Maybe I spend too much time looking at completed eBay listings, but something really jumped out at me this week as I was looking at all of the designer purse auctions.  First of all, there really are a lot of designer bags and purses sold every day on eBay.  Of course, I knew that, but I had not really looked at the numbers all that closely lately.

What really jumped out at me this week was that people looking for purses on eBay, are not only looking for cheap purses, they are placing a heavy emphasis on finding authentic handbags and authentic purses.  Of course, I mean authentic designer bags and purses. I don't remember exactly how I got to the data I eventually found.  You know how it is, you start looking for something on the Internet or on eBay and before you know it you are 10 searches away and looking at something completely different!  Anyway, I think I started my search by typing in the phrase "bags wholesale" and just went on from there.  My search ended with me looking at a ton of completed listings that ended in sales for people who had included a word "authentic" in their purse and handbag auctions. Of course it seems obvious that people would be more likely to purchase something listed as an authentic designer item, but really, anyone could just throw that into their auction title if that was all there was to it.  As I clicked on the completed auction listings, I noticed that many of the sellers who used the term authentic, also had very high feedback ratings and many even guaranteed the authenticity of the merchandise they were selling.  If you can find those three things together in an auction listing on eBay, you have probably found yourself a winner.  Of course you must use your own judgment with each purchase you make, but this can make your shopping experience a lot easier and more enjoyable. I've added a new feature to the website this week.  There are now thumbnail photos of a few purses and handbags located in the sidebar and at the bottom of this post.  I've tried to set this up so that the purses shown on the front page have the word "authentic" either in the title of their auction or within their descriptions. If anything else slips through, I apologize in advance.  I thought that might be a nice starting place for my visitors.
Remember, if you start doing searches on your own within eBay, you will need to search for singular items in most cases.  By this, I mean you would search for "authentic Fendi purse", not "authentic Fendi purses" unless you were looking to purchase a wholesale lot of designer bags.  You must remember this because most people listing items for sale on eBay are only selling one designer purse at a time.  They would have no reason to include the plural "purses" in their searchable title.  Also remember that if you are specifically looking for a cheap purse or discounted handbag, you can type in a phrase such as "designer inspired handbag" and find something a little bit less pricey.  Most people won't call their own item "cheap" in the title they use. I hope that this post helps you to find the authentic purse you're looking for today.  I haven't checked, but I would imagine that using the word authentic and looking for sellers who back up what they list would work for quite a few items sold on eBay.  Good luck shopping and remember to keep your eyes open for those authentic purse listings!

Do you like Vera Bradley handbags? If so, you are certainly not alone. Vera Bradley seems to be one of those brands that inspires a certain level of loyalty that can be hard to explain.

My friend Dana was asking me some questions about some Vera Bradley bags she liked the other day.  It seems that something got her in a designer purse buying mood and it was all she could think about!  She was actually up at 3 in the morning looking for cheap Vera Bradley purses on eBay!  Now, believe it or not, I don't memorize the current prices of all the purses and handbags that are on my site.  When I got home, I started looking for new deals on purses that were popping up and I ended up finding some pretty interesting little purse videos.  I thought I'd share some of them right here.


Although I write about designer purses eBay an awful lot, if you have read many of my posts, you know that I'm more about finding the best deals on discount designer purses...wherever they may happen to be.  There are always quite a few good eBay deals on Vera Bradley purses, but I have also found tons of great deals at "eBags Outlet" and I highly recommend a visit.

Anyway, as I was looking around that site, I came across these cheap designer purse videos and liked them.  This first video tells the Vera Bradley story.  I always enjoy learning about how a small business manages to beat the odds and make it to the top.  The company was started back in 1982 and grew beyond what the founders ever imagined.  It seems like a great imagination and a strong desire are key components for success.  I guess that could apply to just about every area of life.  Here is the video...

eBags is also having a video comments contest with a $100 weekly prize that I just learned about.  Here is a video explaining how it works...

If you enter and win, let us know through comments!

I'll be posting more purse videos for you to check out soon. Have a great day!

By the way...just a reminder that clicking on any of the brand name designers on the right of this page will take you to listings of purses and handbags from that designer. Sometimes I forget that new people show up every day. Sorry about that. Also, if you are going to do independent searches for Vera Bags, don't forget to vary your search terms.  Some good ones to focus on would be bradley bags, Vera Bradly (with a missing "e"), Vera Bradleys, Verabradley (words running together),and Vera Bradely.  Good luck and thank you for stopping by!


