I've only tried the Shopify forums, creating posts, replying to people. Was thinking about starting a facebook ad campaign but I don't know how effective that would be.
I've used Reddit (you can advertise on specific subreddits such as /r/australia) and StumbleUpon. If you go the Reddit route, don't use an annoying amount of fluff words in the post title. That'll make 'em upset.
Hey thanks! I haven't got any experience with reddit but I have heard that you can upset them easily. I will look at some of the other posts to get an idea of what is suitable.
StumbleUpon is a great idea! I used to use that all the time. Didn't cross my mind to use it. Thanks
We wanted to make ours more fun for the buyer and have a 'theme'. All our marketing has been aviation themed, such as "fly in for a great deal".
At this stage we kind of went broad, having a bit of everything to see which products sold more. We are a little limited to what our suppliers have at this stage. But the prices are still cheap
Yes, as nithinpb has said too, just focus on a single deal on the homepage. Users/customers will find it easier than having to scan through multiple options/deals.
Not a lot! Struggling with marketing at the moment. We are running multiple facebook ads and we are about to approach our local newspaper. Not sure what else to do. Google Ads?
I was one of the founders of itsadeal.com.au, we've since stopped about 6 months ago to pursue other ventures. I would strongly advise against a newspaper ad, we went down this path and for $500, this got us about 5 subscribers. Google ads work, but remember to tie them into something you can make money off. It's not smart to compete using keywords such as "daily deals" unless you have a sizeable budget. A better approach is to customize ads which sell your products and if you have something with a large margin you should be able to come out on top (more effort, but much better ROI).
I wouldn't be rushing to spend big on ads until the site was settled and smooth. If you can get a few niche products running at once and get some ads promoting that field, you might have some luck.
quote - "(can you target by people who have posted a link to an ebay item?)"
That's a great idea.
Your first two points are slowly dawning on me, I removed the people who liked ebay filter, and I seem to be getting more clicks now, however still no signups (but that is another issue!).
I posted on the eBay forum. It was really, really effective!!.. until I received a warning from ebay to stop and the post was removed. However, as you say, there must be other forums where sellers hang out. I will get my google on. Thanks for the advice.
Thanks for the great advice and examples. It all seems to make perfect sense when someone spells it out for you. I spoke to one of my friends on the weekend and they said the same thing about facebook, "they are there for entertainment". But thanks for taking it one further with the ad words keywords like "ebay fee calc", I think I can start to get the hang of it!
