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

So its the beginning of week 3 and we have been pleased to see a steady increase in traffic in the last couple, just need to keep up the momentum!!
We have had some really cool items listed including antiques, a telescope, really unusual jewellery, lots of shoes and ladies handbags (always popular!) and the list goes on
So far i am leaning on the internet mostly for advertising as you can track through analytics, how many people are viewing us ny way of referral.
Going forward we may have some adverts in local papers initially but we will see how the next month pans out.
I am holding on to some items which i am going to feed on to the site in the next few days, its easy to get carried away and i have to admit, i've been sizing up most of my belongings and had to stop myself.
I will keep posting midweek if we have any really out there itemd listed, other than that i will just throw a once weekly blog on with general business updates.
Have a great week!

PoundSeller Ltd

2nd week update

So at the end of week two, the site has been progressing really well and I have been amazed with how many people from all over the world have looked. Our advertising has been local in Norwich and on Facebook and Twitter, it really goes to show how the internet has changed the way business works and how with just a few clicks, you can be seen by strangers all over the world.

So in terms of functionality, we have just added the relist function and also users now have facility to see how many bids are on each of their items.

We continue to tweak the site and make amendments so that users can do all of the things they have come to expect from an auction site whilst still maintaining our 'Keeping Selling Simple' ethos.

We always welcome feedback from our users and whilst we may not be able to accomodate them all, it is crucial for us at PoundSeller to know how our users like to shop.

I would like to remind you to make use of our free promo codes, they wont be around for ever and seeing as very few things in life are truly free, take this opportunity and list 10 items for up to 30 days completely free and make use of the 5 free pictures that come with every Poundseller listing.

I do hope you like the site and find it easy to navigate, come and have a look and use promo code Friend (case sensitive) for 10 free listings.

Thanks

PoundSeller Ltd www.poundseller.co.uk

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PoundSeller Ltd introduction

 

Norwich company launch new online auction website www.poundseller.co.uk

 

We at PoundSeller understand that in these difficult times, people want to save money, yet still get great service.

Here at PoundSeller, we are different from our competitors and believe in keep selling simple.

 

We only charge £1 per listing, regardless of the item price, and include 5 free pictures as standard.

For example, you could sell a car for £10,000 and only have to pay us a £1 listing fee.

You can fully customise your listing from 1-30 days and have the option of having an advert, auction or buy now feature at no extra cost.

 

You will not be charged a membership fee to use our site, nor will you have to pay commision or sales fees, payment is made up front so there will be no unexpected invoices either, we feel that these simple principles are what makes us unique.

 

We are offering all new users a free listing to get you started, we hope you like our site and we look forward to seeing you soon.

 

Happy selling

 

PoundSeller Ltd (c)