| Until you figure out the ins and outs of getting people | | | | commission on the sale. If it does not sell, you get billed |
| to buy your items, you will not be making money. As | | | | for two insertion fees. The bottom line is this. One way |
| you study the system, you will also learn that the site | | | | or another, Ebay gets paid for every single listing. You |
| adds favorable weight to stores that have sold more | | | | can easily wind up with over $100.00 worth of insertion |
| items. At the same time, Ebay will do everything it can | | | | fees and not one single sale to show for it. |
| to get paid their fees, irregardless of who the seller is. | | | | If you watch a specific set of listings, you will get some |
| This includes making it seem like a good idea to let | | | | idea of the real percentage of items that do not sell. |
| them take the money to cover insertion fees directly | | | | This results in lost money to the owner of the store or |
| from your Paypal account. | | | | the product. By gauging this percentage, you will be |
| In many cases, you may well find yourself thinking that | | | | able to get some idea of how useful Ebay will be |
| you have been double billed. Once your item fails to | | | | when it comes to selling your product. You may well |
| sell, it is extremely easy to think it can't hurt to re-list | | | | find that as low as the insertion fees are, it is really just |
| "for free". Unfortunately, you only get the second listing | | | | throwing money away that could be spent on better |
| for free if the item actually sells. Then you will pay a | | | | opportunities. |