Articles in the eBay 101 Category
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As in any kind of business, customer is always right. For eBay, the answer is ‘YES!’ – the biggest yes you’ve ever heard. Of the course the customer is always right. If you want to be a successful eBay seller, you should go miles out of your way to make sure every single one of your customers is 100% satisfied, regardless of how much time or money it might cost you.
The reason is obvious: a dissatisfied customer will leave negative feedback, and negative feedback is to be avoided at all …
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So, you have put up a very attractive title for your listing… and you have driven a lot of attention and crowd to your auction. Very good! But have you done enough… This depends…! Some times, a good title and a nice, eye-catching picture of the item you are selling is all that is needed to make a sell. Other times, it’s best to strengthen your auction with a lot more information… Try to describe the item in as many words as you can, but be honest, precise and specific.
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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, as more sellers than buyers sign up, hoping to get rich quick. There are a number of ways that you can take advantage of slower auctions to get the best price.
Wait to Bid
If you bid, then everyone can see you’re interested – …
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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’s not easy. But here’s a few pointers.
Don’t bother with eBay clichés: There are plenty of eBay auction titles that say things like “Super rare camera wow look low price”. These are stupid things to put in your title, as no one is going to …
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You will often find yourself facing the choice of whether to pay a fixed price or keep on bidding. This choice might be presented to you in a single auction, or you might be choosing between different auctions of the different types. So should you use that ‘Buy it Now’ button or keep on trying to outbid everyone else? It’s all a question of weighing up the advantages and disadvantages.
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Buy it Now.
- The Advantages.
When you use Buy it Now, you know the asking price and you can take some …
