A SIDE hustler has revealed exactly how many pictures you need to put on your eBay listings to get them to sell.
Linda has made a name for herself as a successful reseller on the auction site, as well as other apps such as Vinted, WhatNot and Tilt, and recently had a meeting with bosses at eBay.
She then took to her Hustle Lynne TikTok page to share some of the tips she’d picked up from the discussion, including ideas for maximising visibility on eBay to increase sales.
“For it to be in higher up in the search engine you need to have at least 12 photos,” she said.
“So the more photos you’ve got, the more people are flicking through it, which means people are looking at your listings for longer, which then pushes you up.”
Linda added that while it sounds like “common sense”, she’ll often just take a few pictures to include rather than 12.
The pictures should also be on an entirely plain, white background.
As proof of the effectiveness of that detail, Linda was first shown the Marks & Spencer website, which has all the clothes on a white background, meaning they are what stands out when you look at it.
She was then shown another listing, which had items hanging on a green door, as she admitted the first thing she’d noticed on there was the background rather than the item itself.
Another tip Linda picked up from the meeting was the importance of key words.
“The first four words of your title are your key words,” she said.
Once again, M&S was used an example, with a listing on eBay which was titled “Lovely blue size 14 Marks and Spencer skirt”.
But the eBay expert said that the first word of the title always needs to be the brand.
The second should be the product item, the third the size and the fourth the colour.
So an ideal listing title would be: “Marks and Spencer skirt 14 blue”.
“People zoom into the first four words first and the first four words are the ones that is going to help push you out,” Linda explained.
The pro also insisted it’s a case of “quality over quantity” when it comes to how many items you list on the site.
“Lots of people have got these massive, massive wardrobes – five, six hundred items – and when I spoke to the guy he said you’re better having less items, but really quality items.”
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And the quality isn’t just referring to having expensive items on sale, but the actually quality of the listings, rather than having “loads of crap ones”.
The comments section of Linda’s TikTok was immediately filled with people thanking her for sharing the suggestions and tips, with one writing: “I put loads of photos. I’m going to take even more now!”
“You always pop up on my FYP and your advice is very much appreciated, thank you,” another added.
“Thanks for sharing this – I’m off to make a few amendments!” a third commented.
“Thank you – so much years selling on eBay and this is really handy,” someone else praised.
