Print donation sign up sheet - all proceeds go to charity!

Karalee · Sep 15, 2005

Sorry Chase :lol:

I missed all of Lumi's stuff, she sent me an email with her pics, so ill forward that to you too :greenpbl: before I pack my computer and stuff up

I know youll just be waiting oh so happily :lol:

thebeginning · Sep 16, 2005

where are these going to be auctioned? also, will we ever know if ours was bidded for? I'd like to participate.

GerryDavid · Sep 16, 2005

How do you guys plan to list this? Say there are 20 prints up for auction, do you plan to list them all at once, or one a day for a while, etc? The way I normally do it is to seperate them by 10 or 15 minutes so people that bid on one have time to bid on another, etc.

I would also suggest linking the auction pages together with direct urls, with thumbnails of each, at the bottom of the listing. This way the other auctions may get more traffic and increased possibility for bids/more bids.

I was going to suggest creating a webpage for this sort of thing that links to each ebay page, but ebay doesnt like that sort of thing. If you have the words "my website" in the body of the auction, ebay will complain when you try to create the auction. But the alternative might be to do something in your homepage on ebay. Theres the little "me" icon next to your name and feedback that will take people to the page.

Hope no one minds my rambling. :0)

Chase · Sep 16, 2005

They are going to each have their own auction on Ebay. More info to come!

Excellent suggestion about cross linking the various auctions!

Chase · Sep 18, 2005

Ok, we're off and running!

Click here to view the first item up for bid! hehe

Comments and suggestions on way to improve the listing would be appreciated! More will be added soon!

Karalee · Sep 18, 2005

Chase · Sep 18, 2005

And another...Terri is going to have to really start the ball rolling for us! :lol:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7351815287

GerryDavid · Sep 18, 2005

Chase said:
Comments and suggestions on way to improve the listing would be appreciated! More will be added soon!

The average person may have no idea what "Polaroid SX-70 Manipulation" is, and you want to draw people to the page. Perhaps add "print" or something to the title? I dont know how many characters you have available in the title, so that might be a problem.

And I suggest putting a very detailed description of the print in the listing, so you will capture more searches. I dont think the word "boat" appears anywhere in the auction and thats the subject of the auction. The more keywords in the auction, the greater possability people will stumble upon the page, and the greater the chance of a bidding war. :0)

Perhaps state that there is no s&h fee as well.

Chase · Sep 18, 2005

Great suggestions!

The "title" is only 55 characters, so that part is kind of tough. I will add something about the shippind and handling. Ideally, any more info about the print would need to come from the photographer (other than saying something like "this is a boat"), so I'll happily add any further description that I'm given!

GerryDavid · Sep 18, 2005

There is a subtitle, but that costs extra.

GerryDavid · Sep 18, 2005

Oh, and exposure is a good thing. The more exposure this project gets, the more possible bidders. Perhaps some small news stations may be interested in picking this story up or somethiing. What about posts/threads on discussion boards that will increase the knowledge of the auctions. Gotta be careful not to spam them though, hehe.

What about finding something related to photography that is really weird, and list that. The weirst stuff on ebay tends to get lots of press and some companies bid on it, to get some advertising, in a weird way. I think theres some casino thats buying weird things, and the exposure they get on the news about it makes it worth while.

And theres www.fark.com. They cover news stories and get alot of traffic daily.

terri · Sep 18, 2005

Oh my goodness, I'm on ebay. :shock:

:lol:

Thanks, Chase and Karalee, for doing all of this to help raise funds for the disaster victims. You guys rock! :hug::

I don't see any problem with the way the item has been listed. It's in the appropriate ebay category, under Art and Photographic images. The link to the artist's page is there as well, if folks are curious, I'm not hard to reach.

I think Hobbes is also donating a Polaroid piece, so he may have an idea for an expanded description of this technique.

The other print, of course, is more traditional.

If possible, a note saying that S&H is going to be covered by the artist is fine by me.

I consider it part of my personal donation.

TPF gets a lot of hits, so Chase - as far as exposure, if you could add a temporary link on the top by the advertising banners, would that be helpful in getting folks over there?