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Posted by magnolia134 on 19-Jan-2012 12:02 Report
Over 1000 clicks
I have been watching the number of clicks on a certain item which I have listed for $3 with $2 postage. It was listed in the middle of September, and has now reached over 1000 clicks. It was mentiond in another thread that the probable reason for the high number of clicks is because it has the word 'notebook' in its title. But from the accompanying photo, it quite obviously really is a notebook - the sort you write things in - and NOT a small computer. But this must be the reason for the high number of clicks - it can't be the price or postage cost. But it still intrigues me.

I'm aiming for 2000 clicks now....
 
Replied by brerrabbit on 19-Jan-2012 12:09 (Ref 2329169) Report
My highest number of clicks is 137.  I cleared all my clicks at the end of October and ever since that time this particular listing has always had the most clicks.  The next closest only has 71.  I've always wondered why this particular fabric has had more clicks but I won't say what it is because I'll suddenly have a lot more clicks on it.
Replied by boo512 on 19-Jan-2012 12:23 (Ref 2329171) Report
 I have a multiple quantity item on it's 3rd round (two have sold) which is currently over 140 clicks, before the last sale it was over 100 and before the first sale it was over 300, and that's just since Jan 1 when I cleared everything for the new year.

I have only about a dozen items from nearly 1000 that have not had clicks and 99% of those have multiples, 50% have double figures.  Things certainly are getting busier.
Replied by quickbuys on 19-Jan-2012 13:36 (Ref 2329179) Report
i have double numbers on some items but had 300 on one. i don't believe it, could it be a glitch?
Replied by magnolia134 on 19-Jan-2012 13:58 (Ref 2329181) Report
QB - I'm sure it's not a glitch as I have been watching it for quite a while. I have another item with over 300 clicks and 5 more over 200, all since mid September.  I just wish someone would buy them.
Replied by quickbuys on 19-Jan-2012 14:24 (Ref 2329187) Report
ok then, thats amazing, so many clicks. thanks for your reply and good luck. all you want now is a bidding war, lol
Replied by magnolia134 on 19-Jan-2012 14:35 (Ref 2329190) Report
In three and a half years of selling here, I think there have been less than five items that have had more than one bid. Whiich is why all my items are now Buy It Now.
Replied by quickbuys on 19-Jan-2012 16:45 (Ref 2329216) Report
i have never had a bidding war, but i still dream about it, lol.  almost all my items are bid now too.
Replied by sheila-bloke47 on 19-Jan-2012 17:15 (Ref 2329223) Report
I've had bidding wars on here on a good few of my items.  Mainly the first offered of a species of plant that I'm selling.
They are fun to watch but omg a couple of them have left me speechless.

Then from a buyers point of view.  I've been in bidding wars.  Won a few but seem to loose more as I forget about the auction ending and generally get outbid. 
Replied by pashmina on 19-Jan-2012 18:25 (Ref 2329236) Report
Hi Magnolia and well done...haha!!!

..I recall some Feng Shui products I was selling got almost 2000 clicks...

I wrote about it in the forums...and we worked out it was a Google related phenomenum ...lol 
Replied by germanww2 on 19-Jan-2012 19:38 (Ref 2329247) Report

the clicks are high,even i am getting a lot of clicks,but i remove the clicks regularly.it's an interesting thing
Replied by magnolia134 on 19-Jan-2012 21:00 (Ref 2329255) Report
pashmina
I'm guessing that people are coming to the item via Google Shopping, as it has a Buy Now price, and has the word 'notebook' in the title. But even so, you would think that seeing a price of $3 against the item before even following the link would make those people stop and think? Oh well....
Replied by jazzandgirls on 19-Jan-2012 23:53 (Ref 2329282) Report
I have 45 clicks on one of mine and I thought that was great lol!
Replied by pashmina on 20-Jan-2012 00:00 (Ref 2329283) Report
Magnolia...that's probably why...hahahah...they might be thinking to get a new laptop for $3.... yippeeee !!!

Regardless - it's still advertising for you, because I wonder how many of those 1000 + 'clickers' comes along to look at your other items ... it's a win -win situation !!
Replied by issabella10 on 20-Jan-2012 08:10 (Ref 2329291) Report
It's not through Google shopping as it's pretty specific with it's search engine and 'notebook' will show laptops and accessories even when selecting the lowest price range.

