Written by Eruwan Gerry on March 11, 2010
First, and as important to your success as anything you learn here, is clearly understanding how eBay users find things to spend their money on. No matter what type of buyer they are, no matter where they come from, they all use the same tool to find auction ads; "They use the search bar to type in general terms..!" Very rarely do buyers check the "Search Title and Description" checkbox ...
Continue ReadingWritten by Eruwan Gerry on February 7, 2010
Many new sellers don’t realize how important pricing is when it comes to eBay auctions. Many don’t even realize that ‘pricing’ needs to be done. eBay is an auction site after all! But eBay auctions are not quite the same as the auctions you attend in the offline world. In fact, quite a bit of work goes into determining and setting prices. Essentially, there are only three prices tha...
Continue ReadingWritten by Eruwan Gerry on January 28, 2010
eBay is a nontraditional way to make money, but one some of the old rules still apply. In particular: do what you love, and your job will be a positive, rewarding experience. Work is so much easier when you enjoy what you're doing. For that reason, it's important for eBay sellers to list items that they actually enjoy selling. How do you know what you'd like to sell before you start listing mer...
Continue ReadingWritten by Eruwan Gerry on January 7, 2010
Most sellers on eBay do not know the concept or strategy of back end sales to boost their profit on eBay. In a basic term, back end sales is a process where you as a seller offer a follow up product to your customer that purchases an item from you. As an example, let say that you are selling women necklaces on eBay, once a person buys a necklace, you can offer to sell matching earrings to th...
Continue ReadingWritten by Eruwan Gerry on January 5, 2010
A lot of people still do not know how to sell on eBay. Most still has the mindset that eBay is just a place where you go to sell all your junk that you don't need anymore. Although it is a portal where you can go and sell off all your things that you don't need anymore, it is actually a whole lot more than that. If you have ever visited the eBay portal before this, you'll find that th...
Continue ReadingWritten by Eruwan Gerry on November 19, 2009
Are you an eBay seller? If you are, are you familiar with eBay’s Turbo Lister program? If you are not, you may want to take the time to familiarize yourself with it, as using eBay’s Turbo Lister program can make selling on eBay as easy as can be. eBay’s Turbo Lister program is a program that is available for download, free of charge on eBay’s website. What is nice about eBay’s Turb...
Continue ReadingWritten by Eruwan Gerry on September 15, 2009
If you know what you're doing, you can quickly find what you're looking for on eBay. Here are a few golden rules. Be specific: If you're searching for the first edition of the original Harry Potter book, you'll get further searching for 'harry potter rowling philosopher's stone first edition' than you will searching for 'harry potter'. You'll get fewer results, but the ones you do get will b...
Continue ReadingWritten by Eruwan Gerry on August 18, 2009
Most of us consider business cards should only be used by those who are working professionals or come from big companies. We have the mindset that business cards are not appropriate for individuals who are running a small business as we have not yet achieved the required "standard" to have our own business card. This mindset is actually wrong! As an internet entrepreneur, you should be s...
Continue ReadingWritten by Eruwan Gerry on July 18, 2009
Being a seller is a lot of responsibility, and sometimes you might feel like you're not doing everything you should be. This simple checklist will help you keep on top of things. Have you found out everything you possibly could about your items? Try typing their names into a search engine - you might find out something you didn't know. If someone else is selling the same thing as you, then alwa...
Continue ReadingWritten by Eruwan Gerry on May 30, 2009
EBay as a business tool has become very popular and may not be considered as old fashioned. It appears to be a picture worth thousand words. Every eBay seller or buyer would be fascinated by pictures and depending on how one displays the picture of the items, a decision to buy or not would be based on such portrayals. Make sure that very good quality photographs of products listed to auction shoul...
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Eruwan
Gerry
Education Specialist Trained By eBay
