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Consider Your Camcorder for Auction Shots
The majority of eBay sellers use a digital camera or a scanner to dress up their auctions with images, but some just use what they already own -- their handy-dandy camcorders! [more…]
Don't Dress Up Your eBay Pictures!
Although dressing up items for a picture may sound like a great idea, it's not even a good one. [more…]
Improve Auction Photos with Cloud Dome
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…]
Know Your eBay Auction Terms
Bolster your buying (and selling) vocabulary with these basic eBay terms: [more…]
Make Your Auctions the Place To Be!
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…]
Meeting Your Auction Customers
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…]
Monitoring Your Auction Action as a Seller
To find out whether anyone has bid on an item you are selling, go to your My eBay page and click the Selling link. [more…]
Organizing Your Auction Presentation
Selling products through an online auction works like selling things face to face in real life. [more…]
Pay Attention to eBay Packing Slips
Lost packages are the bane of all carriers since they started accepting packages for delivery. [more…]
Review Your eBay Listings Regularly
After a while, the temptation is to not review your listings after submitting them. [more…]
Take All eBay Sales Costs into Account
Becoming complacent and blithely ignoring your eBay costs as you list items for sale is easy to do. [more…]
Tracking Auction Buyer Information
Keeping track of your eBay auction winners isn't rocket science. [more…]
Watching Out for eBay Abuses
If you're on eBay long enough, you're bound to find an abuse of the service. [more…]
eBay Charity Auctions: All for a Good Cause
A charity auction is a high-profile fundraising auction where the proceeds go to a selected charity. [more…]
eBay Invites TRUSTe Scrutiny
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…]
How to File an Insurance Claim with the U.S. Postal Service
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…]
How to Find the Right Computer to Become an eBay Power User
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…]
Creating an E-Mail Account for eBay Use
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…]
How to Register for an eBay Account
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…]
Know Your Responsibilities as an eBay User
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…]
Getting Help When You Register on eBay
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…]
How Much Personal Info Should You Give eBay?
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…]
How to Create a Good eBay User Password
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…]
How to Select or Change Your eBay User ID
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…]
How to Prove You're Trustworthy on eBay with ID Verify
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…]
