remember when I first
started to sell on ebay. I I will give you 7 very helpful
had been going to flea tips, when you are starting to
markets, selling at garage sales, sell on ebay.
etc.
#1: Go to your local bank and
A neighbor of mine asked if I had open a free checking account. You
ever heard of ebay. Of course, I will need it. I don't want
had heard of it, I just never anything I do in cyberspace to
actually went to the site. I was mess up my actual checking
amazed by what I saw! There were account! It takes a few minutes,
people on here selling and buying and could easily save you a lot
everything you can think of! It of aggrivation in the long run!
was incredible! It was then that
I knew I had to get in on this #2: Sign up with PayPal. This is
action. a must! More and more ebayers use
PayPal, for buying and selling.
But where do you start? That was It is the safest way for money
my first question. So I went to transaction on the net.
the ebay seller's pages. There
were so many links, I just #3: Get a GOOD digital camera. I
clicked out of ebay entirely, and don't mean to go out and spend a
didn't go back for a while. I did thousand dollars on a camera, my
stay with ebay, but only buying. first one was 50 dollars. You can
even find a good camera on ebay
After I was involved with ebay for less than that!
for a while, I decided I would
really try to sell. Hey, everyone #4: Take good pictures. If you
else was doing it, why couldn't are selling clothes, take a
I? picture with them grouped
together, then sepatately. This
costs a little more, but is well #7: Treat each and every customer
worth it, as it brings more and you have as your friend.
higher bids at the end of your Actually, they are-they are the
auction! reason that you're in business,
right? Wrap their item with care,
#5: Proven fact all ebayers must enclose a personal thank-you
know. End your listing on Sunday note, etc. Just one simple extra
noght, between 9pm and 12 pm. step from you can bring many
This is when most ebayers are on, happily return customers, and
and you get both the buyers word-of-mouth customers!
looking for the 'what's new'
listings, and the buyers who are There are so many tips and tricks
looking for that perfect deal, to the 'ebay trade'. And some
the last minutes of the auction. sellers may get mad at me for
telling you these secrets, but I
#6: Ship worldwide. Why? Simple. don't care. I finally became
Quite a few sellers won't go to successful, and these are only a
the additional 'trouble' of few of the things that I have
shipping worldwide. (trouble learned, through my trials and
being you have to fill out a errors with ebay.
paper for the Post office) This
takes about a minute of your Good Luck Selling!!
time, and a lot of my sales have
come from overseas!
About the Author:
Haze is an accomplished ebay seller, for over 2 years. She has written an ebook, "How to sell for Profit on ebay", as well as others. Visit her today at http://www.hazescrochet.com
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