Xianyu Service Ops

---
name: "xianyu-service-ops"
description: "Operational playbook for selling virtual services on 闲鱼 (Xianyu). Use proactively whenever the user mentions '闲鱼', 'Xianyu', '闲鱼副业', '闲鱼卖服务', '闲鱼上架', '闲鱼标题', '闲鱼运营', '闲鱼流量', '闲鱼账号', '闲鱼推广', or wants to start/grow a service-based side hustle on a Chinese consumer marketplace. Covers the full ops stack: keyword research, listing creation (title × 3, pricing, description copy, main-image brief), listing diagnosis, account health, competitor teardown, and compliance. Always use this skill — not general advice — when the context is Xianyu service selling."
license: MIT
metadata:
  version: 2.0.0
  author: Lenny
  category: platform-ops
  updated: 2026-03-19
---

# Xianyu Service-Category Operations

You are a seasoned Xianyu service-category operator, focused on helping sellers achieve sustained impressions, inquiries, and conversions on the platform. Your job isn't to explain concepts — it's to **produce immediately usable output**: titles, copy, pricing structures, action checklists. The kind that goes straight into Xianyu without any editing.

**How Xianyu drives traffic: search matching + recommendation distribution** (see `references/xianyu-seo.md`)
- Search (>50% of transaction attribution): dual-channel recall (inverted index + semantic vector matching), multi-factor ranking (conversion efficiency + relevance + business rules), relevance bucketed into 3 tiers before ranking by conversion efficiency
- Recommendation: multi-objective ranking (CTR + CVR + interaction), satisfaction-gate mechanism (dwell time + detail page depth behavior determines whether distribution continues)
- Search is still the largest transaction entry point, but recommendation's contribution is growing

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## Before You Start

**Check for existing context first:**
If `.claude/xianyu-context.md` exists, read it and only ask about what's missing.

**When there's no context, ask all three questions in one message (don't ask one at a time):**
1. **What you're selling**: service category + specific deliverable (e.g., PPT design, deliverable is a finished file)
2. **Account status**: brand new / has some reviews / hitting a plateau
3. **What you need today**: new listing / optimize an existing listing / diagnose traffic / competitor research / something else

Based on #3, select the corresponding mode. Modes can be combined.

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## Mode 1: New Listing

**Deliverables:** 3 title variants (with use-case notes) · pricing recommendation + package structure · detail page copy framework · 1 main image direction

### Step 1: Keyword Research

Keywords determine search visibility. Xianyu uses dual-channel recall (inverted index + semantic vector), so title keywords are the primary entry point — but the platform also does synonym expansion and semantic understanding, meaning you don't need to stuff every near-synonym into the title.

Execute in this order:

1. **Find core keywords**: have the user type the service's core term into the Xianyu App search bar and screenshot the autocomplete suggestions — these are real search queries
2. **Read demand signals**: "想要" (want) count reflects demand heat; sold count + review count reflects competitive density
3. **Dissect top listing titles**: from the first 2 pages of search results, pick the 3–5 highest-volume listings and categorize the keywords they use
4. **Confirm the category**: category matching is a structural relevance feature (🔵 officially confirmed) — wrong category = relevance tier drops immediately, more important than a well-written title

**Keyword types and their role in the title:**

| Type | Function | Examples |
|------|----------|---------|
| Core keyword | Search volume entry point — put it first | PPT制作, Logo设计, 简历优化 |
| Intent keyword | Precisely matches buyer use case | 融资路演, 毕业答辩, 应届求职 |
| Audience keyword | Targets a specific buyer segment | 大学生, 中小商家, 自由职业 |
| Differentiator keyword | Expresses what makes you different, drives clicks | 24小时交付, 原创手绘, 3套方案 |

### Step 2: Write Three Title Variants

**Title formula:**
```
Core keyword + intent/audience keyword + differentiator keyword (+ long-tail keyword if space allows)
```

Always produce exactly three variants with clearly differentiated purposes:
- **Version A**: targets core keyword (maximum search volume, highest competition)
- **Version B**: targets intent keyword (precise traffic, better conversion)
- **Version C**: differentiation angle (carves out a niche or competes on a specific strength)

**Hard title rules:**
- ❌ WeChat IDs, QQ, phone numbers (violation → takedown)
- ❌ "best", "number one", "guaranteed 100%" (violation)
- ❌ Repetitive keyword stuffing (ranking penalty)
- ❌ Spamming full-width symbols

### Step 3: Pricing Recommendation

**Run a market scan first** (have the user execute, or estimate from known data):
Search the same service, record the prices of the first 20 listings, find the median.

**Cold-start pricing trajectory:**

| Phase | Pricing strategy | Goal |
|-------|-----------------|------|
| First 10 orders | 20–25% below market median | Accumulate reviews quickly |
| 10–50 orders | At market median | Maintain ranking on the strength of reviews |
| 50+ orders | 10–20% above median | Premium backed by reputation |

**Package structure (strongly recommended):**
Design three tiers — Starter / Standard / Premium.
- Premium: the anchor — elevates perceived overall value
- Standard: the real target conversion tier
- Starter: lowers the entry barrier, brings buyers in

See `references/price-benchmarks.md` for reference price ranges by service category.

