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eBay Selling Tips – Making Fast Money

December 20, 2009 by admin

Whenever I am asked ‘what is the quickest and easiest way to make money from home’ I often refer people to eBay.

Selling your stuff on eBay is easy, fast, you don’t need to spend money on advertising or know any fancy SEO (Search Engine Optimization) stuff and you don’t need any special computer skills.

All you need is a digital camera.

What I am going to share with you today are some of my best eBay selling tips that have help me sell more stuff on eBay for higher profits and faster.

Just quickly for the people who don’t know much about eBay, think of eBay as a giant garage sale or warehouse where absolutely anything can be brought or sold.

EBay get millions of visitors to their site every month and the best part about these visitors is that they are usually there for only one of two reasons. They are there to sell something or they are there with credit card in hand ready to buy something.

Now, just one more thing before I share with you the eBay selling tips that will make you mo’ money. When I refer people to eBay I commonly hear “I don’t have anything to sell” or “no one would want to buy my junk”, etc.

I want to say that this is a very big mistake. I am going to show you places where you can find loads of things to sell on eBay, but just to make my point here that eBay truly is one of the strangest market places I have experienced. I have friends who have sold used tennis shoes and even half empty bottles of moisturizer.

So if all you want to do is make some quick bucks I am sure you already have some stuff lying about at home, but later on I am going to share with you where to find loads of great items you can sell and make some really nice profits.

So with that said let’s get on with the eBay selling tips so you can start making some money.

As I said you don’t need to know any fancy SEO (search engine optimisation) trickery however just like if you had a website you want people to find it when they search for your keyword in Google, well eBay is essential no different.

While the process is so much easier and far less complicated but you still want your listing to be found when someone searches a keyword phase in to eBay.

Here are some eBay selling tips to help your items show up in the top search results of eBay.

  • Title – First you want to do a quick search yourself on eBay for similar items you are selling on eBay and notice what ‘titles’ other people are using that are showing up in the top search results and simple use the same title or something similar.
  • Short Auctions – If you are selling an item that has a lot of competition on eBay like an iPhone you want to set the time frame for the auction or ‘buy it now’ as short as possible. EBay will show the items that are about to end first and higher up the search results, so take advantage of this and have 1 day auctions so you are always on the 1st or 2nd page of the search results.
  • Free Shipping – From my experience I have personally found that eBay favours listings that offer free shipping, even if you only offer free shipping locally in your own country. My theory on this is that many people were over charging for shipping trying to doge the eBay fees so as a result eBay now place the ‘Free Shipping’ item closer to the top. Also I find even if you add a little extra to the price of the item you are selling if you have it listed as ‘buy it now’ people don’t mind as i think psychologically the buyer thinks they are getting a good deal, and who doesn’t like getting a good deal, right ;)

    • Some eBay selling tips when creating your listing.

  • Have Good Photos – You always want to make sure you have good detailed photos of what you selling. Take them from different angles be thoughtful of the customer. Think if you were buying the item what pictures would you want to see and if there are dents or scratches don’t be afraid of taking photos of them, the more honest you are the better.
  • Include a Video – Something I have been testing recently is including a video in my listings and I have to say the feedback from people has been great. What you want to do is go over to YouTube.com and find a review of the product you are selling, or a video of the item in action. For example if you are selling radio remote control cars find a video that shows it is action.
  • Clear Return Policy – You also want to make sure you offer a money back guarantee if not as described clearly stated in the description. Don’t try and hide this away, make it clear so people can see it. This could make the difference from the consumer buying from you or someone else.

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  • Maintain Your Feedback – You want to make sure to check for question regularly and answer then as soon as possible. Be friendly and informative, this will ensure the buyer leaves you good feedback. I can’t stress enough how important it is that you do whatever you can to have a 100% Good Feedback or as close as possible. Your feedback is something every buyer will look at and judge you one to know whether you are trustworthy to buy from.
  • Start Small – If you are just starting out on eBay the best thing to do is start out by selling some small low cost items to start with to build up your feedback and rating before you start selling higher tickets. This will also help you get high prices when you auction items off also.

    • Where To Find Things To Sell On EBay

    This really comes back to what your goals and objections are. If you just want to make some quick money from home you can easily find things around your own home and garage. If you want to step it up a notch you may want to go to the local garage sales in your area and see what you can find.

    You can usually find some really cheap items at garage sales which you can sell for a good profit on eBay. Remember eBay has a very big audience. And to get a really big price for something all you need is two bidders who want what you are selling and you would surprised how high your items can sell for.

    Most towns and cities usually have auction houses, if you have some money to spend on stock these places can be a gold mine. Investigate where the police auction off all the seized stolen goods and where shops that have gone out of business are selling off their left over stock.

    If you really want to make a business out of it you may want to do some research and look into importing items from overseas or drop shipping.  One of my good friends makes a great living importing fish tanks from China and selling them on eBay.

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    Also make sure to check out my other blog where I share what is working for me, and how I make money online in adition to EBay selling tips
     

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