eBay Promotion
There are all sorts of ways you can use eBay to give your existing businesses a helping hand.
Featured eBay Marketing Resource
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The Ebay Marketing Group Headquarters
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The ebay Marketing Group Are you trying to sell on ebay? Are you trying to earn money as an ebay affiliate? Do you know enough about ebay to share what you know? This Group is for you!
The Supply Side
If you have any leftover stock or used items from another business you run, then why not sell them on eBay?You can make this a regular thing, using it to get rid of things that won't sell for the premium you ask for in a shop, or items that are no longer in demand in the town or city where your business is based.
You can really make a lot of money this way, if you know what you're doing.
You will, of course, already be an expert in the items you're selling, as you use them in your business, and you'll know that the items are of high enough quality to be sellable.
This is a whole new market for your old inventory!
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Not only that, of course, but remember that your good eBay reputation will make you a great buyer!If there's ever anything you want to get for your business, the chances are you'll be able to get it on eBay for a discount.
Become an eBay Powerseller
As taught by the powersellers!
The eBay powersellers often write how-to guides about how they got where they are right now.
And they often sell them for just a couple of dollars, which is great to just download and check out.
So here are a couple featured, if you're interested:
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The Sales Side
Here, though, is where the true power of eBay lies.eBay give you an 'About Me' page, where you can write anything you like and link anywhere you like.
This means that you can get traffic to your business' website by linking to your website from your About Me page and linking to your About Me page from each auction.
The Hilarious eBay Song!
Made by Weird Al Yankovic
"Ebay" by Weird Al Yankovic
"I want it that way" by the Backstreet Boys is parodied by the excellent Weird Al Yankovic "Ebay" song - synched to the videoclip. I must admit Ebay is very much the way he describes it in the song. Don't take it too seriously; just enjoy! btw I actually love 'Star Wars'. Honours #5 - Most Discussed (All Time) - Australia #3 - Most Discussed (All Time) - Music - Australia #1 - Most Viewed (All Time) - Australia #1 - Most Viewed (All Time) - Music - Australia #1 - Top Favorites (All Time) - Australia #70 - Top Favorites (All Time) #1 - Top Favorites (All Time) - Music - Australia #53 - Top Favorites (All Time) - Music #22 - Top Rated (All Time) - Australia #14 - Top Rated (All Time) - Music - Australia #22 - Most Linked (All Time) - Australia #6 - Most Linked (All Time) - Music - Australia
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Creating an 'About Me' Page
To create an About Me page, just click on 'Community' on the toolbar, scroll to the bottom of the page, and click 'Create an About Me page'.You then get the option to either enter your own HTML or let eBay guide you through the process.
All you need to do is write a little about your website, link to it, and you're done - you'll notice that more people start to come to your site straight away.
Hot Selling eBay Products on the Hidden Web
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Targeted Traffic
There are thousands of people who swear by this technique to drive traffic from eBay to their website - with a little persuasive sales copy on your site, they say, you can sell directly to buyers, cutting out the eBay middleman.What's more, all the traffic you'll get will be targeted - because the people who click through were interested in your auction to begin with.
The 7 Essential Steps to Successful eBay Marketing
But this doesn't suit everyone. So, of course, there have been real books written about earning money on ebay. And here is one of the best!
The 7 Essential Steps to Successful eBay Marketing
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Set Up An E-Commerce Site
This can be a really powerful technique, especially if you've already got an e-commerce site.Even if you haven't, you might find it worth your time to set up a website that does nothing but list your eBay inventory with a few dollars off each item, with a PayPal 'Buy Now' button for each item.
Then simply make the link to your About Me page read 'Visit my website for even more bargains!', and you're done.
Getting Buyers
Now that you've seen how to drive visitors to your website, maybe you'd like a little help getting your auction in front of buyers.My next lens will tell you all about the secrets of taming the eBay search engine. Let me know what you think!
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Staying Out of Trouble with eBay's Listing Policies
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While you can sell most things on eBay, quite a few things are banned. If you try to sell any of these things then eBay will remove your auction and all bids will be void.
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6 Simple Steps to Posting Your First eBay Auction
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It's surprisingly simple to get started posting your very first auction on eBay. Here's what you need to do.
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How to Think Like an eBay PowerSeller
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PowerSellers are the people on eBay who've made it, recognisable by the little 'PowerSeller' badge next to their name. You've probably seen these people around - and to succeed on eBay, you want to think the way they do.
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An eBay Seller's Checklist
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Being a seller is a lot of responsibility, and sometimes you might feel like you're not doing everything you should be. This simple checklist will help you keep on top of things...
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- startupebaybusinessideas startupebaybusinessideas Nov 22, 2008 @ 3:48 am
- I have other business but eBay rocks and I will be putting most of efforts into eBay
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- Junyuan Junyuan Sep 24, 2008 @ 12:27 am
- I must say that eBay is one of the fastest proven source for anyone to start generating a good income online. You have a very good lens that contains really good tips on how one can use eBay to generate good money online. I've given you 5-stars for your lens. I have a lens on how to sell digital products on eBay using eBay classified ads. Perhaps you may want to drop by and let me have your comments. :) You may also want to add your lens to my Internet Marketing Directory to get more traffic to your lens... :)
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- ebayriches ebayriches Sep 12, 2007 @ 6:52 am
- Hey! Nice site you have on how to use eBay to grow other businesses. Great information. I have just set up a lens on how one can a living on eBay at http://www.squidoo.com/ebayriches. You might want to check it out when you're free. :)
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