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  • 10 Great Ways To Source Low Cost Products For Ebay.  By : Kirsten Hawkins
    So you’re having trouble finding stock cheaply enough to sell it for a good profit? Well, you’ve come to the right place.

    Garage sales. The chances are you’ve gone most of your life seeing ads for these and ignoring them. Start going to as many as you can. You won’t find good things at every one, but when you find one person with good stuff, make them an offer for the lot – they’ll be so happy about it that you can get a real bargain.

    Markets. If your area has a market,...
  • 10 Safety Tips For Buying On eBay  By : Guillermo Jalil
    eBay has become a household name for shoppers. A lot the buyers on eBay are not regular internet shoppers but they still shop on eBay. Such is the power of eBay giving simplicity of shopping and top bargains. From time to time, there is some fraud on eBay about fake fashion items, event tickets that do not exist, some expensive electronic items that do not exist.

    eBay does its best to intervene and resolve such disputes. As a shopper, you can follow these 10 safety tips t...
  • 10 Secrets You Should Know Before Bidding  By : Pradeep Aggarwal
    How to make online auction bidding? The 10 secrets provided in this articles will provide you complete details to know all about online auctions and much more...
  • 10 Steps To Successful Selling On Ebay.  By : Kirsten Hawkins
    So you want to be a successful seller with your own eBay business, do you? Here’s a simple, ten-step path to eBay enlightenment.

    Step 1: Identify your market. Take a while to sit and watch for what sells and what doesn’t out of the items you’re interested in. Any market research data you can collect will be very useful to you later on. You’ll probably see the ‘sweet spots’ quite quickly – those one or two items that always seem to sell for a good price.

    Step 2: Watch th...
  • 10 Sure-Fire Ways To Kill Your Ebay Business.  By : Kirsten Hawkins
    It’s surprisingly easy to kill your eBay business, if you’re not careful – sure, you can start over from scratch without it costing you anything, but do you really want to? Still, if you want your business to end up dead in the water, here are some simple ways to do it.

    Lie about an item: Say it works fine when it sometimes doesn’t work. Say it’s in perfect condition when it has a scratch. Your customers will hate you!

    Post whenever you feel like it: Make sure to leave ...
  • 10 Things You Should Know Before You Bid On A Business Product From An Online Auction  By : William Nabaza of http://www.nabaza.com/
    10 Things You Should Know Before You Bid On A
    Business Product From An Online Auction
  • 10 Tips For Being A Better Seller.  By : Kirsten Hawkins
    If you’ve got this far, you’ve got the basics of eBay. There are a few things left, though, that you might not have thought of trying. Quite a few of these tips go against the advice many give for eBay selling – some are a little risky and some are just odd. They’re all worth a try, though, and I’m sure you’ll find at least some you want to keep using.

    1. Keep more records. It might sound time consuming, but you’ll actually find it easier in the long run – less time spent ...
  • 10 Tips For Increasing Your Ebay Response.  By : Kirsten Hawkins
    So you’ve got the buyer in front of your auction, and they’ve read the description. They’re must be interested, or they wouldn’t be looking… but just how can you push them over that line and make them leave a bid? Read on for some tips.

    Improve your picture: In all that description writing, you might have missed the vital importance of your item’s picture. A picture with bad lighting or an intrusive background looks amateurish and won’t make anyone want to buy from you.

    ...
  • 10 Ways to Avoid Being Ripped Off on eBay.  By : Stanley
    It is important to remember that eBay is a lot like a marketplace. There will always be a dodgy guy in the corner, selling things that most people wouldn't touch. The trouble is that, on the Internet, these people can be a little harder to spot. Here are ten tips to help you keep an eye out for the rip-off merchants.
  • 10 Ways To Save Time And Money With Packing And Shipping On Ebay  By :
    One problem with eBay is that unless you are careful you can end up spending far too much time on routine tasks such as packing and shipping. Not only is there the time spent wrapping the items, but also when you take them to your local post office to have them weighed, stamped and posted. As someone who never seems to have enough time I have adopted some time saving measures which frees up my time to do other things.

    1.Buy Stamps in advance.
    Many of the items that I se...
  • 11 Ways To Find Products To Sell On eBay  By : TimKnox
    I was part of an eBay Roundtable discussion recently with six other experts and we all agreed that the number one question most new (and even old) eBay sellers ask is: "Where do I find things to sell on eBay??" To help answer that question I have compiled 10 ways that anyone can use to find products to sell on eBay.
  • 5 Easy Ways To Make Money On eBay  By : Dave Bromley
    As the editor of the UK Auctionline Newsletter I receive a great number of e-mails from subscribers. Frequently the question they ask is, “Please tell me an easy way to make money on eBay.” I suppose the answer to this question really revolves around how you define the term easy.

