How To Sell On eBay

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Here are some great tips for being a good eBay seller. Building up an excellent feedback rating is critical to becoming a successful seller. Following these tips will help you do just that.

• List your auction clearly. In the description, be as clear as possible. If the device is damaged, say that is is. If it’s new in box, say new in box. If still in mint condition, say so. If used and has wear, say so.
• Start with a low bid price. You’d be astounded by how many people look at the starting price. If it’s high enough that one could go to Wal-Mart and pay a few dollars more more to get, then your starting price is too high. If you don’t want under a certain amount, set a reserved price for the lowest you want to take. While this cost a little more in the listing, it makes it that you can be happy knowing that the item wont go for less than you really wanted it to.
• PICTURES! Pictures help sell. If someone can’t see the item, or a version of it, they might tend to go to another seller for the item. If you can, take pictures of YOUR item, not a stock file photo of the device.
• Set your shipping price fairly. If the shipping price is too much, people WILL balk at the item. The buyers will look at your item as crap. Now, if you specify what method you are using, they can then look and see what it costs themselves. Also, I have seen where some have automatic shipping calculators on the auction. This way, you can see what it costs for quicker shipping methods.
• Allow buyers to ask questions. If you answer the questions they have quickly, they are might be more tempted to buy your item simply because it looks like you cared about that they were asking about.
• If the seller refused to pay, you can give the second highest bidder a chance to get the item on a “second chance.” This is good if someone was being the north end of a southbound mule and made a fraudulent bid near the end of the auction.
• Use the ability for a person to “Buy it now.” This really helps. You can set a low auction bid, and an option to buy it at a certain price. It also allows for a person to skip the entire auction process and buy the item from you. The only thing bad is that if someone sends a bid, the “buy it now option” goes away. At least it did before. eBay might have changed that recently.