Not Using PayPal? Most Buyers Are!

You're losing out if you're not using PayPal for your eBay business!

PayPal is a checkout feature that allows you to pay for items you have won on eBay or elsewhere online using your own bank account, credit card, or debit card. PayPal conceals the numbers of your accounts so the merchants or other users cannot access...

How to Add PayPal Buttons to Your Squidoo Lens

If you're looking for how to add a PayPal button to your Squidoo lens, here's how. The step-by-step process described here will create a link that is compatible with you lens, while keeping your account details safe and secure. For advanced users, th...

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Tutorials for eBay Beginners

Set up shop easily and quickly with these resources!

Make More Money With Your Ebay Auctions

It's easy to learn how to make money online with eBay! Whether you're a big time eBay store seller or only an occasional seller, the same tips still apply to see a great final bid price on your eBay auctions. EBay is a huge marketplace, where the be...

How to Set up an eBay Account

eBay. It's a fun, eclectic place to find a great deal on items you already buy, gifts for others, earn a part-time income, full-time pay, or start a big business online! eBay also has outstanding learning services in place that offer tutorials, quest...

Easy Ways to Make More Money on Ebay

eBay is a huge marketplace with millions of visitors coming to the site to buy and sell every day. With all of this traffic, it's easy to have your auctions disappear into a sea of other auctions. It's also easy to miss a great deal with so many item...

How to Open an Ebay Store

Setting up an eBay Store is very easy, and can be profitable for you in a short amount of time. Ebay makes it easy for you to start an online business, complete with your own storefront, checkout system, and built in promotion that will start making...

Save Money on Your eBay Purchases!

Valuable resources to save you a buck or two on eBay...

How to Find Bargains and Deals on eBay Items

The time has never been better to find a great deal on eBay. Whatever you're looking to purchase, eBay will most likely be the cheapest of all places to purchase an item. How is this possible? Serious eBay sellers number in the millions, and each hav...

How to Avoid Getting Scammed on eBay

Finding a reputable seller, at first, can seem tedious. The quickest, easiest and most effective way to for buyers to find a trustworthy eBay seller is, quite simply, to read their feedback! It's tried and true. There is an easy-to-learn science to a...

Using eBay's Saved Search Feature

We've all done it - searched on eBay for that 'just right' something, only to find we've spent a lot of time and not really found what we were looking for - except in the SOLD column!! Who's got the time to do that, day after day, week after we...

How to Find Inventory on eBay

Where to Find Inventory for eBay

Finding a source for your inventory on eBay is the toughtest part of selling, hands-down. Customer service, shipping, creating a listing, even HTML are all CAKE next to the difficult task of sourcing. Naturally, other eBay sellers are not willing to...

Where to Find Stuff to Sell on eBay

Want to sell on eBay? "Yes," you say, "but what will I sell and where will I get it? Wholesale, drop ship, garage sale finds. How do I find them and where do I start?" While we can't say what the perfect...

Tips for eBay Sellers on Squidoo

Squidoo and eBay are the perfect match!

If you sell on eBay, you've come to the right place! Squidoo is a great place to feature your eBay items and your store that's much higher profile than your eBay User ID page and eBay store pages.

Here's what you should start doing if you'd like to sell more using Squidoo:

* Sign up for Squidoo.
* Showcase your items on Squidbids.
* Create more lenses about the products that you sell! Make them interesting and use all of the tools at your disposal to make a great lens (modules, hint hint!)
* Make sure you link to your eBay store in your lenses.

More Tips on Selling More

Building an (Ebay) Business the Right Way!

Really there is only one way to build any business - hard work and rapidly learning from your mistakes. As an university professor and successful business person - I will share some insights from the giants in business development. I hope that this...

Marketing Your Ebay Store with Squidoo

First off, what is Squidoo? Squidoo is a website that allows you to make free, customized pages on any topic, like your Ebay store. If you can make a keyword optimized Squidoo lens linking to your Ebay store, you can increase your sales and traffic....

So You Want To Be An eBay Trading Assistant?

