How To Sell On Ebay

How To Guide on Selling on Ebay
I've sold hundreds of items on Ebay. I get my "merchandise" from a variety of places. I shop at a lot of yard sales (you'd be amazed at how much "new" stuff can be found at yard sales - many times with remnants of Christmas wrapping paper is still attached!) I also shop regular stores for discounted merchandise. At the Tuesday Morning stores, they had all the discontinued merchandise from the now-defunct Pets.com website. I bought a bunch of sock puppet dog key chains for $1 each and have made a tidy profit selling them on Ebay. Almost everyone that has access on the internet has heard about the greatness of E-Bay. Despite of the popularity of this internet portal, not many people understand what E-Bay really is. E-Bay is not your traditional website and online shopping/bidding store. In fact, it is way more than the traditional ones because there is no direct person in charge of the whole thing. It more or less resembles newsgroups wherein it links people that have the same interest and hobbies. It is also a place for people to buy and sell their products as well. Selling item on ebay is easy! If you are interested in the buy and sell part of E-bay, then you have to learn the basics of E-bay. The first thing that you could do is tour E-bay and then research about products that are similar to yours. In this way, you could have an idea about the price, shipping details, and the demand of your product. The next thing that you should do after research is to try and sell one item. This one item could be viewed as a trial wherein the price should not be too cheap or too expensive. The description included in the item should be catchy in order to stand out among the competitors as well as to create an impact to potential customers. Before doing the trial sale, you must already have a set criteria of products that you want to specialize in. Once the details about the product are ironed out, it is now time to discuss the shipping requirements. This is usually the source of many disagreements because most customers that the shipping is free which far from reality because shipping could be more expensive than the product itself. As the product-owner, you should be the one in charge of explaining to them that the shipping cost would be charged to them. When the shipping matters are settled, then it is time for the product to be shipped. Once the product is in the hand of the customer, encourage the customer to post feedback regarding the item as well as the transaction done with you. The feedbacks of customers are important because it would be the basis of your reputation as a seller in the E-Bay portal. These feedbacks are important because once you have a lot of good feedbacks; it earns you more points (e.g. 10 positive feedbacks equates a gold star; after 100 a blue star; 500 purple; 1000 red). The more stars you have, the higher the chances of having successful transactions in E-Bay. If you want to start selling on Ebay, here are a few tips on saving money. Say you have an item that you want to start bidding at around $10. Instead, start it at $9.99. If you start an auction at $10 you pay a .55-listing fee, but if you drop it a penny down to $9.99 you only paid a .30-listing fee. Author Alan Green

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