We are the owners and creators of inkFrog.com, BuyitSellit.com, and now Plumdrop.com. We wanted to share a few tips for using Plumdrop to help increase your sales both on and off eBay!
We created Plumdrop for a very specific reason. We wanted a place for our sellers to promote their items for sale, earn trust from potential buyers, and leverage traffic from the internet and searches to convert it into sales for our sellers! Finally, we wanted a community driven site where sellers can learn from each other, buy from each other, and share tips with each other. Thus, Plumdrop was born.
The purpose of Plumdrop is actually very simple, however, we believe it can have a great impact on your sales. Buyers are extremely leery of purchasing from sellers and even more leery about purchasing from venues outside of eBay or Amazon. The goal of Plumdrop (and more importantly your personal Plumdrop page) is to educate potential buyers about you, and to give them a page to continue coming back to find your items for sale. Below are some great tips for using your personal Plumdrop page (and help increase sales!):
Personalize your Plumdrop page:
Buyers like to see who they are buying from! Personalize your Plumdrop page by putting a photo of yourself or your staff or something that shows a potential buyer you are a real person behind the scenes.
Be specific: Even lengthy in the description about yourself and your business. Write a lot about who you are, what you sell, and even your hobbies. You cannot write too much! Who cares if you are not a professional writer (you can see from this blog post we clearly aren't either :-)
Get involved: The more involved you are in the Plumdrop community the more it says about you and your business. Join groups, add friends, setup deals, and communicate.
Add photos: Put up photos of anything and everything in your Plumdrop page. Your animals, your favorite activity, your last vacation, Anything! Buyers like to see personality and personal touches.
Blog baby Blog:
Your Plumdrop page allows you the ability to blog. Use it! Blogging is a great way to get into search engines for many different keywords. It also shows there is a person behind the scenes. It doesn't even matter what you blog about. It could be recipes, sports, interesting articles, politics (hmm.. maybe not politics..), or anything at all. Get your words on the web and people will find your page. Keep up on your blog and write weekly to continue getting fresh content on the web and for your buyers to return.
Use Plumdrop Reviews:
Plumdrop has a 'reviews' feature built into your personal Plumdrop page. Tell your buyers to give you honest reviews of your service and your items. Have them give you feedback on eBay and on Plumdrop. Link to these reviews on your eBay items to show potential buyers. (any links from eBay we show an eBay specific Plumdrop page per eBay rules!).
Put Plumdrop Banners in your eBay listings:
Putting Plumdrop banners in your eBay listings will give buyers a first hand look at who you are, and give you instant traffic to your items for sale. This will gain buyers trust and help increase your sales. It also promotes your Plumdrop page and allows potential buyers to continue coming back to it and seeing your items for sale.
NOTE: We will show buyers a special "eBay specific" Plumdrop page for any traffic that originates from eBay (per eBay rules!)
There are many ways to use Plumdrop to help you increase sales. We hope the above gives you a few tips. The most important thing is to use your page and stay active.