Although dressing up items for a picture may sound like a great idea, it's not even a good one. [more…]
Ambient light, light that occurs naturally, is the best light for photographing many types of items that you want to auction on eBay (especially shiny items). [more…]
Bolster your buying (and selling) vocabulary with these basic eBay terms: [more…]
Auctions represent the first point of entry for your prospective buyers. Although a single item caught their interest, you want to broaden that interest into multiple purchases by showing them the rest [more…]
eBay is a person-to-person marketplace. Although many sellers are businesses (like you), the perception is that sellers on eBay are individuals (versus businesses) earning a living. [more…]
Selling products through an online auction works like selling things face to face in real life. [more…]
Lost packages are the bane of all carriers since they started accepting packages for delivery. [more…]
After a while, the temptation is to not review your listings after submitting them. [more…]
Becoming complacent and blithely ignoring your eBay costs as you list items for sale is easy to do. [more…]
Keeping track of your eBay auction winners isn't rocket science. [more…]
If you're on eBay long enough, you're bound to find an abuse of the service. [more…]
A charity auction is a high-profile fundraising auction where the proceeds go to a selected charity. [more…]
By creating a comprehensive privacy policy and opening itself up to independent review by TRUSTe, eBay has earned the loyalty of millions of auction-crazed customers. [more…]
Before making a claim with the U.S. Postal Service, check to make sure your package was covered by postal insurance, purchased at the time of mailing. If you use private insurance instead, you make a claim [more…]
Whether you're an eBay buyer or seller, you need a computer that makes your eBay experience comfortable and enjoyable. Your computer should be fast enough, have enough memory capacity, and have all the [more…]
E-mail is the best and easiest way to communicate with eBay sellers and successful buyers. If you have your own computer and an ISP (Internet server provider), you probably have e-mail access automatically [more…]
Before you can buy or sell on eBay, you need to register. You can register as a business or as an individual on eBay; however, if you don’t quite have a business up and running, you may want to register [more…]
When you register with eBay, you are asked to agree to the eBay User Agreement and Privacy Policy. At this point, you promise to play well with others, not to cheat, and to follow the Golden Rule. No, [more…]
If you run into difficulties with your eBay registration, eBay's customer-support folks can help you complete the registration process. Just follow the Contact Us link on the eBay home page to reach eBay's [more…]
Once you’re a full-fledged, officially registered member of the eBay community, you may see an eBay pop-up window giving you the option to provide more information about yourself. These optional questions [more…]
Choosing a good password on eBay is not as easy (but is twice as important) as it may seem. Whoever has your password can, in effect, be you at eBay — running auctions, bidding on auctions, and leaving [more…]
You can create your own eBay user ID or even change your existing user ID. Making up a new eBay user ID is always a pleasant chore. If you’ve never liked your real name or never had a nickname, here’s [more…]
To show other eBay members that you’re an honest type — and to get special privileges when you’re a newbie on eBay — you can buy eBay's “trust but verify” option, known as [more…]
Sign In is possibly the most powerful of all the links on the eBay pages, and it should be your first stop if you plan on doing any business on the site. [more…]
If you look carefully on the eBay home page, you can see several links that give you express service to several key parts of the site. Following these links can open up your buying, selling, and general [more…]