eBay Shopping Secrets

T. Flatval asked:


If you are starting an eBay business, or looking into the possibility of selling your stuff online, you should know that there are several ways in which you can ruin your reputation on this online auction site really easily. So what are some things that you can do that will eventually (or immediately) get you kicked off eBay?

Number One:  Bidding when you don’t intend to buy.  If you are a seller, and you create a false identity to bid on your products, thinking that you just need to get the ball rolling and make it look like a lot of people are interested in your auction; it’s going to be found out, and you will get kicked off of eBay really quickly.  Bidding on your own products (or having a friend bid on your products) is really unethical, and eBay takes a serious stance against it.  Bottom line — don’t do it.

Number Two:   Jacking up your feedback.  If you are a new seller, you might want to get a lot of feedback.  There have been some scams on eBay, where people have sold items for one cent, in order to get good feedback.  Any savvy buyer is going to look at your feedback and then look at the cost of the items that you bought or sold to get that feedback.  If they find a whole bunch of cheap products that you bought or sold to get good feedback, they are probably going to take a pass on your items.

Number Three:  Stealing someone’s photographs.  A lot of the power sellers had professional photographs taken of their products to sell them better.  If you take their photographs, which are copyrighted, and use them for your products, it’s like stealing. Just don’t do it; take your own photos and do the work yourself.

Number Four:  Ditto on the product descriptions.  The same advice can be given for product descriptions.  If you didn’t write it yourself, don’t use it.  Sure, you can look at other sellers’ information for a good guideline and for reference, but you definitely need to change it so it is your own.

Having an honest and ethical shop on eBay can be difficult.  There are many temptations to do things the easy way and to get good feedback quickly.  However, if you really want to be successful, you need to remember that eBay buyers buy on trust and they need to trust their sellers completely before they make a bid.

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Noor Mohamed asked:


Ebay as we all know is one of the very few success stories online. Every day hundreds of people join ebay in their quest to earn some money from it. Ebay provides steady money making opportunity and it is one of the greatest ideas ever. Ebay has changed millions of lives. How to sell on ebay would depend on a number of factors and in this essay we would make an effort to provide the information as simple as possible.

How to sell on ebay is the question we come across every day. As the world keep on exploring ideas to make money, more and more people now a days are becoming aware of the opportunity ebay provides to make money. It is one of the greatest money making idea ever to hit internet. As internet is fast becoming a place for money making scams, Ideas like ebay which are real, is gaining more and more ground. Ebay is unique because you get help here at every point. From joining a member to listing your product and getting your product sold at every point ebay helps you.

To sell on ebay you have join ebay as a member and you must get yourself verified. After verifying your self your next job is to find a product to sell on ebay. Ebay has greatest resources of information. You can find here with the help of couple of searches what sells on ebay and what not. After selecting a product to sell, the question of How to sell starts.

After the selection of the product you must list your product on ebay. To list your product you must write a sales letter that would sell your product. A sales letter should have the description of the product, its merits over other products etc. A good way to attract more people and more sales would a good attractive and real description. If your product has a problem feel free to inform the would be buyers. Make an effort to bring the product in front of their eyes. A good, High quality picture of the product would help people to see the product you offer and increase the chance of selling. A good attractive sales letter should be real. Ebay is not a one time business so, tell tem the truth. It will improve your reputation.

If you are worried about the sales letter you can overcome it by visiting the sales pages of your competitors who offer products similar to yours. It would help you and provide an idea as to how to construct your sales page. Do not try to copy. Find the unique features of your products and use your imagination to write a good sales letter. Focusing on unique features on your sales letter improves the potential of selling.

Ebay has many mechanisms to help you with listing and attracting more buyers. If you are planning an enduring career on ebay you can use the mechanisms. I would suggest you there are websites now a days offering tips and ideas to help you start a successful ebay career. Visit and learn the tips on how to sell for free.To learn more please visit http://ebay.makemoneyideas.in

Jason James asked:


Of course you got into EBay to have fun, right? Of course you did, but business is still business and if you want to stay in the EBay business then you are going to have to tighten up ship a little bit. I’m not talking about taking the fun out of your EBay business but rather treat it a little more customer friendly.

I don’t care what an EBay business is selling, in order for it to become successful then it takes repetitive quality customer service combined with merchandise that people want to buy.

Ok, so you’ve got the product part down pat, but you are probably thinking “How can I provide fantastic customer service over the computer?” Well that is what we are going to talk about in today’s article - conveying the image of success in your EBay business through your email, your ads, and your auctions.

Believe it or not your entire EBay business image rests in the way you communicate through your emails and your ads. It’s the only thing that your prospective customers have to go on. That information tells your customers whether the EBay business is legitimate or if it is trying to hustle them. It tells them whether you have an EBay business that is trying to sneak away with hidden fees or if you are honest.

So what if you do not have the most outstanding products to sell. Why? Because good, clean, honest customer service conveyed through your auctions is what counts in the end. Sure you have to have the product they are looking for but what is going to separate your EBay business from the rest is the way you connect with the people whom are viewing your ads.

The first thing that you have to consider with your EBay business is that most everyone who is shopping and bidding on EBay views all sellers as individual people as opposed to a ‘business’. Yes I realize that there are indeed many businesses that sell on EBay but even still, that is the psychological perception of the shopper.

So what does this have to do with you and your EBay business? Well taking this information into account should tell you that you need to play off of the “home seller” image as much as possible with your EBay business. People like to support other people whom are trying to make a living. Even though your EBay business is actually a business, do not display that image. Rather, come off as an individual working hard trying to make a living on his or her own with a small EBay business.

I have a question for you; what is the very first thing that the buyer sees after clicking on the title of your auction?

They scroll down through the description! That my friend, is where your EBay business either fails or succeeds. And below I’m going to share with you a few nifty trade secrets that will explode your EBay business sales into new horizons when you implement them into writing your EBay business auction.

1. For starters make sure that your description is not full of pointless dribble. Nobody likes to finally find a title of a product they want, click on the EBay business link, and then get slammed in the face with page after page after page of verbiage that puts them to sleep. Keep it short but concise! Your EBay business is counting on it.

2. Write a true description. Do not fluff it with unnecessary wordage and sentences. List down everything you know about your item, all of the facts, every valuable point. Try to imagine any questions that your customer might have and answer them in the description. People want to know everything they can before contacting your EBay business. So take care of them!

3. Be nice. Yes, be nice, be friendly, be easygoing in your auction description. Shoppers want to feel relaxed and trusting of your auction style. Write your information as if you were exchanging a conversation with your prospects. Let your EBay business show that you can communicate with literally anyone.

4. Take advantage of the “My EBay page”. Every EBay business has the chance to put friendly personality to their profile to show their customers that they are people too who care about them. Shine through by keeping this page updated. Your EBay business will thank you for it in the long run.

5. Who likes too many rules? You know what I mean! Do you like it when you see an EBay business list down a ton of rules and regulations in their auction? I certainly don’t and in fact it turns me off to any EBay business that seems so uptight. Of course you have to have rules but keep it light. Don’t come off so firm.

6. Last but not least keep your typeface size to an average size. There are many different people viewing your EBay business and some people may still be looking from an 800×600 display so be careful not to design your auctions higher like 1024×768 or else you just might be causing someone to click off of your EBay business auction due to the need to scroll and scroll to find the details.