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buy at auctions then sell on ebay, Fishing Equipment, Electronics, Newer Stereo equipment if you like to shop at night I personally dont but it is an idea, Books, Collectibles, what I did first off was looked around the house for stuff i didnt want, looked on ebay to see if it was selling and if it was lowered my starting bid lower then everyone elses took pics and listed. You will get the hang of it after your first sale, dont go 7 days, drags too long what I do to avoid most of these SnipersAUTO bidders to cost you money is to Set it up for a 5 day listing then shoot it to 3 after the 1st day

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I think one of the best tips would be to avoid using a reserve if at all possible. There ARE some items that need a reserve, such as one-of-a-kind or rare items, but for the most part it is best to research the item beforehand, see what similar items have sold for, and then decide if you can live with that price. You’re taking a risk, but a lot of people (for whatever reason) avoid bidding on reserve-price auctions. If you DO use a reserve, do your best to make it as low as is reasonably possible. Hope this helps.

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Make sure you know exactly how much your stuff will cost to ship, or use a flat rate box. Otherwise, you can easily lose money. Also keep in mind the fees you are charged when you list your item(very inexpensive) but also the fees when your item sells. I’m not sure what they are but you can look that up on Ebay. Be very accurate with your description, some people will look for anything to give you negative feedback.

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I think you should sell the system with the controllers, but sell the games separately.

I would say set the auction to at least 3 days, maybe a week.

Don’t set a buy it now price unless you have done a lot of research to see what they will sell for on eBay – you don’t want to sell them for less than they are worth.

Shipping is your own preference – find out how much it would cost to ship from wherever it is you would like to ship (USPS, UPS, FedEx, etc.) and charge accordingly. I use FedEx Ground on eBay (because my dad has an account there). I would suggest saying no international shipping on the listing somewhere – it can be a pain in the butt.

Also, an extra tip – people (well most people anyway, especially me) are reluctant to buy from first-time sellers. You may be able to sell your stuff for more if you have a friend/family member with an eBay account that they have sold from before.

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The best advice for selling on eBay is:

1) Make sure your items are in new or near new condition
2) Offering free shipping is good, but make sure the item gets there as fast as it can
3) Keep up communication with the person who buys the item. Speak to them when they win the auction, when they ship it, and follow up on the day when the shipping service says they should have received it to make sure its to their liking.
4) Offer Paypal… everyone does it nowadays so its pretty much a standard… I know I don’t buy anything from anyone unless they offer Paypal as a form of payment.
5) Offering a no-hassle refund on certain items (30 day policy or something like that) is always a good eye-catcher for people who buy online… chances are they won’t refund something, but its still something that makes people feel secure.

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The best way to learn what to sell and how to sell is to first learn how to do market research. For example when deciding what to sell start off by figuring out several different items you might be interested in selling on ebay then head over to ebay and start looking up these items..

Find the sellers that seem to be selling this stuff and try to determine who the ones are that are making any serious money. I’ll give you a hint on finding profitable items on ebay..when you do a search on the right hand side you’ll see a box called completed items. When you do a search with this filter on it’ll show you everything that sold for that search within the last 30 days..here’s the trick

If it’s in green it sold if it’s listed in red it didn’t..that tip is a great starting point to learning how to do market research on ebay..

I also found this site very helpful in learning more about how to sell on ebay successfully

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The same way as any retail establishment does…buy low, and sell high. Your problem lies in figuring out where to buy stuff cheap, and what to buy, and what price to start the bidding on. You are also going to have problems because you’re a minor, and can’t legally make binding contracts.

Just because something is cheap, or is a “collector’s edition”, doesn’t mean that you can turn it around and sell it for big bucks. You have to educate yourself about what you want to buy and sell, just like any other merchant. For instance, I know where to find decent used books that are likely to re-sell for a lot more than I paid for them. However, I know how to rate the condition of books, and I know which books are likely to re-sell and which are just going to never sell unless I price them at a dime or a quarter each.

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In my humble opinion….maybe try something else?

I would put your thinking cap on!

Look at all the things first that sell on e-bay…When you have a spare moment.o.k.
Then if you can just do some home work, and think ‘what’ is it that doesn’t sell on e-bay?…that maybe could?

E-bay is unlimited for selling….but Avon and others have been done to death!

You need to have inspiration…..but with thought! you may just pick a huge winner! GOOD LUCK!

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being 13, you are not allowed to have an ebay account.

cut grass, pull weeds, walk dogs, babysit…

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Actually, if you get a good price on padded envelopes, the shipping reimbursement usually leaves you with a little profit.

Every 75 cent book you sell will add to your feedback reputation, which will help you to sell *more* books and which will help you to sell the higher priced books in your inventory.

Also, the most important thing for me, is that selling the books, even at such a small profit, gets them out of my house and into someone else’s house – someone who wanted to read the book, anyway & who was looking for a bargain. I don’t mind helping out with that kind of system. And, I appreciate it, myself, when I’m on the buying end of the transaction.

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eBay owns Paypal which can be used by buyers to purchase whatever you are selling on eBay. You can open a Paypal account which will need a bank account so you can move funds from Paypal to your checking account. If you have a checking account already, that will be sufficient.

You will need a credit card in order to sell on eBay. eBay charges you to list your products and complete any transaction.

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That’s exactly it.
They get one valid one and then they make a million copies.
Retailers are very hip to this and will reject what they call “internet coupons” for very high cost items like a pound of coffee or a whole 18 pound Butterball.
Manufacturers will create very specific certificates that are of heavier stock than regular “print out of your printer” coupons.
Most of those coupons on Ebay are fakes, and stores are cracking down on this by detaining people who try and use them by calling the cops and trying to get them arrested for fraud.

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the free shipping may be provided if the seller is a power seller (strong seller) and has cost effective delivery methods to certain destinations.

often there is a cap where the seller performs unlimited shipping for a fixed price

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Well you could try referring to it as a battery fix. The name is most likely whats setting off the red flag. Also you could try selling it on Amazon.com

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Host your pics at Photobucket and use HTML tags in the item description.