Comments on: Does a Frooition shop design increase sales?

By: Josordoni

Josordoni — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:02:33 +0000

Shhhhh mums the word….

By: whirly

whirly — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:56:43 +0000

Nah, Sue helped me with the html of my latest shop design FOC…but don’t tell anyone.

By: Josordoni

Josordoni — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:43:13 +0000

Oooohhh that was a GOOD deal…

look forward to seeing your new design.

Although I thought you only just paid for a new design a short while ago?

By: whirly

whirly — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:31:57 +0000

Well I’ve bitten the bullet and just employed there services for a new eBay shop and listing design, I got Â£100 discount (Thank you Sue/Chris) + 6 months free subscription…will keep you posted and let you see the finished article.

By: Kidson Talks | The E-commerce Chemist

Kidson Talks | The E-commerce Chemist — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:18:41 +0000

eBay Design – Does it work?…

Sue from Tamebay had her eBay shop designed free, and has recently reported an increase in sales of approximately 33%. Not to attribute this to one design company, as I believe GOOD eBay design in general improves the customer experience. Sue noted tha…

By: justin time (to offer a thought).

justin time (to offer a thought). — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:09:35 +0000

hi sue….

ta for the knowledge…..

”Lordy, I got rid……” – coincidence or what?
today, someone at the library said the very same thing about my bowtie and plus fours

j.t.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:55:47 +0000

Thanks for putting the increase in context Sue, it really does help.

Thanks again,
Ed.

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:33:54 +0000

eBay picture manager?! Lordy, I got rid of that a LONG time ago. Please, please at least get yourself a Photobucket account :O

Traffic upswing, no, not at all. People in the shop are buying more, rather than there being more people in the shop.

By: justin time (to offer a thought).

justin time (to offer a thought). — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:29:27 +0000

hi sue,

”Traffic is exactly the same as this time last year”.

but, have you seen an upward swing in traffic & hits in the last month compared with the previous 3 ?

also, have you been able to dispense with ebay picture manager?

thanks,

j.t.

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:11:56 +0000

What I actually said was “money is up 33%”. I didn’t make any reference (my bad) to what I was comparing that to. FWIW, there was very little variation in my sales in December, January and February, and March has been a third up versus any of them. It’s more than 50% up on March 07.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:07:25 +0000

Sorry Sue didn’t mean to put you on the spot.

If you’d rather not publish the figures I asked for that’s fair enough and I wouldn’t have asked had you not already told us that your (approx. 30 day) turnover was up 30% on the previous period.

Thing is my March turnover is also up 30% on February and I haven’t changed my shop. Reason in my case is that I simply had a poor February.

That’s why I thought it might be more informative if we could know how the frooition turnover compared to your average, etc.

Providing all figures are published as percentages I don’t see how your giving anything more away than you already have or how your competitors would gain?

By: Biggles

Biggles — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:04:29 +0000

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By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:00:48 +0000

Jimbo: very few yet.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:53:24 +0000

Sue, how about my questions?

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:28:36 +0000

Ed: if there’s something specific you’d like to know please ask, but I am not going to be posting the figures you’ve asked for for my competition to pick over, sorry. Nor would you, I expect.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:24:23 +0000

Seems like Sue’s too busy to answer all our questions so I’m gonna b****r off to the PS board and see if I can get some answers there…

By: justin time (to offer a thought).

justin time (to offer a thought). — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:38:50 +0000

- got it, thanks sue…….
j.t.

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:30:07 +0000

No, Frooition has no effect on eBay Gallery fees.

By: justin time (to offer a thought).

justin time (to offer a thought). — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:20:23 +0000

…….. did someone say discount ????

but, what a good idea.

tamebayer benefits yes please

currently trying to find out the following….

if you go the frooition route, are ebay .15p gallery fees for listings still charged, or does this service save that expense?

j.t.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:10:39 +0000

Sue I’m beginning to get seriously interested. If as you say 20% increased turnover is a pessimistic figure then it sounds like a no brainer!

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:44:29 +0000

Owen, I think that’s pretty easy to figure out. If you take Frooition’s 20% figure as a more pessimistic measure than mine, figure out 20% of your monthly turnover. With that as an increase, how long would it take you to recoup Â£800? And is that result an acceptable time frame?

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:42:02 +0000

Well if I was to see a 30% discount for Tamebay readers offer I may be interested
Sue, I’ve had a look at your listings but haven’t manage to find one which is using the frooition template. Can you give an item number please? What percentage of your listings have the new template? Thanks

By: Owen

Owen — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:27:47 +0000

What would interest me is the time it would take to recoup the capital outlay on the redesign.

That would be a good measure of whether or not it’s worth doing.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:20:29 +0000

Congratulations Sue on your successful new shop layout.

I must confess to being surprised it made so much difference, especially in your case as your old shop was already one of the best on eBay.

Every now and then I have a particularly poor month and vica versa, so IMHO it’s not a good idea to base conclusions on a single comparison. Would be nice to know in percentage terms how it compared over the past 12 months with the highest, lowest and average months.

By: Josordoni

Josordoni — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:30:20 +0000

yay, you’ll get there… take the top off your head to let the air get to it…