POLL: the final step before ninth_wave reveals all!

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Happy_but_tired...Currently developing future is [Bright!! ]

Yeah but Choo...I do believe it really will be worth it in the long run. The trick of course, is driving plenty of traffic to your site.

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Originally posted by ~Zebra~:
Howdy N -- So sorry Amigo(a?)... I didn't realize you were wanting to use that avi. I guess I thought you were still looking for something more 'tentative' . Just replace your current avi with the turtle (size shouldn't be a problem). Just in case you're unsure about doing that..here's how:
First: nav to your images area & copy the img URL into your clipboard (sugg: put your avi into it's own folder & never move it!)
Then nav back here and click-thru the following:
go -> personal_zone -> profile -> view_edit_complete -> edit(avatar/pictureURL) -> custom_avatar -> [paste avi-image URL] -> update_avatar
Hope that helps!

No problemo!
I will try it again....that's what I thought I did a couple of times...may have missed a step!

Can we talk about what we sell here. I am curious what y'all sell. I don't have a clue what you're doing. Or if we can't how can we communicate to get a look? I might want to buy something you have.

N -- oops! Not sure what happened but your avi's gone now. This is just a guess but...
When ' selecting ' the URL to 'copy' (use <ctrl>-C ) into the clipboard...be careful to highlight the img-URL starting Only from the 'http:' specifier. In other words.. highlight & copy the string similar to this: [ http://img.auctiva................ .gif ] and watch that you don't accidentally include any spaces or other chars preceding the [ http:// ] part.

G'morning everyone,
I just had to bump 'our' thread to the top again. I found another pic of Choo before he's had his yearly haircut and root canals (oh he's gonna kill me)



(Thank you Thurston) Our Auctiva member Thurston has an emotopic website...some funny stuff.

N, I don't know what everyone else sells, but Choo sells sexy mens thongs in neon colors

Gawwwd Missy!!!.... That's terrible!! (i'm gonna' go hide! ~~ Not my fault Choo!!) Missy's a mite 'impish' this morning!!

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(oh he's gonna kill me)

hguone doog eb ton dluow tahT

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Missy's a mite 'impish' this morning

She's obviously just received the consignment she ordered last week, delivered in a discrete plain brown crate

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The trick of course, is driving plenty of traffic to your site.

Yep, master that and you can sell anything

Weel I'll go 't bottm of oure stairs

With a low key UK site I am getting first page entries on a UK Google search on two of my items whereas my closed greedbay store still has an entry about 14 pages down a Jeeves (Ask.co) search. About normal from what I remember, not bad considering I have only been with this other site for a month and I closed my greedbay store before the end of November last year.

The greedbay hit was based on meta tags (the buried information picked by by search engine) that you can enter when 'editing' your store.

Just how invisible is a greedbay store, anyone else find their store or SIF items show up well on Google or any other engines ?

After all Google is as much a household name in search engines as greedbay and Hoover in their fields so that is rather a good start especially as it costs nothing until a sale occurs !!

Gotta get me a domain name, that needs creativity to think of an unused relevant name, now where did I put my creativity . . .

Hey there Choo,

You're certainly not using up all your creativity on me, I always expect much more retaliation than I actually get
("that would not be good enough")

Seriously tho, you're lucky that whatever you sell can be put on other sites...my stuff that's been on 2 other sites for over a week now has only had 5 views If it were on ebay right now it would have already sold for much more than I expected with a few hundred views total. Sigh...guess I'm stuck on ebay for awhile yet.

Would you like ME to help you with a domain name, hmmm???

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I always expect much more retaliation than I actually get

I am a gentleman and would not treat a lady as bad as you deserve . . . . hmmm, is there a flaw in that statement starting about la..

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Would you like ME to help you with a domain name, hmmm???

You gotta be kiddin' you'd get me kicked off the internet let alone an auction site

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If it were on ebay right now it would have already sold for much more than I expected with a few hundred views total. Sigh...guess I'm stuck on ebay for awhile yet.

