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Selling on eBay has to be one of the best options available to the general public to make some extra money. You can list and sell you items cheaply. I would recommend having a Paypal account to accept payments. Here are a few tips to help you succeed with selling on eBay.
Exposure: eBay is huge and at a small fee it allows you to list an item. Selling items via a website is fine, however eBay already has a huge audience, whereas this is something that has to be achieved by yourself with owning a website.
With the vast amount of visitors, it is very likely that you will find a buyer no matter how common or bazaar your item may be. With the amount of users selling, it will be worthwhile to see what similar items to yours are selling for. This will give you an idea of what price to ask for.
Buy It Now: I would suggest adding a Buy It Now price, sometimes known as a “BIN”. This allows someone who wants the item badly, to be able to pay a fixed price that you are happy with. If someone selects Buy It Now, then the auction will end and the item is sold.
If you have a bulk lot of certain items, you can list the quantity that you have and one will be subtracted each time one is sold.
Should I Reserve?: If you are unaware what the value of your item is then you may consider adding a reserve price. However if you know the value of your item, its best to not place a reserve. If you want to ensure it sells for a certain price then you can always make the starting bid higher. However this may not encourage as many bidders.
Easy Payments:Ensure that your buyers can pay you easily. As suggested above Paypal is a good way to go. Paypal have millions of users, and accepting a Paypal payment is easy. You can even print your postage label through Paypal which will save you a trip to the post office.
Appearance:Always try to make your listing look professional to encourage more bids. Use colours that match to create a nice theme. When listing your item use keywords that relate to your item. If you wanted your item, what would you search for? Use eBay features to enhance your listing if there is enough profit in your sale. Try to use at least one picture so the buyer feels more confident about the item they will receive.
Contact: Try to allow easy communication between you and the users who are viewing your listing. If they have any questions about the item you want to be able to answer them quickly. This will help increase the buyers confidence in you. Be polite to buyers and treat them how you would like to be treated.
Feedback: Naturally you will be more trusted if you have a high positive feedback. Its nice to receive good feedback so ensure that you do the same.
Buying: If you are buying items in bulk to resell or just in general, be careful of fraud. I would only recommend buying on eBay using Paypal or Credit Card. This way you are protected and can fight the seller. Usually when buying an item you want it asap so you can use it or resell it. This is why its important to pay the seller as soon as you can. I would always suggest that when bidding or selecting buy it now, that you pay straight after you have confirmed you want the item.
There are a few tips for beginners on eBay. Good Luck.
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Good blog. Ebay is such a big site and they get so many users who were once new, so the information that is provided here is very useful to anyone