Posting a Selling Lead
A selling lead is an online invitation to buyers to send you a
quotation. To send a selling lead:
- Sign in at My Alibaba. Click "Selling Tools" and then
click "Post a New Selling Lead."
- Complete the selling lead form with all relevant information,
including your desired product, price and amount.
- Finally, we suggest that you attach a photo. When this
process has been completed, click "Submit" when done.
Subject: A striking and concise subject
will increase your chances of being found. Please do not add price
and insignificant adjectives, such as "high quality" or
"beautiful," or list many products.
Keyword: Keyword means the word that
your company/product/Trade Lead is searched with. Four out of five
customers will search for what they need directly. Keyword is at
the heart of searching because if your keyword is matched with a
customer's sought products, your Trade Leads or products can be
listed for buyers instantly.
Selecting Proper Keywords
Example:
Subject: Buy Green Fuji Apple
Category: Agriculture/Fruit
Three Key Words:
No: Green, Fuji, apple
Yes: Green Fuji Apple, Fuji Apple, Fruit
Apple is a real product, and apple is a kind of fruit, so "apple"
and "fruit" can be keywords. Green (color) and Fuji (place of
origin or species) are adjectives, meaning they modify "apple."
They can not be keywords. Nobody searching with such adjectives
will find products.
Category: Try to select the most
relevant category. If possible, do not select "other." One third of
buyers look for products by category. A category selection will
improve your chances of being found more easily.
Details: When browsing buyer listing
websites, we often see selling Trade Lead introductions that are
unclear. Remember, your selling Trade Lead introduction is a major
contributor toward the first impression buyers will have of you. It
is important they fully understand what you sell, so use it to your
advantage.
Structuring your selling Trade Lead introduction begins with
using simple and clear paragraphs.
Paragraph 1 - Brief company introduction: In the beginning, a few
suppliers will use a few sentences to briefly introduce their
company, which aims to build more trust.
Paragraph2 - Detailed selling description: Then, many suppliers
will provide key information about what they need, such as the
name of the product, size, color, performance, price, quantity,
terms of payment and so forth.
Paragrah3 - Cordial invitation: A lot of suppliers use the final
paragraph of their Trade Lead introductions to reinforce their
message and invite potential customers to contact them directly.
Managing Selling Leads (Edit/delete/display/remove from display)
Go to My Alibaba. In the "Manage Selling Leads" section,
you can view the status of all of your selling leads at any time.
They are classified under four sections:
- "Editing Required" includes selling leads which have been
rejected by Alibaba.com because they require editing.
- "Approval Pending" includes selling leads that have been
posted but have yet to be approved by Alibaba.com. The approval
process usually takes 24 hours.
- "Published" includes selling leads approved by and published
on Alibaba.com.
- "Expired" means these selling leads will be deleted two weeks
after their expiration date.
Please note: You are able to edit/delete or re-post only selling
leads currently located in "Requires Editing" or "Published" or
"Expired" sections.
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