    It is my belief that there is no easier way to make money on the Internet than by selling items through eBay. What could be simpler, a straight forward 5 step process.

    1. Get something to sell...
  • 5 Simple Steps To Posting Your First Ebay Auction.  By : Kirsten Hawkins
    It’s surprisingly simple to get started posting your very first auction on eBay. Here’s what you need to do.

    Step 1: Open an eBay seller’s account.

    If you’ve bought things on eBay, then you already have an account – just log in with it and click ‘Sell’ in the toolbar at the top of the page, then click ‘Create a seller’s account’. If you’ve never used eBay before, then you’ll need to open an account first using the ‘register’ link underneath the toolbar, and then click ‘...
  • 6 Ways to Maximize Profits at Your One Stop Online Auction Shop  By : Chris Robertson
    Discover 6 ways to maximize your online auction profits. You could be getting more bids, so apply these methods today!
  • 7 Ways to Enhance High Priced Items on eBay  By : Donald Mckenzie Jr
    This article will show you the 7ways to enhance any high priced item for sale.
  • A Look At Third Party Ebay Tools.  By : Kirsten Hawkins
    There are plenty of companies out there offering third party eBay tools. Most of them are web-based instead of downloadable, so you pay a monthly fee instead of just buying the software. But do you know what these sites can do for you? It can be hard to get to grips with what’s out there using a search engine, so here’s a quick rundown of the key players.

    Andale (http://www.andale.com).

    Andale offer lots of small products instead of one solution that does everything: yo...
  • A Seller's Dash For Cash  By :
    Today, eBay is considered to be one of the most lucrative auction sites available in the Internet.

    However, selling on eBay is not that easy, and the very first thing a seller should do is to find the ways on how he or she will get paid once the item is sold. And so, here are the different ways how a seller can be paid:

    1. PayPal

    PayPal is the most common and convenient way of sending and receiving money based on an eBay transaction. Here, the payment for the sold i...
  • All About Online Auctions  By : Pradeep Aggarwal
    Always wondered where to find good information for tips on starting a online auction business from home? you've reached the right place. The tips provided in this article will help you greatly with the secrets on great a great business line right from your home.
  • An Easy Guide To Making Money On Ebay  By : Steve Gargin
    One way to make money on eBay that a lot of sellers underestimate is by making money on returns. Items get returned to almost every seller eventually as it’s impossible to satisfy all of the buyers all of the time. By turning your returns into profits you can make money on eBay without simply selling your items.

    If you are going to make money on eBay from your returns then it is important not to refund shipping charges. You will probably make money on eBay from your shippi...
  • An Ebay Seller’s Checklist.  By : Kirsten Hawkins
    Being a seller is a lot of responsibility, and sometimes you might feel like you’re not doing everything you should be. This simple checklist will help you keep on top of things.

    Have you found out everything you possibly could about your items? Try typing their names into a search engine – you might find out something you didn’t know. If someone else is selling the same thing as you, then always try to provide more information about it than they do.

    Do you monitor the ...
  • An Introduction To Bidding And Buying On Ebay.  By : Kirsten Hawkins
    Have you noticed that whenever you open a newspaper, watch the TV or have a conversation, people seem to be talking about eBay? If you’ve never used it and you’ve no idea what it’s all about, then the chances are that you’re starting to feel a little left out. But don’t worry! This email contains everything you need to know about the basics of bidding and buying on eBay.

    So What is eBay?

    eBay is an online auction website – and not just any auction site, but the biggest ...
  • An Introduction To Drop Shipping - The Easy Way To Start An Ebay Business  By : bluecharm
    It is very easy to start a drop shipping business on eBay. You do not need to make any huge investments when starting your ebay drop shipping business and your initial costs will be negligible.
  • Appraising Items to Sell on ebay  By : Dan Lim
    How Much Is It Worth? Estimating Your Item’s Value for Sale on eBay

    Proper pricing of items to be listed for sale on eBay is one of the most important aspects of generating interest in one’s auction listing.
  • Are There Any Ebay “Secrets” That Are Worth Buying?  By : Kirsten Hawkins
    If you look around a little on the web, you’ll no doubt come across people trying to sell you ebooks about eBay’s ‘secrets’ for as much as $20. Here’s a sample:

    “Along with 400,000 other excited eBay fanatics I now make a living using the Internet and eBay. I can go days without ever speaking to a single customer, but I have a world wide customer base. My online business runs like a well oiled machine with a part-time effort!”

