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Knowledge Is Power On Ebay



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span                            calculates that there were 637    
class="cap">Per         million new listings added in     
eBay, “knowledge is             Q4-07. At any given time, there   
power…and it couldn’t be truer        are approximately 113 million     
than when it comes to selling on      listings worldwide, and           
eBay. Selling success is about        approximately 6.7 million         
being in the right place, at the      listings are added per day.       
right time, with the right            Approximately 54 percent of       
product”.                             eBay’s profit comes from          
The Right Place

            international markets with the    

eBay is the largest online         rest coming from the U.S.

     
marketplace in the world.             

The Right Time

      
Including the U.S., eBay has a        

Picking the right time to sell 
global presence in 39 markets. A      an item is a critical step of the 
few of these markets include          auction process. Many items are   
Singapore, India, Germany,            seasonal in their marketability.  
Australia, Ireland, Italy, Canada     You might have a great product at 
and Taiwan. There are thousands       an even greater price but if you  
and thousands of different types      pick the wrong time period you    
of items that are currently up        will not reach the full potential 
for auction on the site. eBay has     selling price of an item. Be      
approximately 276 million             mindful of school semesters,      
registered users worldwide that       vacation and travel peak times,   
trade more than $2,039 worth of       holidays, celebrations, and those 
goods on the site every second.       times when people prepare for     
eBay has hosted over 532,000          them, sport seasons, and many,    
stores worldwide and has over 276     many other factors involving and  
million registered users              influencing the timing of a       
worldwide that trade in over          prospective sale. You should also 
50,000 categories. eBay               pay special attention to an       



auctions ending time. Does it         selling a particular product in a 
really make sense to end an           particular category. Other        
auction for a pair of custom oven     sellers place auctions in         
mitts on Monday at 3:00 in the        multiple categories. In the end,  
morning? Probably not. Your best      a seller must choose which item   
bet is to end your auction on a       he/she prefers to sell. According 
Saturday or Sunday afternoon.

     to eBay, based on Q4-07 GMV, the  

The Right Product

       following categories delivered $1 

As mentioned above, eBay           billion or more in worldwide      
believes that one can achieve         annualized GMV: eBay Motors at    
success if they are in the right      $17.2 billion; Consumer           
place, at the right time, with        Electronics at $6.8 billion;      
the right product. Therefore, it      Computers at $4.1 billion;        
becomes very important for would      Clothing & Accessories at $5.6    
be and current sellers to do          billion; Home & Garden at $4.1    
their homework and perform            billion; Collectibles at $2.9     
research into the nuances of the      billion; Books/Music/Movies at    
categories eBay offers. Sellers,      $3.3 billion; Sports at $2.9      
if they master the act of             billion; Business & Industrial at 
choosing the correct category,        $2.3 billion: Toys at $2.7        
can build “insider strategies”        billion; Jewelry & Watches at     
and insights that will give them      $2.5 billion; Cameras & Photo at  
a real, and potential profitable,     $1.8 billion; Antiques & Art at   
advantage over other eBay             $1.2 billion; Coins & Stamps at   
sellers. Speaking of other            1.2 billion and Tickets & Travel  
sellers – if a “competitor” is        at $2                             
selling the same type of item be      billion.

sure to investigate which             d>About the                    
categories they are utilizing.        Author
Some sellers specialize in            id="authorbio"                    



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se your credibility...and your        displayed in eBay auction         
bottom line! Sellsi helps build       listings. It's an indispensable   
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