| Very many people would like to sell on eBay but just | | | | You only have 55 characters, as of this writing, to |
| do not know how. There are a number of ebay profit | | | | make your title the most powerful and keyword rich |
| strategies that I can show you right now that are also | | | | that you possibly can. For example, if you are selling an |
| basic eBay knowledge.eBay is making it easier all the | | | | MP3 player, you want to include any attributes that |
| time to sell things on its website. If you visit and set up | | | | someone might actually be looking for: 8 gigabytes, (or |
| your account. Your next step is to select the "Sell" tab | | | | 8GB to save space) ,Sansa MP3 player, earphones. |
| and select your category. The most important advice | | | | Avoid what we refer to as keyword spamming. This is |
| that I can offer at this stage is to not spend too much | | | | what happens when you say that something is "just |
| time fussing over what category your item belongs in | | | | like an iPod!" The reason is that anyone searching for |
| if you are not sure. People do not surf by category, | | | | iPod will happen across your listing when it really is not |
| the vast majority of eBay searchers will only search | | | | an iPod. |
| by keyword. | | | | You will also have to make a decision about whether |
| This brings me to the single most important point, | | | | to do it as an Auction or Buy it Now. Auctions are |
| selecting the right title. Never fill your valuable space | | | | slightly more expensive to run, but Buy it Now! will not |
| with catchy phrases and symbols such as "L@@K!" | | | | give you as much exposure, the choice is yours. |
| or "Super!". When I am looking for an product on eBay, | | | | Finally, you need to create your ad copy. Ad copy is |
| I have never entered the phrase "L@@K!" in my | | | | just a slightly fancy way of saying that you need to |
| search box, and I'm going go out on a limb and assume | | | | describe your item in your auction. |
| that you haven't either. | | | | |