    You too can get such valuable tips as:

    “...
  • Auction - May The Best Bidder Win  By : Sintilia Miecevole
    An auction means a public sale of properties or objects that are sold to the highest bidder. There are a whole lot of things that can be put to auction. There are auctions that are held under various categories such as antiques and art, automotive that include vintage cars, motorcycles, accessories, etc. The other popular items include clothing and accessories of film stars and sports stars, scripts of movies, sports goods. The jewellery auctions selling intricately designed ...
  • Auction Titles: Keywords To Bigger Ebay Profits  By : Mason Hipp
    In the world of online auctions, the title is the only way to get more traffic. Traffic equals more bids, more bids equals more money. Sellers who want the most money from eBay will need to learn how to write a good title.

    Statistically speaking, the vast majority of bidders will find your auction by searching for it. The search is the primary interface on eBay, and the first step to getting customers. When a user searches for an item, say xyz, all auctions with xyz in th...
  • Auctions: A Closer Look  By : Tom Takihi
    You’ve read about them, you’ve heard about them, you’ve probably participated in one. But what exactly are auctions? Isn’t it just the simple method of selling an object to interested people who bid until the highest bidder gets it?
  • Avoiding Ebay Buying Pitfalls With These Friendly Tips  By : David Riewe
    As with any market, trading on eBay is not without its hassles and snags.

    First of all, it should be duly noted that eBay is an online market/transaction facilitator. It merely becomes a means for the buyer and the seller to meet.

    Because of its online nature, eBay’s auction listing provides the buyers with a wide selection of goods. The buyers are also enabled to review the seller through the seller’s feedback rating. This helps the buyer decide whether or not to pur...
  • Big Profits Selling Old Typewriters on eBay  By : Avril Harper
    Typewriters are popular collectibles, especially very early models, and typewriters with past famous owners or a particularly interesting pedigree, which often fetch very high prices on eBay.
  • Boost E-Bay Profits With Web Audio  By : David Riewe
    Can you boost profits significantly by adding audio to your E-Bay auctions? According to a recent article on a net business site the answer is a definite yes. In fact, one e-book author suggested that adding audio to your auctions could potentially increase bids by as much as 22% over auctions without audio.

    A recent trend showing up on a lot of websites is the addition of an audio clip. The clip is a personal message by the author or the website owner encouraging you to ...
  • Brandon Dupsky Makes $22,000 A Day On Ebay  By : Thomas Haselhorst
    These days it’s not easy to make money online. But I will talk about one of the easiest way to make money online is to start selling on eBay. eBay makes getting your new business started a snap. You can literally have your first moneymaking auction listed in the space of an hour. Absolutely ANYONE can start listing items for sale on eBay today. No initial starting costs, very low running costs and massive automatic visitors. Do you know that more than 2 Million people visit e...
  • Building an Online Reputation At eBay!  By : Alfred Oswald
    Online business shares many of the same fundamentals as an offline business. Both needs a strong presence. Like for any brick-and-mortar company, building online reputation is essential for the prosperity of your business. In principle, online reputation is not radically different from offline reputation, a fact you will appreciate. But building your reputation as eBay seller follows different lines.
  • Buying and Selling Tips for Ebay  By : Art-Luff
    When it comes to obtaining merchandise for the best possible price you can't beat the prices at your favorite auction. Exactly the reason the world wide web has supplied us with an abundance of auction sites with Ebay being the Grandaddy of them all. These sites offer goods and services at prices no other marketing arena can afford.
  • Buying E-books On E-bay: E-bay The One-stop E-book Shop  By : David Riewe
    On September 1995, one of the most prestigious online shopping sites was founded. eBay is unique because it allows online shoppers, either as individuals or as a group, a wide variety of merchandise that they can buy, sell or trade within their community, their nation or even other with other countries.

    eBay's merchandise reaches to 44 million things on sale at any given time and is added with more than four million of other things to be sold everyday. Their categories in...
  • Buying Tips For Maximum Profits On EBay  By : David Nettey
    Tips for bidding and buying on eBay that helps you spend less and make profits
  • Can you boost profits significantly by adding audio to your E-Bay auctions?  By : Dan Lim
    If you ask me, it is a definite yes. In fact, one e-book author suggested that adding audio to your auctions could potentially increase bids by as much as 22% over auctions without audio.
  • Clueless About What You Can Buy On Ebay?  By :
    Being clueless on what items to buy on E-bay is a phase.

