Selling on eBay
Here's a simple, ten-step path to eBay enlightenment.
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Step 1: Identify your market.
Take a while to sit and watch for what sells and what doesn't out of the items you're interested in.Any market research data you can collect will be very useful to you later on. You'll probably see the 'sweet spots' quite quickly - those one or two items that always seem to sell for a good price.
Step 2: Watch the competition.
Before you invest any money, see what the other sellers in your category are up to, and what their strategies are.Pay special attention to any flaws their auctions might have, because this is where you can move in and beat them at their own game.
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.
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Step 3: Find a product
Get hold of a supplier for whatever it is you want to sell, and see what the best rates you can get are - don't be afraid to ring round quite a few to get the best deal.If the eBay prices you've seen are higher than the supplier's, then you're set.
Step 4: Start small
Don't throw thousands at your idea straight away - get started slowly, see what works and what doesn't, and learn as you go.Remember that it's very cheap to try out even the craziest ideas on eBay, and who knows, they might just work!
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Step 5: Test and repeat
Keep trying different strategies until you find something that works, and then don't be ashamed to keep doing it, again and again.The chances are that you've just found a good niche.
Step 6: Work out a business plan
A business plan doesn't need to be anything formal, just a few pages that outline the market opportunity you've spotted, your strategy, strengths and weaknesses of the plan and a brief budget.This is more for you than it is for anyone else.
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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!
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Step 7: Invest and expand
This is the time to throw money at the problem. Buy inventory, and start spending more time on your business.Set a goal number of sales each week, increasing it each time.
Step 8: Make it official
Once you've made a few thousand dollars worth of sales, you should really register yourself as a business.Don't worry, it's not expensive or hard to do - a lawyer is the best person to help you through the process.
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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Step 9: Automate
You'll probably find that you're writing the same things again and again in emails or item descriptions.This is the time to give up on the manual method and turn to automated software that can create listings for you, and respond to completed auctions and payments with whatever message you provide.
Step 10: Never give up
Even when it looks like it's all going wrong, don't stop trying until you succeed.If you keep working at it then you'll almost always find that you make a real breakthrough just when things are starting to look desperate.
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Time to Quit Your Job..?
Once you get into the swing of things, you might start thinking that you should quit your job and take up eBay selling part time.But it's not always as easy as that - make sure you do your homework first!
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- MarisaAngelis MarisaAngelis Oct 19, 2009 @ 3:14 am
- Excellent! 5Stars
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- blue22d blue22d Apr 20, 2009 @ 10:31 am
- Great tips to be the best ebayer you can be. Thanks, five stars.
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- grayth grayth Jan 16, 2009 @ 8:45 am
- great lens on helping people learn how to sell and make more money on ebay nice job. I have a few ebay lenses as well that go over some of the pitfalls about dropshipping that many new comers to ebay fall prey too come by and check it out
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- startupebaybusinessideas startupebaybusinessideas Nov 22, 2008 @ 2:54 am
- Great lens skills I think you should explain in more detail the diffrence in selling products on ebay and building a niche store to make profits as a ebay affiliate it does take a different skill set to get traffic to a niche store.
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- Junyuan Junyuan Sep 24, 2008 @ 12:25 am
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