Let me read your mind for a moment...
The most common questions about selling on eBay
or the Internet are "What should I sell?"
and

"Where can I find products to sell?"

If that's what you are thinking I've got some
advice for you.

Don't fall into any of these mental traps while
researching your ideas:

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Best Regards

Steve H

All names have been changed or withheld for reason's of the individual's privacy.

Regards
Steve H

For media sellers there are smaller increases up from 10p to 20p per insertion but for regular sellers the new 30 day listing for 20p represents a 50% reduction.

There are also changes in the cost of Listing in eBay Shops.

Basic Shop 30 day listing 10p
Featured Shop 30 day listing 5p
Anchor Shop 30 day listing 1p

For our purposes, HTML simply means formatting the text in
your listings. HTML allows you to choose text colours, styles
like bold, underline, text size and much more.

You may or may not have heard of HTML before, but if you don't
use it on eBay for your listings, then you're losing out, big time.

HTML is essential for your eBay listings if you want to maximise
success. All the Powersellers use it, and so should you.

Listings that don't use HTML look terrible and amateurish and
put off potential customers.

Don't worry, it really is simple and quick to learn a few HTML
basics, but before I show you, let me give an example of what
HTML is.

Regards
Steve H

From 24th September, eBay.co.uk are revising their fees for Auction and Buy It Now listings, Shop subscriptions and for Gallery.

Free Gallery
We are happy to confirm that we are removing the fee for the Gallery listing upgrade (was 15p on eBay.co.uk and 20c on eBay.ie). This makes permanent the promotion that was due to end on 30th September 2008.

Regards
Steve H

We're making major improvements to the way Buy It Now and Shops work on eBay.co.uk. These changes will come into effect from September 24th 2008.

If you already own a Shop, list lots of Buy It Now items or want to grow your business, we strongly advise you find out more about these improvements and what you can do to make the most of them for your business.

Find out more about the changes: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/buyitnow08

Regards
Steve H

We are shortly going to be testing a new look and some features on the item details page (sometimes referred to as the View Item Page, and we wanted to let you know about the changes you can expect to see if you're part of the test group.

We've had lots of requests for bigger pictures and a more structured layout, and the new design directly meets those requests.

Regards
Steve H

We're delighted to announce a significant expansion of the protection offered to buyers and sellers when they use PayPal on eBay. These improvements will come into effect from October this year.

Buyers
Starting in October, eBay buyers will receive protection for the full value of their purchases (including postage) when they pay with PayPal. Currently, buyers are protected up to a maximum amount of £500. Find out more about buyer protection

Sellers
Also from October, all sellers will qualify for expanded seller protection against certain claims for fraudulent payments and item not received, regardless of whether they are a PowerSeller or not.

Regards
Steve H

We'd like to remind business sellers on eBay.co.uk that you should register as an eBay business now, if you haven't already done so.

The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 came into force in the UK on 26th May 2008. The regulations introduce a general duty not to trade unfairly and seek to ensure that traders act honestly and fairly towards their customers. It is a criminal offence in the UK for a business to falsely claim or create the impression that it is not acting for purposes relating to its trade, business, craft or profession or to falsely represent itself as a consumer.

Sellers who mislead potential buyers into thinking that they are a private individual when they are in fact a business seller (i.e. by not registering as a business seller with eBay) will be breaking the law.

Find out more about eBay.co.uk - the law and policies that affect you.

Business sellers on eBay.ie should note that the same offence also exists in Ireland (under the Consumer Protection Act 2007 - 1 May 2007). For more information, go to: eBay.ie - the law and policies that affect you

Regards,

The eBay Team

Regards
Steve H

PayPal is giving away a years worth of eBay insertion, final value and PayPal fees to one eBay seller every month, for the remainder of 2008.

For a chance to win, simply register at the A Year of Free Fees competition page and continue selling on eBay and accepting payments with PayPal.

Winners will have the value of their 2008 eBay insertion fees, eBay final value fees and PayPal fees refunded directly to their PayPal accounts.