    In fact, it's the very first step to online shopping. With every new day, online shoppers conquer more E-bay buying techniques, and slowly lift off the novice's launch pad.

    From then on, online shoppers realize there's more they can buy on E-bay than meets the eye.

    Generally, E-bay is comprised of almost all the things a buyer would want and need under the sun. In fact, it seems that E-bay's selling almost e...
  • Crazy Online Auctions!  By : Erika Davis
    Surely you know what it is like to be desperately looking for something that seems to be maddenly out of reach. Everyone has gone through something similar at some point be it a car, a particluar article of clothing, a specific piece of furniture or just a boyfriend or even a husband.
  • Creating Ebay Selling Opportunities By Communicating With Your Buyer  By : Kirsten Hawkins
    One thing many eBay sellers neglect is to actually communicate with their buyers – not with some automated ‘suggestion’ system, but with actual person-to-person contact. If you can be friendly and sound nice, then you can make them think you’re doing them a favour while you make a few extra sales.

    ‘I Could Throw In…’

    When you receive an order for an item that costs a lot for shipping and needs some kind of equipment, this is an ideal opportunity to make a ‘friendly’ ext...
  • Customer Service Strategies on eBay  By : Michael Hehn
    Customer service is important on eBay. Buyers rate their satisfaction with sellers, and your rating can make a difference on whether potential customers are willing to buy from you.
  • Design Tips For Ebay Templates.  By : Kirsten Hawkins
    Templates are the design elements that you might have noticed some sellers using on their auctions, like the borders around the edge, and the different fonts. Many sellers who are new to eBay don’t bother using them, and you might not have either – generally, a descriptive listing and a good picture will do the job just fine.

    If you want to really finish your auctions off and make a really good impression on your buyers though, it’s useful to have a good template. Here are...
  • Do You Need To Sell Before You Profit From Ebay?  By : Dan Lim
    Since ebay was started in 1995, it has helped ordinary people with no business skills to start an online business especially those who want to find a lucrative way of earning a living. A lot of people contend that it is only with eBay that they were able to make a full-time living working at home.
  • Do You Pay Taxes On eBay Income?  By : TimKnox
    Last week's column on whether you were required to report income earned from eBay sales to the IRS sparked a number of additional questions and comments from eBay sellers who were hoping that I could somehow validate that their eBay activities were mere hobbies instead of actual businesses and therefore not susceptible to IRS taxation
  • Don't Let Negative Feedback On Ebay Get You Down  By : Stephen Pope -
    Remember the student in school who complained (or even cried) because they only got a ninety-nine percent mark on an assignment or test. Meanwhile, some of us were relieved (if not ecstatic) to have merely passed.

    I actually witnessed one case where the math student insisted that he was not wrong. On rechecking the test, the teacher realized the answer sheet was wrong and not the student. The student got one hundred percent correct.

    Realistically, however, most of us le...
  • Dumb With Scam  By :
    Everything in E-bay seemed perfect: nice shopping portal, almost complete buyer's list, and a convenient place to do shopping online. In fact, it's too good to be true.

    If this is the case, then it's time for the buyer's warning signal to go red alert because if things on E-bay seemed to good to be true, it probably is and may not even be worth the buyer's time and money.

    There are lots of frauds and scams’ going on in the Internet today and E-bay is not excused. So, it...
  • Ebay  By : Mar
    eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) manages an online auction and shopping website, where people buy and sell goods and services worldwide.
  • eBay About Me Page  By : John V. W. Howe
    If you are going to sell on eBay, you should take advantage of the About Me page. This is a webpage that eBay will let you set up to tell your customers about yourself. It also can be used to drive traffic to your website from eBay.
  • Ebay And Paypal  By :
    E-Bay and Paypal are two giant firms which are involved in sales transactions of customers. E-Bay is an online portal in which buyers could auction and bid items for sale. On the other hand, Paypal is the most popular online payment system used through credit cards. The teaming up of both firms is inevitable because E-Bay provides the goods to be purchased while PayPal provides the resources to be used.

