Every Zibbet shop, whether Premium or Basic, is set up with a tool called an RSS feed. Many of you may be wondering exactly what an RSS feed is. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. RSS feeds allow for data that was just posted on one website (the source) to automatically be sent, or fed, to another (the destination). Using your shop’s RSS feed, every time you list a new item in your shop the information can be sent to your accounts on Twitter and Facebook, your blog and even to your Community page. Additionally, anyone who visits your shop can subscribe to your RSS feed and automatically be notified by email when you list a new item! Here are links to previous SOZ articles about how to set up RSS feeds from your shop:
Getting Connected
RSS Graffiti
Twitterfeed
Customizing Your Community Page: Adding an RSS Feed
Setting Up an RSS Feed to Your Blogger Blog
To encourage visitors to your shop to subscribe to your RSS feed, include a few words in your welcome message and at the end of each of your item descriptions. If you send out a newsletter periodically, include a note explaining to your patrons how to set up an RSS feed for real time new product notifications.
Best wishes for much success on Zibbet!
Vicki is committed to assisting her fellow Zibbeters improve their shops for successful online selling. She is the owner of five Zibbet shops: LOC Design Studio, Papa Spivey’s Trunk, A Stitch and a Prayer and Think Like a Fish. You can follow Vicki on Twitter and through her LOC Design Studio blog.
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