Category: Articles About OddShoeFinder.com

As we previously advised, members who signed up on our new website by 31 December 2015 have been automatically upgraded to a new category of membership called “Foundation Membership” which will be valid for 12 months.

Foundation members will now be able to post up to 5MB of photos (up from 1.5MB) with the limit per photo now set at 500kb.

• Featuring your listing on the Home Page

• Listing your items in bold.

• Featuring your listing in search results

Here’s four tips to help sell your shoes faster on Odd Shoe Finder.

1. The Title

Indicate the brand and shoe sizes in the title e.g. “Converse All Star L8/R9” – this makes it easier for people to know at a glance whether the shoes are suitable.You’ll notice that “latest listings” appear on the Home Page. Given that most people are searching for shoes in their specific size, it makes sense to include that information in the title.

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Note also that anything that appears in the title is “searchable”, but the other fields aren’t. That means that if somebody uses the search function on the site they will be able to find your shoes if they search for a word in the title.

2. The Keyword/Tags field

It’s a good idea to add keywords or tags that aren’t in your title, in the “Keywords/Tags” section.

Even though “Brand” is something we ask for when you list your shoes, the brand will not turn up in a search unless you add it as a keyword. Other tags you might consider are; cheap, single shoes, brand new.

3. Single/Split Pairs

Don’t forget to indicate if your shoe is a single, or if you’re prepared to split a pair.

Those looking for just one shoe will use this information to find you.

Merely indicating in the description that you’re prepared to split a pair will reduce your chances of a sale.

If somebody wants to buy just a single shoe i.e. split a pair,  you will need to do this.

4. Price

Most people looking to buy shoes at Odd Shoe Finder are expecting to pay a price well below the retail cost, so it’s important to be realistic when you set the price.

Most people have a “no-return” policy when they sell their shoes. “No Returns” will lower the price you can expect to get, while conversely accepting returns can increase the price.

In the near future, we hope to introduce a “make an offer” feature that will allow buyers to negotiate the price. We hope that will make sales happen much quicker.

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We know that the oddshoefinder search facility can be a bit quirky at times so we’ve done this post to make things easier for you to get that search right.

There’s probably nothing more disheartening than to read that ominous message in red:

 sorry there are no results which fit your criteria, please broaden your search or try again later

However, there’s a reasonable chance that you’ve just simply made an error when searching.

To search correctly, make sure you complete all the spaces circled in the example on the left.

Results from this search will bring up all Athletic mens shoes with (US) size Left 8 and Right 7.

If you leave out “shoe type” ,  “seller age” or “country” you will receive listings for all the shoes that match.

In the example on the right,

 leaving out any details for the right foot will return all results for Athletic mens left size 8.

That’s what you should do if you’re searching for a single shoe.

Note that even though somebody has listed a pair, you can always approach the seller and see if they’ll sell you a single shoe.

You can also search for a range of sizes.

In the example on the left, the search engine will look for all Athletic mens shoes with left shoe size 8 to 8.5.

However, because in this example the searcher has mistakenly put the size of the right shoe as “7.5 TO 7.0” instead of “7.0 to 7.5” , the results will show an error.  The second size MUST be larger than the first mentioned.

Likewise, entering a range from a number to “n/a” will also result in an error.

Please contact us if you are having any problems getting a search result. we have a large database of shoes, so chances are that we have something for you.

The last few months have seen the number of listings on oddshoefinder.com grow substantially.  This is good news for everyone because as the number of listings grow, comes an increase in likelihood that our members will find something that matches. And the more people who find something that matches, the more shoes that are sold. And so on.

But we still understand that many members still struggle to find that matching pair even with our listings of 10,000 or so pairs.

That’s why we’ve decided to add an eBay ‘widget’ on our home page and search page that lists all the current Ebay listings for mismatched pairs for men and women. That means that if you can’t find what you want in our database, you can also look through .

Now, we need to explain a few things because we’ve had a few questions about this. Firstly, the listings are for the US only.  Around 80% of our members are from the US with the remaining 20% spread between Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Netherlands and other parts of Europe.  While we really want to look after everyone it wasn’t practical to add the widget for every country.

We believe that the banner above, though, will take you to EBay in your country.

Secondly, though we’ve tried to hard to get it right, sometimes some odd things turn up in eBay widget – and I’m not talking about odd-sized shoes. Some have complained about toys or books etc coming up in the list. We think we’ve got it right now, but please bear with us. If we tighten up the criteria for the EBay listing too much we risk cutting out some legitimate offers.

Of course, you can also list your shoes on eBay. If you decide to list shoes on both sites, please let us KNOW if you sell the shoes so we can remove them from our own database. Also make sure that you check the terms and conditions with EBay too. We don’t charge a listing fee so we’re not too fussed, but EBay is a commercial operation and may have rules around this.

Finally, as disclosure, this arrangement we have with is commercial.  We receive a small commission for the traffic we drive to their site – whether it’s for mismatched shoes or any other product. Money we make from this goes back into the development of oddshoefinder.com. We hope that you will support, where you can, those companies that support us.

To search eBay, visit oddshoefinder.com/oddsheoblog/search-ebay (US) or visit in your country.