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Dooney and Bourke Purses

Dooney and Bourke purses are quite a popular choice today in designer purses.  In one of my earlier posts I used Dooney and Bourke purses as example of how you can use variations of designer names in eBay searches to find hidden treasure like cheap Dooney and Bourke purses.


When I made that Cheap Purses post, I meant to come back and go into more detail on the subject.  Well, that is what I'm going to do today by considering what eBay sellers face when they post a listing for you find.  Once again we'll use Dooney & Bourke purses as an example just because it is a name so prone to misspelling and because it is such a popular, name brand designer purse. 

Go ahead and open eBay in a new window so you can play along as we look for listings! By the way, from time to time I'll talk about checking out "completed listings".  Those are the listings that have already ended.  Checking them out can help you get a feel for how great the deals can really be when you do a little research and help you to find the best times to find bargains.  eBay only lets registered users see these completed listings though.  If you haven't already signed up at eBay (it's free), you can do that here. It seems to me that for some reason, when some people list purses on eBay, they are prone to spend a lot more time on the pictures of purses and the purse descriptions than they are on making a good, search-able title for their purse auction.  People listing designer purses (or any item) on eBay only have 55 spaces to work with in the title.  It is important for them to fit as much information about their purse as they can into that little space if they want it to be seen.  eBay purse sellers must choose what they want to focus on carefully.  Think of all the variations someone searching for a Dooney and Bourke purse might use...Dooney & Bourke, D&B purse, Dooney handbag, doony burke...you get the idea.  They could also just be searching for something more general, like a designer leather bag.  An eBay seller has to remember this.


Some people do not take full advantage of the space they have when listing designer purses.  If I were listing a designer purse on eBay, I would probably start with a title something like "Dooney and Bourke Purse Authentic Designer Bag" (46 characters because spaces count).  With the remaining nine spaces, I might get specific with my descriptive words.  Some "Dooney and Bourke" words I see being used right now include "Fredricka, satchel, candy, bucket, hearts, signature, and bucket bag".  All of these would work in my example except for "bucket bag" which has too many characters.  To make room as an eBay seller, I might change my beginning to "Dooney & Bourke" to save on space.  I would also try to work in specific details.  The phrase I mentioned above, "leather handbag" gets a ton of searches done on it because a LOT of people want to find a great deal on designer leather bags. As someone looking to buy cheap Dooney and Bourke purses (or some other designer brand purses), you can try to think like the seller.  When you do searches, you can be specific by including purse styles (clutch,handbag,hobo,satchel, tote, etc.) or by including specific patterns you are looking for on the purse (hearts, candy, signature, quilted, alligator skin, etc).  You can also try to think of what sellers might be emphasizing.  There appears to be a gap between how buyers and sellers think in the eBay designer purse market.  As a buyer, I might be looking for "cheap purses for sale", type it into a search engine and find this place.   As a seller, I'm probably not going to use my 55 characters to call my purse "cheap" because it can have negative connotations.  Sellers are more likely to list their items as "discount designer purse" or "discount Dooney and Bourke" because it gives the feel of a temporary savings or discount offer that will go away.  I, myself, try to find cheap prices on authentic designer bags and then show those to people (you).  Having Cheap Purses as the name of this site is getting a few people here, so I guess some people must be using it as a search term.  Of course, shopper's eBay search term preferences may also be different than what they use on Google, Yahoo or the other large search engines where "cheap purses" is typed in many times each day (although eBay listings can be seen on general search engines as well).


OK.  Sorry about the little tangent into search engine land.  Back to how you can find the cheap Dooney and Bourke purses you want.  eBay is a huge place.  It has massive amounts of traffic flocking to it every day.  There really isn't any serious competition at this point for the model they present, even though they do seem to be moving away from their auction roots in some ways.  Regardless, there are millions of registered users buying and selling on eBay every day.  Most areas have a ton of competition, which can be good for buyers.  You just have to be specific in your searches for purses and handbags.  Right now a search on Dooney and Bourke brought back over 6,700 items.  Remember that this doesn't include other spellings.  Just the one misspelling (Dooney Burke) brought back 45 results (which most other shoppers will never see by the way).  This means if you are looking for Dooney and Bourke wallets, you should probably include "wallet" in your search phrase unless you want to do some serious browsing.  Likewise, you might want to do more specific searches and include terms like "summer pattern" or variations like Dooney and Bourke Handbag instead of Dooney and Bourke Purses.

