| Start selling on Ebay and skip the common pitfalls of | | | | Ebay Selling Tips: #5 |
| most 1st time sellers with some simple yet effective | | | | Now it’s time for the item description. Be as |
| time and money saving Ebay selling tips. | | | | clear as possible but not cumbersome. Use spaces as |
| These are selling tips that most books, websites, and | | | | needed and colors only sparingly. Use a font that is |
| Ebay leave out. | | | | visually appealing and clear. |
| They are the Ebay Selling Tips only learned through | | | | To give you an idea of what I mean look below. |
| trial and error, heartache, lost time, and lost money. | | | | It is the item Title and a copy of a listing I used on a |
| Selling on Ebay can be a great hobby, help you to | | | | daily basis to sell 4WD Badges. This isn’t the |
| clear out your cluttered shed or basement, and make | | | | most popular item in the world but the Title and |
| you another source of income. Millions have made it | | | | Description helped me get found and people excited. |
| their career. But before we go that far you need to | | | | It was simple yet effective and the Ebay search |
| heed these simple Ebay Selling Tips. | | | | engine tool put my item in front of the masses in |
| Selling on Ebay is actually very easy. There are | | | | search results. These used to fly off the shelves. |
| 10’s of millions of people on the site daily | | | | Notice the font is appealing, there is plenty of space, |
| Shoping. So you do not even have to find shoppers | | | | colors are used sparingly (you may not be able to see |
| they did it for you. And they trust Ebay and it’s | | | | them below), it reiterates the product, and has a |
| policies making them trust you the seller (to a certain | | | | friendly tone. Also make sure you don’t have |
| degree, more about that later). | | | | any typos! |
| Below you will find Ebay Selling Tips to get you started | | | | Title: 4WD 3D Decal Emblem Badge FORD TOYOTA |
| in the right direction and onto making money. | | | | CHEVY JEEP DODGE |
| The first 3 Ebay Selling Tips below are the basics and | | | | -Brand New Raised 3D 4WD Logo Chrome Colored |
| the 7 that follow are the ones with real value. | | | | Premium Emblem Decal Badge- |
| With these you can save time, make more money, | | | | _____________________________ Item |
| and avoid getting into Ebay trouble! | | | | Details: |
| Ebay Selling Tips: #1 | | | | Brand New Raised 3D Chrome Colored 4WD Logo |
| You don’t need much to sign up for Ebay and | | | | Badge |
| you don’t need much to start buying on Ebay | | | | Full-color logo is 3D FADEPROOF, WATERPROOF, |
| either, but to start selling you need a little more. This is | | | | and can be used for interior or exterior. |
| because you will be collecting money off of their | | | | Made with high stick adhesive backing for interior or |
| customers! | | | | exterior use. |
| Gather these things before you even go to the | | | | Chrome Colored Premium Badge |
| registration page if you plan to start selling fast. | | | | Approximately 4.25 inches/10.5 cm long and 1.25 inches |
| Bank Account # and a debit or credit card that you | | | | 3.25cm tall |
| can link to your new Ebay account to collect money! | | | | Universal for all Makes and Models of Cars, SUVs and |
| A non - P.O. Box address with a phone number (this | | | | Trucks |
| can be a home phone or cell phone). | | | | Comes new in Packagew/ Super Easy installation in |
| Enter all this information into the registration page and | | | | seconds, just peel and stick. |
| do the necessary verifications. | | | | Clean surface well before sticking onto |
| These include verifying your email by clicking on the | | | | __________________________________ |
| registration link they send you. Allowing an Ebay | | | | Shipping Details: |
| automated teller to call whatever phone you specify | | | | Will ship USPS Within 2 Days of Receipt of Payment |
| and rattle off a 4 digit pin that you must then enter | | | | S & H is $2.99 to anywhere in the U.S. and Canada |
| when they ask you. | | | | including Puerto Rico and Hawaii $4.99 to anywhere |
| When you sign up for your Ebay account you should | | | | WorldWide |
| immediately sign up for your Paypal account. This is by | | | | Shipping discounts for multiple item purchases. |
| far the most accepted and easy payment receipt | | | | Serious Bidders Only Please |
| method on Ebay. | | | | Payment Expected Within 24 Hours of Auction End |
| Paypal will also do some verification steps including | | | | I accept PayPal only. |
| sending 2 small deposits under 25 cents (.25 dollars) to | | | | Thank You and Happy Bidding. |
| the bank account you provided. | | | | Ebay Selling Tips: #5 |
| By verifying the exact amount of money they made in | | | | Now your off and selling. The more practice and the |
| those deposits they feel confident that the account | | | | more you experiment the better you’ll get of |
| number you provided is actually yours. | | | | course. |
| * Important Ebay Tip - If you want to get selling as | | | | When you get some experience and sell all the items |
| fast as possible you need to do the Paypal registration | | | | you had laying around the next step if you want to get |
| that day also. It sometimes takes a couple of business | | | | serious is to find a product that you can continually |
| days for Paypal’s deposits to show up in your | | | | produce or get a steady supply of. This may be the |
