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1. When and How To Withdraw Your eBay Bid (And Why You Might Not Want To) eBay are a little strict about letting you withdraw your bid. They call it a 'bid retraction', and have a stringent set of conditions that you must meet before you are allowed to do it. Here are eBay's acceptable reasons for withdrawing a bid.
2. Wholesale Product Sourcing for Your Business Starting a business?  Looking for wholesale suppliers of products to sell?  Sourcing wholesale products can be challenging, and there are certainly lots of pitfalls that business owners need to look out for.  This lens serves as a guid...
3. How to Check an eBay Seller's Reputation (and Why You Should Do It) When you buy something from an eBay seller, you are giving them your money and hoping that you will get something in return. However many guarantees of safety eBay might make to you, nothing is certain: if you just give your money to scammers all the...
4. SafeHarbor: The eBay Police SafeHarbor are the eBay police department. If you break the rules, commit fraud or try to buy something you're not supposed to, they'll be after you...!
5. eBay Description Writing Tips Once you've drawn the buyers in with your title, the next thing to do is to tell them all about your item with the description. But just what should you write in your description?
6. How to Think Like an eBay PowerSeller 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.
7. Watch Out For eBay Scams (especially THESE ones!) There aren't that many scammers on eBay - but the ones there are tend to be greedy. This means that they will always try to pull their scams on high-value items like cars and computers, so that they can make a lot of money very fast. Since buyers gen...
8. How to Properly Resolve eBay Disputes eBay has quite an intricate and long-winded dispute resolution procedure. In this lens, I'll try to break each step down for you, so you can see what's involved and how long it takes. As an example, let's go through what you would do if you paid for a...
9. eBay Title Writing Tips Trying to be help your buyers find your auctions can be a truly daunting task. Most people only search eBay by title, not by description, and that means that you only have those 55 characters of the title to cover all the possible search terms. That i...
10. Strategies For Winning Slow eBay Auctions Some auctions get hundreds of bids, but some go much more slowly, getting only a few bids or even none at all for days. Auctions are generally much slower during the summer months than they are in the winter - and sales on eBay are slowing each year,...
11. 6 Simple Steps to Posting Your First eBay Auction It's surprisingly simple to get started posting your very first auction on eBay. Here's what you need to do.
12. Staying Out of Trouble with eBay's Listing Policies 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.
13. Using PayPal On eBay PayPal and eBay were made for each other - and now that eBay own PayPal, using them together is getting even easier. People with PayPal accounts can send money to each other securely online. You can deposit money in a PayPal account from a bank accoun...
14. Learning the eBay Terminology Do you have trouble sometimes understanding when people talk about eBay? Don't worry, some of the jargon is really obscure, and you can't be expected to understand it until someone's told you what it means. Here's a little list of some of the most us...
15. You Won that eBay Auction! Now What?! It's a heady feeling when you win your first eBay auction: a mixture of happiness and perhaps just a little fear. After all, there seems to be so much to do before you can actually get your item. What do you do next? The simple answer is: you send pay...
16. A Beginner's Guide to eBay Auctions Over the years, eBay has introduced all sorts of different auction types, in an effort to give people more options when they buy and sell their things on eBay. For every seller who doesn't like the idea that their item might sell for a far lower pric...
17. 10 Tips for Increasing Your eBay Sales So you've got the buyer in front of your auction, and they've read the description. They must be interested, or they wouldn't be looking... but just how can you push them over that line and make them leave a bid? Carry on reading for some tips!
18. How to Choose the Right eBay Category Some people think it's easy to choose the right eBay category, and often it is. Sometimes, though, it might not be quite clear exactly what to go for. In this lens we will come up with some answers :-)
19. What You Need to Know BEFORE You Get Started on eBay So you've decided that you want to get started as a seller on eBay. There are a few things that you really need to know before you go and throw yourself in at the deep end.
20. How Important is Your Buyer's Reputation? Your reputation as a buyer (or 'feedback rating') is the most important thing people see when they deal with you on eBay. What does yours show? It is on the basis of this little number that they will decide whether they can trust you or not...