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Free eBay Keyword Tool Available From Terapeak

Doug Feiring — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:18:16 +0000

Terapeak (read my Terapeak review) has made their “Title Builder” eBay keyword tool available free to the public. It’s pretty simple to use.

Simply start typing a keyword and the tool will automatically suggest twenty related keywords to include in your listing title. The tool details how many listings (from a sample of 100 recently closed listings) include the keyword in the title and the average, maximum, and minimum price items including these words in their title sold for.

Unlike the keyword tools provided by eBay, Terapeak’s Title Builder will provide data from eBay sites beyond eBay.com. It currently supports the UK, French, Australian, Canadian, and German sites as well as eBay Motors.

Here’s a link: http://data.terapeak.com/titlebuilder/

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eBay’s Keyword Suggestion Tool is Being Updated w/ Fresh Data

Doug Feiring — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:45:39 +0000

Last year I reported that eBay’s Keyword Suggestion Tool, the BayEstimator, was no longer being updated with fresh data. After playing around on it this evening, I noticed that the tool was returning different results for keywords than it did just a couple of months ago. I had some screen shots that I was trying to replicate to get a better image resolution for the next edition of Best Match Made Simple, but I just couldn’t get the same results.

Could it be that the BayEstimator is now getting fresh data? A quick experiment with the search term “iPad” shows fresh data!

(The iPad was introduced a year after eBay stopped feeding data to the BayEstimator)

Add a Border to Your eBay Listing’s Gallery Image & Get Noticed

Doug Feiring — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:18:52 +0000

An easy way to get noticed in the eBay search results is to add a bright border to your listing’s gallery image. There are lot’s of ways to do this, however I wanted to share the absolute simplest tool available to anybody with an internet connection and about 45 seconds to spare.

First simply visit : http://www.lunapic.com/editor/?action=border

The first screen presents a sample image and the ability to upload your own:

After you’ve uploaded your image, it appears on the screen with a purple frame around it. To change, simply type in a color or select one from the pop-up menu.

Click the “Add Border” button… and your done.

Right-click the image to save it to your computer and use the new image for the gallery thumbnail when you’re ready to list your item.

Easy peasy, lemon squeezy!

Two More Free eBay Keyword Tools

Doug Feiring — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:36:14 +0000

I just wanted to pass along a couple of eBay keyword tools that I’ve never gotten around to mentioning on AuctionInsights:

CatMan –
Get a deeper understanding of top keywords, hot keywords, sellers and trends on a per-category basis. Simply click on a category name to view the top key words for that category. Check the box(es) next to category names to view trends. Here’s a couple of Steg Larson books compared:

Like the BayEstimator, this tool is offered on the eBay labs website. Here’s the link: http://labs.ebay.com/Catman/

eBaySaurus -

(Think thesaurus – not dinosaurs like I did) Get a view of the eBay query network along different semantic dimensions. Simply enter a keyword and an interactive chart of related keywords appears. The larger the bubble, the more relevant that keyword is. Click on a bubble to find other terms related to that keyword. Expand and drag to your hearts content to get ideas of keywords related to the one you entered. This tool is based on actual search behavior on the eBay site, so it could be the perfect brainstorming tool to jump start your listings.

Here’s a screenshot:

This tool is also on the eBay Labs site: http://labs.ebay.com/demos/qnet/