Funny Ebay Ads. "Warning some are adult ads."

[sarcle]

So I was bored and decided to search for funny Ebay ads. Here are my collection. Feel free to add more if you want.

I'd say there's some false advertising going on at ebay. Maybe it's time to start a class action.

[bwhhisc]

Very funny! Didn't all of their ads used to read "What ever your looking for you can find it at EBAY... including taipei.com! LOL

[blastfromthepast]

Originally Posted by bwhhisc

Very funny! Didn't all of their ads used to read "What ever your looking for you can find it at EBAY... including taipei.com! LOL

Adsesnse rules prohibit adult and swear word sites from participating, yet they have ads for these keywords.

[gatorgrad]

apparantly ebay is selling crunk also....


Get Crunk
Looking for Get Crunk?
Find exactly what you want today.
www.eBay.com

oh and every perverts favorite...

Used Thongs
Whatever you're looking for
you can get it on eBay.
www.eBay.com

don't worry Yahoo is in on that market too.

[bwhhisc]

[quote=sarcle]So I was bored and decided to search for funny Ebay ads. Here are my collection. Feel free to add more if you want. /QUOTE]

Sarcle- I'll bet you have a hell of an adult idn collection. Some good creativity for adult names here! Although I doubt Nut Sack translates well into Thai??

International members...any bizarre EBAY catagories in Japan or China you can share?

[sarcle]

Sarcle- I'll bet you have a hell of an adult idn collection. Some good creativity for adult names here! Although I doubt Nut Sack translates well into Thai??

Thanks Bill, I hope I do. And I know the word for that but its got no ovt and very little search results so I've decided against it for right now.


Another ad I found disturbing was. I searched for "prison sex" on google and got this ad.

Online Dating
Sexy & Single
Ready To Mingle?
True.com

Just who exactly are they trying to get join their dating site?

[blastfromthepast]

Javago
Looking for Javago?
Find exactly what you want today.
www.台北.com

[bwhhisc]

Originally Posted by blastfromthepast

Javago
Looking for Javago?
Find exactly what you want today.
www.台北.com

I am sure Javago is a nice guy...and hope he knows this is all pantomime! Blast- will you promote my idn- 毛皮パイ.com. It's uh, kind of a new concept we picked up last year when we started getting into the game...unfortunately still has ...0 ovt...0 google... a real dud still in the idn 'bush league" (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bush-league) so to speak. Your marketing genius might be just what it needs!

[blastfromthepast]

I'm sure we can work out some kind of deal.

Advertising needs to be flexible in its delivery vehicle to reach the right audience. People have to want to see it. They have to savor and enjoy the advertising, laugh at it, or laugh with it. If the customer can be made to feel like they are part of a select in-group, they will feel good. Whatever you are selling, it can be improved upon by selective use of cultural code words and images that spark customers' imagination.

In this case, "the droit", a funny 'in' reference from the China Capital thread, was repackaged as a funny slang term to appeal to reluctant IDN buyers in England like Alpha.

This word from Law French, an archaic language based on Norman and Anglo-Norman, used in some form even today in the Law Courts of England (and Courts in the United States), also appears in the motto of the British Monarch, "Dieu et mon droit".

Those in the targeted 'in' group, the British domainers, as well as those with a good education, like Giant, would catch on to the word, and feel delight in having understood it.

Making your client smile means that they are now open to perceive the message you are now ready to present to them: buy Taipei.com.

But you can't go out and just say, Buy Taipei.com, like Javago did. You have to make your audience want to hear the message.

It also can't offend. This was important, as it put upside down the message that the original 'you don't have the droit' poster wanted to convey: that you shouldn't sell such a valuable cultural asset as the Chinese Capital to a foreign domainer.

The Taipei.com Do you have the droit?™ T shirt, however, was cute enough to be posted by cheering domainers in Taiwan, thus negating this negative aspect of domaining that inspired the Chinese Capital poster.

Now you see, the Taipei.com campaign wasn't such a simple thing after-all. It drew upon the complex international 'code' language of domainers, it sought to inspire and appeal to a select audience of buyers, and also to make the sale appealing to others who would not buy, but who would feel that they are also part of the in group, and thus promote goodwill and international friendship and peace among domainers.

If you would like to discuss further opportunities for the promotion of your product or website, I will be pleased to work for you on a freelance or permanent basis. Please get in touch with me by email or PM.

Regards.

References:
http://www.cafepress.com/droit.58565681
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieu_et_mon_droit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_French
http://www.idnforums.com/forums/2975...html#post20869

[bwhhisc]

Originally Posted by blastfromthepast

, and thus promote goodwill and international friendship and peace among domainers.

Great post...and a great example of an effective and funny marketing campaign!

[Alphamale]

Blast: One thing you didn't mention was how price can be a turn-off to.

price too high is obvious, but price too low, and you can also put people off.

I really like those T-shirts, and just like people buy Ferrari T-shirts because they can't afford the real thing - I was seriously looking at getting a Taipei T-shirt for myself and the wife, and maybe some for the kids.

the only thing was.. they were too cheap, i would have expected to pay at least $500 each. They did look versatile afterall.

[blastfromthepast]

Originally Posted by Alphamale

the only thing was.. they were too cheap, i would have expected to pay at least $500 each. They did look versatile afterall.

You are right. They should have been priced at a different price point. However, I can't price them more than $400 due to limitations in the store. But 4 is not a good number in Chinese.

So, I've priced the exclusive lime green T shirt at $88.

Also, I made the mistake of offering the cheaper version first. Versatile luxury products like this need to be presented at the high end first, with 'high street' version comming out only much later.

I liked the T shirt too. I think I'm going to get one for myself.

http://www.cafepress.com/droit

[Alphamale]

Originally Posted by blastfromthepast

...So, I've priced the exclusive lime green T shirt at $88....

http://www.cafepress.com/droit

Eight is Chinese lucky number isn't it? $88 is great. you're one smart fortune-cookie blast.

[John W]

These are pretty darn funny. Here are a few more:

Bribes
Whatever you're looking for
you can get it on eBay.
www.eBay.com

Hit Man
Looking for Hit Man?
Find exactly what you want today.
www.eBay.com

Murder Weapons
Looking for Murder Weapons?
Find exactly what you want today.
www.eBay.com

Cheap Thrills
Huge selection of Cheap Thrills items.
www.eBay.com

Schizophrenia
Whatever you're looking for
you can get it on eBay.
www.eBay.com

Ripped Off
Whatever you're looking for
you can get it on eBay.
www.eBay.com

[Giant]

Very entertaining! Our Food For Thought for this week.