Okay, if you’ve followed the first article in this “I Sold It On eBay!” series you know how to search for targeted SEO keywords using keyword suggestor tools, eBay Pulse and Google. You should have a fair number of potential SEO keywords in your list - but how do you know which ones will be the most profitable for you? Easy! We run a very simple spreadsheet comparison to find out. First, copy and paste all of the SEO keywords you came up with in your eBay selling searches. For me, that meant “wholesale and retail doll supplies”, “retail dolls”, “wholesale dolls”, “doll supplies” and “doll supply”… plus a couple of others. You get the point. Your list may well be 30-50 or so terms, and that’s okay. All of the SEO keywords should be in one column. Label it SEO keywords (or whatever works for you). The next column, label “Searches”. Plug in the number of searches you found in Google for that specific keyword. So for “wholesale and retail doll supplies” that was 84. Do this for all of your SEO keywords. The next column should be called, “Demand”, since this is how many times each specific SEO keyword was demanded (or searched for) last month. Again, you’ll get this number from this free keyword tool (http://www.seochat.com/seo-tools/keyword-suggestions-overture/). Finally, plug in the number of items on eBay right now that match those specific search terms. Label this column “eBay Search Terms”. For me, that means “wholesale and retail doll supplies” equals zero, but “doll supplies” equals eighty-four. Still with me? You should now have four columns full of information. Now comes the secret calculation that pulls of this information together, that with the eBay Pulse information, you’ll be yelling “I Sold It On eBay!” really, really soon. What is it? You’ll have to read part three in this series to find out… Jim Staley is the is the CEO for WholesaleGopher, one of the most trusted dealer and distributor directories on the Internet, offering visitors wholesale items, import and export goods, surplus and closeouts from true wholesale sources. Learn more about wholesaling with his free, bi-weekly blog at http://www.wholesalegopher.com/blog/. |
