There's a very common oversight that means most people selling vintage postcards on eBay end up selling way below their products' potential value. It happens because they omit one word from the description of their postcard in their eBay title, but that one word can deter fifty per cent of buyers from placing their bids. Let me tell you how to avoid this very common problem.
That missing word typically plagues people selling topographical view postcards on eBay, the type that depict places from bygone years, such as villages and towns, cities and even whole countries.
The reason fifty per cent of people who desperately want to bid on a particular topographical postcard don't even see it on eBay is because the seller copies the caption directly the card and ignores the fact that many places have changed their names or their spellings have varied across the decades.
So the place where I live and for which I collect vintage postcards, called 'Monk Hesleden', is often featured on postcards under its old name of 'Low Hesleden' or even 'School Hesleden' as it was known in the early 1900s. And that means if I search for 'Monk Hesleden', I'm going to miss postcards for my home village bearing one of its earlier names in eBay titles.
Also, people wanting collectibles for places like Persia are more likely to search for 'Iran', or vice versa, and others collecting topographical postcards of, say, 'Middlesbrough', will miss listings for the alternative spelling of 'Middlesborough'.
It won't take long to search Google or other major search engines for alternative spellings and names for views depicted on postcards you're selling on eBay and the effort can double or further increase their value.
Learn more about making big profits selling vintage TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEW POSTCARDS on eBay at http://www.sellpostcardsonebay.com.
