| One of the first questions I'm asked after I tell a person | | | | entitled "Search Options." Check the box next to |
| what I do (selling items on eBay) is, "How do you know | | | | "Completed Listings" and click the "Show Items" button. |
| what to sell?" Or, "What Sells Best?" | | | | Now, the results you get are auctions that have |
| Unfortunately, that is a very tough question to answer. | | | | already ended. If the price next to the item is green, it |
| It depends on many factors such as time of year, the | | | | means the item sold. If it's red, it did not sell. If you see |
| current economy, and even current events. But, eBay | | | | a lot of green, you know you've got a current hot |
| does offer their sellers certain tools to help determine if | | | | seller. |
| an item is a "hot" seller or not. | | | | My final favorite tool is the "Popular Search Terms" |
| "Trends" are very important to view and analyze. | | | | tool. This is an alphabetized list of the most popular |
| Simply put, if you have statistics that tell you what | | | | search terms on eBay during the previous month. I also |
| people are searching for and buying, you can know | | | | love to use this tool while writing my auction titles. |
| what is currently selling well. | | | | Adding popular keywords is the best way to get the |
| One of eBay's tools is called "eBay Pulse." They offer | | | | most clicks on your item. |
| an eBay Pulse for each category. On this page you | | | | Besides eBay's tools, you can use the various free |
| will find the top ten daily searches on eBay. You'll also | | | | keyword tools offered online. Just knowing what |
| get a list of the top eBay stores, and a list of the most | | | | people are searching for in the search engines will help |
| "watched" auctions in that category. This information is | | | | you determine what is selling best on eBay, currently. |
| very valuable in determining buyers' bidding trends. | | | | Knowing what's selling best is half the battle to |
| Another tool are the "Completed Listings." On any | | | | succeeding on eBay. |
| page of results in eBay, to the left there is a menu | | | | |