

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rowsofclothesMember

Ecrater is kicking butt right now

There are a lot of people really taking an interest in eCrater. They moved up two notches on PSUs auction site count. Cant hurt to try them as they are COMPLETELY free except for Paypal fees.

1/26/079:52 PM

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suthrnjewlMember

AND Don't forget if you use Google Checkout (which ECRATER is already set up and good to go with Google Checkout) then there are NO fee's whatsoever.

Can't get much sweeter than that, can it Rows?

Well, it could if Auctiva went into an ecrater type store...that would make my day!

Good Luck,
Donna

1/27/0712:37 PM

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rowsofclothesMember

You got that right!