How can I promote (outside of Ebay) a very special item I am selling on Ebay?

VixxAnn

Does anyone have any ideas of how I can promote an extremely special one-off item that I am selling on Ebay? I am talking along the lines of getting people in the media or related trades talking about it.

Obviously this is for personal gain only as the more talkers, the more viewers, the more potential bidders and hopefully a higher price! So ultimately I am asking about extra marketing. (I already know about the extras available on Ebay, eg, front page etc)

any ideas - anyone done this before?

soolin

If it is a collectable item then maybe there is a collecting group, or online community that might let you advertise the sale?

If it is just a one off novelty item you might try phoning the press, but I think they only carry ebay stories when other news is short and I'm sure they're fed up of a lot of the novelty items already. Anything big, but not in the novlety arena, like a jet plane could again be bought to the attention of air craft museums or such like.

Wherever your likely buyers are, that's where to target, general things though will be harder to advertise.

Also, be careful on any website or collectors groups and talk to the mods before mentioning your item as virtually ever group I am on bans ebay adverts and you wouldn't want to run into problems.

lastly, try chatting on the dedicated ebay forums, you can get to them from the ebay front page.

Soo

intel

Go to The Times the Sun the Star any big or Local newspapers
and email the editors or newsdesk with the story..

hjb123

Have you already got it on ebay if so whats the item number?

I guess it comes down to what the item is and how much it is worth as to where and how you publicise it!

VixxAnn

hjb123 wrote:

Have you already got it on ebay if so whats the item number?

I guess it comes down to what the item is and how much it is worth as to where and how you publicise it!

Item number removed - Forum Team 2

I have just emailed the motoring editors of the Times, the Telegraph, the Observer and the Independent - will try and do more papers too as and when I track down email addresses!

would really love to email Jeremy clarkson!!

intel

Top Gear have now been emailed.


Just quoting the link that I found

mancitychick

Doesn't clarkson write for one of the tabloids aswell. Mirror I think

black-saturn

Not being funny but whats so special about it?

VixxAnn

black-saturn wrote:

Not being funny but whats so special about it?

Do I need to answer - don't you know :cool:

We are talking about a total one off concept vehicle (as in number one of one quantity made!) and if you saw it your jaw would drop I assure you

blue_haddock

VixxAnn wrote:

We are talking about a total one off concept vehicle (as in number one of one quantity made!) and if you saw it your jaw would drop I assure you

At the end of the day though it's only a glorified LDV pick-up and an expensive one at that.

black-saturn

VixxAnn wrote:

Do I need to answer - don't you know :cool:

We are talking about a total one off concept vehicle (as in number one of one quantity made!) and if you saw it your jaw would drop I assure you

Sorry but a cars a car to me. None of them are that special. In fact I'm a car hater.