Make Money Selling on Ebay

eBay Sales Reports

2007-05-28T16:03:00.000-07:00

You can set up sales reports in My eBay to track your sales activity for the month. They will enable you to track your sales performance and maximise your business on eBay.

Reports can be accessed by going to the Selling view of My eBay and clicking the "Sales Reports" link.

eBay Knocks Out Yahoo! Auctions

2007-05-11T16:46:00.000-07:00

The fight is over, and eBay won. In a message on its site, Yahoo! told users it would discontinue its auction service.

"After careful consideration, we have decided to close down our Yahoo US and Canada Auction sites to better serve our valued customers through other Yahoo properties," the U.S. auctions site told visitors on Tuesday.

According to Hitwise, Yahoo had little choice but to shut down in a field dominated by eBay, which has a 94 percent market share.

"It comes with little surprise given Yahoo's advertising relationship with eBay, and eBay's massive dominance of the auction category," Hitwise research director LeeAnn Prescott wrote.

The decision to dump the auction service comes on the heels of last week's move to scrap Yahoo Photos. The company told users to migrate to Flickr.

"We are making great strides in our ongoing efforts to align Yahoo's resources and focus on core strategic priorities," said Jeff Weiner, executive vice president of Yahoo's Network Division.

Source

Create an About Me Page

2007-05-06T18:41:00.000-07:00

Creating an About Me page gives you the opportunity to tell buyers about you. You can say anything you want to, and include links to external sites. Tell people your philosophy, why they should buy from you, your background, even add a photo. You can add up to 2 photos.

It doesn’t matter which eBay site you add your page to, it is automatically duplicated in all the other eBay sites.

You can follow their step by step creation process, or use your own HTML.

About Me page overview
http://pages.ebay.com/help/account/about-me.html

Create an About Me page
http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?AboutMeLogin&AboutMeLogin=&guest=1

You can also use your About Me page to promote your own websites, or affiliate links, as a form of marketing.

An About Me page gives buyers more confidence in you as a seller, and will help you to make money selling on eBay.

How to Live The eBay Lifestyle

2007-04-28T15:47:00.000-07:00

There are many tools we can use to make administrative tasks easier, to make sure we choose the HOT (and profitable) products, to make listing on eBay easier. Did you also know that once you have your eBay business established, you can AUTOMATE most of it? That means lots of leisure time!

Follow this step by step process and live the eBay lifestyle.

Steps to an eBay Lifestyle

Make Money Selling on eBay vs Online eCommerce Store

2007-04-22T19:19:00.000-07:00

it's all about traffic! Instead of driving traffic to your store, eBay already gets the traffic! Why reinvent the wheel? Use eBay and piggyback on their success.

2,000,000 shoppers visit eBay each and every day to find products that will give them solutions to their problems, with their credit cards in hand. They spend $121,000,000,000 EVERY DAY on eBay.

It makes sense to use a market that’s already looking for products and ready to buy.
It makes sense to utilise Ebay’s excellent reputation and extensive advertising – you get that for free when you sell items on eBay. No need to find a new market and new customers.

Visitors to eBay are usually ready to buy.

Your eCommerce store needs to establish itself, its market, get people's trust, and will cost a lot more to be built than selling on eBay.

MAKE MONEY SELLING ON eBAY - it makes sense!!

Use Auctiva to List on eBay

2007-04-15T17:05:00.000-07:00

Auctiva is an eBay approved site that you can use to list your items on eBay. It’s free, and they automatically create a store for you, using your user name in the URL. The selling title, category, shipping, description and payment etc are all on one page, making it quicker to list than on eBay itself. And unlike eBay’s TurboLister, Auctiva gives you a variety of templates to use in your listings, to make them more professional.

A scrolling bar is automatically created in your listings to show other items in your store, and links back to it.

And best of all, it’s 100% free.

Go to Auctiva to create your account.

How To Find Hot Products

2007-04-07T16:38:00.000-07:00

Use eBay's Completed Listings facility to see whether a product is hot or not. In Advanced Search, type in your keyword, then click on Completed Listings underneath. It will show you which auctions in the last 2 weeks completed successfully (in green) and which did not (in red). If there are a lot of reds, then the product is probably not popular, although there may be other reasons those products didn’t sell.

This gives you a general idea of what sort of products are worthwhile spending time on in further research.

You can also examine the auctions for title, description, and starting price to work out why one auction was successful, and another wasn’t.

Once you’ve found a popular niche/keyword, then go to Terapeak to research it further, and get exact information on competitors, sales reports, when to sell, how much to sell for, and more. This information is a must for serious sellers, if you want to make money selling on eBay

Use Keywords in Your Title

2007-03-30T17:41:00.000-07:00

Did you know that your title is one of the most important elements, to make more money selling on eBay? The Search facility only looks at the title of your auction ad, not in the description.

That means that to get more exposure and traffic, the title must contain your keywords. These are what visitors will type in to search to find what they are looking for.

Free Promotion

2007-03-20T21:40:00.000-07:00

Get yourself a free webpage at Squidoo and advertise yoursel - promote your products, link to your store if you have one, sell related products, whatever.

Apart from the promotional angle, you can make money from this at Squidoo.
The $ earned can be donated to charity or shared with Squidoo.

You get your own URL too.

Within 15 - 30 minutes you can set one up (why stop at one?) and it's easy.

Items to Sell on eBay

2007-03-12T16:34:00.000-07:00

One source of products to sell on eBay are stores that sell products cheaply, like dollar, discount or thrift stores.

You'll need to do your homework first, so you don't get stuck with unsaleable items.

Make a note of what they have available, then do some research. If the research says you have found a winner, return and buy those products.

It helps to create a set of like items. As an example, pull together a set of stickers
that includes multiple packages of stickers around a specific event, character, or topic. Sets of items nearly always sell for more money on eBay.

Auction Buyer Personality Types

2007-03-07T15:16:00.000-08:00

It helps to remember that buyers all have different needs, and personality types when you are dealing with them. Here are some of the personality types you may need to spend extra time on :

The Impatient Buyer
People are impatient and want their goods fast. The "Antsy Buyer" is the embodiment of this time honored sales principle. Be patient with them... explain things.

The Post-Auction Heckler
Post auction heckler's think that the bargaining begins when the auction ends. Put your foot down. Tell them no unless you have time for it.

The Unhappy Buyer
Some folks will be disappointed with your product or service regardless of how good it is. Someone cut them off in traffic and they're taking it out on you.

The Deadbeat
The most irritating bidder in the world is the one who tells you, "The check is in the mail"- of course it never comes... 1-4% of your auctions will end this way.

eBay Stores

2007-03-02T14:01:00.000-08:00

If you open an eBay store, read as much about it as you can before you start listing items in it.
I know you’ll probably be impatient, and keen to get going, however, it will save you heaps of time and frustration.

Click on every possible link you can to see what your options are.

Then set up your information pages and About Me page.

Create a logo/banner for yourself.

Set up the different categories/pages you’ll have in your store – where each item will be listed.
If you haven’t already done the keyword research for your store, now is the time to do that. Once that’s done, go back and set your keywords, and other settings.

Build a Mailing List

2007-02-22T19:59:00.000-08:00

Give your eBay auction buyers the option of signing up for a mailing list so that you can contact them when you have new items listed.

If your service was exemplary, then they are more likely to buy from you again, because they trust you and your products.

It's much easier to sell to previous buyers than to try to find new ones.

eBay Research

2007-02-18T18:44:00.000-08:00

This research tool is highly recommended and used by many eBay Power Sellers, to gain an advantage over their competition and to make money selling on eBay.

It's called Terapeak.

