10 Easy Steps to Selling at eBay

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10 Easy Steps to Selling at eBay

Chuck Eglinton - ChuckEgg.com• Self-employed PC programmer since 1983• Self-employed web developer since 1997• Specialize in “Dynamic” websites (database

driven).

• eBay Power Seller since 1998• eBay Trained “Education Specialist”• Ebay Certified “Trading Assistant”• “10 Quick Steps” available at Audible.com• BidRobot.com has been mentioned in “eBay

for Dummies,” “Internet Auctions for Dummies” and in Readers Digest.

10 Easy Steps to Selling at eBay Find out if your item is worth selling

1. You’ll need a (free) eBay account2. Click “Advanced Search” link3. Type Keywords, Model, Item Description4. Check “[X] completed listings”5. Click the [Search] button6. Refine Search using links in the left column7. Only GREEN prices had winning bidders, disregard

other colors.8. Emulate the auctions having the highest selling

prices

Tip: click “sell” then [Start Selling] use the “What’s it worth?” textbox, click “Look It up.”

10 Easy Steps to Selling at eBay Find out if your item is worth selling

Hint: Check used item prices at Amazon.com, too

1. Type Keywords, model, Item Description2. Click “Go” button3. Look for links: “Buy New, ?? New, ?? Used”4. Click the “?? Used” link to see range of used prices5. Amazon Items stay listed until purchased or for 60

days.6. Easy to sell at Amazon after setting up a seller

account. Just click the “Sell Yours Here” button.7. Your items stay listed at Amazon.com for 60 days

or until the item sells. Items are easily re-listed.

10 Easy Steps to Selling at eBay Create accounts at eBay and Paypal

1. At eBay.com, click the “Register” link2. Complete and submit the form3. Eventually you’ll need to provide a credit card

number to pay eBay insertion fees & commissions.

1. At PayPal.com, click the “Sign-Up” link2. Complete and submit the form3. Eventually you’ll need to provide a credit card

number and /or bank information so you can fund your PayPal account and transfer balances to your bank account.

PayPal.com is owned by eBay.com and is currently the only way to accept payments from winning bidders.

10 Easy Steps to Selling at eBay Write a killer item description and title

Hint 1: Emulate descriptions & titles from the best-selling eBay auctions (use Cut & Paste).

Hint 2: When selling Cameras, Electronics and some other items, eBay allows you to select a Brand, Product type, or Model and eBay automatically adds a description from eBay’s “Product Catalog.”

Hint 3: Use descriptions from item packaging, from the manufacturer’s website, or from a store site such as Amazon.com

10 Easy Steps to Selling at eBay Increase your item’s value with a

photo

• Many buyers are VISUAL searchers. They won’t consider your item if it doesn’t have a picture. A picture of the actual item being sold, is best.

• Images are important to attract buyers with iPhones and mobile devices.

• Borrowing manufacturer’s pictures is okay. Borrowing other sellers pictures is not.

• Right click almost any picture on a web-page then select “Save Image As…” To save an image to your computers.

• Picture quality doesn’t have to be perfect only adequate. Even a 2MB image from an old camera is “adequate.”

10 Easy Steps to Selling at eBay Research the best time and place to launch

your auction

• Best: Ending Sunday evening, about 9pm EST• 2nd best: Ending Saturday evening, about 9pm

(as established by 10 years of BidRobot logs)

• Similar to Google search results: Want to get your eBay listing on “front page” of eBay when the most potential bidders are surfing at eBay.

• Some exceptions exist: Golf Clubs sell okay on Friday Afternoon, Children’s clothes sell okay on weekday mid-mornings.

• Consider “seasonality” You’ll likely have low selling prices if you sell golf clubs in February or Christmas items in July.

10 Easy Steps to Selling at eBay Breeze through eBay's “Sell your

Item” screens

• Click the “Sell” link at the top of the page.

• Click the “Start Selling” button

• Follow the on-screen prompts: Select a Category, Create Listing, Review Listing.

• Some product descriptions will be automatically provided by eBay if you supply a UPC number.

• eBay’s listing fees will be displayed before you submit your listing.

10 Easy Steps to Selling at eBay Be ready to answer questions from

prospective bidders (by eMail)

• An answered question could mean more bids and higher ending sale prices.

• “Old Fishing Lure Brings $31,857.50” Original title: "Old Wooden Bronze/Orange Fishing Lure," but four days after posting, the bids had reached into the thousands of dollars, and the seller amended the auction description to report, "according to the information we have received, it is a very rare Heddon wooden lure."

10 Easy Steps to Selling at eBay Get paid when the auction ends

• Buyers send money to your Paypal account via ebay.

• Do not ship the item until the funds have cleared your PayPal account.

10 Easy Steps to Selling at eBay Move the item from your door to theirs

• EASIER with integrated PayPal “Multi-order shipping.”

• Choose UPS or US Postal Service.

• Type package dimensions, weight.

• Choose level of shipping service (ground, media mail, parcel post, etc).

• Pay shipping through your PayPal account, print a pre-paid label with your home computer.

• “Jump the line” at UPS or Post Office

10 Easy Steps to Selling at eBay Build the eBay community by leaving

feedback

• Wait a few days until after the auction item has been received and has been inspected - Post your feedback only after you’re sure that everyone is completely satisfied with the transaction.

• Click the “My eBay” link, then review the “Summary” column for feedback reminders.

10 Easy Steps to Selling at eBay Find out if your item is worth selling Create accounts at eBay and Paypal Write a killer item description and title Increase your item’s value with a

photo Research the best time and place to

launch your auction Breeze through eBay's “Add your

Item” screen Be ready to answer questions from

prospective bidders (by eMail) Get paid when the auction ends Move the item from your door to theirs Build the eBay community by leaving

feedback

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