Just how easy is ebay?
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LEARNING how to sell on eBay is pretty easy, especially if you know how to navigate a website and read online help carefully.\n\nMaking SIGNIFICANT money on eBay, that's another story. Easy to learn, yes. But be prepared for some HARD WORK to...\n\n1) Get your rating up. It's harder to get people to bid on items when the seller has a low rating, and some feachers such as Dutch Auctions (selling multiples of one item in a single auction) aren't available until you've got some positive feedback from successful auctions.\n\n2) Get people to even SEE your auction. You have to put some careful thought into the wording of not only your auction item content, but the heading as well. Remember there are a HUGE number of auctions starting every minute. Why should people click on yours? In a nutshell, be prepared to become an expert in marketing and advertising to be effective.\n\n3) Research your starting price. Be prepared to know EXACTLY how much shipping will cost, and factor in the time it takes you to write the item description and calculate shipping, then actually pack and ship everything. After all the costs, if you're not careful you may be working for less than minimum wage.\n\nThat said, yeah, it sounds hard, right? But it's still easier work than, say, flipping burgers in a fast food joint.\n\nAlso, there's a better approach... use eBay as a leapfrog to something ELSE. Done properly it can be a valuable tool for building up contacts with a regular customer base. And THAT is far more valuable than any one auction.
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I suggest you spend some time reading how to sell on ebay. Ebay has a number of tutorials and guides on how to start selling:\n\neBay's Seller Central http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/index.html\neBay University http://pages.ebay.com/university/index.html\n\nThere is only one rule to success on ebay: Sell products that people actually want. \n\nSelling on eBay is not as easy as some portray. In fact, go to eBay and check out the number of auctions that end without a single bid. Competition is getting tough, as more sellers go to eBay; even the big boys are joining in the eBay marketplace. Add to that the increasing listing and final value fees.\n\neBay has several ways for you to determine exactly what the hot items to sell on their marketplace: \n\nItems In Demand = the most popular items currently within that particular category. To see the In Demand page, go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/sellbycategory.html  \n\nHot Items by Category Report = a monthly report that lists the fastest growing categories on eBay for the previous month. Go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/whatshot.html and select "Hot Items by Category" from the menu on the left. \n\neBay Pulse = "a daily snapshot of current trends, hot picks, and cool stuff on eBay". Go to http://pulse.ebay.com/ to see eBay Pulse in action. \n\nMerchandising Calendar = eBay promotes specific categories on its home page each month. Savvy eBayers know that this home page exposure results in more interest in such categories. Go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/calendar.html  to view the current Merchandising Calendar.\n\nNow, assuming you list your product for 7 days at opening bid price of $15 and you used the gallery feature and Buy It Now, your fees are:\n\nInsertion fees for starting price of $10.00 – $24.99 = $0.60\nGallery Fee = 0.35\nBuy It Now for starting price of US$10.00 – US$24.99 = $0.10\n\nSo whether your item sells or not, ebay will already charge you with $1.05 -- the listing fees are something you need to consider when thinking of the starting price for the product. The final price must cover your product costs and ebay fees.\n\nIf that product sells at $20, there are additional fees to pay:\n\nFinal value fees $0.01 – $25.00 = 5.25% of the closing value which translates to $1.05 that ebay will take from you\n\nSo assuming that the buyer will pay you with a check for $20 + shipping fee, you would pay ebay with:\n\nListing fees - $1.05\nFinal value fees - $1.05\n\nor a total of $2.10\n\nThe more selling features you add, the higher the charges. If you use Paypal, you will also be charged Paypal fees.
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ebay.com, library, or amazon.com
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Depends. Are you looking to do it for EBay? That I wouldn't recommend. As if you use a drop shipper for items you sell and they take too long to ship, or the item is malfunctioning it will get back to you in the form of neg feedback which is not good
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Have your tried eBay?
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sell on E-bay, you can sell anything
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I use Timbercreek Software's SOLD http://www.timbercreeksoftware.com/ and I find it very easy to use and provides me with everything I need in managing all my auctions. \n\nI love its capability to run customized reports (especially during tax time), manage the auctions, manage my customer database, and make ebay listing and relisting a breeze (the fact that I don't have to pay to schedule listings is already a lot of help). Support is also very good. I've used it since 3 years ago, and I am totally hooked to it.
