Selling Digital Downloads Via eBay Classifieds Is Still A Crap Shoot
by Tim Knox
Last week I told you that eBay had decided to ban the sale of digital downloads via its traditional auction system. This means that digital media sellers will have to deliver their goods via CDs or DVDs, or post them for sale on the eBay Classified system. This week I'm hearing from lots of folks who have tried to post sales to the eBay Classifieds only to be denied the privilege of doing so or having the ad cancelled by eBay for policy violations that no one - not even eBay staffers - seem to understand. Once again eBay has everyone confused and upset. Same stuff, different day.
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Consignment Sellers: Save Time & Money With Automation
by Brendan Coveney
Time is a valuable commodity for eBay Trading Assistants. Therefore, they should deploy business practices that allow them to reduce the time they spend on low-value tasks (administrative), and allowing them to refocus their energy on high-value elements, such as recruiting new business and marketing. Automation software tools not only can tackle the administrative and repetitive tasks, such as re-imputing data and managing emails, they can also help you organize the two sides of your clientele.
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Is Selling On eBay Just A Hobby Or A Real Business?
by Tim Knox
With so many people selling on eBay these days this is a question I get all the time. To many eBay sellers the thought of running an actual business is about as appealing as getting negative feedback, so they go out of their way to convince themselves that selling on eBay is really "just a hobby" and therefore, should not be susceptible to income tax laws.
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eBay Software and Services: From Analysis to Sniping
by Andy Geldman
You have probably heard of sniping and auction management, but there is much more to eBay software than that. There are hundreds of downloadable programs and web-based services out there for eBay buyers and sellers from a large, competitive, and innovative industry. This is a quick guide to the eBay software world.
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Expand Your Business with eBay!
by Charlene Davis
Thanks to the Internet, e-commerce has made its indelible stamp on the business world by completely revamping how various companies and industries operate. And under that huge umbrella of “doing business on the Internet” falls a legendary business success story: eBay. What began in 1995 as a little website where approximately 10,000 individuals traded goods with one another during the first year, now has more than 135 million registered users with a half million of those folks making a full- or part-time living with businesses that sell on eBay.
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What? You Don’t Have an eBay Store?
by Kirsten Hawkins
In fact, you might not even have heard of eBay stores. Read on to find out what you’ve been missing.
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The Bad Guys Are Phishing For Your Personal Information
by Tim Knox
The latest attempt by phishers (identity thieves) to steal the
personal information of eBay members hit my inbox earlier this
week and I have to say, this one is pretty convincing. Even this
old dog did a double-take before realizing that the identity
thieves were phishing for my personal information again.
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The Business of Identity Theft
by Tim Knox
The allure of PayPal is that it does not require the seller to have a bank merchant account through which to process credit cards. Anyone with a verifiable email address and bank account can use PayPal and the service can be implemented almost immediately after registering.
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How to Increase Your eBay Backend Sales
by Kirsten Hawkins
It shouldn’t too hard to increase your eBay backend sales - because the chances are you currently aren’t making any! Backend sales are sales to customers who have already bought an item, also known as ‘up-selling’. These are usually easier sales to make than normal sales: in sales-speak, your existing customers are ‘warm leads’.
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Top 10 Tips To Selling Successfully on eBay
by Jason James
As a successful Powerseller on eBay I often get turned to for advice. Since I registered on eBay in 2000, I've ran thousands of profitable auctions which I follow these guidelines. Most importantly always try to be fair with other users who deal with you and never be intimidated by any competition. eBays big enough for us all, and currently there is 1 seller registered to 78 buyers.
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