@@jorejaha Same. I’ve figured out so many tips and hacks on how to go about eBay… I’ve even thought so many times of creating a TH-cam channel just to put my gems out 😋
I watched her video when it came out and couldn’t believe how she figured it out. So kind of her to share with all of us. After 3 years of selling I learned other interesting things about listing from her. Everyone should follow her. Thanks for shouting out to Rachel.
I truly appreciate your well-thought out response and explanation of my video. Thank you! I just posted a new video today where I've started implementing this technique with immediate results. Thank you for sharing the information I think can be a game changer for resellers. God bless!
Mad respect for the breakdown. You were able to take this and expand on it. 100% credit to you for your own work here. Even more respect for expanding on what Rachel said and then going back and recognizing her work and making sure she got credit. Seriously, I love what you did here.
This is pretty nifty! Thanks for sharing, Casey! And introducing me to her channel, she seems helpful! Also...after reading the comments, I wonder how many people think searchers on eBay put in THAT many specifics lol🤦♀️
I’ve been adding a lot of keywords that I can’t fit into my title into item specifics for the past few months and it has definitely helped. I’m dealing mostly with ephemera where there’s a lot of relevant search words that you don’t have room to put in title. There is only one drawback and it would be very small. If someone narrowed their search with item specifics and you added the keyword in the item specific they chose to narrow down it could block you out of that search. It would be rare for it to happen so I don’t really worry about it.
I have used this hack because I somewhat figured it out earlier this summer. It does work. My items are pushed higher especially if using high searched keywords.
Thank you Casey once again ,for sharing amazing informative content with your subscribers, Im gonna go watch her video & subscribe to her , since reading the comments below , many people have learned great things from her ! Very generous to let us other sellers know . God bless you & yours casey & be safe out there .. Mrs josette Tharp Montgomery County, Texas 🙏 😊
Ive ben doing that for a while since starting reselling part time over 2 years ago. It definitely DID work but its not working for me anymore. 🤷🏽♀️ Could be because I sell mainly clothing
I have also noted that i have seen books come up where a word is on the 1st photo which is nowhere in the title nor item specifics (eg is on a sticker attached to the book)
Katy (of Katy and Vicki and aka a boutique for him) has always done this. Don’t know if she did any research but if you go to her listings you can see that she puts keywords in the theme section for clothing.
I do ebay dropshipping so this does work 100%. I list 1000s of items. It helps you get views from sellers that are looking for unorthodox keywords. The problem that I see would be that, the more item specifics you put, the less relevant your listing becomes unless you can be consistent about a specific search query. Meaning, ebay ranks your items based on relevancy, and if you put random words or new words, then they might not have the confidence that your item is relevant to the buyers search
I have always put words not recommended when listing on eBay because half the time the recommendd words dont even match what i need. I have never added words that didn't describe my items.
Excellent & true ❤ trick and hack for ebay. I have been doing that or about a year now. I put anything relevant that doesn't fit in the title. Makes a huge difference. At first I thought it would only work if a buyer used the filter. I soon discovered it was pulling up my listing to the top search reguardless if sponsored or not. My husband kept telling me not to do that because he is hard to pivot on new ways of doing things. Better than using promoted advance clicks. It also seems to really help my Google results. I just made a sale from new user coming from Google on 3 plushies for $630 on Sunday. I put everything back to 4% standard promo. I need to go back over my stale or older than a year listings and tweek. I watch Rachels channel but haven't caught any lately.
20yr seller here.... ebay's focus on 'item specifics' is a sink hole. It reaches the point of diminishing returns very quickly. Can a men's 'plaid' shirt be a 'dress' shirt?... It depends on your opinion.. and the actual plaid. What is the height of the heel on a ladies 'flat' shoe? Can a men's penny loafer be a dress shoe, or is it a casual shoe?? It's all subjective... but the seller has to lay a marker down on the the red or black, spin the wheel and hope for the best. Because it matters in the 'search'. When the "Title' was king we all made more money and the buyer found what they really wanted. Now, buyers only see what the 'system' thinks is 'best' for them. And the seller is forced to try and compete with the algorithm when we don't even know what the rules are!!!! We're literally playing a game that is rigged against us by default.🤦🏻♂ I'll take real intelligence over 'artificial' intelligence any day.