Features :
Research your competition easily
Discover new products that make you money using eBay data
Get eBay seller research sales reports
Research when to sell, how much to sell for, and what keywords drive profits

More information at Terapeak

Keyword Research

2007-02-15T13:05:00.000-08:00

I’ve talked about the importance of keyword resarch before.
It is essential, because words are how people (and search engines) find you.
It is essential to know what words or phrases people are using, and to find those where the demand is high and the supply low, so you can get a higher search engine ranking. There are many keyword research programs and tools available.

The main source of keyword information for many of them is Overture, which will be deleted from the net soon. The industry now has to find another source for its information.

The keyword research and analysis programs currently available will need to be updated.
The best ones are those that do not rely on Overture solely for their information.

Rapid Keywords is the best because it uses several information sources, not just Overture. They have assured me that they will be providing more sources in the future, and that the software I purchased from them will automatically update each time I use it.

So, even though many people are concerned about their keyword research, I’m not!
And since keywords are so important if you want to make money selling on eBay, that is a huge relief!

Rapid Keywords has a full 24hour free trial, so you can check out first. If you only have 1 project to do, do it all in 24hrs and pay nothing. Many of the programs I tried gave only a limited feature trial, not enough to see how well they worked.

I’ve done a review of Rapid Keywords, and other keyword research and analysis tools, at http://www.free-web-site-marketing.com/keywords.html.

PayPal Special Offer

2007-02-11T17:03:00.000-08:00

The US Paypal site has a special offer on at the moment, which you can use to make money selling on eBay. That is, if you have given your buyers the option of paying you via PayPal.

They are refunding $15 for every purchase over $30 made via PayPal. Just click on the link on PayPal’s home page, bottom right hand side.

Add this to your auction description, and see your sales increase!

Note, this does not apply to PayPal Australia – unfortunately.

Using Turbo Lister

2007-02-08T16:58:00.000-08:00

It is much quicker to list items on eBay if you use their Turbo lister software. It is free to download from the site.

Enter all your items into Turbo Lister, then upload everything at once. You can save templates, to be repeated, and this saves time. There are limitations with this, for example, fonts may become skewed.

Cross promotions are done automatically for you, however, if you want to cross-promote something specific, this will need to be done manually.

Overdeliver

2007-02-02T17:43:00.000-08:00

You will soon get a reputation and some very positive feedback, if you give a little unadvertised bonus to your winning buyers. It can be something as simple as an eBook on the topic, or something which doesn’t necessarily need cost anything.

It’s the thought that counts with this. Your buyer expects to receive A, and they receive A + B. Knowing this, they will be more inclined to add you to their favourites, and recommend you to their friends.Your auctions will receive more traffic, and you will make more money selling on eBay!

Free eBay Books

2007-01-21T14:01:00.000-08:00

Just found this guy, who is giving away a collection of ebooks, totally free.

The package contains everything you need to make money selling on eBay and it is totally FREE.

You can access the package here

Testing Your Auction Ads

2007-01-18T18:20:00.000-08:00

In marketing there is a concept known as leveraging. It simply means getting the most out of your time. Or more specifically: getting the most from your advertising dollar.

In order to get the most from your auctions the critical ingredient of testing comes into play.

Services like Honesty.com offer free counters and image hosting will give you an easy free way to do this.

Test different ads against one another. You'll be amazed that something as simple as a more persuasive headline can explode your bottom line:

http://www.honesty.com is a critical tool for keeping up with and improving your auction results.

Testing is one of most essential ingredients to your overall success. If you want to know what works best, you must test.

One of the drawbacks of testing is that your efforts could possibly bomb. It’s natural to find something that works and stick with out of fear of losing.

Push through that fear and keep trying to find better results. Your goal is to establish an ad that is a winner.

PS. Auction-o-matic will easily help you to format winning ads.

Sell Unique Products

2007-01-15T14:29:00.000-08:00

Unique and unusual products attract attention. The more unusual your product is, the less direct competition it will have on eBay, so you can make more money.

There are many ways to obtain unique products for your eBay auctions. Search online and look for small manufacturers of innovative and unique products. While most manufacturers do a good job of advertising their products, there are hundreds more that are virtually unknown.

You can set up deals with them where you will be their exclusive eBay seller.

Of course, this takes tme and effort. An easier way to get products is to use an already established supplier, like SaleHoo. They have everything set up already for eBay sellers.

An eBay Business

2007-01-10T17:52:00.000-08:00

To buy a 'normal' business, would cost thousands of dollars. Plus a new business owner would pay for research in to the business, in to the market and in to competitors. Software may need to be purchased, a web site, and many more expenses.

To set up an eBay business, costs peanuts in comparison. However, you still need to do your research. And purchase tools to help you. That is, if you're serious about making sales. Look at your eBay business as if it IS a normal business that you have spent a lot of money purchasing.

You only need two interested bidders to drive up the price of your auction. If you lose one, you might as well give your stuff away. So make your auction as attractive as possible. Use the tips in this blog, join a membership site, spend whatever money you need to set up and help your business.

The cost for these in comparison to a normal business, is minimal.

Visit eBay Auction Secrets to see which tools and software I recommend to help you make money selling on eBay.

Getting Traffic to your eBay store

2007-01-07T18:31:00.000-08:00

Just because your eBay store is up and running, doesn’t automatically mean your customers will find it. You need to market it to get traffic/visitors.

Your eBay store is a web site, like any other, except that it is a subdomain of ebay. What this means is that you can market your store just like any other web site, and there are hundreds of ways you can do this for free.

Free Web Site Marketing is a web site that has already assembled these resources for you. Includes keyword research tools and reviews, a free search engine optimization tutorial and more.

Sell Based on Season

2007-01-01T23:28:00.000-08:00

I've had a break from posting on my blogs - my son came to stay for Christmas and I had difficulty getting near my computer!!

So here we go with another year of tips to help you make money selling on eBay :

Sell based on season.

Don't waste your time selling swimsuits in January, if you live in the Northern Hemisphere (in Australia, it's a good time to sell them). To get better prices, take the season into account. But don't wait until eBay is inundated with other sellers selling similar products. Get in before the rush, early in the season.

Use an Auction Template

2006-12-18T20:19:00.000-08:00

A professional-looking auction can do wonders for your final selling price. If you take yourself seriously, buyers will too. If you're not computer savvy enough to create your own template, consider paying someone to create one for you. Not only will it get more buyers interested in what you have to sell, but it will also save you time. Whenever you have a new listing, just change the image URL and write a new description.

Free eBay Resources Package!

2006-12-16T19:36:00.000-08:00

I just came across a website where an Ebay seller is giving away a superb package of Ebay related ebooks, software and even a website, and its all free!

Unbelievable, I've seen packages like this sold for $97 and this guy is just giving it away with master resell rights.

There's 36 products plus a website stuffed with articles. He is even including the salespage so you could just add a payment button start reselling it almost immediately.

http://www.ebay-auction-secrets.com/masterclass.html

List Similar Products

2006-12-12T17:03:00.000-08:00

Buyers will usually check your other auctions, so make sure to list similar products at the same time. So, if you have a necklace that looks great with the shirt you're listing, list them. This encourages buyers to bid on both auctions because they'll get a deal on combined shipping. Plus, you save time (fewer boxes to pack up) and money (fewer shipping materials needed).

Anticipate questions

2006-12-10T15:45:00.000-08:00

The more information you provide in your description, the less time you'll spend answering emails from potential bidders. So, if you're listing a necklace, include its length measurement. Potential bidders may simply turn to another seller because they don't have the time or patience to email you, if you do not provide enough information.

