Listing an item on eBay is as simple as following THREE easy-to-follow steps.  Here’s my experience on listing my very first item to sell on eBay.

[Note: I had earlier bought an ebook from another eBay seller. The said ebook, then was emailed to me, which I have then downloaded into my PC.  Take note that I also have a picture of the ebook in my PC]

All right then! Here’s what I did:

Step 1: I signed-in to my eBay account.  We would know that we have successfully signed-in when our user ID appears (at the top of the site, just beside the logo).

Step 2: On the top right hand corner, I see BUY / SELL / MYeBAY/ COMMUNITY/ HELP.  I then moved  the computer cursor on SELL, then on the dropdown list appears ‘Sell an Item’.  Click it.

Step 3: On the next page, I clicked START SELLING.

Step 4: On the next page, I was required to select a category (for the item I want to list).   Since I wanted to sell an ebook, I typed ‘ebook’ in the requested field and click SEARCH. A page similar to the one attached below appeared- I then select the relevant category and clicked continue.

Step 5: The next screen appears.  I then scrolled down to study the whole page before I start to fill in the required fields accordingly.

Field #1:   Title (Be creative to come up with ATTENTION GRABBING title!)

Field #2:   I then scrolled down a bit and clicked on ‘Add Picture’.  The following screen appeared.  I clicked on BROWSE, select the relevant picture from my PC, then clicked UPLOAD.

Field #3:   Describe the item you’re selling.  Here I typed in several lines describing what is it that I’m selling, how will it be useful to the potential buyer, how will it be delivered to the winning bidder etc.  We can actually tell anything we like here.  Some people simply put in one line.  Some put thousand of words.  Try looked at how the other eBayers are doing it and you’ll also have an idea how to describe your item.

Field #4:   Choose how you’d like to sell your item. There are options given.  We can either choose to sell using AUCTION style or decide on a FIXED PRICE for the item.  Key in the amount and fill in the relevant fields/boxes.

Field #5:   Decide how you’d like to be paid.  Select PAYPAL (recommended).

Others#:    Fill in other required field/boxes, particularly those marked * (in green color).  Then clicked CONTINUE.

Step 6: On the next page, I then prompted to REVIEW MY LISTING, checked the LISTING FEE involved (Its FREE to list first 5 items every 30-day under auction listing style!).  Upon being satisfied, I then clicked LIST MY ITEM.  I was done!

[Tips: Within seconds, I was able to see my item on auction.  Actually, up to the last several hours before the auction ended, I was also allowed to make certain changes to my listing]

So, try it yourself.   In my experience, it was easier than I had expected.