Interesting I did have vintage sweater listed for long time and noticed someone else sold used one for more than I was listing for. All they added in theme was grandpa sweater, 80s, 90s. Sold in 2 days. This was last month but this hack would explain it.
I don't remember who, but someone told me (I think on youtube) that if you don't use the prefilled drop down item specifics it will lower your search rank. For example the required item specifics for Screen Protectors are incorrect, (tripod?????tracker???) been that way for 10 years, I always fill in "screen protector". I hardly sell any screen protectors. Have the rules changed? or do we just have to keep throwing ish up against the wall to see what sticks?
Never really thought too much about it, but I guess I always kinda assumed it works exactly like that. If there are only 3 items fitting a specific keyword and they each only have the word once in the listing, I figure the word in the title would rank first followed by the one with the word in the description, and the one in the item specifics last. Who knows how it really works exactly, but that's the assumption I've been working from.
So have I. I list a ton of items that the recommend specifics do not even match what my item is, so I add my own. That's one of the things I never listened to anyone about when they say only use what's already there...ummm....no...
@keenaboo03 I also add my own specifics when needed and possible. I try to fill every single item specific field. Even if it is a specific that is not relevant to my own, I will put "other", "n/a", or similar.
@brainfloss9710 I have been on and off eBay for 16 years. I have always filled in all the information I possibly could. I have no idea where anybody got the information that your own specifics do not show up in search. Using only ebay's sugjust did I don't specifit's could get you an inad. Simply because a lot of buyers only look at the specifics And do not read the descriptions.
If she is using a bunch of strange words that wouldn't normally show up in ebay - just because they show up when you specifically search for them doesn't really mean anything special is going on. You'll still be in competition with all other relevant keywords when describing normal stuff with normal words.
I thought this was widely known. Ebay has said to fill in as many of these fields as possible and everything on the internet is keywords so it only makes sense you would use keyboards here. Which is why using N/A, Not Applicable, etc is useless.
This isn’t really a hack…it’s just a feature of the eBay search algorithm. The algorithm indexes everything you put in your listing whether it’s in the title or not. That’s why it’s important to not keyword-word stuff your title. Always keep your titles short, relevant, and to the point. Then put all your other words in places like item condition, description, and item specifics….the algorithm will index them all the same no matter where they are, so when anyone searches using those words…your listing will rank and show up. Amazon is the exact same way. It’s been this way forever. I don’t sell a ton on eBay anymore but I was doing this already back 5-6 years ago and it worked the exact same way.
I seen the video and tried a few listings doing this method but no luck. Aslo what if you put a certain word in a categroy or item specific that has nothing to do with what its asking...cant customers complain you are false advertising? And for example say im selling an action figure or funko pop and under the specific of graded by...can I just type in the name of fhat character action figure or funko?
@RockstarFlipper but it's not keyword spamming, I'm entering words that apply to my item, I'm just entering them in a random item specific such as theme or graded by etc just like her and you explained
I didn’t say you said it’s new. Just told you that it’s been out there always, just for you to be on the know. A simple Wow would’ve done it. No need to catch me at each word (English is literally my 3rd language)
this is why some are successful by themselves and others need people to tell them how to function and still barely make it. 20% of the people enable the other 80% to live.
Do you know what’s funny about this video if you’re just reusing somebody else’s content. Why didn’t you test it out before you made a video? Kind of lame.
@@RockstarFlipper he means how did you not know this? Ive put every search word that didnt fit in the title in the items specifics since they came out.
I guess you erase my comment because I triggered you or something? I tried to add something else ~ Hey, you can tell everyone about how SEO works? Likewise, I just have 13 years in SEO and selling stuff online and promoting businesses to sell their products ~ Well I am commenting on someone who has 127K subs and gets 10K in views an average a video? You may say I'm Triggered because you did not debate me why I'm wrong? Like I said, this method may work now, but not in the near future? O by the way, nice thumbnail! You upped your game ~ Jeez!