It is easy to overlook basic information if you know your product really well. There is an assumption that bidders will understand what you mean, and vital information gets left out.

To overcome this :

List all the items of information a potential buyer will need in order to make a decision. Size, colour, new or used, composition, etc etc. Have a look at a few ads, go into the stores and see what extra information they have included on their site. When you are happy with this basic list, use it for every ad you write.

You could also have an interested friend go over your ad, and pretend thay are a buyer.
The trick with this is to look at your ad from the buyer’s point of view, and give them what they need. This will cut down on the questions you get, and help you make money selling on eBay.

Pictures Speak 1000 Words

2006-12-05T16:09:00.000-08:00

I've said it before, however I'm repeating this because I see so many ads without pictures on eBay, and so many that have terrible pictures. This does not help you make money selling on eBay.

As a buyer, unless you knew exactly what you wanted, would you buy from an ad where the picture was indistinct? No.

We’ve all seen them - fuzzy, indecipherable pictures on eBay. You must take clear, close-up pictures! A great picture really is worth a thousand words and offering pictures taken from several different angles will help you get higher bids.

Turn eBay Buyers into Long Term Customers

2006-12-03T16:04:00.000-08:00

Once someone's bought something from you on eBay, you suddenly have all sorts of details on them.

If someone's bought from you once before, then the chances are that at some point in the future they'll want to buy a similar item, and you can take advantage of this to market to them directly.

This will only be successful if your original customer service and product were superior, and will be even more successful if you over-delivered to them, by adding a bonus of some sort.

Stop Thinking - Just Get Started!

2006-11-30T15:50:00.000-08:00

Stop just thinking about how good it would be to make money selling on eBay and get started! Start out slowly; say with only an auction or two. Learn the ropes as you go. Join an online eBay group to share ideas and to learn more from people who’ve been selling on eBay for years.

Selling on eBay is relatively risk-free, just remember to take your time when setting up your listing and check through the many tips in this blog, to help you.

You can also check out my web site eBay Auction Secrets for lots of free resources.

Use a Customized Business Card - for FREE

2006-11-28T16:35:00.000-08:00

A great way to raise awareness about your eBay business is to have some business cards made and leave them everywhere! Include your store URL or register a domain that is easy to remember, and have it forward users to your eBay "items for sale" page. If you are a Power Seller, eBay allows you to use the Power Seller logo on all your marketing materials.

You can get FREE, professional quality business cards for free with this special promotional offer from VistaPrint, the world’s leading online printer.

Here's what you get:

* 100 Business Cards
* Heavy, 100 lb. (265 gsm) card stock
* 30 different designs to choose from
* Four-colour (CMYK) printing process
* Fast and easy online ordering
* Satisfaction guarantee!

Go to VistaPrint to get yours.

Top 10 Secrets

2006-11-26T16:31:00.000-08:00

Don’t forget to grab your free copy of the Top 10 Secrets to Selling Successfully on Ebay. Costs nothing, and will help you on your way to make money selling on eBay.

eBay Tools - Free

2006-11-24T21:55:00.000-08:00

There are lots of tools around to help you make money selling on eBay.

The Free Auction Success kit will show you how to earn up to $100, $300, even $1,000 every week working from home on eBay. Plus they also give you the Best-Selling eBay Tips for Dummies for free.
(Sorry, US only)

Or try this one - Perfect eBay Auction Kit

Automate! Automate!

2006-11-23T14:13:00.000-08:00

A good auction management service is a vital tool if you are, or plan to be a serious online auction seller.

Go ahead and try selling even just 5 items at the same time, and you'll see why you need to automate as much of the process as possible. A good auction management service will automate many of the mundane, time consuming tasks associated with online auctions such as : Listing multiple items quickly, managing sales and checkouts, leaving feedback automatically, and emailing all your customers at once. The Auction Resource Network is the service I highly recommend. For a very reasonable outlay, the time and effort you will save is priceless!

Using Second Chance Offer

2006-11-19T16:11:00.000-08:00

Did you know the second chance offer was designed for a seller to offer their item to the next highest bidder in case the high bidder didn’t pay or want the item ?

However, if you have another item the same, you can also use it to offer the item to the next highest bidder, at their bid price.

You have up to 60 days after a listing ends to use the second chance offer, but I would do it immediately.

Know your eBay terms and acronyms

2006-11-16T12:49:00.000-08:00

Do you know what "OEM" and "MIMB" mean?

To make money selling on eBay, you must know and understand its basic terms and terminology. Whether you are an experienced eBay seller, or just starting out I highly suggest you know and learn all of these eBay acronyms and take a look at the eBay Glossary. The more you learn about online auctions the more effective a seller you will be.

Stand Out From the Crowd

2006-11-14T13:51:00.000-08:00

The next time you list an auction, instead of using a picture of your product as a gallery image, make one that completely stands out. Make it bright yellow with red letters saying, "LOOK HERE", or "YES!", or something like that.

Just make sure to provide images of your product in your auction description...images are good!

You'll be amazed how much your new gallery image will *POP-OUT* in the Sea of auction listings. And, you will even gain traffic from curious auction surfers not even looking for your product!Then you have the opportunity to turn that surfer into a potential client...but that's a whole different subject.

The Auction Resource Network has these images, and hundreds more valuable tips, articles and tools available to its members.

Auction Search Program - Free

2006-11-13T13:07:00.000-08:00

The Auction Search is a very handy, time saving software program that automates eBay searches for both buyers and sellers.

With it you can find auctions that are ending soon, or Buy-It-Now listings that have just been added to eBay so that you know about bargains at just the right time to beat your competition.

After installing on your computer, set up your searches. It will minimize to your system tray and work for you behind the scenes, notifying you whenever an item you are searching for comes up. Free download, and you can also give The Auction Search away to your eBay buyers as a bonus.

eBay Keywords

2006-11-11T13:41:00.000-08:00

eBay Keywords is a program that allows you to deliver targeted text ads on eBay search results pages. When a user enters one of your keywords into their search, your ad appears at the top of the screen - before all the listings! You choose which keywords are right for you, and you don't pay for your ad until someone clicks on it. You can pay as little as 10¢ to get listed.

By the way, this is just one of the hundreds of tips, resources, tools and articles available to you at the Auction Resource Network – highly recommended.

Make Money Online

2006-11-09T16:04:00.000-08:00

You don’t need your own website and server to make money online.
Use other people’s!

Use eBay’s site to sell your products
Set up an eBay blog – it’s free
Set up a blog at www.blogger.com – it’s free too!
Post ads for your goods on free ad sites. In Australia, www.cracker.com.au, or http://www.gumtree.com.au/ are both excellent.

What do Buyers Want?

2006-11-07T15:19:00.000-08:00

eBay Australia has a very handy new feature, called ‘Want It Now”. Buyers list what they are looking for, and sellers can respond with offers. Very interesting from a research perspective, and a lucrative source of buyers if you have particular products to sell and someone already wants them.

Not all of the buyers are in Australia, some are from USA and other countries. Ads are listed in the usual eBay format, in categories, and also with a search facility. Just click on the Want It Now link in Specialty Sites on the left-hand menu.

If you are new to eBay..

2006-11-05T17:44:00.000-08:00

I was talking to a friend who is new to eBay. And I remembered how much there was to learn as a beginner. It’s easy to make mistakes, rush through explanations on the eBay site and make detrimental choices when listing or buying.

I want to emphasize again – if you are new to eBay, sell some items to start that don’t matter too much. Keep the prices under $20 if possible, check your spelling, category – read the rest of this blog for lots of tips. Each time you list an item, something different will come up that you’ll need to learn about. Increase your confidence and knowledge through practice. Become familiar with how it all works.

