Thanks for sharing. Many people never heard of Tradesy. I like that Tradesy is trying to get our items seen on google shopping.
Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?
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Thanks for sharing. Many people never heard of Tradesy. I like that Tradesy is trying to get our items seen on google shopping.
Are you sure of that regarding items with backgrounds not showing on Google shopping?
I don't use Tradesy but use another site that offers a "background burner." I've opted not to use it because I like my pictures with a background that is consistent in all my listings, proves my pictures are my own and they add to my listing style.
Yet even with my background (not being cleansed), my items do come up in Google shopping.
That's what I suspect as well. Of my minuscule sales on Bonanza, only one had a white background. I also sell on etsy and at least some of those buyers come directly from Google.
What I know the thing with white background appeared about a year ago, Google changes it quite often and retailers try to catch up. In my experience if I google anything now I can see 80% of items with white background in G shopping, 20% still have "uncleansed" background. If retailer pays for google Ads it can appear in shopping anyway, Tradesy doesn't seem pay a lot, they rely on white background (as a possible explanation). I'm not sure I'm trying to make sense out of it.
Tradesy released coupons for April EXTRA10 and EXTRA150 good until midnight, nothing else in betweennot sure why but email said not everyone knows about it, guess they're not putting on the front banner like they used to?
I've searched my email for it and can't find it! I wonder if it's ok to put it in some of my listings....I want to make a sale today, who doesn't?
I think when they relist a return, they keep everything the same as the initial listing. So I'd assume the first seller was using the Tradesy kit.
I put the code in mine and sold two bags pretty quick only an hour after I put the code in and re-created both my listings so they would be at the top of the listings... I really think their promos are too short now. It looks like they only last 12 hours. They used to last a week. By the time anyone sees there is a discount there isn't any time to either list or buy. I didn't see it until after work which left me only a few hours. Many of us are so busy and might not see the promo until it ended. I really wish they would atleast leave the discount codes live for atleast three days. I really miss all the wonderful discounts but I kind of new it couldn't last.I've searched my email for it and can't find it! I wonder if it's ok to put it in some of my listings....I want to make a sale today, who doesn't?
How true, it was so good last spring and summer. But now they're trying to wean everyone off it, hence shorter time window and limited audience, maybe to those who are serial shoppers. My takeaway is, and I'm sure they have all the stats collected and have crunched the numbers backwards and forwards, the majority of the buyers are one off, two off max who buy what they need when they need it, and aren't on Tradesy long enough to wait for coupons. I had a Celine buyer who wanted to negotiate down but I told her to wait for the next coupon sale and no one is the wiser but she wanted instant gratification and was worried about losing out so she stepped up and bought it anyway. Funny enough I was making more sales prior to the coupon, and nothing during so go figure. I do have some buyers who take my advice and pounce on coupon days, but the majority don't seem to care about the timing as much as I though they would. Even buyers who bought the day before coupon sales, none have ever come back to me to complain about missing out.
I was considering making my first purchase on Tradesy. Then I saw how inflated the seller made the 'original' price and it was such a turn off. I can understand estimating, or adding some for 'tax' someone might pay elsewhere, but some sellers double (or more) the 'original' price.
What is this "everything is on sale" message on the site and via email? Not everything is on sale. Does this just applied to their listings again or to premium sellers?
I think 'Everything on sale' is very misleading. Probably it links to items that are on sale. The email makes it seem like everything on the site is on sale.