PoundSeller wants to go global!

Hello to you all!

Great to see that our Twitter and Facebook audiences are continuing to grow, if you have been part of making this happen then please accept my thanks!

We are still running promotions for the milestones hit with either likes on Facebook or followers on Twitter so do keep your eyes peeled to avoid dissappointment.

Great items are being listed, all sorts from old collectables to brand new saucy books!!

We are looking to build some functionality to take PoundSeller to the global market, namely the ability to list in Pounds, Dollars or Euros which will take our site to the next level and open us up to our European and American market.

We will run a promotion and press release when this has been completed.

If you are reading this and want to give us some feedback, we'd very much appreciate it so please click here.

Speak to you soon

Thanks

Hannah

eBay alternative site just keeps growing!

Good evening good people,

Well things have certainly being picking up again, we've had an outstanding international audience gathering with several new customers joining us from the USA.

We did a press release recently which you can read here

We ran a promotion over the last week to celebrate reaching 1200 followers on Twitter and offered a code for 10 free listings (£10 equivalent) which can still be redeemed until midnight tomorrow. Simply register on www.poundseller.co.uk and enter the promotional code Summer to activate.

If you don't want to miss out on our future offers, follow us on Twitter here 

We are also on Facebook so if you are feeling generous, why not swing by and give us a like

We have some really fab items listed on the site now including jewellery , football programmes , some gorgeous womens fashion items , for the collectors there is militaria , coins and so much more!

We've met some brilliant local businesses recently so watch this space, there may be some collaberations coming up soon!

We are always excited to get customer feedback so if you've paid us a visit and want to let us know how you've gotten on, drop us an email to feedback@poundseller.co.uk

We hope to see you soon, come and support our venture and help us to grow!

Thanks

Hannah

Poundseller Ltd

Busy busy busy!!!

Welcome to the latest edition of PoundSeller blog, it's been a seriously busy few weeks.

We had the good folks at All Things Norfolk do an interview with Matt and I, to see the interview, click here.

Then we added the comparison feature to the site, so you can see exactly how cheap we are compared to eBay. I think you'll agree that when you see it put clearly like that, we really are the cheaper, simpler alternative.

Today we released our first press release on PRWeb and released it to London, Birmingham and of course, Norwich.

Our Twitter following has gone banana's, we have over 1100 followers now which is completely outstanding, we have to remind ourselves sometimes that we've only been trading for 4 months, it really shows the amazing support of the public.

We've got some pretty exciting idea's in the pipeline, I'll keep you appraised when we know more logistically, keep your eyes peeled!!

@PoundSeller
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July PoundSeller update

Good morning! As it's been rather a long time since my last blog I thought I'd better pull my finger out and get back to updating you of our progress.

The site has continued to grow steadily and we have noticed a definite increase in traffic which is great news, it seems people are starting to realise that you dont have to settle for paying commission and sales fees. And with PoundSeller all items go on to our front page, you don't have to pay extra for it!

Our social media traffic is also on the up, last look at Twitter we had over 900 followers and our Facebook page  had almost 500 likes which is outstanding and we are thrilled that our message is being received by such a large audience.

I was contacted recently on Twitter by a guy called Casey who wanted to feature us in Inventors Showcase magazine, I'll keep you posted when it comes out but it should be in early August. We'll have a two page article about us and what we do, along with a photo or two for your viewing pleasure, not too shabby for a company thats been trading for just over 3 months!

We've had listings including a washing machine, designer mens clothing, a sound system, a couple of cars, football programmes, furniture, adult toys, jewellery and even ecigs for those trying to quit smoking, listed in the last couple of weeks. And we have seen site feedback go up as well so it's clear that items are selling.

We are in the process of compiling a comparison report which I will publish on here and in our FAQ section soon, which will summarise the costs of other online auction sites compared to ours, so a great little tool if you are a regular eBay or ebid user and are thinking of a change.

I look forward to my next update and if you havent already, be sure to check us out!

Thanks

PoundSeller Ltd

PoundSeller gains momentum!!

So, without further delay, I'm proud to announce that PoundSeller has had it's first outsider review, courtesy of the marketing dragon Mr Paul Keating.

Quote:" Marketing Dragon goes behind the scenes at what may look like a serious contender for an EBAY competitor. I email interviewed Matt and Hannah of Poundseller this week and took a closer inspection of the new up and coming .com business of the year in my opinion."

I met Paul through, you guessed it, Twitter and after a couple of brief exchanges he posted an interim review a week ago with the promise of a more detailed version in due course.

Today, he posted the full version here http://www.paul-keating.com/experiment/sunday-review-special-poundseller-exclusive/ so please have a look and see a little bit of background from Matt and I as to how this all came to be.