The only really important rule to remember in the beginning is to do give your buyer what you’ve said you would – in service and product. It will be detrimental to your future success on eBay to receive negative feedbacks, especially in the beginning.

Using Categories

2006-11-02T11:23:00.000-08:00

Make sure you are listing your products in the right category, or even in more than one, if appropriate. Again, do your homework. Research your product, or a similar product, and find out which categories they are listed in.

Even though a lot of people only use the Search feature of eBay, there are still many who will click on a category and browse to see what’s in it. They may be looking for something to buy that piques their interest, not necessarily something specific.

Yes, it costs more to list in more than one category, however, it is worth it, if it will gain you sales and help you to make money selling on eBay.

Toolbar Add-on for eBay

2006-10-31T18:42:00.000-08:00

Auction Gizmo is a free eBay add-on to your Internet Explorer toolbar.

With it, you can search eBay directly from your browser. In addition to doing advanced searches by zip or postal code, you can also save a list of searches. One click access to the advanced search features on eBay saves you many mouse clicks.

It has international support for Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom, and the United States.

You can save various search combinations so you can quickly search eBay for your favorite items when YOU want to.

Synchronize your eBay Watches, Bids, and Won items right from within Auction Gizmo.

eBay also has a toolbar, however, Auction Gizmo is actually better to make money selling on eBay.

eBay Research Tool

2006-10-28T18:05:00.000-07:00

www.mpire.com is a free research tool that empowers the millions of people who buy and sell items from the world's most popular shopping sites. They are not a store and don't sell anything. It is a service that shows the true market value of products that buyers want to buy and helps people make more money selling on eBay.

Type in the product, and see what listings come up.

Another research tool on their site is Researcher : (http://www.mpire.com/products/researcher.html) , that lists, for each product you enter, the average sale price, top keywords, percentage of items sold, top selling time and the top selling day.

More handy eBay research tools can be found at http://www.ebay-auction-secrets.com/ebay_research.html

Finding Items To Sell on eBay

2006-10-25T20:14:00.000-07:00

SaleHoo is a membership site that has the best directory of Wholesale Suppliers, Distributors and Sources for Products at Discounted Prices for eBay sellers. This is where you find bargain discount shopping at below wholesale prices, and wholesale distributors. And THIS is what the eBay Powersellers use to source the products making them many thousands of dollars each week.

SaleHoo has launched a database allowing shoppers and merchants worldwide to access wholesale and dropship suppliers offering consumer products at prices considerably lower than retail value, helping you make money selling on eBay.

There are country specific lists of suppliers, including USA, Canada, UK and Australia.

More information at http://www.ebay-auction-secrets.com/suppliers_directory.html

eBay Blogs – new!

2006-10-22T19:13:00.000-07:00

eBay has added to its list of services, with eBay Blogs, a free blogging service available to registered eBay users.

An eBay Blog is a great way to supplement your eBay selling efforts.

You can create a blog containing information about you, your business, photos, etc., then link to your blog from your eBay sales pages and your About Me page.

You can also create a blog using Google’s free Blog service – Blogger. (www.blogger.com)
Link to your eBay pages from there, get your blog listed in blog directories, and funnel some of your marketing efforts to it.

More traffic means more chances to make money selling on eBay!

Homework

2006-10-19T18:29:00.000-07:00

At least once a week (nightly is better if you really want to make money selling on eBay), check out what your opposition is selling on eBay. This helps to make sure your products are competitive, and you may get new ideas from them. Have a look at their ads – how can you do it better?

Get to Know eBay

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Simple as this may sound, I know lots of people who do not bother to take the time to navigate round the eBay site. And this has cost them dear.

Follow all the paths you can, learn as much as you can. There are some real gems of information in there. Look at the buyers’ tips and tutorials as well as the sellers’. Your customers will be looking at buying tips and you need to ensure that you are giving them what they expect, so you can make money selling on eBay.

Practise, Practise and More Practice

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Start small if you are a newbie to eBay auctions. Sell some unwanted goods around your house, get the feel of eBay and how it works. Do some buying as well, see what it’s like to use eBay from a buyer’s perspective. You will learn a healthy respect for potential pitfalls that, while not being that important when you start, will increase in importance as your business grows. So get your mistakes out of the way at the beginning.

Taking the time to familiarise yourself with everything will pay off, and you will make money selling on eBay.

Interlink your Products

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Within your niche, make sure you provide a variety of products . On each of your eBay auction ads, supply a link and an image of a related product that customer may like to purchase in addition to the original product.

This not only increases your chance of additional sales, it also helps to establish your authority in that particular niche, especially if you have several products offered. For example, yor niche may be Dolphins. Products that can be interlinked with each other could be mugs, T-shirts, coasters, gift lines such as dolphin pendants etc etc. You get the idea.

So interlink your products if you want to make more money selling on eBay.

Shipping Arrangements

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Choose and organize a proven shipping arrangement. Even though the shipping service you use is not your responsibility, as it is outside your control, you have recommended it. It will count against you if it fails for whatever reason, and you may receive a negative feedback because of it. Check out which freight companies/carriers the power sellers use.

Create Relationships

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Creating relationships on the internet is much more difficult than it is face to face. You have only the written word to communicate with your customers. No facial expressions, no non-verbal communication, no voice or conversation, no eye contact. You can of course, add a photo of yourself if you like, and an audio recording, however it’s still not the same.

Your positive feedbacks plus the words and look of your ad are your main tools.

Auction-O-Matic from http://www.ebay-auction-secrets.com will help you write your ads, the positive feedbacks will come from your customer service, quality products and honesty.

Building Loyalty, Trust and Credibility

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The key to make money selling on eBay is creating a niche and a following of customers that come to your account every week to see what you are selling. To get to this stage, you need to establish loyalty, trust and credibility, and you do this by always providing excellent products within your niche, top service, and over delivering to your customers. When they buy something, add a little something extra.

Be totally honest with them as well – eg if a product is second hand, even though it looks new, tell them that.

Creating a following will mean your customers check into your account to see what’s new, instead of using the search engine to find what they want, because they would prefer to deal with you.

Make sure your product is competitively priced, so check on what other eBay sellers are charging for it, or what it is selling for elsewhere on the net.

Put into place some quality control measures to ensure the product lives up to the customer’s expectations. Purchase the product yourself and test it out.

Double-Check Your Title

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Double check the title of your eBay auction item to see that your item title has no spelling errors before you post it. Buyers mainly use the search engine to locate their item of interest.

Search can pick up items placed in the wrong category. But search won't pick up misspelled words.

If your spelling is incorrect, you'll lose all buyers using the search function. This will kill your auction like a doornail.

The good news is, if you catch misspelling before the first bid, you can always go back and revise it.

How To Find Your Niche

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Choose one, or a few things you have a passion for, or an interest, or some knowledge. This could be a hobby, or something you are interested in, or something related to your work. Make a list of these.

For each one, make a list of keywords or phrases you think people would type into a search engine to find it.

Then go to http://www.free-web-site-marketing.com/keywords.html and use some of the keyword research tools reviewed. The best tool there for products is Market Research Wizard. Some of the others will give you demand for your keyword, some also give suggestions containing your keyword so you can refine your niche further by drilling down. Some are free and on the page to use.

Keyword research is essential if you want to make money selling on ebay, because you'll be able to supply what people are looking for.

Make Money selling on eBay - What to Sell, How to Sell

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The biggest question people have when starting an Ebay business is what to sell. We will get to that in a minute.

First, here are some general guidelines to help you know how to sell:

1. Make sure you have a quality picture of the product: The last thing I want to see when I trying to decide to buy something is a blurry picture or one that doesn’t show the product well. You can sometimes raise the price of a product by taking an appealing photo of it.