Remember when you are searching for Dooney and Bourke purses or any other cheap designer purses is that people want to show their product in the best light possible when they sell on eBay.  If you are looking for a purse that is not by a designer but looks like one, I doubt you will find anyone listing "knockoff handbags".  Instead, if you are looking for SUPER cheap purses, try searching for your purse brand and adding phrases like "designer inspired" or "replica handbags" to bring up decent returns.  If the seller is honest, they will tell you when a purse is an off brand made to look like a designer bag.  Just as a note, eBay strictly prohibits selling "bootleg" designer purses.  If you should come across what you suspect is a fraud, you should ask for more details to be sure and consider reporting the item to eBay.  I don't look to cause people trouble, but if I refer someone to quality designer purses and someone tries to slip in garbage, it reflects poorly on me even though I had no actual part in the transaction.  I don't want that.  Fortunately, the feedback system does do a pretty good job of smoking out any fraudulent sellers in a big hurry.  I've said it many times, I won't deal with person selling designer purses, or anything else, if they have less than ten transactions and a feedback rating of at least 97 - 98%. This has turned into a rather lengthy post, so I'll wrap things up here fore for now.  In short (probably too late for that now), try different spellings of Dooney and Bourke purses.  You might consider using more details as well.  If you are looking for a Dooney and Bourke Bucket Bag, try typing that in to your search when your initial Dooney bag search brings back too much information.  If you feel up to it, you can also filter your designer purse and handbag results by using eBay's filters, but it can take little bit of practice to get the results you want.  When you are looking for something by a specific designer that isn't their main "thing", add it in to your search as well.  If you are looking for sunglasses, typing in just Dooney and Bourke will probably not be very productive.  A better starting search would be "Dooney and Bourke Sunglasses" and then get more specific from there.  This may seem obvious to some readers, but there are people reading this who have never dealt with searching for products on eBay or possibly even the internet. Of course you are always welcome to click on any link I set up for you or to use the page links on the right side of this page.  They will always to you to the more general designer purse listings.   Thanks for reading and good luck finding the best deal you can on Dooney and Bourke purses.

Cheap Leather Purses on eBay

If you are going to search for cheap leather purses, you might as well make it a designer cheap leather purse, right?

Of course a leather purse is a popular choice for fashion and good looks.  But they are going to generally be more expensive than a lot of cloth purses and handbags.  Not to insult your intelligence, but if you go to eBay and search for "cheap leather purses" you won't find much.  In fact, at this moment, only two bags appear.  This is because the merchandise on eBay is listed by individual sellers who are trying to show off what they have in the best light possible.  Most sellers are not going to emphasize the word "cheap" because they don't realize that people actually search for that word when they shop (hint to sellers).  If you need a selection to choose from, how does 17,757 sound?  That is how many "leather purses" were listed on eBay this morning.  If you haven't signed up yet, it just takes a minute to sign up for free.  Of course there is quite a range in the prices, but there are a lot of purses just sitting there at the low end of the price scale waiting for you.  That buries you in results though and not many people have the time or the desire to scan through almost 20,000 leather purses while they drink their morning coffee or eat their lunch at work.

The answer of course is to filter things down a bit.  You can sort by brand, price, style, whatever is most important to you.  You've got to think like a seller because many of the people listing on eBay are not going to know how to think like buyers.  Well, they do know, they just forget in their efforts to get their cheap leather purses and other wares seen by as many people as possible.  They don't realize that their purses and handbags have a better chance to be seen in a smaller pool of results. I know that many people do not want to be bothered with learning how to filter results.  That is certainly one of the things that scares people away from purchasing on eBay.  To help out, I'm setting this up to show off the currently listed purses and handbags that are under thirty dollars. If you are looking for cheap leather purses, you should of course consider whether this is a new or used bag.  I haven't been noticing that many used bags for sale lately.  There seem to be quite a few new designer purses getting added every day.  These could be holiday presents that were not too well received or bags that the owner picked up at one of their local post holiday clearances, but they are there regardless.  Go check them out and grab yourself some cheap leather purses!