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Post by optoprime on Dec 13, 2006 2:47:04 GMT -5
eBay has banned me from posting my site name on my auctions. This was an excellent source of advertising for me. Since I no longer can do this, I've been looking at advertising on various sites (sorry gunman_sr5, I forgot I asked the question before). The advertising prices are fair from a corporate standpoint but I'm just starting out so the prices are high for me. If I do go through with it then I have no choice but to jack up my prices to compensate which is something I never wanted to do. I'm still thinking of ways to avoid this... really hope I come up with something I was wondering what you guys thought about the whole thing.
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Post by Wheeljack35 on Dec 13, 2006 14:45:23 GMT -5
TNI has its own version of Ebay called TFied I beleive
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Post by Gunman_sr5 on Dec 13, 2006 19:42:50 GMT -5
One thing you could do is make a sig with a direct link to your store. This would be great free advertising at all the forums you post at. If you have any design in mind I could probably add a bit of free advertising to our news fader here as well. I am sure somebody will come up with some other ideas as well, but thats what I could think of. Hope it helps.
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Post by optoprime on Dec 14, 2006 0:33:19 GMT -5
Thanks, you guys are awesome! Wheeljack35, I looked into Tfied and I'll definitely try it out Gunman_sr5, I never thought about doing that... I'll definitely try it out and thank you very much for offering some free advertising with your news fader. If you guys buy something from me in the future then let me know before doing so and I'll return the favor. So most of my advertising research is complete and if you're curious, it's going to cost me about $150-$300/month/site/toy line to advertise, you can see how that's a little discouraging LOL I was thinking about extending the site into more of a market place... so it's more interactive rather then just a store. Now that I'm thinking about it, a couple other ideas are coming to mind.
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Post by Wheeljack35 on Dec 14, 2006 9:53:01 GMT -5
If you could come up with a small logo to your store I could put it up on The Transforum
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Post by StrykerX2K on Dec 14, 2006 10:58:21 GMT -5
If you can come up with that link...is there a place to post it on our MySpace Group page? I will be happy to post it on my myspace page.....
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Post by optoprime on Dec 14, 2006 14:46:37 GMT -5
You guys have no idea how much this means to me Thanks! Wheeljack35, designing a logo is probably the hardest things for me to do LOL I have no art talent so my gf does all the artwork. I've been trying to think of a logo for months... just nothing really fits if you know what I mean. When I do come up with something I'll let you know. StrykerX2K, that would be really cool, thank you. I've been thinking more about the marketplace idea and maybe it can go further. People would be able to post news, reviews, articles, fan pages and sell toys in the store. With some slight modification I can allow members access to my posting tools. I think it's a really good idea but I have to hammer out the details before proceeding.
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Post by Wheeljack35 on Dec 14, 2006 15:10:58 GMT -5
opto if you know anybody with photoshop they can do it for you
There are people all over the message boards with photoshop
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Post by optoprime on Dec 15, 2006 1:56:48 GMT -5
It's not really the photoshop that's the problem... I can't think of a memorable logo that doesn't look dumb LOL See how long it took to make the banner look good I checked out tfieds and unfortunately they have a similar policy as eBay... I can't risk it since I'm a member there too. I can just imagine how many people would be angry with me LOL It looks like I'm going to try out the advertising for a month or two... who knows, it may very well be the best thing to do. As for the marketplace idea... the more I think about it, the more likely it'll function like wikipedia with a little bit of eBay which isn't bad but requires a lot of work.
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Post by optoprime on Dec 19, 2006 0:38:41 GMT -5
Hey guys, my ad was just posted on tformers.com. What do you guys think? I know it's a little plain but it does catch your eye... at least I think it does LOL
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Post by Gunman_sr5 on Dec 19, 2006 1:48:25 GMT -5
Not to bad. Simple yet effective. I will try to set aside some time to play with photoshop to try to come up with some ideas.
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Post by optoprime on Dec 19, 2006 2:31:41 GMT -5
Not to bad. Simple yet effective. I will try to set aside some time to play with photoshop to try to come up with some ideas. You must really hate it to offer your assistance LOLOLOLOLOLOL
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Post by Gunman_sr5 on Dec 19, 2006 15:42:29 GMT -5
I just like to help people.
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Post by optoprime on Dec 21, 2006 3:36:15 GMT -5
Thanks again Gunman_sr5 or shall I say Supreme Commander That's really cool of you to offer. I have a question for you, you're the owner of this forum right?
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Post by Wheeljack35 on Dec 21, 2006 15:34:57 GMT -5
Congrats on you getting that up on TFormers
If you can get me a rectangular one I could put it up on The Transforum
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Post by Gunman_sr5 on Dec 21, 2006 18:10:38 GMT -5
Thanks again Gunman_sr5 or shall I say Supreme Commander That's really cool of you to offer. I have a question for you, you're the owner of this forum right? Sorta, Kyla is the owner and she is my wife.
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Post by optoprime on Dec 22, 2006 23:01:59 GMT -5
Congrats on you getting that up on TFormers If you can get me a rectangular one I could put it up on The Transforum Thank you very much, I'll see what I can come up with... what size were you thinking of?
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Post by Wheeljack35 on Dec 23, 2006 18:16:35 GMT -5
If you click the link under my sig you'llsee
On the front page of The Transforum is an add for Superman Returns
You could go by that size I want to replace that add and possibly replace it with yours
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Post by optoprime on Dec 24, 2006 15:59:37 GMT -5
Thanks, I appreciate you going that for me. It's Christmas eve and I have plenty of presents to wrap so I'll get back to you on this later.
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Post by optoprime on Jan 15, 2007 15:16:17 GMT -5
Just wanted to update this post and let you know what I'm planning.
I've gone through a full month of advertising and to be honest, it's not worth the money. I have made a few sales but I get nearly 10 times that from forums and google/yahoo. So I've decided to scrap the advertising... it'll keep prices down which is what my goal is.
I'm going to be extending the site but I'm not saying what LOL I have a couple cool idea's which I think you guys are going to like.
Here's an interesting statistic... since I upped the Jem and the Holograms toy line. It's rivaling Transformers in sales and the biggest shock is it's currently my best seller for January.
Take care everyone!!!
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