I love the look of golfputtersguide site, what theme did you use for it?

Thanks

2 – Thats coded like that by design.

It changes to reflect the other [same-brand] reviews in the system on every page.

Mark

Love the racks! Just 2 points

1 I don’t have PHBay so can I use the Epn tool?

2 The “View All” parts on the bottom of each have a different title but the same snippet, code prob?

Thanks for all your work.

The one I’m dealing with right now is a collectibles niche (XXXXXXXXX Horses) and I don’t think just a few listings will work for this one. While there are a dozen or so categories within the niche, collectors won’t be satisfied with just seeing a few listings. I think that’s probably true with most used and collectible markets. I have a used saddle store, that’s similar. You don’t just find one xxxxxxxxxx saddle and stop there. You’re going to want to look at all potential choices.

I’m still building out quite a bit of content for this store, but think I’ll need to deviate a bit more the model and include more listings.

Does this make sense to you …. or do you think I’m missing something? Thanks.

In the case of the “Specific” bike rack you are talking about… it shows 4 of that EXACT product (not always possible) so if the visitor is in fact interested in buying that EXACT item, they have 4 choices right in front of them. If the same products came in 6 colors, I would likely have 6 separate pages, each with color option in place, showing ONLY that color item.

Keep in mind, I am not showing them 4 “Random” Bike Racks, they are 4 of the EXACT ones.

If for some reason they DON’T want one of those, they have other choices of other reviews, directly below… so they can browse further on MY SITE, before jumping to eBay.

All said – if search engine traffic was not involved you could build page after page of product listings, but doing so, now you have reduced the VALUE of your CONTENT to a search engine. (Its the same thing they find on eBay – eBay is the authority) There is no rule that you cant have 2-5 or more pages, but you will need to do something to each those pages to increase the value to search engines.

The ultimate goal is to get the buyer as CLOSE to the buying process as possible on your own site – THEN send them to eBay to buy it.

Mark

So, there are only four listings from ebay on your page. Is that enough to make a decision to buy one? And, if he clicks on one, it takes him to the specific product page and the breadscrumb trail on that page is:
Sporting Goods>Outdoor Sports >Cycling>Accessories>Car & Truck Racks>Roof

So, if he wants to look at others, he’d have to search on ebay. So, he’s back to the lousy ebay categorization.

So, I’m wondering why you wouldn’t have a “see more” link on your page to a page with more specific listings – either on your site or a link to a specific search on ebay.

Again, really appreciate your insight, cause I’m struggling with the best way to present to my customers. Thanks so much.

The best way for you to build YOUR site, is to get the buyer all the way to the point where they have their credit card in hand – and simply go to eBay to complete the purchase.

Instead of:

“Look at all these Bridles you can find at eBay” where the “Browser” goes to shop further… maybe buying, maybe not.

You build your site to send the message of:

“Look at this EXACT type of Bridle, Here it is, this is why you want it, this is why you need it, are you ready to buy it? If so… here is the one you need”

… and send them to eBay to complete the purchase.

Keep in mind – this is not just to optimize the eBay buying experience, its also to make sure we please the search engine gods… and provide a useful experience for “Their” visitors, giving them a reason to continue sending traffic.

Mark

Part of what I struggle with is that I think that a key added value we can provide on these sites is much better categorization than on ebay. For instance I’m a horse person and do a lot of horse-related sites. ebay knows nothing about horses and their categorization shows it. So, my ebay store for this category is actually a better place to shop than ebay. But if I only show, let’s say 4 items, and then they click through to ebay for more there back to the poor categorization.

Really appreciate any thoughts as I know Adam, Kelvin, and yourself wouldn’t be doing this approach if it didn’t work, but i’m wondering if it works for certain niches better than others.