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| Article Title :: Seasonal Selling On Ebay. |
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| When you sell on eBay, itÂ’s important to know how to take advantage of the kinds of markets you encounter in the different seasons. As a rule, the summer months are slow and the winter period is fast, but thereÂ’s more to it than that.
It Depends What YouÂ’re Selling.
Your sales won’t necessarily be slower in the summer than in winter – they might just be different. If you’re selling sports equipment, for example, you’ll probably find that surfing gear sells in summer while skiing gear sells in winter. You should make sure you are aware of any seasonal variations there will be in your particular market, and plan in advance to take advantage (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: Using Paypal On Ebay. |
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| PayPal and eBay were made for each other – and now that eBay own PayPal, using them together is getting even easier.
What is PayPal?
People with PayPal accounts can send money to each other securely online. You can deposit money in a PayPal account from a bank account or a credit card, and withdraw money to your bank account. It is the most common way of paying on eBay, as well as being in widespread use on the rest of the Internet.
Opening a PayPal Account.
It’s very easy to get a PayPal account. Just go to http://www.paypal.com & click the ‘Sign Up’ link. As a buyer, you should get a Personal account – you can always u (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: 10 Great Ways To Source Low Cost Products For Ebay. |
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| So youÂ’re having trouble finding stock cheaply enough to sell it for a good profit? Well, youÂ’ve come to the right place.
Garage sales. The chances are you’ve gone most of your life seeing ads for these and ignoring them. Start going to as many as you can. You won’t find good things at every one, but when you find one person with good stuff, make them an offer for the lot – they’ll be so happy about it that you can get a real bargain.
Markets. If your area has a market, then go there and look around for anything good. You could buy it there if itÂ’s cheap enough, or try to make friends with the market traders and find out who their supplie (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: How To Determine WhatÂ’s Really Selling On Ebay. |
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| If you want to make the most money you can on eBay, then you need to know what sells. But how can you find that out?
The Manual Way.
If you’re just starting out, you might find it easier to simply go to your category, tick ‘Completed listings’ in the left-hand menu, and then click the ‘Show items’ button. Sort them by highest price first, and there you have it: the items that sell for the highest prices. In most categories this will change often, but it’s still useful to know – if you think you can get an item quickly for less than the kind of prices it is selling for, then go for it.
eBay's search interface can be slow and h (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: Ebay Auction Pricing Strategies. |
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| If your items aren’t selling, then you might have a bad pricing strategy. There as many pricing strategies in the world as there are buyers – if you look at two businesses selling the same thing, often the only difference you’ll be able to find between them is pricing.
The ‘Few Dollars More’ Strategy.
HereÂ’s something you might not have thought of. If you set your auctionÂ’s starting price to what you would usually charge for Buy it Now, while setting the Buy it Now price a few dollars above, you can make a profit by setting off an interesting psychological reaction in the buyerÂ’s mind.
HereÂ’s what theyÂ’ll think. T (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: What You Can Learn From Competing Ebay Auctions. |
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| If youÂ’ve a savvy businessperson, the chances are youÂ’ve already taken a look at your competitorsÂ’ auctions. What you might not have realised is just how much you can learn if you know what youÂ’re looking for.
To begin with, don’t bother looking at listings that haven’t ended yet – you don’t know what’s going to happen with them. Instead, use the advanced search page to search for listings that sold. Just go to the advanced search page, type in the keywords that you know will find your competitors’ items, tick ‘Completed listings only’ and set the minimum number of bids to 1. Set it to sort by ‘Price: highest first’.
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| Article Title :: How Long Should Your Ebay Auction Run? |
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| When it comes to durations, you have a wide range of choices: your auction can run for 10, 7, 5 or 3 days, or even only one day if you have a good enough feedback rating.
ThereÂ’s a reason why you get to choose your duration, and thatÂ’s because different durations are good for different things. To decide how long you should list your items for, all you need to do is ask yourself a few questions.
Do you want to sell things quickly? If youÂ’d rather sell now than in a few days, even if it means losing a little of your profit, then go ahead and choose the shortest duration you can get. If youÂ’re the more patient type, on the other hand, you might as well (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: How To Increase Your AuctionÂ’s Visibility On Ebay. |
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| Once you’ve optimised your titles for search terms and your items have short durations to get them near the top of the results, there’s really only one sure-fire way to make your auction stand out from the crowd. Unfortunately, it involves paying eBay more money – but it can really pay off, especially for higher-priced items.
In this email, I’ll take you through the various ‘listing upgrades’ eBay offer, how much they cost, and whether they’re any good. Remember that if you want any of these, you can just tick their box while you’re going through the process of listing your item. The charges will be added to the other fees you’re charged for t (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: How To Report And Handle Ebay Transaction Problems. |
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| Even when there aren’t any disputes, you might run into a few transaction problems on eBay – glitches that aren’t really anyone’s fault, but are just the result of a technical malfunction or another situation beyond the buyer or seller’s control. The number one cause of problems like this is email.
Email Problems.
If you use the Internet a lot, youÂ’ll no doubt be familiar with the problems eBay can cause, and many buyers and sellers are relying on email to keep them informed about their transactions.
Sometimes, you might find that your emails to a seller bounce –you might have the wrong email address, or there could be a prob (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: How To Use The Ebay “Checkout Service”. |
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| Back in the ‘old days’ of eBay, getting payment for the item was entirely left up to sellers: you had to choose your payment service, sign up for it and then send links to your buyers. Now, though, eBay handle most of the complexities of payment for you with their checkout.
How Do I Offer the Checkout?
The checkout will be offered to your buyers automatically. When they win an item, eBay send them an email with a ‘Pay Now’ button that takes them to the checkout, and they can also access it through their My eBay page.
It is in step 4 of the ‘Sell Your Item’ process, the payment and shipping step, that you can choose which kinds of (read full article) |
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