Written by Eruwan Gerry on July 20, 2010
It’s usually when auctions are about to end that they get half their bids – sometimes they even get their only bids. If you want your item to sell for a good price, then, it makes no sense to let it finish on a day and time when no-one’s going to be around to care. Selling to Business If you’re selling business equipment and have mostly business customers, you should really aim to ha...
Continue ReadingWritten by Eruwan Gerry on April 2, 2010
Is your eBay auction not attracting any bidders? Do you find it difficult to sell your items with so many competitors? Then you need to take a look at the list below of the top 10 reasons why auctions fail: 1. High Starting Price Many eBay buyers are looking for a good deal on eBay. If you fixed your price too high, you are probably scaring them away. They will not even look at your au...
Continue ReadingWritten by Eruwan Gerry on March 12, 2010
You may have already discovered that selling on eBay can be fun and profitable. But after you’ve cleared out your garage and attic, and auctioned off everything you own, where can you go to get new product ideas? Tapping into EBay’s Resources Most people don’t realize that eBay itself is actually a terrific place to find product sourcing ideas. Besides being an easy selling venue with bu...
Continue ReadingWritten 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 October 29, 2009
Obviously, there are thousands of eBay sellers making good money selling good products at good margins, so why aren’t you? Their secret – They Know Where To Get The Products. My secret - find the auction sellers and you’ve found the suppliers. Most sellers are lazy - I know I was. I copied and pasted descriptions of the products straight from my wholesale suppliers website. Took their ...
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