As for the business in general, PoundSeller is picking up momentum, we are noticing more traffic coming to the site and people are spending longer browsing which is great news.

We are receiving feedback advising that items are selling so as well as the constant stream of new items being listed, people are buying, so this is excellent news.

We've been considering the best way to advertise the site going forward, forums seem to get a lot of hits but as we are a niche market, it's hard to find somewhere to place us so the best type of forum exposure for us appears to be from people that have used us, posting about their experience.

We will continue to post leaflets locally as we have been doing and are considering using a distribution company so we can reach a wider audience, saying that though, without any direct advertising, London continues to be our largest audience so we must be doing something right!

Our Twitter base continues to grow, last look was about 650 followers which is great, there are some really generous and supportive companies/ individuals out there who believe in supporting local business and helping the little guy to become, well, not so little.

Find me posting constant tweets about all manner of things here https://twitter.com/#!/poundseller

The site continues to be improved with the help of our ever fantastic website guy David Thurtell http://thurtelldesigns.co.uk/ who at whatever time of day or night (even when on holiday) does whatever he can to assist us with our continuous demands.

Improvements such as being able to see whether a reserve has been met or not (from a consumer point of view) means that people have better control of their bids and can avoid disappointment if an item ends without the reserve being met.

We've also added a new series of functions so that when you log in to your members screen, you have all of your recent activity displayed on the front screen which is a great visual aid and helps members to manage their account.

We always welcome feedback from customers through our feedback@poundseller.co.uk email address and will continue to make improvements based on our customers needs.

 I will hopefully have more positive news next week for my 7th blog entry, you can also like us on Facebook here www.facebook.com/poundseller and see more pictures of the items currently listed on the site.

Have a great week

Hannah

PoundSeller Ltd

Jubilee weekend and 2nd month of trading

PoundSeller has been live for 2 months!!

We have seen a definite increase in traffic and whilst the majority of our advertising has been done locally, the internet has done it again! We have noticed traffic from all over the UK and indeed worldwide which can only be down to Twitter, Facebook, this blog and some good natured people who are helping to spread the PoundSeller name.

To mark the Jubilee, we have created a promo code which is Jubilee (case sensitive) which allows new or existing members to grab 5 free listings to either get them started or to continue clearing away the trash so it may become another man (or womans) treasure.

We added a new feature last week so now potential buyers can see when a reserve has been met, meaning less ambiguity when bidding and hopefully more sales for our sellers.

We had a lovely email today advising a small article had been done about the site http://www.paul-keating.com/experiment/sunday-review-6/ so that was a nice surprise and again another Twitter triumph!

So to summarise extremely briefly, we have the following items on the site:

1950's FA Cup tickets, stamps, ladies clothing, mens clothing, lots of jewellery, WW2 items, art deco hair pins, railway memorabilia, iPhone cases, digital watches, first edition books, DVD's, records, vehicle parts, furniture, a car, shoes and bags and lots of stuff inbetween.

We did our first leaflet drop yesterday and posted about 500 leaflets around our local area, hopefully it prompts more people to have a look and see what we are about.

Hopefully the next few weeks are productive and people come on board with PoundSeller, we want to provide people with a genuine alternative site that is easy to use with a no fuss approach to paying for their listings.

As ever, we are on Twitter @PoundSeller and on Facebook www.facebook.com/poundseller

Hope to see you soon

PoundSeller Ltd

Week 5

We are now in our 5th week of trading and we have been really pleased with the support of local businesses, particularly the lovely people that I have met on Twitter.
Twitter has been absolutely critical in branching out to new people all over the UK, helping to spread our name and meet companies also starting up, because the categories we have are vast, people from most types of business are able to list items, or simply advertise their own businesses.
We have a few companies currently listing items with us which is fantastic, we fully appreciate that it's a leap of faith for people and that something new can't help but be a little daunting so we are thankful that the site has been designed with simplicity in mind.
The feedback we have had from some of the companies that have listed has been very positive, airing on the side of it being easy to use and simple to navigate which is good to hear as after looking at it for 6 months whilst the build was happening, we have got used to it, it's nice that our audience think it looks as good as we do. 
We have got some lovely items listed and categories are starting to fill up, we have got everything from cars to jewellery to kitchen splashacks to dvd's and lots of bits inbetween.
As the site is becoming more active, items are starting to sell which is great news for our sellers and will hopefully encourage repeat business.
We have made some enhancements to the site to make listing and buying easier for our customers, we have made the sections in 'My Account' more comrehensive so it's easy to find the items you want.

We could not be happier with the start we have had and hope that PoundSeller goes on to be a big success, we will sporadically put out promotional codes for free listings so make sure to follow us on twitter @PoundSeller and like our Facebook page www.facebook.com/poundseller

Look forward to seeing you soon

Thanks

PoundSeller