Spot Check Product Filtering

Since the release of the new BANS guide, I have been asked to look at some new sites of a few of my readers. You can really tell those that finally GET IT. One common thing I have been seeing though is listings of products that do not match what the page is offering. This does indeed take some tweaking to filter out the items that you do not want. Most are properly showing 4-6 items, so you want to make good and well sure those items match what you are promising the surfer.

As thorough as I try to be in filtering out items that do not match or are not relative, they always sneak in. When I build a new site, I constantly spot check for 6-7 days in a row and multiple times throughout the day. I sort them in all types of ways from ending soonest to highest/lowest price to see if I can get an unwanted listing. Once I am satisfied, I will continue to spot check at least once a month, but for the most part they are filtered properly. For BANS you will want to of course use the eBay operators and for PHPBay, you can just use the words you want to filter out in the third spot. It really is quite simple.

Take the time to properly filter and spot check, you will be glad you did as most are missing this crucial step. Keep up the good work as well, I am seeing some fantastic looking sites that I am sure will produce.

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