Sorry, I had a bad day! One Of my high paying clients wanted to start a new Google ad campaign with keywords that cost $100 a click and not $1 a click or .06 cents a YT view. & I have a feeling that his company will drop me because of my cerebral palsy, not because of difference of his opinion on how I should run his ad copy! I think he likes me, but typically his wife does not!!! Anyway, the new hack you are describing to rank higher in eBay listings, In my opinion, do not use this hack ~ It is called sub stacking your keywords vi when someone uses nonsense words with real KW's in the phase or using e_Bay instead of eBay. It may work now but eBay will catch on because all these companies are now using Google's intake and you know what Ebay will do if they see you are doing wrong? Shut down!! @@RockstarFlipper
@@RockstarFlipperI was just reading thru the comments of this video of yours, and What on earth is with some of these ppl and their comments?! I dont normally read thru ur comments, (only started from that bombshell you recently dropped 😂Savage btw 👏🏼) anyway, Im really sad to see that your comments are flooded with such triggered, negative ppl. You wld think they wld just scroll on. But instead, they leave these backhanded comments, like they are hurting you or “one upping” you. Idiots…. Thanks for improving my engagement- Complete Morons! 😂😂😂😂 Anyway/ I had just watched Rachels video, and isnt it just Golden!?! Now to implement. Were you the channel that had posted about how to set shipping rules based on zones? Im trying desperately to find the video, but with no luck… Any chance it was you? TIA
@@Ingrid.Taylor Amazing huh? I would have never believed people would be more upset over someone calling out bad behavior instead of the person comitting bad behavior, but i guess i should have known from the past. Who is rachel or her video? can you link it? Shipping zone video i do not believe is mine. My 2023 shipping video was just on the basics when the ground advantage change happened
@@RockstarFlipper Rachel Strickland is the creators name. She is pretty well know in community, but, we all dont know one another…. YET! Lol. Yes, Link to follow. Thanks for reply about shipping video, i recall it was a male, and omg, I think it may have been One Foot Flipper maybe…. Look for the link for Rachel to follow
Are you going to try this keyword method? Tell me how it works
It works. that's why those of us who think for ourselves have been doing it for years.
It works I do it.
@@jorejaha Same.
I’ve figured out so many tips and hacks on how to go about eBay…
I’ve even thought so many times of creating a TH-cam channel just to put my gems out 😋
I will for sure. I try to list as much in the description or "keyword" items recommended.
I watched her video when it came out and couldn’t believe how she figured it out. So kind of her to share with all of us. After 3 years of selling I learned other interesting things about listing from her. Everyone should follow her. Thanks for shouting out to Rachel.
I truly appreciate your well-thought out response and explanation of my video. Thank you! I just posted a new video today where I've started implementing this technique with immediate results. Thank you for sharing the information I think can be a game changer for resellers. God bless!
Thanks Rach. It was a well made video, I'm glad one of your viewers showed me
❤ thanks for sharing🎉🎉
Mad respect for the breakdown. You were able to take this and expand on it. 100% credit to you for your own work here. Even more respect for expanding on what Rachel said and then going back and recognizing her work and making sure she got credit. Seriously, I love what you did here.
Thank you!! She did an amazing job pointing it out
I saw Rachel’s original video and she just came out with another video with additional results for her trying this method. It is working for her !
I WATCHED it also
I saw her video and was blown away! Glory to God! Rachel has blessed us all, and so have you with this explanation.
This is pretty awesome knowledge to have for listings going forward, thanks Casey!
You got it!
I love Rachel! She is an amazing person. She did a lot of work on this.
This is pretty nifty! Thanks for sharing, Casey! And introducing me to her channel, she seems helpful!
Also...after reading the comments, I wonder how many people think searchers on eBay put in THAT many specifics lol🤦♀️
I’ve been adding a lot of keywords that I can’t fit into my title into item specifics for the past few months and it has definitely helped. I’m dealing mostly with ephemera where there’s a lot of relevant search words that you don’t have room to put in title. There is only one drawback and it would be very small. If someone narrowed their search with item specifics and you added the keyword in the item specific they chose to narrow down it could block you out of that search. It would be rare for it to happen so I don’t really worry about it.
I love Rachel. One of the first people I followed when I started watching reseller content. I will definitely try this angle and see what happens.
Wow!! That's amazing!! :) Thank you both!!
Great info! As a video game dealer, this is great for me!
