Top Five Reasons eBay Sellers Fail
by Skip McGrath
Building an eBay business is in many ways similar to building any business. To be successful everything has to work: Marketing, Sales, Quality, Pricing, and Customer Service. Selling on eBay, however, has some unique features that differ from traditional retail businesses.
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The Top Sellers On eBay
by Sydney Johnston
A fascinating eBay case study is the number one seller on eBay, a little outfit called Marie's CDs, but is better known under its old name "1 Cent CD." Jay and Marie, current ID "jayandmarie", are an institution on eBay and are a big part of what makes eBay such an amazingly popular phenomenon.
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An eBay Seller’s Checklist
by Kirsten Hawkins
Being a seller is a lot of responsibility, and sometimes you might feel like you’re not doing everything you should be. This simple checklist will help you keep on top of things.
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Ten Sure Fire Ways To Lose Bidders
by Steven Woodward
When you realize the cost of placing an auction includes everything from auction site fees, cost of electricity, internet access, your time, and other auction management issues and expenses, why is it that many auction sellers lose bidders they’ve worked so hard, and spent so much money to get to their auctions, by making easy to fix mistakes?
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Selling Digital Downloads Via eBay Classifieds Is Still A Crap Shoot
by Tim Knox
Last week I told you that eBay had decided to ban the sale of digital downloads via its traditional auction system. This means that digital media sellers will have to deliver their goods via CDs or DVDs, or post them for sale on the eBay Classified system. This week I'm hearing from lots of folks who have tried to post sales to the eBay Classifieds only to be denied the privilege of doing so or having the ad cancelled by eBay for policy violations that no one - not even eBay staffers - seem to understand. Once again eBay has everyone confused and upset. Same stuff, different day.
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The Rules of Linking From Your eBay Auctions
by Jason James
Very few other issues will get eBay sellers arguing about the rules no more than the rules on linking to and from your eBay auctions. eBay has some very firm rules when it comes to liking and it would be wise of you to follow them to insure that your eBay auctions stay online and profitable.
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The 8 Things You Must Know To Build A Great Website
by Tim Knox
Last week we talked about how a bad website can do your business more harm than good. That column brought several emails asking what is the key to building an effective business website. I replied with the same answer I always give: building an effective business website is a simple matter of definition.
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eBay Title Writing Tips
by Kirsten Hawkins
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. In this email, I’ll give you a few pointers.
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Don't Be A Victim Of Online Auction Fraud
by Stephen Bucaro
The Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) reported that last year 7.7 million dollars was lost through online auction scams. The actual losses are much greater. Most auction scams are not reported because they involve only small amounts of money.
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Four Huge Mistakes Ebay Sellers Make
by John Reese
Over the last seven years, I’ve been making a great
living buying and selling products on eBay and other
online auction sites, and I’ve perfected a technique
that pretty much guarantees anyone can start making a
profit right away. That technique starts with avoiding
mistakes like these -- mistakes I’ve seen people make
every day for those same seven years.
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