    E-Bay has indeed grown as the number one destination of online shoppi...
  • Ebay And The Advent Of Cybercash  By :
    Gone are the days when only cash (or cattle in some cases) was the only accepted mode of payment for trades. As the concept of trading evolves, so does the means of paying for items.

    Today’s electronic world pushes the envelop further. With the advent of online trading systems such as eBay, many new forms of payment have flourished.

    First of all, on eBay, the mode of payment depends on the agreement of the buyer and the seller. Most often, the seller will specify his ...
  • Ebay Auction Pricing Strategies.  By : Kirsten Hawkins
    If your items aren’t selling, then you might have a bad pricing strategy. There as many pricing strategies in the world as there are buyers – if you look at two businesses selling the same thing, often the only difference you’ll be able to find between them is pricing.

    The ‘Few Dollars More’ Strategy.

    Here’s something you might not have thought of. If you set your auction’s starting price to what you would usually charge for Buy it Now, while setting the Buy it Now pric...
  • Ebay Auction Starting And Ending Day Strategies.  By : Kirsten Hawkins
    It’s usually when auctions are about to end that they get half their bids – sometimes they even get their only bids. If you want your item to sell for a good price, then, it makes no sense to let it finish on a day and time when no-one’s going to be around to care.

    Selling to Business.

    If you’re selling business equipment and have mostly business customers, you should really aim to have your auctions finishing between 9am and 5pm on weekdays. It is worth, however, tryin...
  • Ebay Auction Tips  By :
    Buying things in an auction is the most affordable way to obtain the item a person wishes to have. That is why even the Internet had provided such sites like eBay in order to provide more affordable items than what the typical market has to offer.

    Best of all, net auctions sites like eBay can provide a number of potential profits for the small time entrepreneurs who want to, in some or way or another, earn extra income.

    Through eBay, sellers do not have to build a sit...
  • Ebay Description Writing Tips.  By : Kirsten Hawkins
    Once you’ve drawn the buyers in with your title, the next thing to do is to tell them all about your item with the description. But just what should you write in your description?

    At its heart, your item description is an ad. Without making it too obvious, you should be writing sales copy. You’re trying to get buyers excited about your products, and that’s usually hard – but on eBay, if you have the right thing to sell and give enough details, the buyers almost excite them...
  • Ebay Ebook Success Tips: Auction Listing Design!!!  By : Tom Parker
    This month I have encountered two small problems, which have affected my eBay business. If I had spent a little more time thinking about the design of my auction listings, these problems could have easily been avoided and I would have had more time to spend on other things instead of editing tiny mistakes in nearly 100 listings. Read on to find out what these problems were.
  • Ebay Ebook Success Tips: Avoid Spoof Emails!!!  By : Tom Parker
    One of the things I have noticed as I have increased my sales volume on eBay is the increased volume of spoof emails I have received claiming to be eBay or PayPal. Learn how to identify and avoid them with this article.
  • Ebay Ebook Success Tips: Get Free Ebooks to Resell on eBay!!!  By : Tom Parker
    With the spiraling eBay fees and competitive pricing, the last thing eBay ebook sellers want to worry about is buying new resellable content. However, there are many sources that you may not have thought about which provide you with free resellable ebooks that you can successfully add to your inventory. This article details just a few of them.
  • Ebay Ebook Success Tips: New Years Resolutions!!!  By : Tom Parker
    I hope you all had a good break during the holidays and are now ready to get back to work. Now many of you may have set yourselves New Years Resolutions. If you haven't I can think of a few good ones for potential ebook sellers which are outlined in this article.
  • Ebay Ebook Success: How to become a PowerSeller  By : Tom Parker
    In this article I discuss how to best become a PowerSeller. It can be achieved in three months by following my six simple steps. Read on to find out more.
  • Ebay Ebook Success: The Benefits of Having an eBay Store  By : Tom Parker
    I firmly believe that to be a success when selling ebooks on eBay you need to have an eBay store. They more than pay for the £6 monthly fee with the benefits they provide. These include cheaper fees, longer listing duration, and much more. Find out about all the benefits in this article.
  • Ebay for Stay at Home Moms  By : Tom Childs
    ebay for Stay at Home Moms - Learn how stay at home moms can earn career level incomes selling products on ebay.
  • Ebay Gift Certificates: Save By Buying Ebay Gift Certificates  By :
    Now that online shoppers have realized the true potential of online shopping with eBay, they offer their customers a better and easier (not to mention cheaper) way of doing their transactions with eBay. eBay Gift Certificates!

