How does ebay work if you are looking to make money? I have seen articles that says make money on ebay.?
964695
buy things cheap and sell it for way more?
342641
The very first thing you need to know on eBay is that NOT EVERYTHING SELLS on ebay. Just browse through auctions that are closing and count how many you see that do not have a single bid. You don't want your auctions to end that way.\n\nThe only way is to sell the right products - products that fit well in ebay and has proven demand in ebay. eBay 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\nFor success tips, read the articles on this page Success on Internet Auctions  http://www.powerhomebiz.com/internet/auction.htm\n\nYou may also want to read the following books:\n\n  Sell it on eBay: TechTV's Guide to Creating Successful eBay Auctions  \n  Starting an eBay Business for Dummies  \n  Branding: Brand Strategy, Design and Implementation of Corporate and Product Identity  \n  How to Sell Anything on eBay . . . and Make a Fortune!  \n  Ebay Business the Smart Way: Maximize Your Profits on the Web's #1 Auction Site  \n  The Official eBay Bible
713847
Your first stop should be eBay's Guide to Seller Services http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/services.html\n\neBay's Seller Central has all the resources you need to learn about the basics of selling on eBay http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/index.html\n\nThe key to a successful eBay selling is simple -- 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.
14862
Ebay actually runs online workshops to help people figure out whether it will work for them, and there's one tomorrow!  (There are also books on the subject, if that's more your style.)  Any responses you get from individuals will of course be colored by their own experiences, so try to find someone who seems to share an outlook and goals similar to yours.  Best of luck!\n\nHow to Set Up Your eBay Business From Start to Finish\nThis workshop will be held on Friday, December 30th, from 11:00 PT to 12:00 PT. Please join Lisa Suttora, Founder and CEO of What Do I Sell.com, as she reviews a step-by-step process explaining licensing, how to establish a business name, and other relevant information on how to establish your eBay business.\n\nWorkshops are hosted in discussion threads on the Workshops Board. To get to the Workshops Board:\n\n    * Click on Community at the top of almost any eBay page\n    * Click on "Discussion Boards" in the "Connect" Section\n    * Click on "Workshops" underneath the category-specific boards on the right-hand side of the page\n    * This will bring you to the threaded Workshops Board. \n\nTo view archived workshops or to learn more about future workshop events, please check our Workshop Calendar.\n\nWant timely reminders about workshops? Sign up for the Workshops Information Group! By joining this group, you will receive an email notification reminding you about upcoming eBay Workshops. Each notification will include the time and date, a brief description of the event, and a link to the discussion thread where the actual workshop will be held.\n\nTo sign up for the Workshops Information Group, please click here.\n\nWe look forward to seeing you there!
526737
I suggest you take the ebay tutorial and learn all about it.  No one can explain it all to you in detail.  You can start here:\nhttp://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/index.html\nhttp://pages.ebay.com/education/selling.html\nhttp://pages.ebay.com/university/\nhttp://pages.ebay.com/sitemap.html\n\nAnd, if you run into problems, go here:\nhttp://chatboards.ebay.com/chat.jsp?forum=1&thread=21\nIt is a chat room to help newbies and users with problems or questions.  I am a volunteer in that room as well.
