Articles in the StartUp 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 …
StartUp, Step-by-Step, eBay 101 »
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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It’s surprisingly easy to kill your eBay business, if you’re not careful – sure, you can start over from scratch without it costing you anything, but do you really want to? Still, if you want your business to end up dead in the water, here are some simple ways to do it.
Lie about an item: Say it works fine when it sometimes doesn’t work. Say it is in perfect condition when it has a scratch or two. Your customers will hate you!
Post whenever you feel like it: Make sure to …
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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 has told you what it means. Here is a little list of some of the most useful lingo to know, but you don’t need to memorise them – even the most common jargon is only used relatively rarely.
Words:
Bid: telling eBay’s system the maximum price you are prepared to pay for an item.
Dutch: an auction where more than one of an …
StartUp, Startegize, eBay 101 »
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.
What to Sell.
First off, you need to know what it is you’re going to sell: what’s your specialty? You’ll do far better on eBay if you become a great source for certain kind of products, as people who are interested in those products will come back to you again and again. You won’t get any …
