| An eBay Tutorial - 3 Big Tips To Make Your eBay | | | | writing) and the benefits are astronomical! |
| Experience More Profitable | | | | 2.) Choose the right category - Buyers search and |
| In a March 26, 2010 article, The Wall Street Journal | | | | find your items by the titles that you give them. |
| reported that "Personal income in 42 states fell in | | | | Keywords are just what their name implies, KEY! In |
| 2009" and if your like those of us at my house | | | | your title you want to put as many keywords in as |
| (struggling to keep groceries in the pantry and the | | | | you possibly can. For example: if you have an old |
| bills caught up) you might be thinking of parting with | | | | Barbie, circa 1973, laying around with bell bottoms and |
| some of that old stuff in the closet or basement | | | | a tie-dyed t-shirt outfit, (boy those were the days) |
| that you haven't worn or messed with for 3 or 4 | | | | it's been through 3 generations, and it's none the |
| years, like that old stereo with the turn table or that | | | | worst for the ware. You could list it in the Doll |
| Marlboro Man coat from your college days. eBay | | | | category. Then, for the title call it Vintage, Collectible, |
| might just be the source of your next car payment | | | | 1973, Hippie, Barbie Doll. Now, it will show up in the |
| or your doorway to a new vocation. | | | | following searches: BARBIE VINTAGE BARBIE |
| Now, it may seem simple to open an account, put up | | | | VINTAGE BARBIE DOLLS COLLECTIBLE BARBIE |
| a picture of your item, write a quick description, | | | | DOLLS HIPPIE BARBIE DOLLS 1973 BARBIE DOLLS |
| collect your money, and mail your item to the buyer, | | | | and 1973 VINTAGE BARBIE DOLLS I think you get |
| but more often than not it's not quite that simple. | | | | the idea. |
| Having been there myself, I'm going to share with | | | | 3.) Make a short movie of your item - A picture is |
| you 3 things that will help you be more successful | | | | worth a thousand words and a movie is worth, well |
| and therefore profitable. After all, that is the point of | | | | who knows how many? eBay allows one photograph |
| this exercise isn't it? | | | | to be posted with your description for your basic fee |
| Well, here we go: | | | | but additional pictures cost extra. They do however |
| 1.) Offer multiple forms of payment - Accepting | | | | allow a link to a short video of your item to be |
| checks and money orders is fine but running the risk | | | | included in your description at no additional cost! "But |
| of returned checks is a pretty high risk and waiting | | | | I don't have a digital movie camera" I hear you |
| for the check to clear before shipping is kind of off | | | | protest. Not to worry, most of us have a digital |
| putting to a potential buyer. Most of the sellers on | | | | camera that we've bought in the last 4 or 5 years. |
| eBay offer PayPal. This service allows you to accept | | | | Nearly all but the cheapest of these have the |
| credit and debit card purchases without having a | | | | capacity to shoot a short 1 or 2 minute movie; even |
| merchant account. Not only that, but "PayPal provides | | | | some of the cell phones have that feature now! |
| coverage to U.S. account holders for eligible | | | | So get out in that garage or down in the basement |
| transactions in the event of an unauthorized payment | | | | and find that thing that will bring in a few extra bucks |
| or item-not-received claims, chargebacks, and | | | | this month. "One man's trash is another man's |
| reversals". (paypal.com) The cost of this service is | | | | treasure" has never been more true since eBay came |
| negligible, only about 3% of a sale if you have less | | | | along. |
| than $3,000 in sales per month, (at the time of this | | | | |