Lobster wine bottle holder

WINE HOLDER FOR TABLE LOBSTER


ended - Friday, February 29, 2008

Auction grade: B

Starting bid: $9.99

Final selling price: $0 - no bids


Up for sale in this eBay auction is a tabletop lobster bottle holder. The lobster's large claws hold the bottle in an upside down position, and this is sure to catch the attention from any guests or visitors to your home. It's common to find animal themed wine bottle holders like this in most home decorating stores.

The title of this auction definitely needs work. First, it doesn't need to be written in all capital letters. This is a problem for lots of people. They think that by having their title big like that will make their auction unique and stand out from the others. Well, that is wrong. The thing to do is put some words in all capital letters, not all of them. The human eye will have a better chance of catching the title with a few words capitalized rather than the title will all caps.

The title also needs a few more keys words like "bottle", "ocean", and "animal". The wording definitely needs to be rearranged so that it at least mostly sounds correct when reading it. Some thing more along the lines of "table lobster wine bottle holder" with a few more keys words at the end will do the job nicely. This way instead of just concentrating on the holder, you can also catch people looking for wine bottles and other ocean and animal themed items.

More search results = more chances for higher final selling price

Apart from the horrible title, this is a very nice looking auction. The seller does an excellent job in the description telling us about the wine bottle holder and why they think it makes a good product. The two pictures look good and show the lobster from a couple of angles.

The only other minor issue is with the shipping price. Considering this is a used item and its relatively small size in the box, the $11.69 S&H charge is a little bit steep. When people see that it's going to cost a minimum of $21.68 for this used item, they're going to have second thoughts. I would lower that price a little bit to help entice the buyers to click on the bid button.

The title is what prevented this auction from receiving an "A" score. Considering that it's one of the most important parts of the auction, it has the biggest impact on my grading scale.