Please check out my ebay listing I want your opinions.
mids1999
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Does it look like I graded this 1873 Indian head cent I listed on Ebay Properly?
Does this page look nice to you background / text /pictures?
I already posted a for auction listing on the fs/ft forum this post is just for the following reasons.
1 I am interested in your opinion on my listing.
2 Are the background and colors pleasing (looking for suggestions)
3 Are the pictures big enough?
4 Any thing else I can do to improve the look of my listings.
heres the link.
Ebay Link
Does this page look nice to you background / text /pictures?
I already posted a for auction listing on the fs/ft forum this post is just for the following reasons.
1 I am interested in your opinion on my listing.
2 Are the background and colors pleasing (looking for suggestions)
3 Are the pictures big enough?
4 Any thing else I can do to improve the look of my listings.
heres the link.
Ebay Link
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not change the background of the whole page including all of the standard text
at the top of the page. Your choice of the light blue background is not bad at all;
I just prefer consistency. Some auction backgrounds can be really distracting!
One way you can use a background, but confine it to your description area is to
create a one-cell table, and include all of your info within that cell.
Good luck!
Ken
We'll use our hands and hearts and if we must we'll use our heads.
I try to keep colors about the same. It's easy
to get carried away with lettering styles and
sizes and all the pretty colors and it can be
distracting when overused. Every one of the forum
members would have done something a little different
so it is still a matter of personal taste.
A well placed ad or nicely designed web site is always
to the point and consistent.
My website
I know this might have been better in the FS&T forum but I am going to be putting more ads up
soon and I was hoping to get timely responce. How many people read the FS&T forums more then one or
two times per day vs how many times they check up frequently on this fourm.
My intention was on the look and feel of the ad not to be specific on the coin. If I was only trying to Publicize about the auction I
dont think that would have any place in this forum and would have post that strictly in the FS&T forum.
Thank you everyone for your opinion.
And thankyou for the advice on how not to change the whole pages appearance. That was my intention in the
first place but I could not figure out how to do that in front page.
Tom
K S
How large of a cell is the description and picture area?
I am thinking about doing something with everything in a cell covering the entire description area.
MDWoods- The guy is a relatively new member. He has seen how numerous Ebay sellers have been held up for ridicule on this Forum for extremely minor details and he is asking for our HELP. So many Members claim one of the primary purposes is to provide help, yet here a new Member asks for our help and you pop him with a little criticism. Give the guy a break!
click the "Specify Width" box, and use 100% for the width. This will make
it work best for different browser configurations. Alternatively, you can
specify the width in pixels, but I would keep the width at either 640 or 800.
Once you have your single-cell table, you can then specify a background
and it will be confined to this cell. Everything else; text, pictures, etc., also
goes into this same cell.
Hope that helps!
Ken
Before looking at the grade listed,I thought to myself,.........`It looks VF to me......lets see what the seller says.............WOW.Its NOT overgraded like all the others.Big plus there.
Also,I not sure why its not a good idea to say your starting the bidding below greysheet.To me,it says seller may be.....whats the word I,m looking for.........HONEST!!!!! lol
Good job Mid.I,ll give you an A.
Since it was asked, I would get rid of the script font. It's a bit hard to read, and that's definately not what you want with an auction. It's okay to have a title or emphasized words or phrases in italic style fonts, but to have the entire description in such fonts makes them hard to read.
Given the background color you chose, I would take the same color values for the text and make it dark. Basically, a complimentary dark color for the background.
The Lincoln cent store:
http://www.lincolncent.com
My numismatic art work:
http://www.cdaughtrey.com
USAF veteran, 1986-1996 :: support our troops - the American way.
I personally like your choice for background color, but I agree that you shouldn't use one on eBay. The script font also makes difficult reading. Keep it simple - bold and black stands out nice against white.
A background can create the illusion that this ad is "special" but most of the time it's just annoying.
I like a simple format.
[ Heading ]
[ Description]
[Details]
I think you should first use MS-Word to create a template. Insert a table with 3 rows and put all of your relevent information on the bottom. They shouldn't be promenant, but easily readable. Save this template and just change the heading and details. To create an HTML script, save the document in word as a Web Page, then double click on that to bring up Internet Explorer , and select VIEW/ SOURCE. Then cut and paste it into the eBay window.
I'm using the ebay Sellers Assitant Basic this month as a free trial so I don't have any good examples up.
You have to be careful with what you do with common settings, such as background and colors because you can mess up the display like I did here...
In this ad, I wanted a blue background but my link didn't show up well so I changed the link color. Notice the effect on all ebay's links
Now if I could just learn to take good pictures....
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Mids1999 - did you grow up in Sayreville? I'm from Woodbridge originally, now living in LA. What a difference, I went thru Sayreville this summer on the way down the shore while I was visiting. Geezzz - they sure have built up your area. Anyway, I miss Jersey and the people, much better then smelLA!
Michael
DCamFranklin, I have seen a lot of so called newbies use the same tactic to advertise their coins. I was merely stating a fact. I was not judgemental in any way. My suggestion was a short sentence, and not commanding anyone to give anybody, anything. I have not criticized anyone, you sir are a FIBBER. mdwoods
edited to appease the more sensitive
We'll use our hands and hearts and if we must we'll use our heads.
Obscurum per obscurius
We'll use our hands and hearts and if we must we'll use our heads.
Pretty cool.
I,d like one too but ,no idea what to put in.
I got it!!!!!!...`Choose Your Own Title`...
No,That sounds dumb.........
Nothing in some foreign language either.Thats dumb too.......
Where do you get those funny animated gifs of postrating purple blob people?
I don't like backgrounds as a rule, but yours is neutral and pretty unobtrusive/unobjectionable.
I believe you should give your buyers more options on shipping than Priority Mail for $4 and $1 for insurance. That much postage is wasted to send a little coin, when you could do First Class Insured for $2-3. Most people are not in that big a hurry that they would pay Priority Mail rates for a small coin. (If they choose that, fine, but I say give 'em more choices or a less expensive option).
Your return policy is fair, you take PayPal, and you have unblemished feedback. There's the big issues I look for. Overall a balanced, fair listing, better than many out there.
I'll give $25.00