Maybe we do have a large amount of lookers passing by

Replied by magnolia134 on 20-Jan-2012 08:18 (Ref 2329293) Report
I think you might be right issabella, as I just tested it myself using the word 'notebook' and even when the results are ranked in order from lowest to highest, it's not there. Here was me thinking I knew the reason for the high click number, and bang goes that theory.
Replied by busymitts on 21-Jan-2012 23:11 (Ref 2329505) Report
I've got one about the 160ish mark in looks. Have googled for any of my photo's but nothing ever shows anymore when they used to once upon a time back when there were buyers...distant memory, yep tad quiet. :)
Replied by issabella10 on 21-Jan-2012 23:55 (Ref 2329508) Report
Maybe we do have that many lookers ? Which is good
Replied by straybooksoz on 22-Jan-2012 02:35 (Ref 2329518) Report
I have books that I think are fairly attractive with no clicks in several months. I have others that are run of the mill with clicks in the tens.

If the clickers (and watchers) were fair dinkum, I would expect to not have the item for sale anymore. The more clicks without a sale, the more you need to look at why nobody has committed to purchase the item.
Replied by magnolia134 on 22-Jan-2012 12:02 (Ref 2329545) Report
I agree Pete and that's the reason I commented on it in another thread. But I cannot believe it's the cost that is preventing its sale. Then again, what else would?
Replied by straybooksoz on 23-Jan-2012 01:34 (Ref 2329659) Report
Here's one for you all.

I got asked about combined postage for a book, over there. 4 minutes later somebody else bought the trigger book. Why? It's been listed there for 6 weeks. Did the questioner put it on watch? I don't know. When I got home it had sold.

How can anybody work out what is in a buyer's mind? Not me, and I buy on the odd occassion.

And, of course, the standard disclaimer that they could have bought it, and the other books they wanted to combine, here, for less, in the 8 months I had them listed here.
Replied by magnolia134 on 29-Jan-2012 18:39 (Ref 2330527) Report
Now over 1100 clicks. That's an extra 100 clicks in 10 days, or 10 a day. Why??????
Replied by magnolia134 on 07-Feb-2012 23:34 (Ref 2331807) Report
Now reached 1201 clicks... That's an extra 100 clicks in just 8 days this time.
Replied by magnolia134 on 20-Feb-2012 21:59 (Ref 2333197) Report
Up to 1333 now.
Replied by echo333 on 21-Feb-2012 00:18 (Ref 2333199) Report
I just googled notebook 105 and notebook 155 (which are the measurements of the notebook in your listing) and heaps of toshiba entries came up. They must have models with those numbers or something.
Your actually listing for the paper notebook was on page 2.
Could that be why there are so many hits?
Replied by pashmina on 21-Feb-2012 00:45 (Ref 2333200) Report
OMG !!! STILL GOING UP !!!
Replied by magnolia134 on 21-Feb-2012 01:27 (Ref 2333201) Report
echo - it has been suggested before that the huge number of clicks must be related to the word 'notebook' in the title, but I still can't understand if once people see the photo and it is so obviously not a computer, that it still gets people looking. Oh well... I just wish someone would buy the darn thing.
Replied by echo333 on 21-Feb-2012 09:13 (Ref 2333210) Report
once people see the photo and it is so obviously not a computer
but the photo is not showing until you click on the link in google. Well, on my google anyway :)

My other theory is that a school somewhere gave their art students a project to design a cover
for a spiral bound notebook and hundreds of students went googling for ideas
Replied by echo333 on 21-Feb-2012 14:12 (Ref 2333242) Report
Thanks, magnolia, I see what you mean now by photo in the entries.
I was just using normal google search for notebook 105 and 155.
Certainly makes a difference.
Replied by issabella10 on 21-Feb-2012 14:24 (Ref 2333243) Report
 I don't think it's the word 'notebook' in itself , if you Google Marbig that is a large office and stationary supplier .
People may be looking for a notebook and the name marbig and find a link to your listing . Also would explain why it hasn't sold .

It would drive me nuts to see so many clicks all the time and I would just remove the clicks every week 
Replied by jodesh on 23-Feb-2012 21:42 (Ref 2333503) Report
On ebay. I have had a few bidding wars but not on here, but I would love to see them. I think that it would be great.
Replied by magnolia134 on 02-Mar-2012 01:29 (Ref 2334400) Report
Up to 1420 today.

issabella

>>People may be looking for a notebook and the name marbig and find a link to your listing . Also would explain why it hasn't sold .<<

Why would this explain why it hasn't sold?
Replied by issabella10 on 02-Mar-2012 11:05 (Ref 2334420) Report
 They may have been looking for the Marbig distributor/shops etc ? And once they see the listing realise it's not what they are after ?
Replied by magnolia134 on 14-Mar-2012 22:15 (Ref 2335843) Report
1526 clicks
Replied by magnolia134 on 29-Mar-2012 23:47 (Ref 2337953) Report
1632
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