What does it really take to become an eBay Trading Assistant? Maybe not as much as you would think... or perhaps more than you are willing to commit. Come along with me as I relate my personal journey from buying collectibles to Trading A...

48 Easy Tips to Make More Money on Ebay

eBay is one of the largest worldwide marketplaces available online today, with over 200 millions registered users. Millions of people use eBay as a source of secondary income, or as a full-time income opportunity. In the world of online auctions, you...

Diversifying your online business presence

"Don't keep all of your eggs in one basket." It's an old adage we've heard many times before. If you keep all of your eggs in one basket, and drop the basket, breaking your eggs, you have no eggs left. This axiom also appl...

Be sure to visit my Ebay seller tips blog for even more tips!

Ebay Auctions Keyword Research

Keywords are one of the most important aspects of selling your item on Ebay. The right title will lead to many buyers, and even Google traffic. All it takes is a little prior research on what buyers are looking for, and what will generate the most cl...

Using the Ebay Buy it Now Auction Format to Increase Sales

The buy it now feature has been around on Ebay for some time, but used correctly, can tremendously increase your sales from your store. Many customers don't want to wait for the auction to end! Advertise the fact and get buyers to visit your store, p...

Ebay Selling Tips Directory

What's stopping you from making more money on Ebay? Have you even started selling yet? Whether you're a novice seller or have been at it for years, take a look at these valuable tips which will help you grow and build your Ebay business, raise profit...

SEO for Ebay Stores

SEO can greatly increase your Ebay store sales and help customers find your business. Search engine optimization can increase your traffic and make your Ebay store a more respected, viable business on the internet. So how do you start? You'll need ke...

Create a Better Ebay Auction with Categories, Features and Upgrades

Have you ever been curious about some of those listing features Ebay offers, some which cost nearly $60? And what about the categories you sell in, are you selling in the right one? There are some good features and some bad ones you should avoid for...

Ship Your Items the Right Way!

Have less breakages and impress your eBay customers!

Packaging Fragile Items

It's your customers first physical experience with your product and it is detrimental to your business reputation. Leave a lasting impression by using these invaluable packaging tips! Not to mention, you'll be saving yourself some serious headaches!...

Canada Post ~~ Flat Rate Shipping Program

On May 16th, 2008, Canada Post quietly launched a new Flat Rate Box shipping program for items shipped through eBay. "Canadian eBay users ship millions of parcels through Canada Post each year," Canada Post's John Swettenham said in a CBC news releas...

Buy Stuff Cheaper on eBay!

Discount Fashion: Designer Jeans for Less

I sell new and used discount designer jeans and other women's clothing on eBay. This page started out as a general guide to discount shopping for designer clothes, but over time it became more focused on designer denim. There is already plenty of mat...

How to Find Bargains and Deals on eBay Items

The time has never been better to find a great deal on eBay. Whatever you're looking to purchase, eBay will most likely be the cheapest of all places to purchase an item. How is this possible? Serious eBay sellers number in the millions, and each hav...

Using eBay's Saved Search Feature

We've all done it - searched on eBay for that 'just right' something, only to find we've spent a lot of time and not really found what we were looking for - except in the SOLD column!! Who's got the time to do that, day after day, week after we...

Tools for eBay Affiliates

Make money promoting eBay items!

Getting the Best Results in the Squidoo Ebay Module

With so much information online, it is often surprising how many people do not utilize advanced search commands to help pick through the results, bringing all the good ones to the top, and keep the rest off the list. With eBay, and especially with af...

How to Use the eBay Affiliate Program as an eBay Seller

The eBay Affiliate Program is a great way for eBay sellers to maximize their revenue and get paid a little extra for the work they do bringing buyers to eBay through their listings. If you're an eBay seller, this page and the eBay Seller Affiliate eB...

Affiliate RSS Feeds for Squidoo

If you are a member of one or more affiliate programs, like Amazon, then you probably already know how put static links on your lenses. However, over time these links can become outdated or even broken, and you could be losing revenue because of this...

