Boredom: Google Base results

[booksforsale]

Saturday afternoon.

Despite having a thousand things to be getting on with, I am bored.
My curiosity is getting the better of me.
I have been whiling away this Sat. Afternoon, curious to know where my listings lie on Google Base using relevant search terms.

Here are the just some of the results.
Keyword first;
auction item;
position.

The position results were all sorted by relevance, rather than recent post date. My conclusion at the bottom

Aue turas
Aer Turas Irish Independent airliners
3rd

Chiswick
Chiswick by Warwick H. Draper
1st

John Denver Windsong Songbook
John Denver Windsong Songbook
1st

Merchant Airmen
Merchant Airmen Air Ministry Account 1939 - 1944
4th

Alice in Wonderland Mabel Lucie Attwell
Alice in Wonderland illus. Mabel Lucie Attwell
1st

Biggles Sees It Through RARE
Biggles Sees It Through WE Johns RARE edition
2nd (of 2!!)

In the Shadow of the Means Test Man
In the Shadow of the Means Test Man Memories Derbyshire
1st

Bawdy British Folk Songs
Bawdy British Folk Songs Tony McCarthy folk music
15th

Bradford as It Was
Bradford as It Was Gary Firth
2nd

Brightside Chimney Design Manual
Brightside Chimney Design Manual
1st (1 of 1, a rare item!)

Kelly s Directory Bournemouth
Kelly s Directory Bournemouth
8th

Vehicle Dependent Expedition Guide
Vehicle Dependent Expedition Guide
5th

Diary of an Ex Hong Kong Cop
SIGNED Diary of an Ex Hong Kong Cop Kenneth W Andrew L2
4th

Folk Song Today
Folk Song Today by Tony Wales
6th

Lancashire Upbringing
Lancashire Upbringing by Ernest Taberner
4th

Surgical Competence conference
Surgical Competence conference 2nd Nov 1999
1st

Junior Jet Club Captain's Log
Junior Jet Club Captain s Log BOAC British Airways
1st

The Conduct of the Allies
The Conduct of the Allies, and of the Late Ministry
5th

Without Tradition 2 Para signed
SIGNED Without Tradition 2 Para 1941 45 Robert Peatling
1st

Wessex Walks For All Seasons
Wessex Walks For All Seasons by Peter Carne
3rd of 3

The Tree Sparrow Summers-Smith
The Tree Sparrow Denis Summers Smith
1st

WOMEN IN COLONIAL INDIA
WOMEN IN COLONIAL INDIA edited by J. KRISHNAMURTY
8th

Our Skating Heritage
Our Skating Heritage History Ice Association 1879 1979
3rd

Cricket Book christchurch
RARE SIGNED Cricket Book christchurch bournemouth hants
9th

How to Escape Your Comfort Zones
How to Escape Your Comfort Zones Lee Johnson & Koopman
4th

Esperanta Antologio
Esperanta Antologio esperanto poetry by William Auld
7th

Asterix i keiserens
Asterix i keiserens kl r klaer Norwegian Legionary
1st (of 1!)

Despite this excellent promotion tool, why are sales still low for me on ebid?

Are buyers not aware of this excellent search tool?

Are the 'majority' still sticking to feepay and the river to make their book purchases?

Any thoughts and opinions on Google Base?

[merlin]

well if using google shopping etc. i had never heard of it until it was brought up on these forums and i did get one sale through it so people are searching it

[BAGHAG999]

If its any consaltion my sales on feebay are well below the norm and some of my regular customers are full tiime sellers who are telling me the same thing.
So i put it down to the nice weather , wimbledon .
And the only reason im online today is i cycled too far this morning and my legs feel like jelly.

One thing i will add most buyers prefer to pay by Paypal its a sad but true fact, and by not offering it you may lose sales, i did lose sales when i dropped it on some items.

[moonwitch]

I hate to say it - but I tend to go to 'the river' for popular new books as lots of sellers list them for a penny and even when the postage is added I would still often end up paying less there than anywhere else on-line.

I buy new dvds from p*lay - usually paying less than a fiver with no postage - I then sell them on to family members and friends for twice that as they would normally pay £15 or so in a local store

[madelaine]

I have a feeling that there was a transient effect on sales of almost all collectables, books and recorded music when internet shopping and especially person to person sales, became possible. I bought masses of CDs in my first 2 years on the other place. Now I have almost everything I want. I think the same goes for books. Once one would have to hunt for years to find a book, now you just google it (well, apart from "On Hazardous Service" by Mervyn Lamb, which I can't find anywhere and could find homes for several copies if anyone has it).

I used to have a number of saved searches for particular items - they've all served up the required items (except the book mentioned above)!

[heatemyfather]

I bought masses of CDs in my first 2 years on the other place. Now I have almost everything I want.

I think you hit the nail on the head there - most people who were genuinely out looking for things have already found them by now, so it's only new collectors or buyers who are looking, and most of them have probably only heard of fleeBay and Amzn. If something is not available there then they will either give up or look on Google. The plus side of Google is that adverts pop up all over the place now, on commercial and personal websites, so your eBid listings could still be seen "on" Amzn or fleeBay!