| account | | | | hardest part of all. |
| Ebay Selling Tips: #2 | | | | Ebay Selling Tips: #6 |
| Find something to sell! You can sell anything on Ebay. | | | | Set a low opening price to attract more bidders and |
| The more desirable or popular an item the more | | | | bids. Also and this is a biggie: Don’t try to turn a |
| you’ll make of course. Some good 1st time | | | | big profit in shipping. |
| selling items are cell phones you don’t use | | | | This is a big turn off to want-to-be bidders. They will |
| anymore, a collector’s item, the list is endless. | | | | also get to rate your shipping charges when they |
| Get out your digital camera or borrow one so that you | | | | leave feedback and detailed seller ratings. |
| can take a picture of the item you are selling. Taking a | | | | Add the profit to the item price. Even though the item |
| good picture can increase your chances 10 fold when | | | | price is higher people will buy it if the shipping is |
| it comes to selling your item. | | | | reasonable. |
| Take the picture where there is sufficient light but not | | | | Ebay Selling Tips: #7 |
| too much so that there is not a glare off of the item. | | | | Don’t do a reserve price. People tend to avoid |
| Taking a picture with the item laying on a big white | | | | reserve price auctions. |
| posterboard (dull side up) is fine for getting you started. | | | | Ebay Selling Tips: #8 |
| That is actually what I still use. | | | | Always include a gallery photo. This is the photo that |
| Ebay Selling Tips: #3 | | | | comes up on the search page. People don’t |
| Find or gather some basic information about your item | | | | even bother clicking on items without a gallery photo. |
| such as the condition, specifications, or just a simple | | | | The photo is very, very important. Take the best |
| description of exactly what it is. | | | | picture you can. |
| For example if you wanted to sell an old book your | | | | Ebay Selling Tips: #9 |
| grandfather passed down to you, then you would | | | | There are good times and bad times to have your |
| want to look at the year it was published, the subject | | | | auction start and end. |
| matter (what is the book about?), and the condition. | | | | You want to do 7 day auctions and start them |
| Get ready to put this information into your selling | | | | Sunday or Monday night between 9:30 and 10:30pm |
| description. | | | | Eastern time. Ebay is on Pacific Standard time so |
| Ebay Selling Tips: #4 | | | | when choosing keep this in mind. |
| Now it’s time to List your Item! Go through the | | | | If you have your listings end around 10pm on the East |
| Sell button in the upper right hand corner of your | | | | it will be ending 7pm on the West of course. This is |
| Ebay page and start filling out your listing. | | | | when the most people are shopping on Ebay and out |
| One of the first things your going to be asked for is | | | | of work. |
| the Item Title. Don’t dismiss this part lightly. | | | | Ebay Selling Tips: #10 |
| The title block to your item is just as important or more | | | | SHIP QUICK. Buyers appreciate nothing more than a |
| important than the whole item description to follow | | | | quick ship of there purchased Ebay item. They will give |
| when getting potential buyers finding and clicking on | | | | you better feedback and be more inclined to order |
| your item out of the 10s of millions of other items out | | | | from you in the future. This is sooooo important. |
| there. It’s a balance between having the Item | | | | The higher your feedback and detailed seller ratings |
| Title flow when reading it and getting as many search | | | | the higher Ebay puts you in search results. Ebay |
| keywords in there as possible. | | | | rewards those who give buyers consistent |
| Ebay searches work a lot like Google searches. The | | | | satisfaction. |
| more keywords and phrases that match a buyers | | | | Ebay Selling Tips: BONUS! Was going to keep it to 10 |
| search words the higher the item comes up in their | | | | tips but o'well. |
| search. Get as many keywords and specifics in there | | | | Last but not least, quickly answer questions. Questions |
| as possible. | | | | lead to sales if responded to quickly and satisfactorily |
| Tips for the Item Title are as follows: | | | | almost 50% of the time. |
| Use all the character space they provide to you to | | | | Make sure your answer has a friendly tone and fully |
| elaborate and put as many keywords and phrases | | | | answers their question giving them options if one is |
| specific to your item as possible. | | | | warranted. You want to be flexible with people. |
| Mix up the use of Capitol letters throughout the title. I | | | | I always end my answers with, Let me know if you |
| don’t recommend using punctuation as that just | | | | have any other questions. Thanks, Bob |
| wastes your allowable characters that you could be | | | | Now your off to collecting some money! These 11 |
| using for words that will help you get found better in | | | | Ebay Selling Tips should save you time and money |
| the searches. | | | | and get you on the right track. |
| Searches pick up numbers too so be sure to use any | | | | There is a lot to learn about Ebay’s policies and |
| model numbers or year dates if they are applicable to | | | | the shopping patters of people but with time it will |
| the item. | | | | come. Enjoy and make some money! |