633273
Ebay sucks I just quit useing them cause I wouldn't sell an item cheaper then what I wanted for it some guy keept getting all my auctions pulled....Saying I was violateing Ebay policy ....I lost over $3,000 cause of it....And I have had many friends have the same problem too.....And ebay does charge you to sell....And they will charge you weither your item sells or not or gets violated you still have to pay ....I know I am going through it now.....Try Yahoo auctions.....I have heard they are pretty decent
423885
The Web offers tremendous opportunities for those who know how to harness it. You hear of stories of people who earn thousands if not millions of dollars from doing business on Web. While there are many scams (same way in the traditional business world), there are various ways you can legitimately make money on the Web.\n\nTo answer your question, it depends on what you want to do, what you want to achieve with your site, what you can do, and how much resources you have. If you have access to cheap products that you can sell for a significant profit, then an ecommerce business is for you. If you make your own products, then ecommerce is for you. If you are a programmer, you can create a software and offer it for sale on the web. You can also create your own applications and develop your own site's programming. \n\nHere are the main business models you can adopt:\n\n1. Sell products on the Web - Big boys like Amazon or Lillian Vernon online catalog or smaller businesses like BigKidsVideo.com or Candle4Less.com all sell products on the Web. \n\nYou can either sell: (a) through your own storefront through your own website or applications such as Yahoo Stores; or (b) sell through online auctions like eBay\n\n2. Information Delivery. Others such as About.com or PowerHomeBiz.com create content and monetize their content in a number of ways:\n\na. Advertising - whether by joining banner ad networks such as Tribal Fusion, BurstMedia or Fastclick and display the banners on their site; or through contextual advertising such as Google Adsense or Intellxt\n\n1. Join an advertising network. Advertising networks are organizations that aggregate Web sites that offer advertising space, and sell banner ads (and other advertising options) across them. Traffic requirement is often a minimum of 5,000 monthly impressions, although many do not accept sites hosted by free page services. \n\nBurst Media http://www.burstmedia.com\nFastclick (ValueClick). http://www.fastclick.com\nAdvertising.com. http://www.advertising.com\nTribal Fusion http://www.tribalfusion.com \n\n2. Participate in contextual advertising networks. Contextual advertising are text ads delivered based on the content of the web page using an automated system. \n\nGoogle Adsense https://www.google.com/adsense/... \nYahoo! Publishing Network (currently in beta and available to US publishers only) http://publisher.yahoo.com/ \nIntellixt http://vibrantmedia.com/site/web_01a5.ht... \nQuigo Adsonar http://www.quigo.com/adsonarexchange.htm... \nIndustryBrains http://www.industrybrains.com \nCommission Junction Evolution http://www.cj.com/solutions/optimized_ad...\n\n3. Sell advertising for your site directly. This is admittedly a more difficult route for a small business site wanting to earn advertising revenues. But hey, as they say: "no pain, no gain!" \n\nb. Affiliate Programs - you sell other people's products that your audience may be interested in; and you get a certain commission after the desired action was done (whether a sale, a lead, subscription to email newsletter, or however this is defined)\n\nc. Paid online content. Hoovers.com or WebmasterWorld.com Supporters forum all require paid subscription before accessing the information\n\nd. Content licensing and syndication. Some publishers such as the Associated Press get paid every time their content is published elsewhere
391737
I do. It works but it seems like ebay gets their money too. You have to pay for the listing and then you have to pay for design. Then when your stuff sells you pay ebay for the sell. It wouldn't be worth it if you wanted to sell like one thing, but so many people are doing it so it must be good. I have things on list right now, but I haven't sold anything. I like it a lot. Its easy and convient!
504339
Hello, I heard ppl are making money buying and reselling items and then having them shipped away to the new buyer. You can try ;)
925145
Ebay is the largest auction website you are able to place bids on items put up for sale, they have many many categories for sale and you can find almost anything there! The best way to start on ebay as a seller is To look around your house for anything you already would like to sell, May people have unused cell phones, videos, games, and other collectible items. YOU will have to pay ebay a small fee for everything you sell and also have to pay paypal if you use it, almost 75% of ebayers use paypal so it is a good idea to use this form of payment if you are going to start to sell items. Then after you have made a few bucks you could buy wholesale lots and resell them. But you do not have to have any start up money after you have sold something or when you list your item is when you have to pay, if you sign up for automatic pay you only have to pay once a month so chances are that you will sell your items before you have to pay fees.
1081718
Yes, there are still opportunities. The key is to 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\nIf you want to earn serious money from eBay, you need to have a well-thought out business model. Buying 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 sustainable.
14162
You're right a lot of those job postings for "work from home" and "make a $1000 a day" are all scams.  In fact, if they are advertising they are probably a scam, that's what I always figure.  I like the grass roots approach.  eBay is a great marketplace for new entrepreneurs without any setup costs or risk.  And you don't need to pay some other company or person to help you get started.  Find something you like and find a supplier, or even a cheep retail store where you can buy at a small discount.  A friend of mine collected beads for a long time and she decided to put some up for sale on eBay.  Within six months she found a supplier in Africa that was willing to send over a new package of beads every month and now she's doing it full time making decent money from home.\n\nIt's all about your own personal drive, if you have the passion for success and want to work from home, give the eBay thing a shot.  Ask around among your friends and family, my bet is someone you know has had a good experience making money from home that good help you get started!
