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Why do you need this site? Because too much A VARIETY can often complicate your simple search for a certain item:
Pottery pieces are sold by the thousand every day in online auctions. Thousands more items are listed, but may not sell. Each item is listed SOMEWHERE so potential buyers can find it: They are listed in one (or sometimes two) ebay Auction CATEGORIES.
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Are there only two or three hundred types of China & Pottery out there? Certainly not. But based on criteria like patterns of collecting behavior, item popularity, as well as inventory of items listed, this specific selection of two or three hundred categories reflects the BEST way to present what MOST folks are buying and selling.
Here are is an example of a Chinaware Category, and the sub-categories beneath it:
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Now, suppose you are looking only for the Light Blue Star Pattern.
If you searched the highest-level "Whizz-Bang" Category, you would eventually see all of it -- but you would have to wade through hundreds of listings for the other types, before you saw everything that was "Light Blue Star."
So it makes sense to search only the "Light Blue Star" sub-category, right? Yes and no. While it is true that most everything in the "Light Blue Star" category is genuine "Light Blue Star", you might be missing out on a great deal of it. How is that possible? |
2. Many different places where China & Pottery might be listed for saleNow, please suppose again that the "Whizz-Bang China & Ceramics Company", (which doesn't really exist), was founded in rural Ohio by renowned potter Gruntwood J. Whizz in 1900. After receiving national acclaim for its lovely red and blue ceramics, the company went bankrupt within ten years. Later, in 1985, the founder's heirs sold the company trademark to a cable TV shopping channel -- and soon, "Genuine Whizz-Bang Blue" was once again available.
Today, the average pottery novice might have trouble discerning a cheap piece of 1980's "Dark Blue Star" from the rest of the classic product line; but not you. And that is why you collect only the "Light Blue Star."
A smart "Light Blue Star" collector would use this website regularly. That is because this site helps you search the entire "Light Blue" Category with a simple click. Another simple click will help you search ALL POTTERY & CHINA CATEGORIES EXCEPT "Light Blue Star."
This is a crucial time saver, because hundreds of auction Categories across eBay are regularly complimented with separate Categories for and "Other" and "Mixed Lots" of items. These "Other" and "Mixed Lots" are an excellent idea of the auction site, as they facilitate the sales of many more items, whether individually or in a batch.
You should know that no matter what you are looking for, some of it is likely for sale RIGHT NOW under a corresponding ""Other" or "Mixed Lots" category. You should also know that our site helps you see MORE of the items you want, by instantly searching these "Other" categories with just a simple click. This helps you save time otherwise spent slogging through hundreds of duplicate listings, and possibly thousands of "Other" items that genuinely are "Other" than what you need.
Here is an interesting fact that you probably already know, if you regularly browse online auctions: Many sellers who happen to have a large inventory of one particular type of item, (such as Pottery/China), often list ALL their items ONLY under a "Mixed Lots" Category. This saves them a great deal of time in preparing their auction listings. But if they should happen to have any "Light Blue Star" for sale, you will never find it by searching the "Light Blue Star" Category.
So, shouldn't you use our 100% FREE website to search it for you, with one simple click? After all, if less collectors are looking under "Mixed Lots" and "Other" categories, won't that mean that less collectors are seeing it...less collectors are bidding on it...and less collectors are even there to drive up the price!
The answer is yes. Because our site will help you dig up those hidden treasures, no matter where they're hiding.
And yet another simple click from our site will help you search ALL eBay CATEGORIES EXCEPT "Light Blue Star."
This is also crucial, because even if you put all the Pottery & China Categories aside, there are really a lot more possible places to find Pottery & China.
