Linda asks…
Any tips you have learned about selling on ebay that a rookie wouldn’t think of?
I have some truck bed extenders that my work repossed from its customer. I offered to try and sell them on ebay, but haven’t had much luck. What tips do you have in regards to reserves, time length of auction, buy it now etc.
I have several versions for different trucks. I don’t know how much longer I will have to try and make some money off of these, so I want to try an move them quickly before they decide to scrap them out for materials.
Thanks for mentoring!
admin answers:
ALways start your listings on a sunday evening and run them for 7 days only.
You will only get interest when the item starts, and when it ends.
Sunday is the best day to end as the most people are on ebay.
Also if you list several things all at once, its a damn site easier to keep track of things. Be methodical. Listings end and people pay (sometimes!) on Sunday, you package your item on Monday (if applicable), them mail it on Tuesday,.
Buyers will be very impressed.
Another tip: ALWAYS answer messages quickly.
Another tip: when you go to sell something, type in the description on BUY and see who else is selling the same thing.
Then TICK the box COMPLETED LISTINGS on the left hand side, to see how much people have paid for it in the past, you may be surprised.
Forget the add-on features ebay tries to sell you. they are a waste of your money, ebay charge high fees and make billions of dollars. Just a basic, well thought out listing and a good photo will sell your item.
My Last tip, is this………….Use as many keywords as possible in the description. Even it doesn’t make sense. It will bring more traffic to your advert, and more potential buyers.
So if you are selling an old star wars figure, list it like this “VINTAGE 1978 RETRO DARTH VADER STAR WARS STARWARS”
try it, you may be surprised. good luck
Ruth asks…
Can you tell me the basics of Ebay?
I wanna learn to sell on Ebay. Can you tell me the basics? How can I sell and avoid the fees when I post the items?
admin answers:
That cannot be avoided. Thats how they make their money. If you want to pay the minimum, do not add any pictures, no borders, etc. do not offer it as buy it now and do not set a reserve price. That is the cheapest way to sell on ebay.
Chris asks…
How difficult is it to set up an account to sell on Ebay?
I have some items around the house not doing me any good, and am wondering if it would be worth setting up an account to sell. Is it easy to learn all this?
admin answers:
Not hard at all. You will also have to set up a paypal account but that isn’t hard either. They both will guide you step by step and there are lots of FAQ’s and ebay even has a live chat if you need. I have used it once and they were very helpful.
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