2. Write an good description: When writing a product description use words to build value but don’t over do it.

3. Build up positive feedback: If you don’t have enough good feedback you won’t make a lot of money. Concentrate on smaller items that you can deliver quickly and that are in great condition and then you can move on to bigger items.

What to Sell:
Once you build up some positive feedback and reviews you can move on to selling stuff that will make you money. Just some beginning tips for what to sell: Sell something that will need to be replenished - such as vitamins, energy drinks, protein shakes, etc…. That way you can create an income stream that builds with time and more customers instead of just selling one time items. You should also plan on building a main website separate from Ebay so that you can maintain a list of customers. You can sell them your products and also cross sell them new items. This is a strategy that uses Ebay an alternate source of leads for your main website.

Another good strategy to get started is to find a product you think will do well and then see how popular that item is by using a keyword analyzer tool* : http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/ You can use this tool to see how many times a keyword is typed into a search engine each month. Once you find out how many times it is searched for each month, you then need to see how many websites there are out there about this keyword or product. If the keyword is searched for a lot and there are only a few websites pertaining to it, then you will have a good chance of being successful with that product and make good money. Be creative when searching for what to sell and you should be able to come up with something that will sell.

After you are making a decent amount of money, you can then teach others how to do the same and charge consulting fees or mentor fees. A lot more money can be made from this than selling products on Ebay. Begin to sell your services on Ebay and use the items as just a way to gain new clients. If you have any experiences with Ebay and making money this way, share it with the people here. Helping others helps you.

Article by Kent Hamilton - founder of http://www.moneygenius.net shares his making money tips for Free to help others get started. Lots of useful information. He has been developing and promoting websites for over 10 years.

* Keyword research tip - Click here for keyword research tools and software reviews. Some of these include tools that give you both demand (no. of searches) and supply (no. of websites containing that term)

eBay Stores

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Once you have found your niche, and have lots of things to sell, open your own eBay store. It costs significantly less to list your items, and you can customize your pages.

You now need a minimum of 5 positive feedbacks before you can open a store, so sell or buy some items first. Make sure you conduct these transactions well – you don’t want any negative feedbacks at this tender stage.

It’s OK to have one negative feedback as long as you have, say 200 positive feedbacks. People will just think it was a person who didn’t read the item description properly, or that some people are never satisfied. 199 people were happy after all.

But it’s a different matter entirely when you receive 4 postive feedbacks, and 1 negative. Not a good proportion at all. So make sure every feedback will be positive.

Learn more about eBay stores at http://www.ebay-auction-secrets.com/ebay.html

Find Your Niche

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Selling on an eBay auction is just like the Internet or any other real world business.

In order to be successful you need to pick a niche and stick with it.
When you're starting out selling it's ok to sell a little bit of everything - but when you get serious, sit down and decide where you're corner of the market is.

Experimenting with different sorts of products is fine, in order to help you pick your niche. It also will get your positive feedbacks started.

When you've worked the system for a little while, and become familiar with everything, it will all become much easier to make money selling on eBay.

Harness the Power of Search Engines

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Using search engines with an eBay auction is a potent combo.

The whole point of eBay is that they bring you the traffic, you simply pay them for it. If you have a good bid pulling salesletter you make money.

Using search engines adds to the amount of traffic you normally would get, giving you a greater chance to make money selling on eBay.

The problem is that it’s somewhat intimidating, especially if you’re new to intermediate when it comes to auctions and search engines.

Few people use them with auctions because those that know how to use search engines don’t sell their goods with auctions, but their own website. Skirting normal fees, competition and advertising.

At this point I’m going to recommend some good starting points for your research and experimentation with search engines.

To start off, you could have a read of my free SEO (search engine optimization) Tutorial, you can get it at www.free-web-site-marketing.com/seo.html

Create Your My eBay Page

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eBay gives you a 'My eBay' page for free - and it is very important to utilise this if you want to make money selling on eBay. Don't overlook the significance of it- you can use these to give buyer important information and much more…

In your business on the web your ‘My eBay’ page and/or website is the center for all your promotional activities.

Have a nice 'My eBay' page set up with your USP (unique selling position) and a simple picture of you.

Include your contact info and a well thought out sales message that encourages them to visit your auctions and/of website, wherever you product is being offered.

Persuade the reader to scroll down the page (where they will see your feedback and current auctions). You'll receive a jump in credibility- something you can never have too much of.

You also get a little icon beside your user I.D. that bidders will see when they visit your auction. People click these things to find out about YOU.

Let me stress: Your “My eBay” page is an important sales letter.

Perhaps the most important one you can make in your auction business. Your auctions come and go- it doesn’t make much sense to promote a link that disappears after 7 days.

Your "My eBay" link is the one you're going to promote.

Most people waste their “My eBay” page. It is the equivalent to the first page of a website, so it needs to say something that grasps the readers attention and leads them where you want them to go.

A finely tuned "My eBay" page is the rallying point for all your external auction marketing.

Best Times to Make Money Selling on eBay

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Best Times To List an eBay Auction For the Best Overall Results...

Of all the times for you to submit your ad, Saturday and Sunday mornings between 6:00 am and 9:00 am have been the best for me. But when you end depends on what you sell and the type of auctions you run.

Traffic is highest on eBay during weekend mornings. In fact, traffic is particularly heavy throughout the whole weekend.

My own reason for choosing mornings will become very clear a little later in this Chapter. Since a main strategy of mine always focuses around getting 30 bids on my auctions as quickly as possible, I like to get my best exposure at the first of an auction.

What's the reason I want 30 bids quick? Extra free exposure. If any of your auctions go over 30 bids your auction gets special free exposure on the site. That translates into an enormous traffic boost. I'm sure you've seen the little blowtorch beside an item.

That's what you want- it means your auction is on fire. The faster you get 30 bids the longer your auction burns bright.

To bring you up to speed here- your natural listing exposure in the search engines and category listings are best on the first and last day. And two categories people always browse are "Just started", "Ending Today", and "Going, Going, Gone".

If you track your auctions with counters at honesty, you will always notice a spike in hits on the first and last days.

When listing you can always choose to have your best exposure on the first day of the auction or the last. If you start in primetime, your last day with be strong.

If you start in the morning, your first day will. But I only recommend doing this on the weekend holiday's where noone is working. By the way, people do a good deal of bidding on holidays- because they are not at work :)

If you are selling one item or less than 30 items, use the primetime strategy of listing. This simply means stop and start your auctions in the evening.

If you have auctions ending in primetime, you might want to avoid ending them on Tuesday or Friday night... two days that have been traditionally off for me.

Do you always start and end your auctions at the best times? To be on the safe side, always have auctions start and stop when traffic is the heaviest- In primetime and on the weekends.

I've seen people end an auction at 3 in the morning... not good. They just threw away a chance at having their best traffic...

So make a habit of beginning and ending auctions during primetime.

A couple of other things to factor into this:

Remember your target audience- homemakers bid during the day. It's the same with someone who is retired. Get the picture?

When you hear about all the different best times to list, this is why- different people browse at different times. If you're ideal customer were an 18 year old interested in comics, maybe you could end your auction at 2 in the morning and get better results :)

Test your results. Find out what works best for what you sell.

Also- if you want your item to show up during primetime, remember there is 2-3 hour posting delay, so post 2-3 hours early. For instance, if you want your auction to end at 10PM EST, then start your auction at 7PM.

You'll also want to watch out for events that affect traffic habits as whole. Like the SuperBowl Sunday. Don't be like me and try to end a mass of auctions on that day. Not unless you don't want any bids at the end of your auction.

