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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 account 2.Click “Advanced Search” link 3.Type Keywords, Model, Item Description 4.Check “[X] completed listings” 5.Click the [Search] button 6.Refine Search using links in the left column 7.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 Description 2.Click “Go” button 3.Look for links: “Buy New, ?? New, ?? Used” 4.Click the “?? Used” link to see range of used prices 5.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” link 2.Complete and submit the form 3.Eventually you’ll need to provide a credit card number to pay eBay insertion fees & commissions. 1.At PayPal.com, click the “Sign-Up” link 2.Complete and submit the form 3.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 ) An answered question could mean more bids and higher ending sale prices. “ Old Fishing Lure Brings $31, ” 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 )  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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