So I became an official eBay seller and couldn’t wait to place my first listing; big problem, I didn’t know what or how to sell. Luckily, some of the know-how was quickly answered in the form of an email from eBay. You see, eBay wants sellers to succeed because if sellers succeed, eBay succeeds. It’s that simple.
The email included a link to a video tutorial that provided tips on how to list items, do research, and set the start bid prices. It also provided information about figuring postage and handling charges, printing shipping labels, selecting payment methods and a lot more. If after watching the video, you are still not sure about how to proceed, you can head to the eBay website and use the University Learning Center. There you can go through the many free tutorials; from how to register and sell your items, to how to increase your sales and mange your inventory.
You can opt to use any of the independent courses available online; most will charge a fee of course. If you do decide to go this route, make sure to read the fine print. Many will use magic words like “free for a limited time” or “for the next 12 hours…” and so on just to hook you up into getting their product. However, what you’ll get, more times than not, is a quick promotion designed to convince you to buy their product. In my opinion, you should stay away from these courses, as you can get plenty of info directly from the eBay University Learning Center. If after using the eBay University Learning Center you’re still at lost, you can head to your local library and sign out one the many books available about eBay.
One of my favorites, and which I purchased, is titled eBay Business for Dummies. This book is simple to read and offer tips not available through the eBay University Learning Center. One tip, for example, concerns the use of pictures to promote your item. When you place an item for sale, you can upload one free picture of that item (remember “a picture is worth a thousand words”), but every additional picture will incur a fee. However, you can upload your photos to one of the many free online-photo storage sites available and provide a link to the pictures on your eBay listing. Buyers interested in your product will read the description of the item and will have the option to click the link to view additional photos; thus increasing your selling chances, while saving on charging fees.
Learning about eBay can be compared to learning any other topic; the more you learn, the more you’ll come to realize how little you know. However, my goal is to learn, and to one day compete with the big eBay heavyweights. Until then, happy computing to all!!
The email included a link to a video tutorial that provided tips on how to list items, do research, and set the start bid prices. It also provided information about figuring postage and handling charges, printing shipping labels, selecting payment methods and a lot more. If after watching the video, you are still not sure about how to proceed, you can head to the eBay website and use the University Learning Center. There you can go through the many free tutorials; from how to register and sell your items, to how to increase your sales and mange your inventory.
You can opt to use any of the independent courses available online; most will charge a fee of course. If you do decide to go this route, make sure to read the fine print. Many will use magic words like “free for a limited time” or “for the next 12 hours…” and so on just to hook you up into getting their product. However, what you’ll get, more times than not, is a quick promotion designed to convince you to buy their product. In my opinion, you should stay away from these courses, as you can get plenty of info directly from the eBay University Learning Center. If after using the eBay University Learning Center you’re still at lost, you can head to your local library and sign out one the many books available about eBay.
One of my favorites, and which I purchased, is titled eBay Business for Dummies. This book is simple to read and offer tips not available through the eBay University Learning Center. One tip, for example, concerns the use of pictures to promote your item. When you place an item for sale, you can upload one free picture of that item (remember “a picture is worth a thousand words”), but every additional picture will incur a fee. However, you can upload your photos to one of the many free online-photo storage sites available and provide a link to the pictures on your eBay listing. Buyers interested in your product will read the description of the item and will have the option to click the link to view additional photos; thus increasing your selling chances, while saving on charging fees.
Learning about eBay can be compared to learning any other topic; the more you learn, the more you’ll come to realize how little you know. However, my goal is to learn, and to one day compete with the big eBay heavyweights. Until then, happy computing to all!!
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