183991
You are correct, Clothing is a BIG business on eBay but you can still make a tiddy profit off it. Try shopping a discounter like TJ Maxx, Ross for Less, Marshalls or whatever it is called in your area for women’s clothes from designers like Ralph Lauren, BCBG or Tommy Hilfiger. Often times you can find, for example, a woman’s shirt that sells in the mall for $50 on sale for $10. Odds are if you put it on eBay for $25, you'd sell it. The customer thinks they saved $25 and you made $15. :) Now multiply it by 100 sales and you're in business. I do about $2K a month in sales and I profit about $500 and that’s from just working part time. It's not "easy money", you do have to work at it, but if you're willing to invest the time and effort, you can do it.
513799
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.
41333
Hi L,\n\nThis is a topic that I have studied in much detail over the past 3 years. There are ALOT of ways to make money online, however, the moment you log on to the internet you are bombarded by ALOT of different sites telling you how to make money and that you`ll be a millionaire overnight. It takes time to filter out the crap from the genuine income generating programs. \n\nI have researched literally thousands of the different offers I'm sure you see every day on the internet. You could spend a fortune trying all these different business opportunities out for yourself. I did and believe me 95% of them didn't work but now I'm making quite a bit using a number of different websites. \n\nOne of the ones I found worked best is Protry.com or DataEntryPros. \n\nBasically you sign up with them and then simply enter in lines of data they give you, send it back and they send you out a check! I get checks from them every 2 weeks each averaging around $200-$300. You could make more but I just use the site as an extra bit of cash aswell as my full time job (which I love!) so I only work on it for around an hour each night. \n\nYou do have to be prepare to spend a small amount of money but just do what I did..all of these sites offer a 30 day money back guarantee..use them for 30 days, make some cash then just cancel the \nsubscription...I know you won`t though! :o) \n\nHere`s the link you can get them at anyway -> www.protry.com \n\nHope this helps!\nGoodluck,\nM
234776
I work on-line. My Web site is http://www.writershelper.com. That site sells a service. My next step will be to build two more sites that make passive income, meaning all I'll have to do is put up the site, not offer a service. There are several good ways to make money with sites that offer information people want.  Everyone knows something.\n\nCheck out the site below. Take advantage of the free download e-books. They give you a ton of information.
1032
The product is only a portion of the battle.  You still have to to think about your ability to sell.  Then what price it will cost to obtain a certain product.  Its alot of pulling and tugging to make a profit on Ebay.  But, products come and go all the time.  When fads hit, it also hits Ebay.  When the fads are gone, those numbers also dwindle on Ebay.  The other half is your ability to sell the product.  I have seen so many people sell the product the wrong way, that even if it was priced low enough, nobody would bid.  So, you have to figure out what drives customers to bid, regardless of the product.  Your best bet is creating a product and selling it on Ebay.  I have heard people selling things on Ebay that they made.  I heard someone making 200 a day selling hand made cloaks.  But, thats them, you have to find your own market.  Um, last part about ebay is reselling a product.  If you see something cheap enough to make a profit off of, then by all means buy it.  See, if you buy something for $100 and sell it for $105, you only made $5 buxx.  And after Ebay fees, you make "jack."  But, if you can find a product for $12 dollars and sell it for $25, then you make a better profit.  Now its all up to you to sell as much as you can.  See?  So, small stuff can be worthwhile some times.  I used to do okay selling 99 cent coins.  Not bad for free stuff.  I would sell about 100 of them a week.  Thats not bad for 3 hours worth of work.  But, its not enough to live off of, so I sell other things as well.  So, to recap, its the product (try to create one yourself if you have to), the price you can get it for (so you dont sell the same product for more then everybody else), and your ability to sell.  Those three factors, fine tuned will help you get started.