Keep in mind that there are up months and down months. August is typically slow for most - the colder months on the other hand... out of sight. You definitely want to be selling during those times.

October to April are the best months to make money selling on eBay

Keeping Track of Your Ebay Auctions

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If you list less than 5-10 auctions at a time, you can probably keep track of them with the old pen-and-paper method, or with a simple spreadsheet.

If you choose this method, follow these steps for keeping track of the auctions : use a separate sheet of paper for each auction you list.

Write down the item number, URL, listing date, listing price, and category, along with any other comments or pertinent information.

When the auction ends, write down the ending date, the sell price (if any) and the buyer's contact information. Index the auctions by auction number for quick reference in a file.

This method works well for fewer than 10 auctions online each week. If you have more than that, you must use a database system of some kind, I highly recommend the many tools and software at Auction Resource Network

Selling the merchandise is only half the battle to make money selling on Ebay - you MUST keep track of your sales or you will quickly find yourself lost and confused.

Use Underscore to Get Longer Titles

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By using underscore "_" between words in your title, you'll get to enter a longer title than if you just used spaces between your words.

It's just one more free thing you should do in order to make your listing on your ebay auction stand out... and make money selling on ebay

For new sellers on eBay

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For new sellers on eBay, you have five EASY short-term goals to concentrate on:

Get experience through selling some items from around your house. It's key to get a few wins under your belt.

Obtain 10 positive feedbacks to get a gold star. People will start to trust you and bid more. Strive to keep your feedback slate clean; it will play an important role in your future.

Take those shades off! During the first 30 days after registering on eBay you'll have glasses on. This means you're new, or "shady". People will be reluctant to bid.

And lastly... be registered for 2 months, simple enough. Once you have +10 feedback and have 2 months experience, people will trust you a lot more, and your good reputation will help you to make money selling on eBay.

And lastly, find your niche. You have some time to think this one over. It's important to make certain it's the direction you want to go in advance... so much of your success will depend on the customer base you build over time.

You can easily make $1000 or more your first month just by selling odd goods from around your house. That will also help to get your first 10 positive feedbacks.

Short-Term Goals For New Sellers

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Everyone needs goals. My best advice to you starting out:

Sell everything, within reason. Do this to learn what you're doing and to make some money selling on Ebay.

If you have anything with any of potential value to others that you aren't using, get rid of it. In fact, take it a step further...

Get rid of stuff on behalf of people you know. Once you start actually doing it, you're going to learn how to make money selling on Ebay about 10 times faster...

Pictures a Must on your Ebay Auction ads!

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A Thousand Words is Worth a Picture

I am no photography expert. I rarely take pictures of my products, don't even have a camera, but I do know this...

Photos and other pics make you and your item credible. The better you are with your camera the more bids you’re going to get.

If you have a digital camera, use it. Take several photos of important aspects of the item, flaws and all. If your teapot has crack in it be sure to take a picture of that as well.

Also remember; by inserting a photograph of the item you are selling you get a 'Pic' graphic next to your item description.

Bidders look for the 'Pic' symbol and will be more inclined to visit.

I ALWAYS use some pics in my ads.

Don't be afraid to weave some images and graphics into your auctions- but if you do… make sure it contributes to you message.

A sprinkling of clipart does wonders for html ads, if it contributes to the message. If not, don't use them. They distract.

So, to make money selling on Ebay, use pictures!!

How To Keep Track of Your Ebay Auctions

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Once you have more than 5-10 auction listings online, you will need to develop an effective system for keeping track of them all.

Simply listing the items and sending a confirmation email to the winners is not enough.

For example, if a customer purchases one of your products and asks whether you received payment yet or not, you need to track down the item number and see if you have received his payment.

Other customers may want to know when the item was shipped or have other questions pertaining to auctions they won in the past.

The best way to do this is to use the excellent resources at http://www.ebay-auction-secrets.com/auctionnetwork.html . These resources will help you to make money selling on ebay!

Relisting Strategies: Doing Better Next Time...

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Did your auction do a flop on you? No bids, nothing? You can still relist for free but you need to answer the question...

What went wrong? Was the auction over-priced? Was it in the wrong category? Do I need a better headline? Description? Or was it that no one wanted to buy your product in the first place.

When you relist, change things up a little.

Consider changing one or more of the following listing variables:

What category you choose

How you word your title

Your reputation/feedback

How you describe your item

Starting bid price

Timing

Photos/pictures

Listing Features like featured ads, etc

Try to pinpoint what went wrong- then relist and see what your results are... thank goodness for testing.

If you test well, you will eventually make money selling on ebay.

Pick Your Niche and Define Your Market

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This is ground zero for your success strategy. Find your own niche. Define your market. Then you can know the type of person you’re going to be selling to and the types of product you want to sell.

You're auction sales letters will be a hundred times better if you know the person who you are writing for. (Visit Ebay Auction Secrets for the best, easiest auction sales writer software)

Along with being in a superior position to take advantage of repeat business, the benefits from becoming specialized are endless. you will make money selling on Ebay, for a start!

Use Paypal

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Over 75% of eBayer's Use Paypal

Hands down, Paypal is THE auction pay type. It's a free service and easy for bidders to use. If you use it, you'll have almost no fees taking away from your hard earned money-

Sign up with Paypal today and start taking credit card orders instantly

I'm sure you're probably already a member by now :)

You will make more money selling on ebay if you offer PayPal.

When To Ship Your Item

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Customer satisfaction is your number one aim. So, you need to ship fast… but don’t let this throw you off.

I used to ship 4-5 days a week. This eventually shrank to one day, Friday. Most customers complement my fast shipping. Never once has someone said, "Hey, you were a little slow with the shipment.”

Actually, it’s a little unfair for the folks who win on Friday, but as a rule I never end auctions on a Friday since it’s probably the worst day to end an auction.

I did this for site traffic reasons by the way.

The people who win on Saturday and Sunday never expect the shipment until the next week.

I also alert them about my shipping day and give them a reason for it… most people appreciate that. They know when to expect the shipment and I don’t have to email them to let them know when I send it.

So every Friday, back when I sold heavily, I would get up around 7am and get everything ready to go. It normally took me about an hour or two to prepare things for the mailman to pickup.
Pick one or two prime days per week to do your shipping business. Stick to it, it gives everything order. Get it done and out of the way.

How to Choose the Best Category

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Ok, you have put a lot of thought into your product and completed the introspective phase of getting started.

You're excited about your merchandise and you're ready to start selling it on eBay auctions. The next step is to find your niche market; as applies to online auctions, this refers to the category you will list your item in.

Considering eBay has over 1000 categories to choose from, this should be a relatively easy process. But there is one important trick you need to know.

Before listing your item in any category, follow these simple steps: First, browse through ALL eBay categories and write down which ones you feel are relevant to your product.

You should be able to find at least 5-10 possible choices.

Next, write down the number of auctions currently online in each of those categories (the number of auctions online will appear next to the category name).

An average in any category is about 1000, so if there are more than 1000 you may conclude that the category is active and if there are less than 1000 you may consider it inactive.

I consider categories with over 3000 auctions to be popular and those with over 10000 are most popular.

Using this ranking system, rate the categories that you have chosen for your product.

I recommend listing in active or above categories only because they get the most traffic - if you put your product in an inactive section of eBay™, you may get little or no bids, even if you feature it.

Avoid categories with less than 1000 auctions online!

You'll make more money selling on Ebay if you do this.

Don't forget to check out www.ebay-auction-secrets.com!