For full details on how to enter for your chance to win free eBay and PayPal fees for 2008, visit the A Year of Free Fees competition page.

Regards,

The eBay Team

Regards
Steve H

Over the last couple of years, we've introduced a lot of changes in the marketplace and made significant progress in our fraud prevention efforts. We wanted to give you an overview of how our initiatives fit into an overall strategy.

Preventing fraud:

* We've made it harder for fraudsters to open new accounts by using stronger identity verification.
* We've worked with the likes of Yahoo! and Google to block phishing emails before they get to your inbox.
* Later this year, we'll prevent accounts from being taken over by requiring anyone attempting to list an item from an 'unknown' computer to go through identity confirmation.

Removing fraud visibility:

* We prevent items most favoured by fraudsters appearing in search immediately to give fraud detection algorithms and teams more time to detect fraud.
* In March 2008, we expanded the use of anonymised bidder IDs to all auction-style listings, resulting in a 90 per cent reduction in fake Second Chance Offers.
* In 2009, we'll prevent malicious content by controlling 'active' user-generated content in listings.

Ensuring safer transactions:

* We now require all sellers to accept PayPal and sellers of higher-risk items to accept PayPal only.
* Later this year, anonymous email forwarding via our secure member-to-member communication system will keep pre-sale communications safe on eBay and keeps buyers e-mail addresses anonymous and protected.� If you ever suspect that an email you receive isn't legitimate, forward it to us at spoof@ebay.com or spoof@paypal.com to help protect yourself and other members.

While we do all we can to make the marketplace as safe as possible, you also play an important role. Your community reports help us to clean up listings that slip through the cracks, so please report any fraudulent listings you see to help protect yourself and other members.

Regards,

The eBay Team

My apologies for not updating UK Auctionline site for a couple of weeks, but I have been having problems with the computer which hopefully have now all been resolved and normal service can be resumed. Thank you also to all the readers who have emailed me with their concerns, snippets, and articles for inclusion on the site. I will be actively perusing them and publishing as normal from now on.

Best Regards

Steve H

I thought you may like to take a look at this article sent to me by Andy Geldman - Site Editor
The Auction Software Review

Web: http://www.auctionsoftwarereview.com.

Great info if you can master the intricacies of video.
Regards
Steve H

Dan Wilson explains how eBay sellers can boost their business by using video in their auctions.

When you're a seller, success doesn't just depend on what you're selling. Customers also judge you by how you sell and the techniques you employ to engage and persuade them. In an eBay context, this means that quality listings with winning titles, great pictures and amazing descriptions are as vital as setting the right price. Indeed, better listings can often get higher prices than identical products from other sellers so it's essential to review your listings regularly to make sure they're working as hard as they possibly can for you.

The eBay marketplace is more crowded and competitive than ever before and, with the recent slew of changes, there's never been a better time to make sure you have an edge over your competitors. On eBay, even a small change to the way you display your items make the difference between a browser turning into a buyer or looking elsewhere.

Including a video in your eBay listings should be on your list of things to consider as you review your listings. Not only are videos easy to make and a quick way of connecting with buyers, they're also used by a relatively small number of sellers. According to research we've done at vzaar, fewer than 1% of listings include a video so it is an easy way of standing out from the crowd and clinching additional sales. Jack Fitzgerald of industryrecycles has been using videos in his listings for a few months and is convinced they are helping him attract business from his competitors: "Videos are attracting 43% more visitors and as a result are gaining us more bids and more sales. We have sold every item we have placed on eBay that contains video." Video is great for items that move or make a sound

Regards
Steve H

Earlier this year we made significant changes to the Feedback system to improve seller standards and give buyers even greater confidence and trust when buying on the site.� As a result we�ve already seen more sellers improving their standards, as measured by Detailed Seller Ratings, and fewer buyers reporting bad experiences.

At the same time we�ve heard concerns from sellers about key areas of Feedback.� Based on what you�ve told us, we�re making the following changes: