Get Your eBay™ Listings Noticed

Remember that you are only allowed 55 characters (including spaces) for an eBay item title. It may seem a lot at first, but if you have a lot of information about your item to include and you want to draw in the attention of prospective buyers it can also seem very limiting. So how should we make the most of our allotted 55 characters?

Some people advocate gimmicks such as including underscores between words like this:

Fantastic_micro_cd_system_in_black_!!!!!!

Or some use asterisks etc:

***Fantastic micro cd system in black!!!***

Another common one is to include "L@@K!" or something similar.

These gimmicks can help to draw the eye to a title, but it is still the item described in the title that will decide whether it is clicked on or not, so it is important to also include enough words to effectively describe what you are selling.

Perhaps the best way of creating a good item title is to have a look for some similar items and then try to improve on them. Imagine we are selling a very collectable vinyl single by The Beatles. It is called "Love Me Do" and was released in 1963 on the Parlophone label. How should our title be phrased?

The very first thing to try is searching for another similar item. Enter into the search bar something like:

Beatles love me do

and look at the results that turn up. Examine the other item titles and see which ones catch your eye. Are there any elements you can improve on to make the title more appealing? Is there any information that could be added? Would a suitable buzzword be appropriate? Will a gimmick draw the eye to your title?

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