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Establishing a Niche Market on eBay

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:16:44 +0000

There are a number of ways to make money on the Internet. One of those ways is using the eBay marketplace to showcase your wares. But, just because you offer products doesn’t mean the customers will be beating down your virtual door. Learn how to establish your market and bring the customers to you in order to reach your success potential with eBay.

5 eBay Selling Tips

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:32:01 +0000

There has been a lot of nonsense written about eBay. Some experts will tell you that because eBay gives you access worldwide to offer your goods for sale it is relatively an easy way to make money. This is a misconception it is no easier to sell on eBay that anywhere else. You will need to develop a professional approach if you want to maximize your profits.

Get a Free copy of Auction Map Success

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:24:43 +0000

I am sure that you have seen or heard newspaper, television and radio stories of people who have made a lot of money from selling things on eBay. It is not unusual to read about people who have gone from nothing to making heaps on money each and every week through selling items on the online auction site.
Perhaps you have even been tempted to try yourself and see if it really is as easy as it appears. The answer to that question is yes and no. You have only got to look at the number of power sellers that there are on eBay. To be a power seller means that until recently you had to be selling consistently over £750 or more a month. To be a Platinum Powerseller the turnover has to be in excess of £15,000 a month. So there is no doubt that people are reaching these levels of sales and in many much higher. This at least shows that it is possible.
Many of these powersellers had no intention of setting up a business, whether full or part time when they started. Many just wanted to get rid of few surplus items from around their homes and discovered how easy and what fun eBay selling could be. Now there are over 100,000 people who claim eBay is either their whole or primary source of income. When you think about it this is hardly surprising.
Other than selling online can you think of any other business where you do not need premises, staff or many of the other costly overheads that go with running your own business? Because of the low overheads there are many eBay sellers making a larger annual profit than many bricks and mortar businesses. It is also no exaggeration to say that many standard retail businesses have only managed to stay in business by using eBay as a secondary sales outlet.
Perhaps it would be rash to give up your job and launch an eBay business straight away. There is no reason why you cannot start on a part time basis and build your business up in your spare time. This is how many power sellers started.
You can start your business from anywhere in the world and sell a wide range of products. However, the chances of building a business that relies purely on eBay sales are not that good. There are signs that both eBay and the public are tiring of the online auction format and more and more items are being sold using the “buy it now” fixed price option. This does not mean that eBay does still offer a great opportunity for you to develop a low cost start up business.
What you should be looking to do is to start by selling items on eBay and then building on other online marketing methods to make your business grow. If you want to discover how to do this there is a free course that will show you the way.
The Map- A guide to eBay Success was created by the first Ever eBay Entrepreneur of the Year. This course Integrates Internet Marketing with eBay selling. It Is unique In that It teaches you dozens of business models you can use to earn multiple streams of income.
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Selling on eBay - Are you ready to deliver?

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:59:22 +0000

Having placed an item up for sale on eBay, watched the biding go up and up and finally close the excitement is over. Shortly you will receive a cheque or Paypal will let you know they have the successful bidder’s payment and it will be time for you to ship the item. This can be the most time consuming part of the whole selling process.
If you get this wrong it could lead to a request for a refund and badly affect your feedback. Here are some suggestions to help this part of the process go smoothly.

How to bid on online Auctions

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:51:31 +0000

Online auctions, eBay in particular, are very good places to discover bargains for a wide range of products. Whether you are looking for the latest i phone or some antiques or collectibles you are likely to find them available in online auctions.

5 Tips for work at home eBay sellers

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:47:40 +0000

There are many good reasons why working at home can be a good idea. It can be ideal for moms who want to be home when their children get back from school. It can also be a good idea for people who for one reason or another are confined to their homes. Selling items on eBay is a business that can make an excellent work from home business. However, if you decide that this is for you then you are going to have to set down some strict rules.

Spoonfeeder shuts down

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:08:22 +0000

I received an email yesterday from Sponfeeder the listing tool and photo hosting service. They announced that with immediate effect they were closing down and could no longer support their software. Spoonfeeder owner Gene Chandler has subsequently said that the problems were cause d by their failure to resecure a new loan on their commercial property.

Currently there are somewhere between one and two thousand regular users of the software and possibly up to 14,000 casual users. Most users appear to be based in the USA but it is believed that there are UK users of the software. Anyone who is using this software should change their eBay listings as soon as possible.
eBay Boy has to pay just £1

Twenty two year old Phillip Shortman, 22 who is currently serving a 30 month prison sentence for online fraud after having fleeced eBay buyers of over £100,000 was today order to repay £1 or face a further 7 days in jail.
He was back in court facing a recovery order for £7,000. However, he has spent all the money that he cheated people out of and has no funds. This left the court little choice but to settle for a nominal pound. However, in the future if Shortman should ever have any assets then he could be bought back o court for recovery action. A police spokesman said the “the best chance of anyone getting their money back is if Shortman should win the lottery”.

