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Articles About eBay
Old "Junk" Brings Big Bucks on eBay
Unless you've been living in a 1950's bomb shelter for the last five years, you've heard the name "eBay" at least once or twice. eBay.com, the world's largest online auction site, offers the opportunity to buy and sell everything from baseball cards and Beanie Babies to antique furniture and real estate. For a small group, eBay and other online auction sites represent the path to a healthy six-figure annual income without any storefronts, office hours or overhead. But, even if you don't want to make a full-time living at it, eBay represents a great way to sell unwanted items for a lot more money than a traditional "garage sale".
Virtually anyone can get started selling on eBay. All you need is a credit card or checking account, a computer, and a modem. It helps if you have access to a digital camera to put pictures of your items up on the web.
Selling on eBay basically comes down to a 5-step process.
1. What to sell?
When I say you can list a wide variety of items for sale on eBay, I'm not kidding. Though you can't sell stolen property, firearms, fireworks, live animals, hazardous waste, human body parts, cigarettes, or old prescriptions from your medicine cabinet, you can sell just about anything else you might find in your attic or garage! Check out "restricted items" in the Help Section on eBay.com if you have any questions.
2. Listing your item
How you list your item rates just as important to your success as the appeal of the item itself. If you have a great item, but nobody can find your auction, you won't make much money. Do plenty of searches for similar items to see which ones sold for the most and note any similarities in the title of each auction along with the descriptions and any pictures. Model your auction after the successful past listings of others. Also, make sure you list any applicable shipping and insurance charges up front so you don't get stuck with a shipping bill.
3. Taking Payment
Once someone wins your auction, make sure you get paid before shipping it. You can either accept a check (wait for it to clear), money order, or credit cards through PayPal.com.
4. Fulfilling Orders
After payment has cleared, you can ship the item to the purchaser. You should insure any expensive or one-of-a-kind objects against loss.
5. Feedback
The final step in the process involves encouraging the buyer to leave positive feedback for you and you for the buyer. Your feedback from buyers turns into the "report card" future buyers use to decided whether or not to even bid on your auctions. Great feedback means more money in the bank. Bad feedback means poor sales and future frustration.
For more free information about selling on Ebay, check out this link: http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/topics.html
eBay "Power Seller" Reveals His Techniques
As eBay continues to dominate the online auction world, stories of victory and defeat from front lines of the "bidding wars" spread like wildfire across the Internet. With so many people scrambling to get online and cash-in selling items at auction, the advice of experienced sellers will prove critical for avoiding potential pitfalls. One such eBay veteran, John Reese, author of "Internet Auction Secrets", joins us today to reveal a few of his thoughts for successful selling through eBay.
How did you get started selling on eBay?
Well it all started by accident! I stumbled across eBay seven years ago when the site first started. I was already on the Internet doing some other things and back then eBay was mainly used for collectibles. They didn't sell cars, real estate, etc. I was really into baseball cards and I found some I wanted so I started buying. I got really excited and started selling things. Not too long after getting bitten by the auction bug I was hooked!
How should someone get started selling on eBay?
The easiest way to get started is on the buying side. Find something that interests you, buy it and get your feet wet. Learn about feedback, payment methods, and what you do and don't like about the sales process by watching others. Learn the ropes by actually participating in a few small sales.
Did you really sell something on eBay for $ 38,000?
Yes! I sold a domain name, mailinglists.com, which I bought at Network Solutions (the original domain name registrar) for about 100. I sold it for over 39,000, but after eBay commissions I netted out a little over 38,000. Now, this was 3 years ago in the heyday of domain name craziness. I give the details in my free mini-course people can sign up for at my website.
How many auctions have you set up as a seller?
Thousands! At one time I regularly sold hundreds of items each week. Now you can't do this manually. You've got to have software to help you. At the time, there weren't any software services so I had to pay to have software written. Since then, many great services have appeared to help you automate the auction process. Anyone who wants to sell seriously should check out www.auctionwatch.com, www.andale.com, and www.auctionhawk.com.
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