Thank you! I ❤Rachel 🎉🎉🎉 Now we know how items you're not searching for end up in the listings. Great tips!
Bingo
I have used this hack because I somewhat figured it out earlier this summer. It does work. My items are pushed higher especially if using high searched keywords.
Thank you Casey once again ,for sharing amazing informative content with your subscribers, Im gonna go watch her video & subscribe to her , since reading the comments below , many people have learned great things from her !
Very generous to let us other sellers know .
God bless you & yours casey & be safe out there ..
Mrs josette Tharp Montgomery County, Texas 🙏 😊
I’ve been following Rachael for a couple 2-3 years. I really like her content
Awesome!! I just found her a week or 2 ago
Ive ben doing that for a while since starting reselling part time over 2 years ago. It definitely DID work but its not working for me anymore. 🤷🏽♀️ Could be because I sell mainly clothing
I have also noted that i have seen books come up where a word is on the 1st photo which is nowhere in the title nor item specifics (eg is on a sticker attached to the book)
Are you sure they didn't do this and have it in the specifics box
I actually been doing this but not as often as I should. This is a good reminder for me to more 👏🏾👏🏾
Very cool, I learned this myself and have been using the specifics when theres really important key words I cant fit in the title
Katy (of Katy and Vicki and aka a boutique for him) has always done this. Don’t know if she did any research but if you go to her listings you can see that she puts keywords in the theme section for clothing.
I gotta check her listings now
I do ebay dropshipping so this does work 100%. I list 1000s of items. It helps you get views from sellers that are looking for unorthodox keywords. The problem that I see would be that, the more item specifics you put, the less relevant your listing becomes unless you can be consistent about a specific search query. Meaning, ebay ranks your items based on relevancy, and if you put random words or new words, then they might not have the confidence that your item is relevant to the buyers search
I have always put words not recommended when listing on eBay because half the time the recommendd words dont even match what i need. I have never added words that didn't describe my items.
Excellent & true ❤ trick and hack for ebay. I have been doing that or about a year now. I put anything relevant that doesn't fit in the title. Makes a huge difference. At first I thought it would only work if a buyer used the filter. I soon discovered it was pulling up my listing to the top search reguardless if sponsored or not.
My husband kept telling me not to do that because he is hard to pivot on new ways of doing things.
Better than using promoted advance clicks. It also seems to really help my Google results. I just made a sale from new user coming from Google on 3 plushies for $630 on Sunday. I put everything back to 4% standard promo. I need to go back over my stale or older than a year listings and tweek.
I watch Rachels channel but haven't caught any lately.
I will be trying this!
Made the changes sales have gone up great hack!!
20yr seller here.... ebay's focus on 'item specifics' is a sink hole. It reaches the point of diminishing returns very quickly. Can a men's 'plaid' shirt be a 'dress' shirt?... It depends on your opinion.. and the actual plaid. What is the height of the heel on a ladies 'flat' shoe? Can a men's penny loafer be a dress shoe, or is it a casual shoe??
It's all subjective... but the seller has to lay a marker down on the the red or black, spin the wheel and hope for the best. Because it matters in the 'search'.
When the "Title' was king we all made more money and the buyer found what they really wanted. Now, buyers only see what the 'system' thinks is 'best' for them. And the seller is forced to try and compete with the algorithm when we don't even know what the rules are!!!!
We're literally playing a game that is rigged against us by default.🤦🏻♂
I'll take real intelligence over 'artificial' intelligence any day.
Thats why we recommend to our Listing service clients not to fill in the "additional ones much unless its 100% sure"
Interesting I did have vintage sweater listed for long time and noticed someone else sold used one for more than I was listing for. All they added in theme was grandpa sweater, 80s, 90s. Sold in 2 days. This was last month but this hack would explain it.
Very interesting. I’ll give it a try.
Will Prolister be adding this for us on existing / future listings?
We will be yes!! soon
Rachel is incredible! Has some great hacks and tips thx
Glad i found her then!
Holy s…t.. just tried it.. it works!!!
I always add my own key words on item specifics. I never use the drop down options
Previously we were told that messed up search, clearly that was wrong
I don't remember who, but someone told me (I think on youtube) that if you don't use the prefilled drop down item specifics it will lower your search rank. For example the required item specifics for Screen Protectors are incorrect, (tripod?????tracker???) been that way for 10 years, I always fill in "screen protector". I hardly sell any screen protectors. Have the rules changed? or do we just have to keep throwing ish up against the wall to see what sticks?
