The Essentials of Listing an Item on eBay
Attracting buyers to your eBay listings requires some thought and creativity on your part. The choices you make for an item's eBay category, title, description, starting price, and start and end times and dates can mean the difference between having no bidders and yielding high returns. Here are some considerations for creating a successful eBay listing.
How Much Does It Cost to Sell an Item on eBay?
Every item listed on eBay is charged an insertion fee. There’s no way around it. The insertion fee is calculated on a sliding scale based on the minimum bid [more…]
Choose the Best Auction Type for Your eBay Merchandise
eBay offers several auction types. Most of the time, you’ll run traditional auctions, but other auctions — best offer, multiple-item (Dutch), private, and restricted access — have their place, too. After [more…]
How to Choose the Right Category for Your eBay Listing
On the first page of eBay's Sell an Item form, you need to select the main category for your item. After you select your main category, you land on the official working portion of the Sell an Item page [more…]
Create the Perfect Title for Your eBay Item
After you choose a category for the item you want to sell on eBay, your next task is to think up an absolutely ingenious title that will make it stand out from the competition and grab the attention, and [more…]
Tips for Creating a Great Description for Your eBay Item
Writing a good description of the items you sell on eBay can mean the difference between success and failure. There are many ways you can improve your description, by using the right tone, knowing how [more…]
The Strategy behind Setting a Low Starting Bid for an eBay Auction
When you sell an item on eBay, you are required to set a starting price, also called a minimum bid — the lowest bid allowed in an auction. You may be surprised to see stuff worth tens of thousands of dollars [more…]
How Long Should Your eBay Auctions Run?
When you sell an item on eBay, you can choose how long you want the auction to last. eBay lets you hold auctions for one, three, five, seven, or ten days. You have to evaluate your item and decide which [more…]
Starting Your eBay Auction at the Right Time
Knowing when to end your eBay auction can mean the difference between a low and high winning bid. The only way to figure out when to end your eBay auction is by planning when to start it. For example, [more…]
Timing Your eBay Auction for High Returns
Because there are so many buyers visiting eBay each day, you can choose almost any ending time for your auction and know that you’ll still have some healthy bidding action. Now that eBay spawns as many [more…]
How eBay's Buy It Now Option Works
eBay’s Buy It Now (BIN in eBay-speak) option is available for single-item auctions only. This feature allows buyers to purchase an item now. Have you ever wanted an item really badly and you didn’t want [more…]
Review Your eBay Auction Listing before Submitting It
After you’ve filled in all the blanks on the Sell an Item form that describes the item you’re selling on eBay, you come to the Preview Your Listing page. Scroll down the page and confirm that all the information [more…]