Sounds like you have two options, diversify starting with that crate load of goodies I sent you or set up a website, even just one page to use purely as search engine bait which is what I think I will try for first. Then develop it for actual selling in it's own right. On your own web page you could link to any online sites you are actively listing on.

A further option is to include flyers in your goods sold on greedbay with links to the other sites or even send out custom e-mail dispatch notes with hyperlinks

So keep nominal sales on greedbay to farm buyers, seen that mentioned on one of these boards recently. Trouble is if view rates are low virtually need to BIN rather than auction

ZZZZZ time 'til tomorrow's pick on poor little choo session

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diversify starting with that crate load of goodies I sent you

I don't see how a crateful of inflateble dolls will help me But thanks, I like the fact than they're both male and female...some from your own collection perhaps????

Oh, there won't be a ""pick on poor little Choo"" session til LATE tomorrow. (Lucky you, I won't be around during the day)

I'll have to leave it up to Zebra, Taz, N, and any of the others.....c'mon folks I need a stand in

Till tomorrow Choo

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I don't see how a crateful of inflateble dolls will help me

Me neither but you must have ordered them, not for me to question Madame Raticle

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c'mon folks I need a stand in Wink

So now you want me to send another crate full, never heard them called that before

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N, I don't know what everyone else sells, but Choo sells sexy mens thongs in neon colors

Hi N, I think Ms Raticle is having a mid life crisis here

Oh, whewChoo, I thought it was true about you.

I'm baaaack...

Maybe we should gang up on N, she believes anything (kidding N!!)

~Choo sent me ( unsolicited I might add) a crate of inflateable dolls, along with some samples of mens thongs...should I sell them on ebay? In the mature audiences category???

Choo, just wait til you see what I'm gonna send you

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Originally posted by member_8880:
I'm baaaack...

Maybe we should gang up on N, she believes anything (kidding N!!)

~

Just funnin with ya....

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set up a website, even just one page to use purely as search engine bait

Choo that sounds like a great idea, but have you forgotten who you're talking to?
"Computer Clueless", that's me..I'll have to think about it. I'm lazy so I don't know if I would feel like learning all over again

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I'm lazy so I don't know if I would feel like learning all over again

For a one page search engine bait it is not learning all over again just learning more, strikes me that choosing a domain name and a decent site host are the most difficult parts, former needs creativty and the latter a touch of luck when unravelling the small print.

And please don't use the word 'lazy' in my presence I see and turn off help mode.

LAZY
LAZY lazy
LAZY lazy lazy

So there

That's ok, can't be bovvered to help lazy people.

I'll add you to my help ignore list then

Oh yeah right

You'd never do that...I'm the only one that posts such flattering pictures of you, I'm sure you wouldn't want to miss them

I did say my 'help' ignore list but could make it general based on :-

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I'm the only one that posts such flattering pictures of you

When I joined Auctiva they had an ad for a Go Daddy website, so I got one, but am clueless what to do with it...or where it is...I did name it. Soooo she's not alone!!!! And I am not lazy!!

Hi ya'll.

N, it should be on Go Daddy if that's where you purchased from. You could look on there to manage it and if not, I'd ask Auctiva to help you find it if you paid through here.

Somethin' back there 'bout no spyder lookin' for th' fly... I'm not chasin' 'im any more... playin' hard to get!! (Hi there Ninth )
Countin' on th' sweet cookie aroma to lure 'im on in closer... & closer... Oh, & there's a new special brew waftin' thru th' air too.

Miss M, I promise to email you real soon.

Choo, I have my domain... think I got a goodun. Now please, what exactly is the best thing to do with it do ya think? I'm okay with HTML, know some about SEO and meta tags and all that. I want to get an appropriate logo and all going. Just seem to be kinda stuck after the purchase even tho' I've done it before.

Hey Zeb & Taz. Anyone heard from Pete? What happened to Jeff S & kbalona postin' here? Hmmm???