According to this test, thats not correct. Weird what to believe huh or what does or doesnt work.
It’s how I found her channel. It was a great video. As are yours.
THank you so much!! she did a great job on it
It’s been getting me better results for sure.
Fantastic to hear
That’s interesting. Thank you for sharing.
Been thinking about this before this video
I’ve actually been doing this for a while now. I thought people knew this tbh
No apparently not
Never really thought too much about it, but I guess I always kinda assumed it works exactly like that. If there are only 3 items fitting a specific keyword and they each only have the word once in the listing, I figure the word in the title would rank first followed by the one with the word in the description, and the one in the item specifics last. Who knows how it really works exactly, but that's the assumption I've been working from.
So have I. I list a ton of items that the recommend specifics do not even match what my item is, so I add my own. That's one of the things I never listened to anyone about when they say only use what's already there...ummm....no...
@keenaboo03 I also add my own specifics when needed and possible. I try to fill every single item specific field. Even if it is a specific that is not relevant to my own, I will put "other", "n/a", or similar.
@brainfloss9710 I have been on and off eBay for 16 years. I have always filled in all the information I possibly could. I have no idea where anybody got the information that your own specifics do not show up in search. Using only ebay's sugjust did I don't specifit's could get you an inad. Simply because a lot of buyers only look at the specifics And do not read the descriptions.
So basically your saying.. take what we have in our title spot and put it in the specific box too?
Somewhat. Yeah. That’s the jist of it
Hi there , does the pro ecommerce lister work for Canadians? thanks :)
Yes we can do canadian ebay
Where is her video? Linked below ITS NOT!
If she is using a bunch of strange words that wouldn't normally show up in ebay - just because they show up when you specifically search for them doesn't really mean anything special is going on. You'll still be in competition with all other relevant keywords when describing normal stuff with normal words.
Go check her newest video. confirmed 99% basically
I thought this was widely known. Ebay has said to fill in as many of these fields as possible and everything on the internet is keywords so it only makes sense you would use keyboards here. Which is why using N/A, Not Applicable, etc is useless.
Well yes ebay says to fill these in, but not in the manner she did, they didn't show anything besides cliclking the drop down and selecting one
Recommended is only on mobile. Not on desktop.
It's on desktop also. I show the screenshot in this video
Doing it now for clothing, will be working on others.
This isn’t really a hack…it’s just a feature of the eBay search algorithm. The algorithm indexes everything you put in your listing whether it’s in the title or not. That’s why it’s important to not keyword-word stuff your title. Always keep your titles short, relevant, and to the point. Then put all your other words in places like item condition, description, and item specifics….the algorithm will index them all the same no matter where they are, so when anyone searches using those words…your listing will rank and show up. Amazon is the exact same way. It’s been this way forever. I don’t sell a ton on eBay anymore but I was doing this already back 5-6 years ago and it worked the exact same way.
I thought this was obvious. That’s the whole reason for adding item specifics
Do you know if buyers leaving feedback, help the algorithm? vs No feedback left
No proof of it honestly
I seen the video and tried a few listings doing this method but no luck. Aslo what if you put a certain word in a categroy or item specific that has nothing to do with what its asking...cant customers complain you are false advertising? And for example say im selling an action figure or funko pop and under the specific of graded by...can I just type in the name of fhat character action figure or funko?
Yes thats the part i mention about keyword spamming, don't do that
@RockstarFlipper but it's not keyword spamming, I'm entering words that apply to my item, I'm just entering them in a random item specific such as theme or graded by etc just like her and you explained
@@JamesWilson-ci8jc yes correct. Just letting everyone know NOT to spam with irrelevant words. Otherwise all good
Casey this feature is not new. I’ve been using it for years!
I use it as extra title keywords.
I’m surprised you’re only finding about it now 😳
I didn’t say it was a new feature. Or even a feature. Just something many people don’t do
I didn’t say you said it’s new. Just told you that it’s been out there always, just for you to be on the know.
A simple Wow would’ve done it.
