{"id":962,"date":"2016-02-10T22:19:58","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T02:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddshoefinder.com\/oddshoesblog\/?p=962"},"modified":"2016-02-10T23:27:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T03:27:51","slug":"tips-for-selling-on-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oddshoefinder.com\/oddshoesblog\/tips-for-selling-on-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Selling on Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the upgrade to the new site it has become much easier for us at Odd Shoe Finder to add shoe listings to our Facebook page. There&#8217;s no longer any need to send us the link or photos as we can easily get them directly from our site.<\/p>\n<p>When we type in the url of your listing\u00a0to Facebook, and add your photograph, it will appear something like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oddshoefinder.com\/oddshoesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screenshot-2016-02-11-10.53.38.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-964\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-964 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/oddshoefinder.com\/oddshoesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screenshot-2016-02-11-10.53.38.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2016-02-11 10.53.38\" width=\"489\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oddshoefinder.com\/oddshoesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screenshot-2016-02-11-10.53.38.png 489w, https:\/\/oddshoefinder.com\/oddshoesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screenshot-2016-02-11-10.53.38-300x277.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 489px) 85vw, 489px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll notice that the title appears in bold and the description appears underneath.\u00a0One of the <a href=\"https:\/\/oddshoefinder.com\/oddshoesblog\/tips-for-selling-your-shoes\/\">four tips for selling shoes<\/a> that we\u00a0strongly recommend, is to include the shoe sizes in the title.\u00a0Think about what you will say in the first sentence or two of the description as this too, will appear in the Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p>We do not make any guarantees\u00a0that we will add your shoe listing to our Facebook page but will certainly prioritise those who list them in a user-friendly way.<br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- Selling on Facebook Post --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5212447425591278\" data-ad-slot=\"7757736341\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Share the Love<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When we post something on our Facebook Page, the Facebook algorithm only sends the post to a\u00a0percentage of our Facebook fans (Facebook are trying to encourage paid advertising).<\/p>\n<p>If we post your listing on Facebook then you should <strong>share it on your timeline<\/strong>. Not only will that expose your listing to all of your friends and potentially their friends &#8211; but the\u00a0Facebook algorithm also rewards posts that are shared by increasing the percentage of our fans who see the post.<\/p>\n<p>If you post your shoes on your own timeline before we do, then send us a message on Facebook\u00a0and we&#8217;ll share your post.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Facebook Pages and Groups<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many of you may belong to other Facebook Pages or\u00a0Groups that might be suitable for advertising your shoes.<\/p>\n<p>There are, for example, a number of Facebook Groups that deal specifically with the trading of odd-sized shoes, and many of you may already be members.<\/p>\n<p>Please make sure that you <strong><em>only<\/em><\/strong> list your shoes for sale on another Facebook page or group by <strong>providing your link to your\u00a0existing\u00a0listing on\u00a0oddshoefinder.com<\/strong>.\u00a0This will ensure that you don&#8217;t inadvertantly\u00a0sell your shoes to two different people\u00a0(when people &#8216;buy now&#8217; on oddshoefinder.com they rightly expect that the shoes will be available and not have been sold elsewhere).\u00a0It also\u00a0helps drive traffic to our site, which ultimately benefits all of us.<\/p>\n<p>Note that you must <strong><em>always<\/em> check first with the Page&#8217;s\/Group&#8217;s\u00a0admin<\/strong> as to whether they will permit\u00a0the posting of shoes from our site. Apart from common courtesy, some Pages\/Groups might expressly forbid it, or be reluctant to support something they regard as &#8220;commercial&#8221; (eg. making $20 from your shoes).<\/p>\n<p>If they do allow for posting, then make sure you only\u00a0use the url that directly links to your shoes.<\/p>\n<p>In the above example, the url for the listing was<\/p>\n<p><em>http:\/\/search.oddshoefinder.com\/item\/72087012\/new-balance-101v2-blue-and-gold <\/em><\/p>\n<p>and this is where users will be directed if they click on the post. If you enter the url, and add a photo, it should appear in a box similar to the example above.<\/p>\n<p>If they don&#8217;t permit the posting of links from our site then please do not\u00a0list your shoes with them anyway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grow our Community<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t already liked our Facebook Page,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/oddshoefinder\" target=\"_blank\">you can do so here<\/a>. If you know anyone else who might be interested in Odd Shoe Finder then please let them know.<\/p>\n<p>If you comment, like or share any of our posts on Facebook you are helping to\u00a0help build our community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the upgrade to the new site it has become much easier for us at Odd Shoe Finder to add shoe listings to our Facebook page. There&#8217;s no longer any need to send us the link or photos as we can easily get them directly from our site. When we type in the url of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oddshoefinder.com\/oddshoesblog\/tips-for-selling-on-facebook\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tips for Selling on Facebook&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddshoefinder.com\/oddshoesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddshoefinder.com\/oddshoesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddshoefinder.com\/oddshoesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddshoefinder.com\/oddshoesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddshoefinder.com\/oddshoesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=962"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/oddshoefinder.com\/oddshoesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":975,"href":"https:\/\/oddshoefinder.com\/oddshoesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions\/975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddshoefinder.com\/oddshoesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddshoefinder.com\/oddshoesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddshoefinder.com\/oddshoesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddshoefinder.com\/oddshoesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}