I want to start selling on ebay. What are the top 3-5 things I should know first?
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Go to www.paypal.com and read.  Paypal is a legit operation, and they will not cheat you, but if you ever get an e-mail supposedly from paypal, do not trust it.\n\nIf you are going to pack and ship merchandise yourself, go to a post office or UPS store and figure out your shipping options.  You want to charge enough for shipping to cover the cost of shipping.  You may wish to avoid selling large heavy objects.\n\nIf you are not an expert on the things you sell, you may wish to see what similar objects sell for.   As you may have noticed, almost anything can be sold on E-bay, but if nobody is much interested, you may not get top dollar.
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start selling on ebay...
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Hi,\n\nInteresting post.  I started my eBay selling "adventure" about 4 years ago.  I tried unsuccessfully on and off for about 2 years to  sell products on eBay.  There are so many factors that need to be right in order for people to bid.  \n\nI had this nagging feeling that it's a solid business model to sell on eBay, so I didn't give up. My wife was watching TV and saw an infomercial for a course to learn how to sell and be successful on eBay. She bought it for me for my birthday 2 years ago, and I'm EXTREMELY successful at selling on eBay on.\n\nWhen I saw your question I looked to see if the same kit is still being sold, and I found it for FREE on the Internet!  They're only asking $1.95 for shipping!!!!!  \n\nhttp://www.alllsite.info/sell-on-ebay.php\n\nI highly recommend this course if you want to be successfull, and you certainly can't be $1.95\n\nGood Luck
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Here are some links for you to start:\n- Overview: http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/sell-ov.html \n- How to sell: a step by step instruction http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/basics.html\n- An audio demo: http://pages.ebay.com/education/howtosell/index.html
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Selling on eBay is Fast, fun and easy. You can start with things lying around the house that you no longer need such as books, furniture, toys, gifts you don't like and more. Sell on eBay as a hobby or even start a full time business.\n\nLearn the basics\nThe Basic selling guide will take you through Seller Registration, Researching eBay before you sell, listing your item for sale, completing your transactions with your buyers and managing your eBay business.\n\n\n\nAdvanced Selling\nOnce you have mastered the basics and started selling on eBay, here are some tools available to help you become faster and more efficient at selling. Plus, you'll learn great tips on how to help attract more buyers and sell more products.\n\nThis Advanced Selling guide will help you as a reference for all your selling related information and also help you take your business to the next step.\n\nFrom a beginner to a regular seller or from hobby to full-time business.\n\n.
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The 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.\n\nAs for items to sell, you can:\n\n1. Buy bulk liquidation items such as those at Liquidation.com. The capitalization may be big, but the idea is to sell the items individually and profit from it.\n\n2. Find manufacturers of items you want to sell and buy discounted items from them\n\n3. Make deals with retailers in your area, and offer to buy their unwanted items for deep discounts. jayandmarie - the most successful ebay sellers - made deals with music stores where they will buy the entire inventory in the discounted bins, and then sold the items on ebay for 1-cent starting bid.\n\n4. Look for possible partners on the Web, preferably outside of the US. Import items from them and sell them on ebay. There's huge profits to gain from this approach.\n\n5. Check out deals from outlet stores. Focus on brand names, which you will find to be easier to sell.
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Make sure you know your marketplace. I've sold on ebay for years in different niches, and you cannot go wrong with doing lots of research on there, anything from constantly knowing the other sellers in your category to price comparing with finished auctions. I cannot stress to you how important customer service is in this; even the largest and biggest sellers lose me after one transaction if they make promises or have no kind of "touch". Keep in contact with your customers, and you'll reap the benefits. Good luck!
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Login to ebay.com and get registered there and there is guide "how to sell"
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You go to your county clerk and ask for a resale license so wholesalers can sell to you. Check the other requirements they require for small home based businesses.\n\nThe key to success on ebay 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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You have to open an account on eBay.  It's not difficult; but you'll need a credit card and be able to provide some information about how you can be contacted.  It's also a good idea to open a Paypal account while your at it.  Paypal is the easiest way to pay most of the sellers on eBay.\n\nGood luck.  Ebay is a lot of fun.  You'll find everything under the sun sold there.
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http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/basics.html
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Go to eBay and click on the "Sell" on the very top of the page and it will get you started.
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Totally would and still do from time to time. Just got a Dell computer so gonna be up and running in a week or so and hope to be putting more stuff on eBay shortly after that. But there are benefits and downfalls EBay you have to way the pros's and con's and see if it would be right for the type of item or item's you want to put on eBay. I have found some sites are better then EBay for some things and EBay is better on other things. \n\nJust remember to be honest to those you sell to and describe the item or item's best you can. And when in doubt get a expert to help out with what is your item and what would be a good value for the item to start at.\n\nI have and will always continue to start all my auctions on eBay at .99 it seems so fitting and when everyone realizes how cheap the item is they all start to bid and before you know it the item is right where it should be in price. Never lost my shorts yet. Somethings I make really good money on others just enough to cover expenses but over all it all balances out. You also must have a pretty good bank account cause you can find your self buying more then you sell on eBay.\n\nBut if you take it day by day and learn your gonna be fine in the end. You might want to get ah old of eBay and attend a eBay university those help the best. I have been to them and they gave me lots of insight even though I was a expert I thought it just helped me out even more. Good luck and hope you get going and have great success.
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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.
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Ok, you want to know what to sell: CLOTHING!\n\nWhy? Because it is in high demand and will always be.\n\nAnd it's very easy to get clothing at 70-80% off retail and resell them at 25% 40% off on ebay.\n\nShort description but a lot of pictures for each item. People who do the opposite don't sell for high and don't get bids...\n\nPictures! And get them all for cheap.\n\nI went 3 weeks ago at Timberland factory outlet store and bought 110 items at 9$ each, up to 90% off! I sold so far 27 items and the money I invested is payback... So the rest, guess what? Everything at 1 cents starting bidding plus i cover my paypal fee and ebay fees with the shipping handling.\n\nEasy.\n\nBut you need to be organize and have good picture.\n\n10 items a day at 20 bucks profit and you make 6k a month...\n\nI'm getting there.\n\nGood luck!\n\nQuestions? Email me!
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If you have no expertise you can do Ebay.  It is probably the best place for someone who has no clue where to begin. \n\nthe Key to ebay is this - Offer something people actually WANT or NEED - cause if you offer things that noone wants...You won't make a penny,  Be HONEST, Say what it is - don't make up PS.  SEND the items as you promised - be HONEST -  \n\nIf you are honest, and offer things that people really need or want you will build a good rep and make money.  Good luck
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There are two ways to go about it:\n\n1. Buy from other sellers. What I did when I started was to look for any $0.99 items or cheaper, bid on it to get my score up.\n\n2. Review the way you sell your items. Many members realize that everyone starts from 0. In my other eBay account, I did not do #1 and instead proceeded to sell with 0 feedback. Buyers bought from me, no problem with 0 feedback. \n\nCheck if your item actually fits well with ebay - one of the realities of ebay is NOT all items can be sold on ebay. Do a search for completed items to see if people are buying your type of products, and for what price.\n\nAlso check your actual listing. Check the photos, check the titles of your listings to make sure the keywords are there, check the description, check your shipping and handling policies, check your payment policies. And if everything else fails, try to lower your price to get some bidding nibble.\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\nI suggest she reads the articles on this page Success in Online Auctions http://www.powerhomebiz.com/internet/auction.htm and read the following books:\n\nSell 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