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What is the best item to sell on eBay?
0 Comments | Posted by Steve in ebay selling, power seller
What is the best item to sell on eBay?
You might want to leave your full-time job to sell products online because you heard that a friend of yours was making enough to leave his job. Or you are looking for some extra income to help pay some bills or go on a vacation. Whatever your plans might be, finding the right products to sell is important to your success.
There are all kinds of things on sale on eBay. Someone might have inherited a home with a lot of small items that needed to be sold. Or you might have had a baby but no longer need all the items associated with a young child. Many items in good condition have found a buyer on eBay.
Locating the Products
So where do you find the products? Looking in your home is a good place to start. The eBay Idea House is a great seller’s tool that displays all the items in a virtual house. Many new ideals are found in each room including some expected locations and some unexpected locations.
Yard sales are also very good places to start when looking for items to sell. Finding nice items that the owners no longer have a need for anymore, is what you are looking for. Churches, community sales, and larger antique shows are great spots. Make sure to have cash and some decent sized transportation.
That One Item
Make a judgment first on an item whether you would purchase it or not. If you wouldn’t buy the item, bidders on eBay more than likely will not also. Profit margin is in the number one quality you need in a product for eBay sales. If you can sell an item for more than you pay for it, you are in business.
A good example is a game console with limited supply. If you can find one for sale and others are having a difficult time locating one, you can resale on eBay for a profit fairly easily. Supply and demand is an important factor in the possible profit margin.
Items you Cannot Sell on eBay
There are set rules on what can be sold on eBay and what cannot. Your best course of action to follow the rules and not attempt to sell something that is prohibited.
Pornographic Material
Used Clothing
Items Recalled by the Manufacturer
Prepaid Credit Cards
Tickets to Events
Alcoholic Beverages
Weapons
Food Items
Body Parts
To only name some of the items eBay will not allow to be sold on their site. A complete list can be found on the site itself.
EBay selling can produce a good income when you find the right products to sell with decent profit margins. Consider all costs and have some fun making money on the largest auction site in the world.
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Writing Great Auction Descriptions
0 Comments | Posted by Steve in auction seller, ebay selling, power seller
Writing Great Auction Descriptions
Creating a listing on eBay is only the first step of selling products. If you want a good number of people to bid on your auction, they must be comfortable with the item description and understand the product or service you are offering. A great item description is essential. Be honest and appealing so buyers will compete for what you have to sell.
Title Basics
Important description pieces include the title and the body to start. Both should be cohesive so the bidders understand the item you have up for auction. They should have a good picture in their minds of the item before reaching the photos you have provided.
Beginning with the title, writing visual and specific is the best way to create the title. What draws your attention when you look at eBay auctions? Use some of those same phrases and ideals.
For instance, “Red dining room dinette.” Doesn’t tell the bidder much about the item you have for sale. But adding details with “Authentic 1956”, “Oak”, and “Farmhouse” gives a more visual description. Adding the condition to the title can also be helpful.
Test Good Descriptions
Detail the features of your item using attention-grabbing phrases in your description. Make sure to cover every detail that someone buying the item would like to know. Answer every question before it is asked.
If you’re selling a printer on eBay, you should include the manufacturer, the make, does it print in color, how many prints can it produce in a minute, the age, does it have a USB connection, how about a scanner, and can it make copies? All these details will want to be known by the person purchasing the printer.
The more information you give in the description, the better. Your desire is to have every bidder fully consider your product before returning to the search results. Take time with your description and test a number of different descriptions when you are selling the same item multiple times. One description may produce better results than all the others.
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