12 Points of Comparison - eBay and Amazon

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:19:56 +0000

Think of any situation, and there are likely pros and cons. The same is true when deciding whether to expand your sales to Amazon. The fact is, neither eBay nor Amazon can claim to be the best across the board nowadays.

EBay.co.uk Spring Changes

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:35:10 +0000

Ebay.co.uk have given more details of the changes that they are implementing this Spring. Currently, international listings are only displayed on the US or Canadian site when there are either a limited number of similar items being sold, or if the buyer chooses to search using the parameters “Location: Worldwide”. This is the case even if sellers have said that they will dispatch the item worldwide.

From 29th March sellers will be able to purchase a listing upgrade that will enhance their visibility in the general search results for fixed price listings on eBay.com and eBay.ca. At the moment, this is available for auction-style listings only.

To qualify to get a listing upgrade a seller must have
A minimum of 10 Positive Feedback.
An eBay account that is in good standing.
A PayPal account and be PayPal Verified.
Meet the selling requirements of eBay.com.

eBay have now also announced details of the new lower powerseller sales requirements. To become a powerseller you will need a minimum of 100 UK & IE transactions per 12 months/minimum UK & IE sales volume of 2000 pounds per 12 months. At the same time, it will raise the minimum performance standard for selling on the site by instituting a maximum number of low ratings.

A new maximum postage and shipping charge is being applied to the Clothing and Shoes categories. The maximum that can be charged from 29th March will be £4 Clothing and £6 shoes.

Easier to Become a Power Seller?

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:41:10 +0000

eBay have just announced that it is lowering the sales level needed to reach Power Seller status with effect from April. They claim this will more sellers to receive the discounts and benefits of having the status of being power sellers. In conjunction with this the minimum performance standard of selling on eBay will be raised. This eBay say will l help ensure a consistently high level of service across the entire marketplace and will continue to help deliver sellers with the highest buyer traffic and conversion rates online.

No doubt more details will follow.

eBay Selling – Think like the supermarkets.

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:57:34 +0000

In this article I am going to put forward a very simple and profitable business plan that will help you make money initially selling products on eBay. What I suggest you do is to take a leaf out of the supermarkets that attract the customers to their store with reduced priced loss leaders.

EBay Buyers –What are your rights?

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:49:13 +0000

There is a lot of confusion about exactly what rights you have when you buy something through eBay. Of course nearly every major country has some form of consumer rights laws but these do not always apply when buying from a private individual or across International borders.

Could your business benefit from being on eBay?

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:47:39 +0000

In these financially troubled times many small businesses are looking for ways to expand their markets and increase turnover. It is not surprising that many see eBay as an opportunity to do just that. After all eBay is one of the largest online retail sites with over 180 million buyers annually.

Ebays Profits Grow

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:49:15 +0000

eBay’s fourth quarter results have led to an 8% jump in their stock value. Partly due to the Christmas sales rush, the sale of Skype and the performance of Paypal eBay have seen their net income rise to $1.4 billion.

Paypal has definitely been the Jewel in the Crown of eBay this last year. Its total payment volume has passed the $20 billion in the last quarter. It has 81 million active accounts, is in 190 countries and supports 24 currencies.

Meg Whitman, the former CEO of eBay has just injected another $20 million into her campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in California.. She's written a book about her experiences called The Power of Many: Values for Success in Business and in Life. AS the person who took eBay from a small Internet company to an $8 billion global giant what she has to say will be worth reading.

We are also sad to report that Meg Whitman’s 89 year old mother recently died. Auctionline offers its condolences.

Changes to start time of scheduled listings

eBay are making some small changes to better manage their listing traffic. From 19 January, the start time of a scheduled listing may be delayed by up to 15 minutes from the original scheduled time. If a listing is delayed, the end time for that listing will also be delayed by the same period of time so that listings will have the correct time exposure in search results.
Listings which are not scheduled in advance will not be affected by this change.

Can eBay save itself?

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:44:30 +0000

A couple of years ago very few people would have expected Amazon to outperform the giant of online selling eBay but that is just what is happening now. Last October Amazon had over 54 million unique visitors compared with eBay’s 50 million. This was the first time Amazon went ahead in the race for traffic.
But it is not only in the amount of traffic that eBay is falling behind. They are getting very low customer satisfaction ratings. In a recent survey only 13% surveyed gave eBay as their answer to the question “which site gives the best shopping experience” which is 14% down from a similar survey last March. In the same survey Amazons positive response went up from 36% to 65%.