(photo: chaneljunk's tumblr)
True love
I have a love, love, LOVE relationship with eBay. The ever-escalating addiction has recently been fuelled by my purchase of an iPhone and the eBay app. Browsing and bidding on the Temple tube station platform: on-the-go bargain heaven.
Spreading the love
According to Marti Pellow, love is all around so why not share some of my searching, browsing, bidding, selling tips that help me with my bargain urges, whether it be high street or top designer. This list is work-in-progress and if you want to share any of your own eBay tricks please comment away!
Useful search terms
Trend names
Sellers who sell trend-led clothing often use 'trend' names as part of their listing titles e.g. 'Navajo' is a recent fave or 'Colour block' is a good one for the recent hot spell, sometimes I browse 'Granny' too! then refine by category: Women's clothing, Women's accessories and Vintage Clothing & Accessories.
Celebs
If you like a certain celebrity's style then sellers will often use their name to denote an item which is in their style, for example, Alexa Chung, Kate Moss, Kate Middleton, Olsen, even Rumi from Fashiontoast.
Related labels
In order to increase traffic to their listings, sellers will often insert names of designers and labels related to or similar to the label of the item they're selling in the listing title. For example, 'Acne' and 'APC', 'Alexander Wang' and 'Rick Owens' and 'Margiela'.
So, if you're looking at Margiela tops you could end up bidding for several Alexander Wang bags - eek.
This Season
'topshop this season'
'net a porter this season'
'asos this season'
...
you get the picture.
I find this quite a good way to separate the really old stuff from the new stuff, the majority of which are still in store so you can definitely buy something at about 60-75% of the RRP.
More tips on making the most of saved searches, last minute bidding and selling to come!
Related labels
In order to increase traffic to their listings, sellers will often insert names of designers and labels related to or similar to the label of the item they're selling in the listing title. For example, 'Acne' and 'APC', 'Alexander Wang' and 'Rick Owens' and 'Margiela'.
So, if you're looking at Margiela tops you could end up bidding for several Alexander Wang bags - eek.
This Season
'topshop this season'
'net a porter this season'
'asos this season'
...
you get the picture.
I find this quite a good way to separate the really old stuff from the new stuff, the majority of which are still in store so you can definitely buy something at about 60-75% of the RRP.
More tips on making the most of saved searches, last minute bidding and selling to come!
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