| Are There eBay Selling Secrets? | | | | Giving your buyers the bad as well as the good in your |
| You bet there are! | | | | descriptions proves that you are being trying to be |
| You could spend a lot of time and money learning | | | | honest in your descriptions. Take photos of the bad |
| these eBay Selling tips or you can learn from my | | | | and the good. This especially applies to dents and |
| experiences and the experiences of the Powersellers I | | | | scratches on autos, antiques and anything where it |
| have paid to learn from. This article will be the cheaper | | | | could reduce the value. If your item has the original box |
| way. | | | | take a picture of that as well. |
| Some folks may not like it that I am revealing these | | | | What is condition? New in the box, Good, fair, poor, or? |
| ebay selling tips but you will. | | | | Is it working condition? If something is broken say so. |
| My Hot eBay Selling Secretsa. Auctions with the best | | | | Who is the manufacturer? Model number? |
| pictures usually sell for more. | | | | How big is it? Color? Weight? How old is it? Mileage if |
| As a buyer on ebay I have been appalled at the awful | | | | it applies. |
| pictures people will use to try and sell their products. | | | | What is the item used for? What does it do? What |
| Take ebay motors for example. They selling a huge | | | | could it be used for?h. Reserves and Buy it Now |
| number of cars every day and yet some autos get no | | | | Listings. |
| bids. I have seen people try to sell cars with no | | | | Non of the buyers like listings with reserves. They see |
| pictures at all. I bet they are still wondering why their | | | | them as a waste of time. Many of them feel that the |
| auction did so poorly? I have seen folks listings with | | | | reserve may be set so high that no one will be able to |
| pictures they took after dark and almost no details are | | | | buy the item. Reserves usually cut down the amount |
| visible. | | | | of bidders on an auction. if you must have a reserve |
| They say a picture is worth a thousand words. That | | | | use one but I prefer no reserve auction listing and to let |
| may be true if it is a good quality picture. Try to take | | | | the market set the price. On large expensive items |
| as many photos as it takes to properly display your | | | | they may be needed but not recommended. Buy it |
| item. On an uncomplicated item 2 to 3 pictures may be | | | | now's are good if the price is set at a fair price. Make |
| fine but on an auto or an rv it may take 15 to 30 | | | | sure you do your research as an extremely low buy it |
| detailed photos or more to properly display the | | | | now will get purchased immediately. Setting the buy it |
| vehicle.b. Do Not use eBay's hosting for photos. | | | | now too high is bad and too low costs you money out |
| Hot eBay Selling secrets that will save you money and | | | | of pocket.i. Answer all the questions during the auction. |
| improve your auctions look. | | | | Some folks will ask questions about things you forgot |
| Ebay gives you the first photo free but charges for | | | | to mention. Post these to the auction for everyone's |
| the rest. I like to use Photobucket to host my photos | | | | edification. For stupid questions that are covered in the |
| for free. Those ebay photo charges will add up quick if | | | | auction, simply e-mail the person back without telling |
| you have a lot of auctions. You can also have bigger | | | | them it was a dumb question. If you don't know an |
| photos when you do your photo hosting off of ebay. | | | | answer, tell them so. If it's a question you don't want |
| You will want to learn simple html code to put space | | | | everyone to see then do not post to the auction.j. |
| and words between your photos. You'll also want set | | | | Make sure your word is always good. |
| up your own basic listing template to start each | | | | If you tell someone their item will ship next day, then do |
| auction listing.c. Auctions listed in the right classification | | | | it. Make sure everything in the pictures and descriptions |
| get more traffic. | | | | is shipped. If there are some unusual terms or an item |
| When you get ready to list an item for sale it is a good | | | | in the picture that is not part of the auction, spell it out in |
| idea to look at similar items and see what | | | | big print. Make sure nothing is in the auction that could |
| classifications they are listed in. Up at the top of the | | | | be seen as trying to be deceptive.k. Set fair shipping |
