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Author :: Kirsten Hawkins  |
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| Article Title :: How To Leave Great Buyer Feedback. |
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| So your buyer has paid on time, youÂ’ve shipped them the item, and theyÂ’ve left you positive feedback. Everything is going great! You know that leaving your buyer some nice feedback will finish everything off, and make them glad they chose to buy from you.
When you see that little feedback box, though, you might find that you have no idea what to write to make your buyer happiest. Well, hereÂ’s a guide.
Don’t write “A++++++++”. Once upon a time, leaving grades on eBay buyers actually meant something. Now, though, writing an ‘A’ and filling the rest of the space with pluses seems to have become a common way of saying ‘good’. The (read full article) |
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Author :: Mario Giordani |
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| Article Title :: 10 Sure-fire Ways to Kill Your eBay Business |
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| It’s surprisingly easy to kill your eBay business, if you’re not careful – sure, you can start over from scratch without it costing you anything, but do you really want to? Still, if you want your business to end up dead in the water, here are some simple ways to do it.
Lie about an item: Say it works fine when it sometimes doesnÂ’t work. Say itÂ’s in perfect condition when it has a scratch. Your customers will hate you!
Post whenever you feel like it: Make sure to leave your customers hanging around, wondering when their item is going to turn up. This makes sure they buy from someone else next time.
Let items end anytime: Few people w (read full article) |
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Author :: Kirsten Hawkins |
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| Article Title :: Increase Your Ebay Sales With A “SquareTrade” Seal. |
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| SquareTrade are eBayÂ’s chosen provider of dispute resolution services. If you want your buyers to have a little more confidence in you, you can get a SquareTrade seal, and put it on each one of your auctions.
The chances are that you’ve seen these seals around. They show SquareTrade’s blue and green logo, along with the eBay user’s ID and the current date. This is followed by the text “SquareTrade Verified Seller, Click to Learn More”. SquareTrade is also used on sites other than eBay, for example Yahoo and eLance – it’s an Internet-wide trust system.
So why will this little seal increase your sales? Well, it signals a number of thing (read full article) |
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Author :: Kirsten Hawkins |
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| Article Title :: A Look At Third Party Ebay Tools. |
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| There are plenty of companies out there offering third party eBay tools. Most of them are web-based instead of downloadable, so you pay a monthly fee instead of just buying the software. But do you know what these sites can do for you? It can be hard to get to grips with whatÂ’s out there using a search engine, so hereÂ’s a quick rundown of the key players.
Andale (http://www.andale.com).
Andale offer lots of small products instead of one solution that does everything: you can take your pick from a lister, image hosting, counters, analysers, a gallery, a checkout and an email manager. The price plans are a bit of a maze, but quite reasonable as long as you don (read full article) |
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Author :: Kirsten Hawkins |
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| Article Title :: 10 Tips For Being A Better Seller. |
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| If you’ve got this far, you’ve got the basics of eBay. There are a few things left, though, that you might not have thought of trying. Quite a few of these tips go against the advice many give for eBay selling – some are a little risky and some are just odd. They’re all worth a try, though, and I’m sure you’ll find at least some you want to keep using.
1. Keep more records. It might sound time consuming, but you’ll actually find it easier in the long run – less time spent trying to figure out which item that cheque you got this morning is for.
2. Post without payment. DonÂ’t even wait for payment to clear! That might sound risky, b (read full article) |
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Author :: Kirsten Hawkins |
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| Article Title :: Special Rules For Selling Software On Ebay. |
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| Computer software is one of the biggest sellers on eBay – after all, everyone using eBay has a computer, don’t they? There can be problems, however, if you try to sell certain kinds of software that eBay doesn’t allow. Used software is a minefield, and you could end up buying something dodgy to resell without even realising it.
Here are the various kinds of software that youÂ’re not allowed to sell on eBay, and how to spot them. You should always try installing used software before you sell it, as this might give you a few clues.
Pirate Software.
This one is reasonably obvious, but pirate software can be hard to spot. The biggest things t (read full article) |
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| Category :: Auctions Articles |
Author :: Kirsten Hawkins |
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| Article Title :: How To Turn Ebay Returns Into Profits. |
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| Don’t worry, getting items returned happens to everyone eventually. You can’t satisfy all of the people all of the time, and occasionally someone’s going to want to send something back to you. Turning returns into profits isn’t easy – but with a little determination, you can manage it.
DonÂ’t refund shipping charges: If followed our advice and youÂ’re now making a decent profit on your shipping charges by using cheaper materials, then you might still be able to come out ahead with returns. Just refund the charge of the items but not the shipping. I know sellers who make $1 profit on the sale and $2 profit on the shipping. If they get a returned item the (read full article) |
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Author :: Kirsten Hawkins |
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| Article Title :: How Ebay Consignment Centers Work. |
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| You might not ever have heard of eBay consignment centers – don’t worry, most people haven’t, as they’re a relatively new concept. The idea is that you drop off anything you want sold, and then the consignment center will sell it for you and share the profits.
You Can Sell at Consignment Centers.
Just find something to sell and take it to a consignment center – they’ll sell it for you on eBay, handling all the listing, description and shipping.
You do, however, give up some profit when you sell through a consignment center, not to mention losing all control over your auctions – and who’s to say that you couldn’t sell (read full article) |
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Author :: Kirsten Hawkins |
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| Article Title :: The Myths And Magic Of Ebay Drop-Shipping Vendors. |
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| If you’ve never heard of drop shipping, then prepare to be impressed – it sounds like every eBay seller’s dream. With drop shipping, you don’t have to keep any stock at all. You simply list auctions for what your drop shipper sells, without actually seeing it yourself.
Each time something sells, you let them know, and they deliver it for you – directly to the customer. They’ll charge you a near-wholesale price for the item they delivered, you charge the customer whatever price you agreed, and then you pocket the difference as profit.
The Magic.
Just think of the sheer amount of trouble this takes out of eBay selling. You donÂ’ (read full article) |
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| Category :: Auctions Articles |
Author :: Kirsten Hawkins |
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| Article Title :: When And How To Cancel An Ebay Auction Early. |
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| One day, you might decide that you want to end an auction early. Before you do, though, you should consider why you want to do it: cancelling auctions upsets buyers and upsets eBay, and there might be a better to way to get what you want.
I Want to Change my Listing.
If you just want to revise your listing, you donÂ’t always need to end it. For listings that have more than 12 hours left to run and havenÂ’t received any bids, you can revise almost everything. You can remove the Buy it Now price or reserve price, change the duration of the listing, or add listing upgrades.
If the listing already has one or more bids, then you can still add upgrades (read full article) |
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