Auction Power Guide

Right to start of I am 17years old male and have been told I’m a bright fella, but after finishing college in February this year I have found it extremely difficult to find work, and i mean pretty much any kind of work.

Have you got any advice for improving my chances (and anyone else who reads this) of finding work, apart from the ‘Just keep applying for jobs’ as I’ve been told that so many times by people I’ve lost count.

And just one more question, are there any statistics out about how many people aged between 16-20 are currently out of work?

I had similar problems in the 1980s and early 90s in Scotland and i was a similar age,as there was a long economic downturn in the Glasgow area when all of the industry shut down and there were no jobs whatsoever and especially if you were young,inexperienced and perhaps did not have the qualifications….im not going to say it was easy or it will be for you but first of all you have to stay positive…

Make up a C.V of your qualifications,skills and work experience
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Do not stay up late watching tv every night/video games etc
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Get up early every morning after a good nights sleep.

Have a good breakfast and get out there wherever you may be.

Do any job available,or enquire about it.being in a job ,leads to another job and any job pays £ and it doesent matter what job you do as long as you earn money honestly.

Approach employers on spec,this means you just go somewhere such as an industrial estate and walk in to a factory and speak to the reception,or manager and ask them if they are looking for anyone either full or part time.

visit your jobcentre 3 times a week and you can apply for jobs on the jobpoint and have free usage of their phones to call the jobs.

Ask any employers if they are willing to take you on as an apprenticeship,..such as an apprentice butcher,joiner,plumber,bricklayer,mechanich,electrician,heating engineer etc etc etc..in many cases the government will fund your apprentice ship by paying the employer so they dont have to pay so much towards your training and trades always require apprentices even during recessions.

Perhaps think about going back to college and learning more skills,or gaining even more qualifications..its better to be learning something and doing something than wasting your life and qualifications and training will pay you back eventually.

work for betterware selling household prducts.

put up and advert in your local supermarkets/shops advertising dog walker…you could charge people for taking theit dog/dogs for walks and exercise and toilet , say £6/£7,per half hour or hour it depends what you want to charge etc

start your own business on ebay.

buy and sell on ebay

sell stuff at car boot sales

wash cars for money

advertise in your local supermarket that you will tidy up around any graves/gravestones for a specific price,you would be surprised how many people like to look after such things but have no time

i wish you luck…stay positive

Market research – Yes that right! This is the first step, you need to research your market may be I would call “spy” before start selling. You should know what average price on the market, how popular for the product, how many competition seller are there. You may need some tools if you have a lot of product and have a huge selling per month. But you can use basic tool on eBay like watcher in my eBay panel and Advance search, it’s enough! One more tools is your feeling.

Find keywords and related

Ok now start Basic marketing research go to eBay click on advance search on the top right. I make an example I would like to sell an Xbox ok now I enter Xbox and click on search. Then see the results you will see relate keywords make note of that. It very important keywords is most of how to your customers found your products. Example for Xbox relates keywords is Xbox console, Xbox system, Xbox Game, Xbox 360 system etc. Remember keywords are the mostly important for online auction selling.

Find categories

Second chance how do they find your production is categories on your listing if you would like to sell Xbox but you list your product in shirts categories nobody would buy it at all. You have to choose your product to match with your categories before list your items, it the one of the best way to aim at the buyer target. To find categories form the first step on search result page you will see the suggest category by automatically. Then use one of category that you think it mostly match with your products. For Example if want to sell Xbox system I will sell at Video Games> Systems. If I want to sell Xbox wireless controller I will sell at Video Games> Accessories categories.

Find competitor

Select about 2-5 seller for spy and learn from they strategies Do not directly copy you will not make any deal if you follow they strategies because many of reason like feedback may be that you do it will help them to make more selling because customers has same product to compare. You should make you own way but learn from them use strong side and improve weakness side. Ok what you should really do find production to same to you or similar from two group of seller first from power seller and one seller that have a lot of bidder then watch of they listing product. From power seller you would watch time of listing, listing period like 3 days 7 days that upon product, listing frequency, start price, average ending price, picture etc. From many of bidder seller you would suggest how could do they bring many bidder to they auctions mostly is from cutting price but not all, some make free shipping etc. Use that strategies with power seller strategies and mix it together. If you can’t not find any relate seller that similar with your product you may lucky if you are the first man of the market and customers want you product it will be the incredible fortune.

Calculating

After you find 3 things for now you would got a lot of information. And now start calculation how much for buy and sell price. Don’t for get eBay listing Fee and Final Fee. Shipping price, payment methods and transaction fee. I highly recommended to using Paypal for major accept payment you would accept cashier’s check and money order for some of buyer. You may say transaction Fee and auctions listing Fee is a bit of money Yes, you right but imagine if you have a lot of sell it will not a bit of money at all all of any fee is important calculate it carefully.

Goal and Analytic

Plan your Goal before you start selling. How many products you will sell per weeks or month how much for profit per each, per month analyze from information that you got before. Then start selling be follow your plan and enjoy.

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I am a part time seller on eBay. Just for a little extra spending cash. I have placed stuff for sale on eBay such as dvds and video games and nobody is even watching my items, much less a bid. I have 100% feedback and I have a good track record. My listing is simple and to the point and I don’t threaten potential bidders on the listing with words, such as "no new buyers" or threaten to cancel auctions as some sellers do. I start bidding low, and I have cheap shipping. So what is the deal.? It seems I have to lose money in order to make a sale or practically give away the item for free at .99 cents. I can not give people free merchandise. People would rather bid on other peoples auctions who charge a hefty amount, then bid on my items. I am tired of this and tired of paying listing fees to list items that never sell. eBay shouldn’t charge any fees, unless the item is sold and paid for first.

I think with the economy tanking, people in general have less spending money, or are spending less, in case they need it in the near future if they get laid off.