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| Article Title :: Understanding The Different Ebay Auction Types. |
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| Over the years, eBay has introduced all sorts of different auction types, in an effort to give people more options when they buy and sell their things on eBay. There are many people who donÂ’t like the idea that their item might sell for a far lower price than they intend. Equally, there are people who have hundreds of the same item and donÂ’t want to sell them individually. This email gives you an overview of the different kinds of auctions and how to spot them.
Normal Auctions.
These are the bread-and-butter of eBay, the auctions everyone knows: you bid, others outbid you, you outbid them, and the winner gets the item. Simple.
Reserve Auctions. (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: You Won That Ebay Auction! Now What Do You Do? |
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| ItÂ’s a heady feeling when you win your first eBay auction: a mixture of happiness and perhaps just a little fear. After all, there seems to be so much to do before you can actually get your item. What do you do next?
The simple answer is: you send payment to the seller, as quickly as possible. The quicker you pay, the more your seller will like you, and the sooner your item will arrive. But how you go about it? That all depends on how you plan to pay.
PayPal.
PayPal is one of the most popular options for paying on eBay, to the point where eBay decided to buy the company. It allows instant electronic payment across the Internet. Money goes instantly (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: How To Stop Ebay Auction Sniping. |
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| Every day, hapless bidders get beaten to the punch by auction snipers who jump in at the last minute. I know how annoying it can be, as I once had it happen to me three times in a row on the same item! The thing is that the only people who can help the poor bidders are us, the sellers.
The Problem.
Bidders will bid on an item and then wait for days until it finishes, only to have someone else outbid them at the last minute. In a traditional auction at a real auction house, this isn’t a problem at all, as the auction keeps going until everyone has bid as much as they want to, and the auctioneer double-checks with the classic phrase “going, going, gone”. (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: Ebay Title Writing Tips. |
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| Trying to be help your buyers find your auctions can be a truly daunting task. Most people only search eBay by title, not by description, and that means that you only have those 55 characters of the title to cover all the possible search terms. ThatÂ’s not easy. In this email, IÂ’ll give you a few pointers.
Don’t bother with eBay clichés: There are plenty of eBay auction titles that say things like “Super rare camera wow look low price”. These are stupid things to put in your title, as no-one is going to search for them.
Think like a buyer: If you were looking for your item, then what exactly would you type into that box? If you think itÂ’d h (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: Turn Your Ebay Shipping Costs Into A Profit Center. |
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| You might think that shipping costs are simple: surely you just add up the price of your item’s postage and the price of packing materials, and charge that – right? Well, you could do that, but there are better ways to make your shipping costs work for you.
Find Cheaper Materials.
The key to making profit on shipping is to use the cheapest materials you can get for packing, without compromising on quality. The great thing for you is that many eBay PowerSellers have made a business out of providing sellers with quality packing material in bulk at really low prices.
To get an idea of whatÂ’s out there, take a look at this category: Business & I (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: Taming The Ebay Search Engine. |
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| If you know what you’re doing, you can quickly find what you’re looking for on eBay – and the more you know about how buyers find you, the easier you’ll find it to be found. Here are a few golden searching rules.
Be specific: If you’re searching for the first edition of the original Harry Potter book, you’ll get further searching for ‘harry potter rowling philosopher’s stone first edition’ than you will searching for ‘harry potter’. You’ll get fewer results, but the ones you do get will be far more relevant.
Spell wrongly: ItÂ’s a sad fact that many of the sellers on eBay just canÂ’t spell. Whatever youÂ’re lo (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: Safeharbor; EbayÂ’s Own Scotland Yard. |
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| SafeHarbor are the eBay police department. If you break the rules, commit fraud or try to buy something youÂ’re not supposed to, theyÂ’ll be after you.
When You DonÂ’t Pay.
This is the most common rule buyers break – it’s all too easy to just change your mind and try to get out of the auction. eBay regards every auction as a contract, and will punish you if you don’t go through with your end of the deal. If you decide not to pay then expect to get a few nasty warning emails from eBay threatening you with banning if you do it again. Not to mention, of course, that you’ll get a big negative ‘DID NOT PAY’ feedback comment from the selle (read full article) |
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Author :: Kirsten Hawkins |
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| Article Title :: How To Avoid Being A Victim Of Ebay BuyerÂ’s Fraud. |
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| From everything you’ve heard about the risk of fraud on eBay, you might think it’s only buyers getting scammed – but you couldn’t be more wrong. Here are a few common scams that sellers fall for every day.
The Rubber Cheque.
This one obviously isn’t limited to eBay – it’s been going on for years in all kinds of business. It works like this: a buyer sends you a cheque that they don’t have the funds to cover and you pay it in your bank. You then send the goods right away, only to find out a few days later that the cheque bounced.
The solution to this is simple: donÂ’t send anything to a buyer until their payment has clea (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: How To Choose The Right Ebay Product Category. |
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| Some people think itÂ’s easy to choose the right eBay category, and often it is. Sometimes, though, it might not be quite clear exactly what to go for.
Why is it Even Important?
Plenty of people use the category system to find items, when they’re not looking for something specific. If your item is listed in the wrong category – or you’ve just given up and listed it in ‘Everything Else’ – then these people aren’t going to find your auction.
Also, listing items in the wrong categories is against eBayÂ’s rules, and eBay say they will remove any auctions that are wrongly categorised. They donÂ’t often actually do this, b (read full article) |
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| Article Title :: Ebay Description Writing Tips. |
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| Once youÂ’ve drawn the buyers in with your title, the next thing to do is to tell them all about your item with the description. But just what should you write in your description?
At its heart, your item description is an ad. Without making it too obvious, you should be writing sales copy. You’re trying to get buyers excited about your products, and that’s usually hard – but on eBay, if you have the right thing to sell and give enough details, the buyers almost excite themselves.
Technical Details.
Include every technical detail you know, including the itemÂ’s manufacturer, its condition, how big it is, where and when it was made, its (read full article) |
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