Post Your Feedback

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Make a mental note to yourself to post feedback for buyers once a week- leaving posts as payments arrive will quickly drain the life out of your day.
Buyers get antsy and hassle you about this stuff. Tell them you leave it in batches.

Leaving feedback for your buyers is an absolute must if you want to make money selling on ebay.

Write your Ebay Auction Ads for Maximum Effect

2006-07-29T17:24:00.000-07:00

Here are some rules to improve your Ebay Auction ads...

Use a short opening paragraph.
Remember that short sentences make firm friends...
Make your paragraphs less than 3 or 4 lines.
Underline or boldface important words or phrases.
Include attention-boosters: questions, news items, promise...
Ask for the bid at the end of the description.
Use positive language.

Do this, and your writing will be crisp and easy to read...

There is an easier way, however, to make sure your Ebay Auction ad will convert to sales/bids.

Auction-O-Matic is a software program that creates a knock-out, ready-to-go advert, fully ready to post at your online auction, and…….. it has all the powerfully tested sales elements that most Ebay winning ads have. It automatically creates Auction Ads that really hit potential bidders between the eyes, without ANY programming. Just click and go.

It is going to save you hours of time, a ton of money that you could have paid to an Ad copywriter and …. will save you the hassle of trying to write and produce auction ads in front of your computer hour after hour.

You don’t have to be a programmer, ad writer or any kind of techie in the slightest. If you can use a keyboard and a mouse, you WILL be able to use this program, it’s EASY.

Auction-O-Matic is available as part of a super package that you are going to love if you want to make money selling on Ebay. You can get it here.

Price Auctions Low To Build A Crowd…

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Do you have a good item that you KNOW will sell well?

Start it off at a penny, or one cent. This will get you healthy early bidding. You want a large group around the item. Some will be competitive bidders - people who will pay extra just for the thrill of winning.

You'll usually get more for your item than someone who priced theirs higher, because your auction has more bidders watching.

Offer A Guarantee

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Risk reversal is on of the strongest free sales tools you have at your disposal.

When you offer your bidders a satisfaction guarantee, you are telling them that you are confident that your product can deliver, and if not, you are willing shoulder the risk for them by giving them their money back…

Very rarely do they ask for one unless your product is poor.

This is one of the easiest ways to increase sales and make more money selling on Ebay; if you have a good product to begin with, don’t neglect this technique. I see many sellers who don’t offer one when they could.

Perseverance Helps to Make Money Selling on Ebay

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Perseverance Will See You Through Anything

Perseverance is your greatest asset of all, especially when things get rough. To me, nothing is more fulfilling than meeting challenge head on and winning out.

Anytime you run into trouble or resistance in your business, accept it as a growth opportunity that you need in order to get to higher levels or success.

Keep Good Records

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Order is the Foundation of Every Good Thing.

One of your early foundations of success is order. Strive for efficiency in every aspect of what you do. If you’re lacking in a system of organization your whole business is going to be threatened.

This not only includes keeping things in their place but things like keeping income tax and business expenditures records.

The Auction Resource Network has a number of excellent tools and software programs available for members, to help streamline processes.

It is a membership site with jam-packed with tools, software and information. Membership gives you immediate access to auction tools to manage your auctions, to automate them, tools for bulk listing and customer management, manage consignments, software to increase profits and sales, to add video or audio to your auctions, a tool to automate shipping, auction templates, picture and image tools.

Joining the Auction Resource Network is an absolute MUST if you want to make money selling on Ebay.

Probably the Most Important Thing : Your Sales Letter

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Your sales letter is your salesman. On the net, how you're potential buyer perceives you and your product is everything.

Copywriting is the art of showing you and what you sell to your buyer in the best possible light.
It’s the most important thing you have going for you. A carefully crafted sales letter can increase your results exponentially without having to spend an extra penny.

Ebay Auction Secrets has an excellent package that includes a really useful tool - Auction O Matic.

It automatically creates Auction Ads that really hit potential bidders between the eyes, without ANY programming.

In only minutes, you will be able to create a knock-out, ready-to-go advert, fully ready to post at your online auction, and…….. it has all the powerfully tested sales elements that most Ebay winning ads have!

This is a real cool, cutting edge program that will give you top-agency looking ads with a one-click-and-go program!

It is going to save you hours of time, a ton of money that you could have paid to an Ad copywriter and …. will save you the hassle of trying to write and produce auction ads in front of your computer hour after hour.

You don’t have to be a programmer, ad writer or any kind of techie in the slightest. If you can use a keyboard and a mouse, you WILL be able to use Auction O Matic, it’s EASY.

Get Everything You Can Out of All You Have

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A wiser person than myself once said, "There are only two qualities in the world, efficiency and inefficiency, and only two sorts of people : the efficient and the inefficient."

Maximize results while minimizing your expenditures. This is the essence of what it takes.

Test ads ruthlessly to get more for your advertising dollar. Look for better ways to do business. So much can be done to get better and better returns. Set an ideal up for yourself and call it, "efficiency"- if you do this you will never become stagnant in what you do...

Always search for better and better returns for the amount of resources you put in. The better your results, the more money you will make selling on Ebay.

Become An Expert In Your Field

2006-07-13T17:10:00.000-07:00

Become an authority in what you do, wherever you choose to go with your online ebay auction business. If you sell CD media supplies, you want to be thought of before anyone else.

When you become an authority in your field, a whole new universe of business and opportunity is opened up to you.

I buy certain types of things on eBay from the same sellers over and over. I wouldn't dare do business with anyone else, not when they have proven themselves and their product.

You want to earn that same type of position in the minds of eBay users for your niche.

It will help you to make money selling on Ebay.

Serve Your Customer With a Passion

2006-07-12T17:42:00.000-07:00

In business your customer is the only thing. You customer is far more important than any product you sell. Strive to give them quality at every level of the transaction.

With online auctions most sellers have a hard time looking past the initial sell. As far as they are concerned after the initial bid the relationship is over. That is why most of them don’t do so swell when they try to make a business of this.

Look far beyond the first sell. It is only the beginning of a long mutually beneficial relationship that will help you to make money selling on Ebay.

Your Vision

2006-07-10T22:24:00.000-07:00

Know where you want to go with your business and why. Every business that thrives has a soul and a purpose. What is it that you want long term? Do you want to become financially independent?

What do you want short term? Do you want to make a steady income every week? If so, how much? Give yourself something to shoot for and try to surpass it.

Remember in the beginning to keep plugging away. The toughest time is at the start. Everyone has to serve as an apprentice before they can truly master what they do.

When you're starting out, be willing to absorb every ounce of helpful information your brain can hold.

It;s easier to make money selling on Ebay if you know what you want and where you're heading.

Harness the Power of Technology

2006-07-09T16:14:00.000-07:00

Use existing software of the Internet to handle repetitive tasks. This will free you up to grow your business to a higher level...

One of my big sticking points is leverage. Leveraging means getting everything you can, out of all you got. When you use existing tools and methods for freeing yourself from repetitive tasks, you will compress time.

That means you will get more work done with less effort... and as a result you will make more money selling on Ebay.

I highly recommend Auction Resource Network. Not only do they provide a ton of information about how to make money selling on Ebay, they have heaps of software and tools to help with tedious and repititive tasks.

Tools include auction management, automating your auctions, inventory tools, bulk listing and customer management tools, automating shipping, calculating profits, and many many more. The Auction Resource Network is invaluable if you are seriously going to make money selling on Ebay.

Credibility- the Key Factor in Selling

2006-07-08T22:50:00.000-07:00

Become trustworthy. Remove every doubt about your credibility any chance you get. You can do this through presenting yourself positively through your feedback, being passionately devoted to your business and by being an expert.

By making great complete ads and from answering emails quickly.