    But the customers and all online shoppers must always be careful about the terms and/or conditions regarding the gift certificates. Always be alert and reminded about the expiration date of the gift certificates, this way, customers can always make ...
  • Ebay Product Sources Revealed!  By : Keith Anthony
    If you are starting an Ebay business you have probably asked "Where do I find products to sell?" I asked this question numerous times until I finally put in hundreds of hours in research.
  • Ebay Sellers: Shopping On Black Friday Will Make You Thousands  By : Mason Hipp
    Black Friday is a goldmine for eBay resellers. On one single day there are more profitable items for sale than during the entire rest of the year. If executed properly, Black Friday can easily create thousands of dollars in profit. This article explains in detail how to find and buy deals on Black Friday and then how to sell them on eBay for a profit.

    Preparing for Black Friday
    In order to make the best purchases on Black Friday, it is necessary to start by gathering so...
  • Ebay Selling 101: Things A Seller Should Know Before Selling On Ebay  By :
    Nowadays, eBay is becoming a fast increasing market for online shoppers. It gives them the convenience and feasibility of shopping online.

    However, it is the seller that benefits most of the time as they find selling things on eBay a lucrative way of earning additional wages. But before a seller logs in and sell his or her items on eBay, there are some things that needs to be done first, here's how:

    1. Sellers must know the rules.

    It is extremely important for sel...
  • Ebay Shipping - 10 Tips To Start Right  By : Mason Hipp
    There are about as many different ways to ship ebay items as there are ebay sellers. That being said, there are many eBay sellers who don't ship using the correct packaging or the least expensive service. These 10 tips are written to help sellers get started shipping their ebay items correctly.

    1) Always Pack the Item Properly
    The biggest mistake you can make when shipping an item is to go lighty on the packaging and send an unportected item. Buyers will instantly leave...
  • Ebay Strategy: Reserve Price Vs Buy Now  By : Alfred Oswald
    If you have even tried glancing at ebay, one of the first things you will notice is that sellers almost always have a ‘Buy Now’ scheme attached to the product they are selling. The “Buy Now” scheme allows a customer to buy an item whenever he wants, at a fixed price.
  • Ebay Successful Selling Proposition  By : Carol J.Harera
    Over 170,000 small businesses across Europe make the bulk of their earnings from eBay, and this figure is growing every week! The secret of a successful online marketing or online transaction lies on a good reasonable price.
  • Ebay Title Writing Tips.  By : Kirsten Hawkins
    Trying to be help your buyers find your auctions can be a truly daunting task. Most people only search eBay by title, not by description, and that means that you only have those 55 characters of the title to cover all the possible search terms. That’s not easy. In this email, I’ll give you a few pointers.

    Don’t bother with eBay clichés: There are plenty of eBay auction titles that say things like “Super rare camera wow look low price”. These are stupid things to put in you...
  • Ebay – Part Time Or Full? How To Decide.  By : Kirsten Hawkins
    Going full-time as an eBay seller is living the dream: making a real income, working from home, being your own boss and all the rest of it. It’s the promise of a million scams, and it’s finally come true – at least for some.

    What they don’t tell you in the success stories, though, is that becoming a full-time eBay seller is by no means for everyone. You really, really ought to try it part-time before you even consider taking it up full-time, and even then, caution is advis...
  • EBay's Squeezing Store Owners  By : Rachel Paradis
    Many eBay store owners are outraged as profit margins are slipping away as eBay attempt to "Restore Balance" inorder to make it's stores more profitable.
  • Ebay's Weirdest Items  By :
    Indeed, E-bay is today's most sought-after shopping portal in the Internet. It has created in itself a worldwide phenomenon that people get inflicted with. The joy and the thrill of bidding online create a certain diagrammatic representation of life's drama.

    Consequently, due to its underlying nature, the success of E-bay can be well attributed to its wide range of market reach. Hence, a lot of people are going in or out of the arena with a number of diverse products at h...
  • Ebay-A Business or a Hobby?  By : Keith Anthony
    I have been selling on Ebay for about 6yrs now. What started out as a hobby with me trying to clear out some junk in my garage finally turned into my source of income today. I just wanted to share a few tips for the newbie that might help them in either of the above.
  • Ensure a Repeat Buyer with a Little Something Extra  By : Stephanie Madison
    Want to excel past the competition? Want to ensure a repeat buyer? It is as simple as a little something extra!
  • Estimating An Item’s Value For Sale On Ebay  By : David Riewe
    Proper pricing of items to be listed for sale on eBay is one of the most important aspects of generating interest in one’s on-line auction listing.

