Any seller serious about creating a long-lasting profitable business will realize the importance of finding a good wholesale source.
Unfortunately, it isn’t the super-quick task most people would like it to be. Wholesalers aren’t exactly squabbling over sellers; indeed, most don’t make any effort at all to attract small to medium size businesses. Why? Because they [...]
Your eBay reputation is everything you are on eBay - without it, you’re nothing. Your reputation is worth as much as every sale you will ever make.
If you’ve ever bought anything on eBay (and the chances are you have), then think about your own behaviour. Buying from a seller with a low feedback rating makes [...]
Being a seller is a lot of responsibility, and sometimes you might feel like you’re not doing everything you should be. This simple checklist will help you keep on top of things.
1. Have you found out everything you possibly could about your items? Try typing their names into a search engine - you might find [...]
It’s surprisingly simple to get started posting your very first auction on eBay. Here’s what you need to do.
Step 1: Open an eBay seller’s account at www.eBay.com
If you’ve bought things on eBay, then you already have an account - just log in with it and click ‘Sell’ in the toolbar at the top of the [...]
Do you have trouble in understanding when people talk about eBay, sometimes? Don’t worry, some of the jargon is really obscure, and you can’t be expected to understand it until someone has told you what it means. Here’s a little list of some of the most useful lingo to know, but you don’t need to [...]
While you can sell most things on eBay, quite a few things are banned. If you try to sell any of these things then eBay will remove your auction and all bids will be void.
Here is eBay’s full list of prohibited or questionable items you must take note of in order to stay out of [...]
Over the years, eBay has introduced all sorts of different auction types, in an effort to give people more options when they buy and sell their things on eBay.
For every seller who doesn’t like the idea that their item might sell for a far lower price than they intend, there’s another who wants to shift [...]
eBay shocked the internet marketing world when it recently announced that it would no longer allow the sale of digital download products. This move effectively shuts down an income stream for many sellers of eBooks, softwares, and digital videos that relied on the instant download support provided by eBay.
Many sellers of information products see [...]
Looking for Wholesale Suppliers? Try SaleHoo!
Ever wondered where top eBay auction sellers source their stock from? SaleHoo is one of the leading wholesale portals on the internet and is a great place to start your wholesale product sourcing!
SaleHoo is home to a private wholesale forum with over 20,000 registered users and over 1000 unique wholesale [...]
So you’ve decided that you want to get started as a seller on eBay. There are a few things that you really need to know before you go and throw yourself in at the deep end.
What to Sell
First off, you need to know what it is you’re going to sell: what’s your specialty? You’ll do [...]
If you’ve ever read an article about eBay, you will have seen the kinds of incomes people make - it isn’t unusual to hear of people making thousands of dollars per month on eBay.
Next time you’re on eBay, take a look at how many PowerSellers there are: you’ll find quite a few. Now consider that [...]
Yes, you read that correctly: Ten years….
eBay was created in September 1995, by a man called Pierre Omidyar, who was living in San Jose. He wanted his site - then called ‘AuctionWeb’ - to be an online marketplace, and wrote the first code for it in one weekend. It was one of the first websites [...]
In this video interview eBay consultant Allison Hartsoe explains how to use the Terapeak research tool to assess overall sales for a category or product and determine average sales price, so that you can determine net sales costs and whether product sales on eBay will be profitable for your company.
Interview by Dr. Ralph Wilson of [...]
eBay consultant Allison Hartsoe offers several tips to help sellers optimize sales on eBay. eBay Pulse displays popular keywords that should be included in product titles. The volume of products listed in eBay’s core auction area determines one’s sales growth potential. Don’t pay optional listing fees except for ‘gallery.’ Detailed Seller Ratings (DSRs) affect both [...]
The year 2008 is the year of huge changes and overhaul at eBay. This will definitely shake
things up, bring in a slew of changes that will change the way you do business.
All these changes have left a lot of eBay sellers reeling. Here are some information you
may need to help you sort through it all.
1. [...]
If you’re a seller at eBay you’ll definitely want to visit Auctiva.com, a company founded in 1998 by Jeff Schlicht to help expedite the eBay listing process.
Auctiva is eBay’s largest third-party Certified Solutions provider. Auctiva gives small
merchants the power of large corporations by helping them build their brands, merchandise
their products, and sell efficiently through [...]
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