No need to catch me at each word
(English is literally my 3rd language)
@@joeruc1 but you said “Casey this feature isn’t new” as in implying I said it’s new. That’s not what I said at all
Do I have the straight? Your own e-commerce company is sponsoring your own video? That is what you stated... Correct?
This is nothing new my friend you can type any word even in the feature field and it the algorithm will pick it up.
Not saying it's "new" just that noone (or hardly anyone does it) and that it works. Or at least works some of the time
That's what the item specific are for.. to use for the searching.. wow someones a genius
Well they are built with drop downs to select from, not for hand typing basically
this is why some are successful by themselves and others need people to tell them how to function and still barely make it. 20% of the people enable the other 80% to live.
R i doing thisv e prob lister
??
eBay will see this and now change it all again bcuZ we figured it out
I think that would required changing their entire backend and not likely
@@RockstarFlipperli know it was a joke
10 minutes for a 2 minute explanation
Do you know what’s funny about this video if you’re just reusing somebody else’s content. Why didn’t you test it out before you made a video? Kind of lame.
I have tested it out and it takes time for ebays algorithm to update.. but thanks for the watch
Did you just whistle for attention? Kinda condescending bro
Did you actually think i whistled "for attention" Seriously? Thats what you got from that? Jesus
BOOMERS 😂
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@@RockstarFlipper he means how did you not know this? Ive put every search word that didnt fit in the title in the items specifics since they came out.
I guess you erase my comment because I triggered you or something? I tried to add something else ~ Hey, you can tell everyone about how SEO works? Likewise, I just have 13 years in SEO and selling stuff online and promoting businesses to sell their products ~ Well I am commenting on someone who has 127K subs and gets 10K in views an average a video? You may say I'm Triggered because you did not debate me why I'm wrong? Like I said, this method may work now, but not in the near future? O by the way, nice thumbnail! You upped your game ~ Jeez!
What are you even talking about? I don't delete comments.... and i didn't delete yours.
Sorry, I had a bad day! One Of my high paying clients wanted to start a new Google ad campaign with keywords that cost $100 a click and not $1 a click or .06 cents a YT view. & I have a feeling that his company will drop me because of my cerebral palsy, not because of difference of his opinion on how I should run his ad copy! I think he likes me, but typically his wife does not!!! Anyway, the new hack you are describing to rank higher in eBay listings, In my opinion, do not use this hack ~ It is called sub stacking your keywords vi when someone uses nonsense words with real KW's in the phase or using e_Bay instead of eBay. It may work now but eBay will catch on because all these companies are now using Google's intake and you know what Ebay will do if they see you are doing wrong? Shut down!! @@RockstarFlipper
Isn’t this common sense tho? 😅
Why would it be? Ebay provides drop downs for those boxes, and typing in something by hand was deemed to make the search go against you
@@RockstarFlipperI was just reading thru the comments of this video of yours, and What on earth is with some of these ppl and their comments?! I dont normally read thru ur comments, (only started from that bombshell you recently dropped 😂Savage btw 👏🏼) anyway, Im really sad to see that your comments are flooded with such triggered, negative ppl. You wld think they wld just scroll on. But instead, they leave these backhanded comments, like they are hurting you or “one upping” you. Idiots…. Thanks for improving my engagement- Complete Morons! 😂😂😂😂
Anyway/ I had just watched Rachels video, and isnt it just Golden!?! Now to implement.
Were you the channel that had posted about how to set shipping rules based on zones? Im trying desperately to find the video, but with no luck… Any chance it was you?
TIA
@@Ingrid.Taylor Amazing huh? I would have never believed people would be more upset over someone calling out bad behavior instead of the person comitting bad behavior, but i guess i should have known from the past.
Who is rachel or her video? can you link it?
Shipping zone video i do not believe is mine. My 2023 shipping video was just on the basics when the ground advantage change happened
@@RockstarFlipper Rachel Strickland is the creators name. She is pretty well know in community, but, we all dont know one another…. YET! Lol. Yes, Link to follow.
Thanks for reply about shipping video, i recall it was a male, and omg, I think it may have been One Foot Flipper maybe…. Look for the link for Rachel to follow
Love me some @RachelStrickland!l❤️🤗😍❤