    If the price is too high, interest will be low, and the possibility of a sale decreases.

    If the price is too low, the seller generates enormous traffic, yet the final bid might be too low to satisfy the seller’s need for a profit.

    The following steps will aid in the process of pricing an item for sale on eBay.

    Step...
  • Four Reasons Why You Should NEVER Use Animations In Your eBay  By : Arvinder Jeet Singh
    Inexperienced auction sellers, or those lacking in confidence, often want to make their auction listings more dramatic and exciting. They dread the possibility that buyers will be bored by their auction and turn away with indifference.
  • From Seller To Buyer: Shipping Details For Ebay Auctions  By :
    Shipping details for purchases over eBay is actually a misnomer. eBay is not responsible for the shipping details of an item.

    First of all, it should be duly noted that eBay is an online market/transaction facilitator. It merely becomes a means for the buyer and the seller to meet. It is also a regulating body that helps develop fairness of trades among parties.

    However, the terms and details of the trade are subject to the agreement of both buying and selling parties. ...
  • Getting Started On Ebay  By : Bob Benson
    EBay has become one of the internet largest selling portal today, it has offered a variety of business an excellent market of getting their products to their customers in a fashion that is unmatched throughout the entire internet
  • Good Communication Promotes Positive Feedback On Ebay  By : Stephen Pope -
    Good communication is the key to encouraging your auction buyers to leave you positive feedback. Such communication also helps avoid most negative feedback on eBay.


    1. Good Communication Prevents Misunderstandings


    Good communication helps to avoid misunderstandings. For example, if surface shipping takes six to eight weeks but the customer doesn't know this, he may expect almost immediate delivery. When such quick delivery doesn't materialize, he may feel that he...
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    That's why even on eBay people would rather go for those items that are selling like hot pancakes, so hot that they almost burn!

    Basically, eBay categorize these items as "hot" whenever it obtains bids more than 30. Then after, eBay would classify them as "hot items". There are a lot of items that are already considered hot on eBay, though; things vary dep...
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    Know exactly what you're looking for.

    There's no other better way to waste your time browsing on eBay than not knowing what you're actually looking for. If you're not only looking for a single item, it wi...
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    A multiple-item (‘Dutch’) auction is an auction where more than one of the same item is being sold at once. There are two kinds of Dutch auctions.

    Without Bidding.

    The most common Dutch auctions are actually a combination of two auction types: they’re multiple-item fixed price auctions (Dutch Buy it Now auctions to you and me). This just means that you can offer more than one of an item at a time for a fixed price.

    This is very powerful if you’re selling something sm...
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    With Ebay being the largest online marketplace, it is no wonder that competition is really stiff there. Plainly speaking, you, as an eBay seller must keep an eye on your competitors as regards to their change of strategies, increase or decreasing sales volume, whether they are expanding and timing etc.
  • How Do Sellers Get Paid On Ebay?  By : Dan Lim
    A SELLER'S DASH FOR CASH

    Today, eBay is considered to be one of the most lucrative auction sites available in the Internet.
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    You might not ever have heard of eBay consignment centers – don’t worry, most people haven’t, as they’re a relatively new concept. The idea is that you drop off anything you want sold, and then the consignment center will sell it for you and share the profits.

    You Can Sell at Consignment Centers.

    Just find something to sell and take it to a consignment center – they’ll sell it for you on eBay, handling all the listing, description and shipping.

    You do, however, give ...
  • How I Made A Fortune On Ebay Using Dropshippers... And Then Lost It All  By : Kevin Nobleman
    My name is Kevin and I'm 24 years old. This is the true story of how during the summer of 2001, I made $40,000 selling dropshipped goods on ebay only to lose it all and end up with $4,000 of debt. Read my cautionary tale to prevent yourself from making the same mistakes that I made.
  • How Keywords Increases Your Ebay Sales!  By : Alfred Oswald
    With millions of entries in the eBay store, it is necessary to use appropriate keywords to manage the store. A keyword is nothing but a significant word in the title or description of an item. Therefore, keywords used in the listing needs to be directly relevant to the items being sold. The right keywords will result in your item being pulled up more often by ebay search, the wrong keyword would result in your item being virtually invisible!
  • How Long Should Your Ebay Auction Be Open?  By : Alfred Oswald
    Now, for any newbie on Ebay, I am sure the first thing you will encounter is to decide how long your product should be listed on auction on Ebay.
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    When it comes to durations, you have a wide range of choices: your auction can run for 10, 7, 5 or 3 days, or even only one day if you have a good enough feedback rating.