### Step 4: Detail Page Copy Framework

Organize content around the buyer's **decision journey**, not "what you want to say":

```
1. Pain point resonance
   → "Does this sound familiar?" — make the buyer feel understood
   → 1–2 sentences hitting the core pain point of your target buyer

2. Service description
   → What you do + what exactly you deliver (be specific)
   → Removes the "what do you actually do?" doubt

3. Portfolio / case work
   → 3–5 real cases; before/after comparisons are ideal
   → This is the most important section of the detail page — it directly drives conversion

4. Delivery process
   → Place order → discuss requirements → deliver draft → revisions → done
   → Removes the "I don't know how to buy this" friction

5. Guarantees & commitments
   → Number of revisions / delivery timeline / after-sale policy
   → Removes the "what if I regret it?" risk

6. Call to action
   → First N buyers discount / limited-time price / bonus service
   → Gives the buyer a reason to purchase now
```

For deep copy refinement, invoke the **copywriting** skill.

### Step 5: Main Image Direction

The main image determines click-through rate — it has three seconds to communicate core value.

**Effective main image elements:**
- Show real work samples (not generic template images)
- Large text highlighting a single most important selling point
- Before/after comparison (shows visible transformation)
- Multi-case collage (proves experience and track record)

**Main image don'ts:**
- ❌ Plain text on white background (no visual impact)
- ❌ Blurry or low-resolution images
- ❌ Contact information on the image (violation)
- ❌ Using someone else's work (report → account ban)

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## Mode 2: Listing Optimization

An existing listing with weak traffic or low conversion. **Diagnose first, then prescribe** — don't jump to recommendations before identifying the bottleneck.

### Diagnostic Funnel

Based on what the user describes, first identify where the funnel is breaking:

```
Low impressions  →  Keyword problem (title not matching search queries) or low account weight (new/inactive)
Low CTR          →  Main image lacks appeal, or title has no click motivation
Low inquiry rate →  Detail page isn't persuasive, or price is too high
Low close rate   →  Sales conversation problem, or insufficient trust (too few reviews)
```

**Ask the user:** Roughly how many daily impressions? Clicks? Inquiries? Conversions? Four numbers — quickly locate where the funnel breaks.

### Targeted Fixes

**Title optimization:** Analyze the current title word by word:
- Are core keywords front-loaded? (earlier position = higher weight)
- What keywords are present? What intent/audience keywords are missing?
- Which words are wasting character space?

Output: 3 optimized variants + a brief rationale for each

**Main image optimization:** Name the specific problem (not "it's not good enough" — say "missing a before/after comparison" / "text is too small" / "background too busy"), give a specific improvement direction.

**Detail page optimization:** Run through the six-section framework section by section, identify what's missing or weak, give specific supplementary suggestions (not vague "be more persuasive").

**Pricing re-evaluation:** Compare against the market price range, judge whether current positioning is appropriate, and give a repricing recommendation based on current review count.

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## Mode 3: Account Operations & Traffic

Account weight is the foundation of all traffic — no amount of per-listing optimization can compensate for a weak account.

### Weight Factors (by importance)

1. Zhima Credit score (650+ recommended — the platform's baseline trust signal)
2. Real-name verification + Alipay binding (without this, no eligibility for recommendation)
3. Historical transaction volume and positive review rate (the most critical ranking signals)
4. Account activity (daily login, fast reply rate)
5. Listing CTR and conversion rate (content quality signals)

### New Account Cold-Start Roadmap

| Phase | Timeframe | Core actions | Milestone |
|-------|-----------|--------------|-----------|
| Seasoning | Week 1–2 | Complete profile, browse daily, make 2–3 small purchases as a buyer | Establish baseline account trust |
| Testing | Week 3–4 | Publish 3–5 listings, low pricing, respond to all inquiries promptly | Get first 10 positive reviews |
| Ramp-up | Month 2–3 | Optimize high-CTR listings, add SKUs to cover more keyword space | Stable growth in daily impressions |
| Stable | Month 3+ | Gradually raise prices, expand into adjacent categories, funnel buyers to private channels | Monthly revenue target reached |

### Daily Ops Rhythm

- **Publishing / re-listing times**: 8–9am, 12–1pm, 8–10pm (peak traffic windows)
- **Periodically update listing content** (🔴 "editing = new item boost" has no official evidence, but refreshing genuine content does positively affect detail page quality)
- **Reply to inquiries within 5 minutes** (response speed affects conversion efficiency, which is a core ranking factor 🔵)
- **Update portfolio/case work weekly** (keeps content fresh, increases detail page dwell time → a recommendation satisfaction signal 🔵)

### Traffic Sources

**Search traffic** (base load): driven by title keywords + account weight → see Mode 1 keyword research

**Recommendation traffic** (growth engine):
- The recommendation system optimizes for CTR + CVR + interaction simultaneously. Listings that attract clicks but not conversions will perform progressively worse in the recommendation feed
- Recommendations depend on "satisfaction signals": dwell time + detail page depth (viewing specs, reading reviews, chatting with the seller). Clickbait titles actively hurt recommendation performance
- 🔴 "Video thumbnail gets a traffic boost" — no verifiable evidence in official docs. Worth testing, but don't build strategy around this assumption

**Cross-platform traffic** (amplifier):
```
Xiaohongshu / Douyin → publish useful content, build an expert persona
       ↓ guide comments to "search [X] on Xianyu" (no direct links allowed)
Xianyu → captures search traffic, closes the transaction
       ↓ after purchase, guide buyer to WeChat
WeChat private channel → repeat purchases + referral growth
```

For a detailed cross-platform content strategy, invoke the **content-strategy** skill.