If you sat down and really thought about it, applied all your China and Pottery collecting knowledge, and actually spent time becoming an expert in the thousands of eBay categories out there -- (including the ones which change, and split, and fold into each other over time) -- perhaps you would come up with a list that looks something like this -- which is basically a sampling of the many different Auction Categories where any type of China & Pottery might be hidden:
- Antiques
- Collectibles
- Historical Memorabilia
- Decorative Collectibles
- Art Pottery
- Pottery
- Tableware
- Kitchenware
- Home & Garden
- Art
- Original Art
- Folk Art
- Everything Else
Please note that there might be dozens, or even hundreds of Categories and Sub-Categories beneath this list above. And once you get into specific TYPES of Pottery & China, the list could even grow:
- Early 20th Century collectibles
- 1980s collectibles
- Ohio Pottery
- Ohio Memorabilia
- St. Louis World's Fair Memorabilia
...you didn't even know about that last one; it seems that old Gruntwood supplied ceramic spittoons to the 1904 World's Fair -- and if you're lucky enough to find one today "in the rough," it's worth a small fortune.
This is a big surprise, as you had considered yourself somewhat of a "Light Blue Star" expert...which brings us to the third and final part of "Variety":
3. The many different types of folks selling it all
Who is selling China & Pottery online? It is a varied bunch: Everyone from professional dealers of priceless art pottery, to folks hoping to unload "junk" from their cupboards. Not everyone can properly identify, or even describe their wares in a way that everyone can find it -- especially within the text size limits of an Auction title.
For example, an expert might correctly describe an item as "Blue Fluted Pattern Royal Copenhagen plate." But another person selling the identical item might describe it as, "Old white dish with blue flowers."
...But then again: a thousand MORE sellers might be listing all kinds of items under the similar heading of: "Old white dish with blue flowers."
If so, which of those 1,001 listings is the piece you need -- and which is the piece of 1978 Corelle?
The funny thing is: The expert who has correctly described the "Blue Fluted Pattern Royal Copenhagen plate" may be an expert in pottery, but an absolute novice when it comes to online auctions. So, while a thousand sellers correctly list their wares under eBay's "Pottery & China" Auction Categories, thousands more sellers might list them anywhere.
This expertly-built auction searching site will help you find what you're looking for, despite:
4. The many DESCRIPTIONS that might apply to the same item
Our site also covers all the bases when it comes to all the possible pitfalls related to TYPING IN YOUR SEARCH WORDS. For example:
DID YOU KNOW:
...That if you search using the words "Pottery" or "China", that you may miss many other items listed under "Ceramics" and "Porcelain?"
...That if you search using the words "Pottery" AND "China", you will miss anything that does not include BOTH of those words?
BUT OUR SITE SEARCHES ALL THE SYNONYMS, IN ONE SIMPLE CLICK!
DID YOU KNOW:
...That if you search on the singular version of a word, you will miss out on most listings of the same item listed under the plural version of the word?
...And vice versa?
BUT OUR SITE FINDS YOU BOTH THE SINGULAR AND PLURAL VERSIONS OF ITEMS AT THE SAME TIME -- IN ONE SIMPLE CLICK!
DID YOU KNOW:
...That up to 10% of everyone mispells at least one standard pottery and china term at any given time?
...That there's only one correct way to spell "porcelain", but at least six very common WRONG spellings routinely used in online auctions?
...That many popular words related to Pottery & China are CORRECTLY spelled in various DIFFERENT ways?
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DID YOU KNOW:
...That many items listed within a specific category do not include ANY standard pottery and china term in its title?
...That many items that do not have their own specifically-designated eBay Auction Category are found more easily by searching "Auction Titles ONLY"
...While others are found more easily by searching "Titles AND Descriptions"?
BUT OUR SITE IS DESIGNED TO SEARCH EACH OF SEVERAL THOUSAND TYPES OF ITEMS IN THE BEST WAY APPROPRIATE -- ALL IN ONE SIMPLE CLICK!
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...That many items are listed in the eBay Stores Site, which uses a separate database than the eBay Auctions Site?
...That different sellers, hailing from different geographic places, and even born in different eras may use DIFFERENT words to describe the SAME item?
...That many thousands of items receive NO BIDS AT ALL during the course of their listings, because no one can find them, due to any one of a dozen reasons?
BUT OUR SITE FINDS YOU THE MOST ITEMS OF THE WIDEST VARIETY -- ALL IN ONE SIMPLE CLICK!