    There’s a reason why you get to choose your duration, and that’s because different durations are good for different things. To decide how long you should list your items for, all you need to do is ask yourself a few questions.

    Do you want to sell things quickly? If you’d rather sell now than in a few d...
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    I get a lot of questions from people wanting to know how to add more pictures to their auction listings. Do you know that eBay charges for additional pictures? Yes, that’s right. Pay attention when you launch your next eBay listing. Only the first picture is for free. For any additional photos you will be paying $0.15 per photo. This does not sound much but you will be surprised how these figures add up: Imagine you add 3-4 photos per listing. This will end up to an additiona...
  • How To Apply NLP Techniques To Explode Your Profits On Ebay - Part 1  By : Dan Lim
    This is the first of a two part article.

    Introduction

    Wouldn't you like to hypnotize people into purchasing your auction items?
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    This is the second part of a two part article

    Applying NLP on your auction description

    Using NLP on ebay can be very effective however as with all things, you should use some common sense and not overdo it.
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    From everything you’ve heard about the risk of fraud on eBay, you might think it’s only buyers getting scammed – but you couldn’t be more wrong. Here are a few common scams that sellers fall for every day.

    The Rubber Cheque.

    This one obviously isn’t limited to eBay – it’s been going on for years in all kinds of business. It works like this: a buyer sends you a cheque that they don’t have the funds to cover and you pay it in your bank. You then send the goods right away,...
  • How To Buy A Motorcycle On Ebay  By : David Riewe
    If you want to buy a motorcycle or accessories then the eBay motorcycle section is the perfect place to look. You should look for eBay motorcycle listings of interest by taking advantage of the browse and search features. You can specify the make, model, year range and even color for your search within the eBay motorcycle section.

    It is important to use the search functions to their maximum capability when you are looking for an item within the eBay motorcycle section. Th...
  • How To Check An Ebay Seller’s Reputation (And Why You Should Do It).  By : Kirsten Hawkins
    When you buy something from an eBay seller, you are giving them your money and hoping that you will get something in return. However many guarantees of safety eBay might make to you, nothing is certain: if you just give your money to scammers all the time without doing any checks then the chances are you won’t get all of that money back.

    That’s why you should always check the seller’s reputation, or ‘feedback rating’. This is a quick and easy-to-read summary of their hist...
  • How To Choose My Password For My Ebay Login  By : Ricky Lim
    A good ebay login password is essential since you are going to be using it often. Most people would breeze through the ebay registration process since ebay makes it so easy to register.
  • How To Choose The Right Ebay Product Category.  By : Kirsten Hawkins
    Some people think it’s easy to choose the right eBay category, and often it is. Sometimes, though, it might not be quite clear exactly what to go for.

    Why is it Even Important?

    Plenty of people use the category system to find items, when they’re not looking for something specific. If your item is listed in the wrong category – or you’ve just given up and listed it in ‘Everything Else’ – then these people aren’t going to find your auction.

    Also, listing items in the w...
  • How To Determine What’s Really Selling On Ebay.  By : Kirsten Hawkins
    If you want to make the most money you can on eBay, then you need to know what sells. But how can you find that out?

    The Manual Way.

    If you’re just starting out, you might find it easier to simply go to your category, tick ‘Completed listings’ in the left-hand menu, and then click the ‘Show items’ button. Sort them by highest price first, and there you have it: the items that sell for the highest prices. In most categories this will change often, but it’s still useful t...
  • How To Dispute Unfair Ratings On Ebay.  By : Kirsten Hawkins
    So you’ve done everything you can to keep your buyers happy – but still someone’s left you negative feedback! You don’t think it’s fair, either because you fixed the buyer’s problem, or they never gave you a fair chance to fix it. What can you do?

    Communicate.

    Tell the buyer that you don’t think that feedback was fair, and give them a list of the things you’ll do in exchange for them withdrawing it. You can offer refunds, replacements, or even to ‘compensate them for th...
  • How to Find a Real Wholesale Supplier Today!  By : Matthias Mazur
    With all the scams running on the internet nowadays, finding a wholesale supplier is like looking for a needle in a haystack. And although you may get a hold of a list containing a couple of decent suppliers, the key to making more and more profit is to get to the main source: manufacturers, suppliers and liquidators. Here’s how.

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