Top 10 eBay Tips for September
by Adam Ginsberg
The eBay phenomenon is truly incredible. eBay has spawned countless individual and small business success stories—the company estimates that more than 724,000 people in the U.S. make most or all of their income through its auctions. Today, more than ever, entrepreneurs use eBay as a low-risk way to test the market for their product. Learn more
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List Your Item The Wrong Way And Your eBay Auctions Will Fail
by O. Montag
It is a sad fact that most first time sellers have one thing in common; they fail in their auctions. Many of them fail time and time again, never understanding what is going wrong with their listing. They do hours of research looking for the perfect item to sell, get the auction set up, and wait for the bidding to begin. Learn more
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Taxing eBay Part Deux
by Tim Knox
Several folks argued that just because their little eBay hobby generated a little cash, that didn’t make it a full blown business. It seems they consider the income from their little hobby to be financial manna from Heaven and thereby not taxable by earthly tax collectors. I’ve always been amused by folks who try to impress me with talk about their “little side business” but when the subject turns to taxes they suddenly refer to it as “my little hobby.” Learn more
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4 Steps to eBay Affiliate Success
by Anthony Samuel
Getting started with the eBay affiliate program is as simple as 4 easy steps. eBay knows you have a business to run, so they have created a step-by-step guide to see you down the road of success. With the eBay Affiliate Program, you could bring in an extra $25,000 a month, as well as gain access to many tools and strategies that will optimize the working of your website, its effectiveness with search engines and on the Web in general. Getting started in a successful venture has never been so easy. Learn more
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Selling Digital Downloads Via eBay Classifieds Is Still A Crap Shoot
by Tim Knox
Last week I told you that eBay had decided to ban the sale of digital downloads via its traditional auction system. This means that digital media sellers will have to deliver their goods via CDs or DVDs, or post them for sale on the eBay Classified system. This week I'm hearing from lots of folks who have tried to post sales to the eBay Classifieds only to be denied the privilege of doing so or having the ad cancelled by eBay for policy violations that no one - not even eBay staffers - seem to understand. Once again eBay has everyone confused and upset. Same stuff, different day. Learn more
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What Else Belongs on Your eBay Shipping Box?
by Kirsten Hawkins
The quickest answer I feel I should give to this question is this: not your handwriting! Scrawling addresses on boxes with a pen is extremely amateurish, and you shouldn’t do it. Print your own labels instead. But what should you put on them? Learn more
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eBay Title Writing Tips
by Kirsten Hawkins
Trying to be help your buyers find your auctions can be a truly daunting task. Most people only search eBay by title, not by description, and that means that you only have those 55 characters of the title to cover all the possible search terms. That’s not easy. In this email, I’ll give you a few pointers. Learn more
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How eBay Consignment Centers Work
by Kirsten Hawkins
You might not ever have heard of eBay consignment centers - don’t worry, most people haven’t, as they’re a relatively new concept. The idea is that you drop off anything you want sold, and then the consignment center will sell it for you and share the profits. Learn more
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Top eBay Business Secrets Revealed
by Jason James
Ten million - let me say that number again - ten million people visited the eBay website last month. With everything from online auctions to dropshipping opportunities, the eBay business website has something for everyone. If you are thinking about joining in on the hysteria and trying to make your fortune with an eBay business of your own, here are some of the best things you can do to maximize your chances for success.
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Ten Sure Fire Ways To Lose Bidders
by Steven Woodward
When you realize the cost of placing an auction includes everything from auction site fees, cost of electricity, internet access, your time, and other auction management issues and expenses, why is it that many auction sellers lose bidders they’ve worked so hard, and spent so much money to get to their auctions, by making easy to fix mistakes? Learn more
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