| page you'll see the classification and the sub class the | | | | costs |
| items are in. Looking at these listings can help you find | | | | Spelling out shipping costs in your auction and being fair |
| the best place to list your item.d. Listings with | | | | about them will get more bidders. As a buyer it always |
| misspellings may not get any lookers or bids. | | | | irked me that a seller would want 4 times the actual |
| When you totally misspell the auction keywords and | | | | shipping cost to ship my item. Tell them how you ship, |
| put it in the wrong classification you are like a guy who | | | | how you don't ship and when. If you are part time and |
| opens a store in the wilderness. No traffic = no sales. | | | | can only ship on Thursdays spell it out. Having a flat |
| Some smart buyers may find you and steal your item | | | | rate shipping cost is fine, too, if it's spelled out in the |
| for little of nothing and the only one to blame is you!e. | | | | auction.l. Build a good feedback rating. |
| Don't sell to buyers with excessive negative feedback. | | | | If you are a new seller I suggest you buy a few small |
| It might be a good idea to contact such folks and | | | | items and get some positive feedback showing and |
| express your concern due to their poor feedback or | | | | them sell a few smaller items to bolster that feedback |
| you may just decide to say that buyers who have | | | | rating some more. Do your best to work with your |
| excessive feedback will have their bids canceled. | | | | buyers to get good feedback posted. If you made a |
| While we are on the subject let's talk about new | | | | mistake ask the buyer what would make them |
| buyers. You will always see folks on ebay with zero | | | | satisfied enough to give good feedback? We all make |
| feedback as they have just registered. these folks will | | | | mistakes so just do your best to make the majority of |
| need some extra guidance from you to fulfill their | | | | folks happy.m. Always post fair and accurate |
| transaction. You will have to spell out the steps they | | | | feedback. |
| need to take to complete a transaction and the | | | | If I've tried to get a buyer to make pay for an auction |
| timeliness you expect. Some of them need a reminder | | | | and they won't, I will post negative feedback and not |
| of what a commitment they mad when they bid on | | | | sell to them again. If a buyer has done right give them |
| your auction.f. Make it easy for your buyers to pay for | | | | good feedback. As a seller you have a duty to others |
| an auction. | | | | sellers and buyers to take a minute and post |
| To me, this means take Paypal. This is one of the | | | | feedback.n. Watch out for e-mail purporting to be from |
| simple ebay selling secrets but overlooked by many | | | | ebay. |
| sellers. The small fee Paypal charges is worth it to get | | | | This applies to buyers and sellers. |
| your auction paid fast. Allow buyers to pay you via | | | | There are lots of pfishing games online trying to steal |
| paypal unless it's for a large item like a car, boat or rv. | | | | your passwords. Once they have them your user |
| In those cases ask for a specific deposit through | | | | name will be used to post a bunch of sham auctions |
| paypal or by a bank draft and the balance in cash or a | | | | and steal from others. Do not click a link in these |
| bank check. You'll have to decide what you'll accept | | | | e-mails. To check if an e-mail from ebay is genuine go |
| and I recommend you exercise caution with checks of | | | | to your my ebay page, log in and check messages. If |
| any kind. Never take a cashiers check made out for a | | | | the e-mail is real it will be there. If not forward it to |
| larger amount and give someone cash back. These | | | | Same goes for Paypal e-mails. Paypal is eBay's |
| are scams made to catch the unsuspecting! | | | | secure payment processor. If they steal your Paypal |
| I can only say that as a buyer I will always choose a | | | | password they'll try to steal all your money. Ebay or |
| Paypal auction over one where the seller wants me to | | | | Paypal can chase after these crooks. |
| send cash or check as it slows down delivery. Most | | | | I hope these ebay selling secrets have been helpful to |
| buyers have decided they want something right now | | | | you. They have been learned over several years of |
| when they buy it.g. Write detailed auction descriptions. | | | | selling and buying, so study them carefully. See you on |
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