Who Uses Ebay and Why
eBay is the number one international market place for all types of products over the Internet. eBay is an online retailer or ‘e-tailer’ that offers people the opportunity to sell and buy goods online. The site charges a commission on sales as well as a charge for listing. eBay typically works through an auction model – i.e. items are auctioned to the highest bidder. The seller can also specify a price below which the item cannot be purchased. You can find almost anything on eBay, and a large proportion of online shoppers know about this website.
eBay is used mostly by small start up businesses, many of which operate from home. There are a number of success stories on eBay, since it enables people to set up a small business and grow it into an online shop. There are actually businesses making millions of dollars, all through their eBay store. The typical success story runs like this: a regular person, just like you and me, looking for a great product, hits on one either on his own or through an eBay search for the hottest items. He finds a source for it and puts it up for auction on eBay. As his sales grow, he sets up a shop on eBay and uses the item listings on eBay to drive traffic to his site. This can be antiques, designer bag replicas, DVDs, almost anything. The market is virtually limitless.
The reason for the popularity of eBay is the convenience and cost savings. You can start from your own home, with absolutely no investment – you don’t even have to give up your day job. Further, due to its wide network, eBay can give your products and your online business much needed visibility for a small cost. The amount of effort and money you would expend on marketing for even an online business, to create awareness for your product, would be much greater. A huge Internet population shops here, so it’s like having your product on display at the biggest department store in the world, except that it would be much easier for a buyer to find it.
Further, people who sell on eBay claim that it is a large, helpful community that will enable you to learn from your peers and grow as an online business owner. There is an eBay University, chat rooms and forums for members to interact and educate themselves through others’ experiences. Also, since you have not invested much, there is room to make mistakes and learn as you grow.
eBay has all the technology in place that helps you to have your own online business, without the hassles and knowledge required to run a site. It is a very user friendly site and makes the buyer’s experience comfortable, which is important for your online business. For instance, eBay has features that allow a buyer to place a maximum bid on an item and automatically monitor the activity on the item till bidding closes. So selling is made that much easier for you on eBay.
William King
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Who here uses ebay when buying stuff online?
i’ve never but i might try. my mum thinks ebay is a waste of time and i shouldn’t buy from there she says anyone could be selling it without a licence to.
Is it good to buy stuff off ebay?
I have bought many times from E-bay and I’ve never had a bad buying experience.
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its safe and reliable, ive bought tons of dvds, some are from companys and are still in the packet. ebays good you should try it
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Ive bought tons of eBay, it all depends on what you are wanting to buy to be honest. If you are looking at designer stuff then, well maybe eBay isn’t your best place. Don’t get me wrong lots of the stuff on there will be genuine but there are some people promising authenticity when they know full well its fake.
Never the les i love eBay
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Well i always use ebay its cheap
useful
easy
and a bunch of other things but if you start to bu y from ebay then check the sellers feedback just in case 🙂
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not me
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I’ve bought about 12 things off of ebay, so I think it’s ok.
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Be careful.
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Yea I’ve used it for years, as long as the person has good feedback you shouldnt have any problems, don’t pick anybody with lots of negatives or someone who has 0 feedback
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I’ve brought tons of stuff off ebay, only ever had 1 problem out of like 500!
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Safe, Reliable, Quick
Just look at their feedback and buyers comments.
Amazing Deals.
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Own Experience
i’ve bought stuff from ebay for years and i’ve only ever had one bad experience which ended up with me loosing £8 i think but they have gotten more secure on there now, this was years ago. i love ebay, its usually cheap, easy and has great stuff on there which sometimes you wouldn’t find in stores like i just got a hair bow like Lady Gaga’s for a fancy dress party which i have been searching for ages and have only found in like £36 in stores, for £15 😀
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I’ve bought and sold on Ebay for over 5 years, and i’ve had some real bargains, brand new items for a few £s, your Mum is very wrong!!!
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I buy and sell on Ebay, you don’t need a licence to sell on Ebay, but if selling new goods then you have to register as a business.. Also you have to be 18 and over.
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i buy & sell on ebay.. have bought lots of stuff from a few bucks to several hundred to several thousand $$… you really just need to look at WHO you are buying from.. there are 100% honest people selling there & jerks & dishonest people.. i buy from jerks there only if it is a very basic item that requires no customer service & highly unlikely anything will be wrong with it, such as a power cord for a printer that i dont need very soon… otherwise, something like a electric piano i would definately want a NONjerk & 100% honest seller… so how do you know what kind of seller they are?? 1st is feedback, i NEVER buy from anyone with less than 99% positive feedback, 2nd is "power sellers" may be honest but have terrible customer service because they do not have the time for it, 3rd is most sellers from california who list several items are also jerks with terrible service & communication… i do & have bought from cali sellers, but only when i dont need it right away & when picture pretty much says what i am getting (i.e. a hubcap or doorknob)… outside the usa, i can say i have always had good experience buying from & selling to UK & Australia & Canada, but not so good anywhere else (not all bad, just too much bad elsewhere)..
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