Ms S, I don't know how to even go there. But I believe I will try it very soon.
You know ALOT about this stuff, I can tell by yer techy talk. I luv it when people talk techy!

So I just go lookin for it huh? Yep good idea. I have a place called an Auctiva Store and seems to have my listings so I figure that IF I can get to my website then add my store then I'll be danged proud! I know about ubb code than html.....but I'll figure it out....been procrastination cause I have so many more listin's to do.... And ebay was a learnin' curve, then Auctiva, now a website. Never seems like it will end.
I kinda like these forums that has the software all set up and I can just sit around and mod and tell people what they can do!!!
I saw one person on ebay whilst browsing with about 60 pages of their store.....can you believe that?
I guess no one talks about what theys a sellin huh? OK. I was just curious.....
is there a prohibition about it?
Like will the Auctive Cheifs come down and zap me?
I had almost forgotten about Pete, Jeff S, Kbalona et al.....I barely got to know them. I've only been around 2 mos now.

Well, I thought I'd check in cause I'm a listin' and seems like Ms eyes is always around at night complaining we aren't around. Guess I fooled her.
I like it that she thinks I am naive.... I am told I am naive, but I ain't stupid.......I could just see me makin' friend with a spider, a fly, a zebra, a Tas devil, and choo choo trains and not knowin' what the heck they are about; heck not me....OK nuf talk to myself. On with business.

Hi Shadeaux

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Now please, what exactly is the best thing to do with it do ya think?

Your are way ahead of me still got to decide on a host, domain name is hard enough, my first, aaah !

Really depends on how far you want to take it, the value of your wares (so that it is cost effective) and how much effort you want to put into it.

From what I have seen so far once you have bought your domain name the next hurdle is designing the site, the creative part

As the UK site have opted for appears to have a high Google profile I am just looking at using it as a single page search engine bait whilst I sort out design. As much to stop the name being grabbed by someone else.

Design must reflect your intended customer base, what do they want, clear, bright, concise for silver surfers or super-flash and vibrant to attract teenagers.

Well that's my notes for the moment, still trying to work out what to put in blogs that would attract or direct buyers to my sales instead of boring them to go else where, hard work this advertsing lark

WAAAAAY too long without a post...Just want to say g'morning to everyone before I go to work

hey Missy ~ g'morning!

N ?... you never replied about your avi issue! ... what's the deal darlin' ?

Howdy pardners and pardness's

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pardness's

<chuckle>

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pardness's

WHAT???????

Choo, I think you better stop 'drinking' your lunch

Cheek, just had breakfast, hic

Where on the www are you all, this will not dooooo !!

Come on in Pete your time is up I will report you AWOL or worse still I will start a poll on what you might be up to if we don't see you around soon.

And becoming strangers (even stranger than when they were last here) :-

Ninth
Taz

Is there any truth in the rumour that a spider has mistakenly a eaten a fly

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Is there any truth in the rumour that a spider has mistakenly a eaten a fly

*sniff* You might be right...maybe it's R.I.P. for the fly...if you notice, only one of the terrible twins has been posting here once in a great while (Hi Miss S)

Nope, NO idea where everyone else is...kind of ODD about Pete tho, isn't it? I seriously hope he's OK, it's been way too long..

Oh, and I noticed you didn't ask where I was, thanks alot

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Oh, and I noticed you didn't ask where I was, thanks alot

That's because you were here only yesterday, good, grief, do you really think I would not have noticed

You DO know I was teasing you right??
(As usual)
In fact I was looking for another pic to post, I know how much you love those but I can't seem to decide on one. Hmmmm, I'll have to keep looking. And I almost forgot - I owe you a package after you so graciously sent me all of your blow up dolls Now what can I send you????????? I'll have to think on this one for awhile...to bad my freezer rats are gone

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You DO know I was teasing you right??

You were, well golly, I ain't arf dum and dat's a fact