Thursday, February 2, 2012

eBay Tips

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eBay Tips: Theres many people or websites out there that will tell you the best things to do using eBay. I’m going to touch on some simple ones I have noticed with my eBay dealings.
1. Act Professional: Make you listing simple but professional. ALWAYS have at least one picture of you item, the more the better. Make sure the listing info is correct. You don’t want to be accused of false advertising or not listing the item correct.
2. FREE SHIPPING: is a great tool because it attracts people to your auction. Just make sure that the item you sell is making you a good enough profeit that the shipping you pay doesn’t kill your profits. Also if you add free shipping to your listing only ship within the means of low shipping charges. Example: I shipping free within the 48 states. Also, you don’t always need to have free shipping but keep the shipping reasonable so it doesn’t push away buyers.
3.Tracking Number: Always get a tracking number when shipping this protects you and also buyers love being able to track there item and see when its arrives. Tracking numbers protect you because then the buyer can say the never received the item and get their money refunded.
4. Use Paypal: Paypal makes it safe moving money over the internet. Its one of the quickest ways to send and receive money. In the case you buy something and never receive the item. You can notify paypal within a certain time and your money will be refunded from the seller.
These are some easy and simple things to do. For a bigger list of things look over the internet. This webpage also shows some great ideas for using eBay.
http://www.skipmcgrath.com/auction_sr/77-tips-tools-selling-ebay.shtml

Step Two: Listing Items

Step Two: Now you may have an item or an idea of items you want to buy. If your going to be using eBay, items that are small are awesome because shipping is not costly and can help you be able to attract eBay buyers by add free shipping to your auction. If this is going over your head, then don’t worry I will get to my tips on using eBay and attracting buyers to your auctions.
Depending on what your items are. You can either list you item above the price you bought for making it a automatic profit. I also like to list my items alittle low so people think its a great buy and usually the item will go up in price on sites that are auctions. Sites that are classified or website you will want to make the item price higher.