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All you have to do is register as a seller... MANY people use ebay just once to sell a hard to sell item.  Just because you are a Seller doesn't mean you're in "Business".
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If you are looking for ebay success stories, there's NONE better than the couple Jay and Marie Senese (username jayandmarie) http://stores.ebay.com/JayAndMarie of the 1-cent CD fame. They have the highest positive feedback number of all sellers on eBay - and they are certainly one of those who have made tons of money on ebay. \n\nTheir business model is to buy very low cost CDs in bulk (those that CD stores sell in their discount bins) and offer them on ebay at a starting price of 1 cent http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_23/b3886080.htm Their success is based on the fact that they stumbled on a sustainable business model with products that people really want. They sold their business -- where else but on ebay -- for $5 million! Now that is success.\n\nBuying from garage sales and selling on eBay is fun, and good getting a few dollars here and there from ebay. Sometimes, you luck out on an item and hit big, but many times it will just be so-so (assuming you can even get the price you paid for it). In terms of fun factor, it is great. But from a business stand-point, it is not. Not sustainable.\n\nIf you want to earn serious money from eBay, you need to have a well-thought out business model. Selling on ebay is getting tougher -- just look at the number of auctions that closes without a bid. Go to the boards on ebay and you will hear even oldtimers complaining about how stiffer competition plus higher fees make it so much harder to sell on ebay.\n\nThe key success factor is: Sell products that people actually want. \n\nSelling on eBay is not as easy as some portray. In fact, go to eBay and check out the number of auctions that end without a single bid. Competition is getting tough, as more sellers go to eBay; even the big boys are joining in the eBay marketplace. Add to that the increasing listing and final value fees.\n\neBay has several ways for you to determine exactly what the hot items to sell on their marketplace: \n\nItems In Demand = the most popular items currently within that particular category. To see the In Demand page, go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/sellbycategory.html  \n\nHot Items by Category Report = a monthly report that lists the fastest growing categories on eBay for the previous month. Go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/whatshot.html and select "Hot Items by Category" from the menu on the left. \n\neBay Pulse = "a daily snapshot of current trends, hot picks, and cool stuff on eBay". Go to http://pulse.ebay.com/ to see eBay Pulse in action. \n\nMerchandising Calendar = eBay promotes specific categories on its home page each month. Savvy eBayers know that this home page exposure results in more interest in such categories. Go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/calendar.html  to view the current Merchandising Calendar.
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I have been selling and buying on E-Bay for awhile now I did 95% of my Christmas shopping on E-Bay and it went really well and will do it again it really is easy to self teach yourself and can be fun of course it is more fun to buy than sell.
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it will be very difficult\n\nyou are better off trying to sell some clothing or something else you own on Ebay-it will take about 2 weeks for you to run the auction and get a check or money order from someone- but it works great
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DVD is huge and quick to sell but you need volume to make money.\n\nBig time growth on Clothing too, a good categories because it's easy to buy clothing for 80% off and resell them on ebay at 25-50% off but this take a lot of time in the listing because of pictures and description.\n\nRemember the rules number one en ebay: buy low, sell for higher and do volume....\n\n2 good books to buy right now on ebay: Ebay Millionaire, insane books with a lot of good stuff and The Perfect store, the story of ebay. After reading these 2, you will never go out of the ebay way!\n\nGood luck!
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A LOT OF THINGS JUST LOOK AT E BAY
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Hard to argue with Ebay.
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e-bay you can get anything on ebay
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First of all, I have been an ebay user for 5+ years. I am so used to its interface now, honestly, any big layout changes will make me mad.  For a frequent user, the fancy or modern UI doesn't matter. New functionality however is different and will be appreciated. For example, I wish they have a way to sort or filter on the shipping cost, or make their system more reliable without regular maintenance breakdown every once a while.\n\nThe mutl-color eBay is one of most recognizable icons on the internet, live and fun.
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sell something on ebay, it always works for me