eBay
101: Everything You Need To Know To Get Started Today
Greg is an eBay expert who
makes a nice living listing auctions on the site, but when he first started out
he was only selling unwanted stuff from his garage. He says his family and
friends used to laugh at him… until they found out how much he was making. Now
they bring over their unwanted stuff for Greg to sell online as well.
Greg is what’s known as a
PowerSeller, which means he consistently sells more than $1,000 in merchandise
on eBay a month. And the most amazing part is that he does it from a small town
in the middle of nowhere. So you know if he can do it, you can do it too. And in
this two-part interview, he shares everything you need to know to get started
today.
Part One: The Basics
According to Greg, if eBay
were at all hard, millions of people wouldn’t be buying and selling stuff on the
site every day. In fact, he says the hardest part about selling on eBay is
taking pictures of your items. And in Part One, you’ll hear all the basic steps
including…
- Exactly how eBay works and the
best ways to get your feet wet
- All about Paypal – why people use
it and how
- How to edit and crop your
pictures for eBay
- Easy ways to know what category
to list your items in
- How to write attention-grabbing
titles for your auctions – and what to leave out of them as well
- How to make sure your auctions
end at a good time – and why you’ll probably want to cater to the eastern
time zones
- Why Greg recommends you wait
until the auction ends to wrap items up for shipping
- Greg’s golden idea that just
about guarantees his items will go for top dollar
Part Two: Shipping Is Not As
Hard As It Seems
If you’re like most people,
you may feel intimidated to sell on eBay because you think shipping is going to
be a hassle. Maybe you wonder what will happen if someone claims they didn’t
receive a package or, worse, if an item breaks in the mail. According to Greg,
shipping is easier than you think, but you will want to make sure you go the
extra mile to protect yourself against lost or broken items. And in Part Two,
you’ll hear how to do that along with some quick and easy ways to simplify the
whole shipping process including…
- An easy cheat-sheet for knowing
the best ways to ship any item
- How to ship glassware and other
fragile items – and get them there in one piece
- Where and how to get the cheapest
shipping supplies around
- When to use USPS for the cheapest
rates and when you may want to look elsewhere
- Why you should always get
delivery confirmation – and what can happen if you don’t
- How to know what to charge for
shipping
- How Paypal protects you against
fraud – so long as you do this when you mail out your items
eBay may seem intimidating at
first, but Greg says not to worry – if you can send and receive emails and look
at web pages, you can succeed at eBay. And in this interview, you’ll hear
exactly how easy it is.
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