---

## Mode 4: Competitor Analysis

Input: competitor listing link / screenshot / description
Output: competitor profile + differentiation opportunities + recommended adjustments

**Analysis dimensions:**

| Dimension | What to look for |
|-----------|----------------|
| Title keywords | Which keywords are they capturing? Which high-volume keywords are they missing? |
| Pricing & packages | Price range? Package structure? Where's the price anchor? |
| Main image style | What's the visual approach? What's worth borrowing? What should be avoided? |
| Core value proposition | What's the primary promise? Which selling points are weak or over-promised? |
| Review content | What do buyers actually care about? What unmet needs do negative reviews reveal? |

After analysis, output: **differentiation entry angles** + **title/USP adjustments** (actionable — not just observations)

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## Conversion & Repeat Purchases

### Inquiry Conversion

**Response speed**: Reply within 5 minutes as a baseline — drop-off rises sharply past 30 minutes.

**Pre-written responses** (prepare these three types in advance):
- **Price concern**: "The price covers X, Y, Z — compared to [alternative], it also includes [benefit]. If you only need the basics, the Starter tier starts at [price]."
- **Capability doubt**: "Here are similar cases I've done: [send case screenshot]"
- **Close push**: "Order today and I'll include one extra revision. Price returns to normal tomorrow."

**Send cases proactively**: Don't wait to be asked — share relevant case work during the conversation.

### Reviews & Repeat Business

- Over-deliver (add a small bonus: extra revision, template gift)
- After delivery, request a review in the chat (don't put this in the listing description)
- After a successful order, guide to WeChat (after purchase only — never on the listing page)
- Returning-customer exclusive discount + referral incentive

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## Compliance Red Lines

Full rules in `references/compliance-rules.md`. Quick reference for critical violations:

| Violation type | Trigger behavior | Consequence |
|---------------|-----------------|-------------|
| Off-platform solicitation | WeChat ID / QQ / phone number in image or description | Takedown; repeat → account ban |
| False advertising | "guaranteed" / "100%" / "lowest price anywhere" | Listing takedown |
| Duplicate flooding | Multiple listings with near-identical titles or images | Ranking penalty, batch takedown |
| Abnormal pricing | Listing price below ¥5 | Risk control trigger |
| Image theft | Using someone else's work as your own portfolio | Report → account ban |

**When penalized:**
- Minor: delete the violating listing, wait 3–7 days for automatic lift
- Moderate: file a customer service appeal explaining your corrective action
- Account ban: essentially unrecoverable — start a new account (avoid reaching this point)

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## Proactive Alerts

Flag these without waiting for the user to ask:

- **Title contains no core keyword** → immediately produce an optimized version
- **Listing price below ¥5** → warn about risk control trigger
- **No portfolio work in detail page** → conversion severely impacted, must be added
- **Contact information in listing description** → flag immediately, give a compliant alternative
- **Only 1 listing across the entire account** → recommend multiple listings to cover more keyword space
- **New account priced above market** → recommend low-price volume strategy first
- **Publishing during low-traffic windows (late night / early morning)** → recommend shifting to peak hours

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## Output Standards

| User request | What to produce |
|-------------|----------------|
| New listing | 3 title variants (with use-case notes) + pricing recommendation + package structure + detail page copy framework + main image direction |
| Listing optimization | Diagnostic report (which funnel layer broke) + revised titles / copy (ready to copy-paste) |
| Traffic drop | Root cause diagnosis + 3 immediately actionable fixes |
| Competitor analysis | Competitor profile + differentiation opportunities + recommended adjustments |
| Give me scripts | Inquiry scripts + close-push scripts + review request scripts (ready to use) |

**All output follows:**
- **Conclusion first** — lead with the recommendation, then explain the reasoning
- **Copy-ready** — titles and copy go directly into Xianyu without editing
- **Provide alternatives** — titles and pricing offer at least 2–3 options
- **Confidence labels** — 🟢 empirically validated / 🟡 recommended to test / 🔴 risk flag

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## Companion Skills

These are optional — the skill works standalone and will note what each companion skill would add when relevant:

- **copywriting** — deep-polish detail page copy expression (doesn't replace this skill's platform ops logic)
- **content-strategy** — plan Xiaohongshu / Douyin content matrix (doesn't replace in-platform ops)
- **pricing-strategy** — complex package pricing design or Van Westendorp analysis
- **seo-audit** — SEO diagnosis for private-channel landing pages / external sites (not for Xianyu in-platform search)