Archive for March, 2009

Whatever you do, resist the temptation to simply copy someone else’s picture file to use in your listing. Not only is this unethical, but it misrepresents the exact item you’re selling. You could also find yourself on the wrong side of a copyright lawsuit if the owner of the photo takes particular offense. Use a […]

Write the Right Description If the listing title is the headline of your ad, the listing description is your ad’s body copy. Which means it’s time to put on your copywriter’s hat and get down to the nitty-gritty details. Take All the Space You Need What makes for good copy? First, you have all the […]

Another video from the eBay Video Tutorials Series. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNTwMGS1ej4[/youtube]

Buy It Now is the option that lets you sell your item to the first bidder who offers a specific fixed price. If the first bidder bids lower than the Buy It Now price, the Buy It Now option disappears and the auction continues as normal. To add the BIN option to an auction, you’ll […]

Selling multiple items on eBay – Video [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MahG5-rfSM[/youtube]

eBay also lets you choose a specific start time for your auctionwhich, of course, also becomes your auction’s end time. By default, an eBay auction starts as soon as the item listing is placed, so if you place your listing at 10:00 a.m., that’s when the auction starts and ends. However, you can pay an […]

Setting the right price is very important. I like setting a price that’s low enough to get some interested initial bidding going, but not so low that it won’t get up to the price I think the item can really sell for. So how do you know what the final selling price will be? You […]

This one sounds simple. You have an item, you find the category that best describes the item, and you’re done with it. To be fair, sometimes it is that simple. If you have Singin’ in the Rain on DVD, you put it in the “DVDs & Movies: DVD” category, no questions asked. What if you […]

Ebay video training series “How To Find A Supplier” [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLPu9hqnvww[/youtube]

Most eBay users get started by selling items they find in their attics, garages, and basements. (Makes you think of eBay as a giant garage sale, doesn’t it?) But what do you do when you’ve completely cleaned out the attic? There are many places to find quantities of items to sell on eBay. We’ll discuss […]


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