Keep your Store Records Tidy!

Organize, automate, and develop your store!

Bookkeeping Basics for Beginners for Online Sellers

One of the areas that most beginning online sellers know little or nothing about is how to keep the books for their new online sales venture. Uncle Sam wants his portion of your profits, and it is probably most common for sellers to file a Sche...

How to create a budget for your online business

A budget is an aspect of running an online business that many people ignore, but can be just as valuable as your business plan. What a budget does is answer the question "What is my business going to do next year?". Now, when you're d...

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Services and Tools that Help Organize and Sell More

How to Use Google Base

So you'd like to kick your sales up a notch but don't know how? After you've already optimized your eBay listings by completing the checklist below, you're ready to move on to download the Google Store Connector. If you don't have an eBay Store, Yah...

My eBay ToolBox

eBay selling can be serious work, and serious work requires tools. If you are going to grow beyond just casual selling, you need a toolbox with tools you know, trust, and can count on. As an eBay PowerSeller and Trading Assistant, I have...

eBay Group Discussion

Have something you'd like to say about eBay? Happy? Unhappy? Rich? Poor? House overwhelmed with inventory? Say it here!

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rvandame

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Posted June 14, 2009

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cjsysreform wrote...

Hey, I'm so glad I found this group! So much great information, I hardly know where to start.

I sell women's designer clothes on eBay and I've been having the worst time trying to communicate with this wholesaler that I bought from for the first time recently. They don't answer their phones or return emails AT ALL, and I've only received half of the items I ordered from them. The rest seem to be on indefinite backorder. The biggest irony is, they ship from the East Coast and I live in the Boston area.

Thanks for letting me rant. It's been driving me nuts.

Posted May 09, 2009

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Susan52 wrote...

Thanks so much for inviting me to join. Very timely. I'll be sharing this great group with my eBay friends.

Posted April 13, 2009

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Junyuan wrote...

Hi all! I've just joined as a member of this group... Just to share a little bit on eBay - it is DEFINITELY one of the fastest and proven avenues for anyone (even a complete beginner) to start making money online from... What's more, there's no need for anyone to have any sort of business or web design skills to get started... I've personally benefited quite alot from eBay as well selling digital products... I've found a very good resource that will teach you how you can sell digital products on eBay using eBay classified ads. You may want to check it out... Cheers! :)

Posted September 25, 2008

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Treasures-By-Brenda wrote...

You have put an excellent group of lenses together here. Perfectly focused, wonderful lenses. Thank you,
Brenda

Posted August 31, 2008

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dgor91 wrote...

I have just started selling all digital items, check out my lens. I have seen some success, does anyone have some tips to boost my sales?

Posted February 22, 2008

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Why use Squidoo to Promote your eBay Items?

Increase your auction traffic!

Yes, you should use Squidoo to promote your eBay items. Take a look at Seth Godin's blog post (the founder of Squidoo) here:

Thinking Outside the eBay Search Box

You see, eBay's search isn't something that you should rely on greatly. To get more bids, more traffic, and make more money, you need to develop a following. Unfortunately, this can't really be done if you're selling random stuff unless there is some sort of theme. If you sell amazingly cheap deals on brand new things, that might be a niche, but with lots of competition. If you had a niche of selling custom made ipod skins, car parts for a '67 Chevy, or antique chairs, you'll have much more of a chance of finding a customer base that will stay with you.

So what interests you? What do you love doing? There's your answer -- sell that! If you can provide your customers with information along with great products, you are much more likely to land a sale. And, you're also more likely to get a huge fan base that you can market with your eBay store email subscriptions (you get X amount per month depending on your subscription level).

eBay allows you to have a certain number of custom pages, along with the home page, in your store. 5 pages just isn't enough. So here's where Squidoo comes in. Build an attention-getting, awesome looking, informational Squidoo lens, then build another, and another, link them all together, and link to your store. If you do it right, you can have traffic flowing to your store. Then, start your own blog, and post about things that you know about or love and occasionally link to your store. But make it interesting!