Auction Power Guide

i have an account already on ebay and have been buying stuff for 3 months on there i think. i want to start selling on there and i would sign up for paypal using my debit card. after i sign up for paypal what do i do to start selling on ebay?

btw, how much does ebay take away from you when you sell something? or when do they take away money and how much?

Read the "how to start selling" tutorial on Ebay would be my advice. There is a lot you need to learn and easy mistakes to avoid making. The sellers fees are listed clearly there, it depends on your starting price, whether you use Buy It Now or auction format etc. You may have to pay an insertion fee? Definitely a Final Value Fee (depends on the final selling price) and a fee to Paypal for accepting a payment. Bear these things in mind when selling :-

See how much similar items are selling for by "watching" one in My Ebay and check after the auction ends. It might not be worth your while bothering for low value items once the fees are paid.

Take a really good clear photograph to upload, don’t copy off the internet.

Weigh the item in its packaging before you work out the P&P, packaging can weigh heavy.

Heavy items do not sell well, people won’t pay a fortune for P&P so think before you sell esp. books which can be quite heavy.

Describe any defects/faults in full it saves having to issue a refund later on to an unhappy buyer.

Always get proof of posting stamped at the post office (this is free, not the same as registered post) because buyers can sometimes turn round and say an item never arrived. If you can scan/email proof of posting to them and have a clear refund policy stated on the auction this takes the wind out of their sales.

Always send expensive items by registered post only, choose that option from the list and sort out how much this is before you list the item.

Good communication is the key on Ebay, communicate with your buyers, answer questions promptly and keep them informed when you post the item.

I want to sell some items on ebay but I don’t know how. Also I want to know what PAY PAL is all about. How does it work or how would I receive my payment??? Also what are some strategies to make the most out of my sale? Please help me with some advice. Thanks!

Ok…. To start slow…. Ebay is a great place to sell things. its better to start as a buyer and learn get a feel for the site. First, go on to ebay and type in the BUY section what it is you want to sell. this should give you an idea of how much it will sell for. take some nice pics. now you are ready.

now go to the item similar and on the right side under where it says WATCH THE ITEM it says SELL SIMILAR i do not like to do Buy it Now when I sell, so chose the standard auction format. if its a videogame or a movie do a 5 day auction. if its a cell phone or a camera a 3 day is fine. if its anything else you should really check out how good of shape it is in and decide if its worth your time. ebay will do a good job of walking you thru. Make sure the pics you are putting in are clear and not too big as far as pixels go. ALWAYS use the Gallery feature.

Be honest in your listing, mention you have not had the item long. etc. etc. etc. tell the story of how you got it and why its for sale. the story sells the item. be brief, though.

You must sign up with paypal first. its the safest way to pay and receive payment. go to www.paypal.com and sign up, have your banking info ready. it will take about 3-4 days to verify your checking account, but it is worth it. you can then use paypal for other things too, like wireing money for FREE. Paypal payments are received immediately to your paypal account and deducted immediately from your checking. money in your paypal acct can be used to pay for items on ebay or can easily be transferred to the afore mentioned verified checking acct.

happy selling, and remember to check peoples ratings!!!!

When I sell something on Ebay, it only allows me to have auction for 10 days, which cost an extra 40 cents. I noticed that some people have auctions for like 15-30 days, but yet only gives me the option to have auction for 10 days.

If you list the item with a Buy it Now price instead of an auction format you can have up to 30 days. This is really only useful for multiple items, say I have 20 dog leads, I list all 20 for one listing fee on a BIN price instead of individually and people buy them as they see them, no bidding involved. If happen to sell 19 leads then get some more before the last 1 is sold I can edit the auction and increase the amount for sale back up to 20 and pay no extra fee so then I will have sold 40 for one insertion fee price.

If you have just 1 item to sell it is better to use a bidding auction format. Most bidding auctions are won in the last 5 minutes no matter how long the auction runs for (no sensible bidder bids early it just bumps the price up) so there is no point having more than 10 days really? Your item will be at the end of the list at 10 days and I personally never scroll down more that 1 or 2 pages if I am intending to bid on an item.

Did you ever wonder what it takes to get onto eBay Pulse What type of Watch Count is necessary for an item to seem on an eBay Pulse page Ordinarily Watch Counts are private information, on the market only to the seller of the item in question and eBay Client Assistance. But with the support of specific computer software, you can (legitimately) lookup the Watch Count of most any eBay Pulse item — and most other items listed on eBay.

But wait — let me take a step back in case Im moving too rapid here…

You have been to eBay Pulse, perfect It is the location on eBay exactly where, amongst other factors, best-watched auctions are showcased for the rest of the globe to see. Auctions whove accumulated the most quantity of Watch This Item clicks bubble their way up to the Pulse page for their category, and possibly even to the most important eBay Pulse page. Such clicks act as votes of reputation for items, no matter if in famous Auction format or option listing formats such as Fixed-Cost or Classified Ad.

So what type of numbers (i.e. how most watchers) does a sellers item have to have to accrue to climb into the limelight on eBay Pulse As an eBay shopper or onlooker, possibly you are curious. If you are a seller, figuring out the Watch Count of Pulse items in your category can support you measure oneself up against your competition. I had a closer appear at Pulse applying an web based utility and here are some trends that I located on the eBay US web-site, as of this writing.

Best-watched auctions appear to get visible on the most important Pulse page past the 200-250 Watch Count range. And it is not uncommon to see items whove elicited more than 600 votes to seem there as properly. Naturally this can consistently modify as auctions come and go in the marketplace and as eBay tweaks its threshold criteria.

For a when there have been sellers whove made use of clever promoting approaches to accumulate watchers at an tremendously accelerated pace so that they can guarantee themselves placement on Pulse. They employ techniques that range from the benign click here to watch this auction links inside their auction listings to custom scripts that are probably made use of in violation of eBay policies. Lately eBay has cracked down on the latter, but when those auctions had been visible on Pulse they had inflated Watch Counts in the 100,000 range. Yup, that high.

Drilling down into specific Pulse categories, 1 can see figures that are a lot easier to fathom. The Tickets category tends to have items in the 100-200 range, while a celebrity event or hot football game can garnish Watch Counts above 400 or even in the 1,000 terrain. The Genuine Estate location tends to feature its most famous properties and land auctions at 200 , and more than in eBay Motors it is not uncommon to see 400 watchers on an auction, in particular for early- to mid-century Fords.

Seeking for a low-priced laugh Then head on more than to the Almost everything Else category exactly where you will acquire at the best of the list such in-demand items as a normal toothpick, empty bottle of laundry detergent, or a piece of mint candy — all supplied with zero cost shipping, of course. These festive sellers delight in showing off their inventive listing templates and quite often hope to make it on the 11 oclock news with their zany item (or entertaining listing), considerably like the seller who spotted an image of the Virgin Mary on their grilled cheese sandwich and sold it on eBay for US$28,000.00 back in 2004. These items grab numbers of active watchers across a broad spectrum, from unimpressive single-digit Watch Counts up to 10s of 1,000s in specific situations.

There are some other considerations that eBay appears to take into account when screening auctions for Pulse eligibility. These criteria are not disclosed, but Ive noticed that an items bid count and/or quantity of Get in touch with the Seller emails can play a role. Nevertheless, the Watch Count is the main ranking factor, and it can be enjoyable (and potentially lucrative too, if you are an eBay seller) to see the wide range of counts that eBay Pulse items can amass.