The X factor is the critical ingredient for online sales success.

Ebay Auction Secrets has a fantastic tool available to write killer ads for Ebay. Go check it out.
It's a must if you want to make money selling on Ebay.

The Importance of Good Feedback on Ebay

2006-07-07T23:42:00.000-07:00

Building up a good feedback record on eBay is your #1 priority starting out. The credibility factor will weigh on you at the beginning but this can be overcome...

Remember:

Treat your winning bidders like royalty...

Sell them a quality product...

Actively pursue positive feedback...

Winning bidders will leave feedback for you only about 35% if you don't prompt them at all. Let them know that you NEED feedback...

Make it easy for them to get to the forum by emailing them a link and consistently follow-up... You can get that up to about 90%.

Once you have a good record people will be much more likely to do business with you. Make it your goal to never get a negative comment.

This is hard to do but very impressive with the buyers. If
get 'negged', correct the mistake and move on, it's not the end of the world.

Kindly reply to the response with a rational explanation for the problem and your buyers will overlook it when they glance your profile.

If you respond with a little magnanimity, you can even turn a neg into a positive in the browser's eyes...

Proofread Your Ads and Email

2006-07-06T23:35:00.000-07:00

Always make sure to proofread your listing before you post an ad for
the first time, or have some else do so for you. You'll be amazed at
what fresh pair of eyes will uncover...

It's very frustrating to catch a mistake after the auction has began and
people have started bidding. Make sure you check over your ad and email for errors.

Know Your Product and Become More Credible

2006-07-04T17:10:00.000-07:00

Buyers want professional sellers.

The more information you have and use, the more credible you become in the buyers eyes.

If the curious eBayer trusts you, then you're hundreds of time closer to making the sale than the guy with no professionalism.

If you wrongly describe your item, then your credibility takes a nose-dive in their eyes.

When you're focused in what you sell, and have defined your niche, having tons of info about your product is a breeze.
This can be a problem starting out when you're selling a bunch of different types of items... Always look for clues about what to say from existing eBay ads.

This will help you make money selling on ebay.

Make Your Description Complete

2006-07-03T22:09:00.000-07:00

When making your item description make it as complete as possible.

Many people find your auction through a search engine, so use as complete and descriptive headline with good keywords too- this will make your listing easy to find for the person looking for your item.

Leave no stone unturned - don't neglect to mention some crucial piece of info.

Bidders will steer clear if they sense something important missing. Plus someone might buy and won't have his or her expectations met...

That could be a problem. Include all necessary info.

You'll make more money selling on Ebay if your description is complete.

Revive Your Ad by Revising It

2006-07-02T15:15:00.000-07:00

Auctions that haven't gotten any bids can be revised - did you make a spelling mistake in your Ebay auction title?

Don't worry - simply go to the auction page, click "revise", correct the mistake and make way for the bidders... Another thing, if your Ebay auction has no bids and you still have more than a day before the end, change categories. This is helpful when you're testing new categories for particular item- if an auction in a new category starts to fail just switch to your bread and butter. By doing this you'll uncover some better places to list.

Use Excellent Key Words in Titles

2006-06-29T18:41:00.000-07:00

Since there are so many items on eBay, one of the most effective ways people find things is to use the search engine...

If you want people to find your item, then place key words, and other carefully selected words in your titles.

For example, if you’re selling a collectible model car, don’t just put the word CAR in your title, put the make and model, too.

Put as many keywords possible in the title, so the greatest number of searches will locate it someone could think of who are looking for items like yours.

Use Bold Text in Your Titles

2006-06-29T18:39:00.000-07:00

Another very powerful way to get your items noticed is to select the
bold title option when setting up your item’s auction.

Use of this option must be specifically selected and eBay will charge you an extra $2.00 for using bold, but your item will stand out.

Use this for items over $10.00 or it’s not really worth it.

Now, to really make your items stand out, use asterisks, use uppercase letters, AND a bold title.

Use Asterisks in Your Item Titles

2006-06-29T18:36:00.000-07:00

There are a lot of items up for auction on eBay, and it’s easy for your
item to get lost in the thousands of others.

Use asterisks in the title. Here’s an example:

***** RARE_COIN_COLLECTION! *****

Catchy isn't it? It flags your prospects down doesn't it? This is so simple to do and yet so powerful.

Passion and Research

2006-06-27T15:20:00.000-07:00

You'll have a lot more success selling on Ebay if you are interested, even passionate!, about the product line you want to sell. Because you'll find the energy and time to devote to it. If your only interest is to make money selling stuff on Ebay, no matter the product, then your initial enthusiasm may wear off.

Doesn't matter what niche (specialty) you choose, the next step is to research it.

Find the products, then check out their prices in the retail stores.
Have a look at past auctions in Ebay, see what these products sold for.
Check out current Ebay auctions.
Surf the internet to find out what you can. Ad sites, Trading Post, info sites etc.
See if you can find some group or club out there also passionate about this niche - they probably have a forum or message board on the net. Browse the posts, see what they are excited about.

So now you have some idea of the marketplace, current demand and prices. This is a very good grounding. The more research you do, the more familiar you'll be with your chosen niche and products.

Use the Ebay Message Boards

2006-06-26T23:47:00.000-07:00

The Ebay bulletin boards and message boards are a great way to do market research when deciding what and how to sell stuff on Ebay.

You can pick up a lot of tips and tricks to help you. Unlike a lot of message boards out there, that contain some postings that are a lot of rubbish (not all of course :-), the Ebay boards are full of wonderful information by people who care about your success, and are actually wanting to help you. And that's a nice thing on the internet.

They're not setting out to mislead you or spouting off or junk like that. Give them a try!

Selling on Ebay Is The Lazy Way To Get Traffic

2006-06-25T17:43:00.000-07:00

If you were to sell your products on your own website, you'd need to search engine optimize the site and do lots of marketing to get ranked highly in the search engines and increase your traffic.

Ask anyone with a website - this is very time-consuming, and can take a long time.

Not so with Ebay - with 2 million visitors each day to Ebay's sites, the traffic is already there.

So sell stuff on Ebay - it makes sense. The most traffic for the least effort!

Increase Your Sales With An 'About Me" Page

2006-06-25T00:15:00.000-07:00

If you don't have an eBay "About Me" page set-up you definitely should.

An eBay "About Me" page on eBay is a great way to tell buyers a little bit about yourself and your business, as well as promote your auctions. An About Me page is also a good spot to put your contact information such as your email address, phone number, and external web site address (if you have one).

It's always a good idea to post a picture of yourself and/or a picture of your office (even if its your bedroom!) to let people know you are a real person, selling quality products and you can be trusted. Using your picture breaks down resistance and helps people remember you.

It will increase your sales in the longrun.

How To Make Money Selling on Ebay

2006-06-22T23:45:00.000-07:00

You, like me, have probably already tried to sell stuff on Ebay, with mediocre (if any) results.
I did sell a few things, but I'll never get rich that way!

I wondered how the top sellers manage to keep making money - and why do people keep flocking to buy from them? And how do they manage to get top dollar for whatever they're selling?

I wanted a slice of Ebay's huge market.

Did you know that 2 million people visit Ebay everyday, and spend $121 million EVERY DAY !!!!

That's huge, and I was certain I could get my share, if only I could learn what the top sellers do, and then emulate them.

Well I found it, the secrets that the top sellers use to make money selling on Ebay.

Ebay Auction Secrets has put together some top resources on how to sell stuff on Ebay - you can even start an Ebay business with these.

By the time you've gone through all the material provided, you will have a clear picture of what the experts do, how they do it, and the resources you'll need to make money selling on Ebay.

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