| What kind of browser are you using for online surfing? | | | | item. Amazingly, this takes only a couple of minutes. |
| Explorer, Netscape, Firefox, Opera?? Sure, all are | | | | But how do you transfer your listing saved as a html |
| good programs but I want to talk about an excellent | | | | file on your local hard drive to eBay? The answer is |
| program called Netscape. If you use Netscape, do you | | | | simple. Once you have logged in into your eBay |
| know that you also get an amazing WYSIWYG (what | | | | account and selected your category and starting price |
| you see is what you get) web design program called | | | | you have to type in your "item description". Did you |
| Netscape Composer for free? Basically you don't | | | | see that eBay allows HTML format? Have a look |
| need expensive HTML editors anymore. The list of | | | | when you launch your next listing. That's the time |
| commercially available HTML editors software is | | | | where you go back to your new listing you just have |
| endless - and the price tags are enormous. Most | | | | created with Netscape Composer. Down the bottom |
| people don't want to spend a lot of money to get | | | | of your Netscape Composer page you'll see a button |
| started with their eBay business. Fair enough, since the | | | | called: SOURCE - the source code of your listing. Click |
| goal is to make money and not to spend money. So it | | | | on that and highlight and copy the entire text. Select |
| makes perfect sense to use a program to design | | | | then the eBay site and paste this text into the "Item |
| auction listings which is available for free. And such a | | | | description box". Make sure that all links are working |
| program is Netscape Composer. | | | | and that all photos are uploaded to the internet. |
| It has the same professional features like FrontPage or | | | | When you have finalised your listing you will be |
| any other similar program. To design stunning and | | | | surprised. A stunning and professional looking |
| professional looking eBay auction sites with Netscape | | | | "DIY-listing". You can always use "ready-to-go" auction |
| Composer you need to download Netscape first. If | | | | templates and edit these according to your item. You'll |
| you start up the program, select File->New | | | | see that with an professional auction design you can |
| Composer Page and basically you can start | | | | easily attract more buyers and get higher bids. It's |
| immediately to design your auction listings. You can | | | | worth the effort. Keep in mind that professional web |
| make you letters in any colour, bold, italics, use | | | | design software is highly expensive and does the |
| background colours (or even images) etc. The options | | | | same job. Alternatively, you can choose from a huge |
| are endless. You can save this file on your local hard | | | | variety of third party auction services doing the job for |
| drive as html file. I used to have one file for every | | | | you. But hey, there are incredibly expensive too. Don't |
| listing I generate. The best thing is that once you have | | | | you think that the eBay fees are high enough and you |
| got a nice and professional looking eBay auction listing, | | | | can easily do it yourself without spending any additional |
| you can use it for ever. Just open your last listing in | | | | dollars.It's really simple! |
| Netscape Composer and edit according to your new | | | | |