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- Free eBay Shipping Calculator
Here's a free and easy to use USPS shipping calculator. With this calculator, you can easily find out the shipping cost and options for any eBay item. All you need to know is the buyer's zip code and the weight.
- Finding Products To Sell On eBay
How to find products to sell on eBay is the most common question I get from my readers. This page has links to all the articles and reports I've written about finding eBay products.
- Using eBay To Meet Your Goals
When we sell on eBay we do more than offer products, we use eBay to move us towards goals. This article explores common eBay goals and the skills needed to meet your goals.
- Detailed Seller Ratings Advice For 2012
eBay gives discounts on final value fees to sellers who maintain high seller ratings. This article explains how to get buyers to leave you better DSR ratings so you'll get the discounts. Updated December 2011 to reflect three and a half years of DSR results.
- Understanding eBay Changes 2011
This page covers eBay changes and has links to all articles on IWantCollectibles about working within the changes. Sign up for my free newsletter for articles covering new changes as they are announced.
- How To Act At Antiques Shows
How To be an antique dealer Part 2: Why being a friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable antique dealer will pay off in the long run
- 7 Habits Of Successful Antiques Dealers
Over the years some of the antiques dealers I met stood out. One of the things that makes them stand out is they have continued to buy and sell items for decades. This article examines the common habits of successful dealers.
- Tips for Starting an eBay Consignment Business
Selling on consignment is the perfect way to start on eBay. This article is an introduction to consignment selling, and explains what you'll need to be successful. First in a series on eBay Consignment.
- eBay Trading Assistant Tips
Why you should become a trading assistant, and how to set up your account. Additional articles in the series on eBay consignment cover: consignment agreements, contracts, and inventory forms; starting a consignment business; consignment fees; and signing up people for your services.
- Increase Your eBay Sales Without Working Harder
Get more sales on eBay with these simple tips.
- Uses For eBay Watch Lists
When you look at your listings on your My EBay Item's I'm Selling Page there is a column that shows you how many people have looked at it and how many people are watching your listing. This article explains how to use the number of watchers to help us get higher amounts in our auctions.
- Review of Jim Cockrum's "Silent Sales Machine" eBook
Jim Cockrum has released a newly updated version of his Silent Sales Machine book. I've been telling my readers to get his book for years. It's that good. The new version has some great additions.
- eBay Title Tips
Putting keywords into eBay titles in the best order. What to include and what to leave out, along with a look at eBay's keyword and title rules.
- Negotiating When Buying Antiques and Collectibles
Negotiating when buying is one area many antiques and collectibles dealers don't spend much time thinking about. This is a transcribed recording of two long time antique dealers discussing how they negotiate when buying items for resale. During the interview we talked about everything from when the phone rings to when we carry our purchases out of the seller's homes. If you're interested in buying antiques and collectibles - whether for your collection or to resell on eBay or at antique shows, this interview will help you.
- Review of Stuart Turnbull's Prints Make Profits eBook.
Prints Make Profits explains how to sell prints cut from old books on eBay. The review will help you decide if it's something you want to do. If it's right for you, the page has a $10 discount link.
- Selling At Antique Shows Versus On eBay
This articles compares selling antiques and collectibles at shows and on eBay, and contains tips for both activities. Also explains what to sell on eBay and what to hold for a show.
- Buying eBay Products at Yard Sales
This is a follow up to my article about Garage sales. In this follow up, you'll learn how to find yard sales with good stuff. There are two ways to go hunting at yard sales. Read on for more information.
- How To Be An Antique Dealer
This week I have a question from a reader who wants to be an antique dealer along with my suggestions on the best way to start an antiques business.
- Finding eBay Products At Garage Sales
A lot of people start selling on eBay by selling unwanted things from their homes. After a few weeks, months, or even years if you are a pack rat, you start going out and looking for stuff to sell. Garage sales, yard sales, estate sales, and rummage sales are a logical next step. Here's a few simple tips for getting the best deals at garage sales. . .
- 23 Tips For Taking Better eBay Pictures
Taking good pictures for your listings is one of the most common areas eBay
sellers have problems. This article contains tips and advice on how to create
better pictures for eBay.
- Profiting From eBay Images With A Blog
This article explains an easy way to leverage your eBay auction pictures into a steady stream of income by setting up a blog.
- eBay Time Wasters
A list of common ways eBay sellers waste time. This
list will help you improve your efficiency.
- FREE Interview -- Conquering The Chaos Of Your eBay Business
Is your eBay business chaotic? Get Conquering The Chaos Of Your eBay Business for free. This short interview will help you improve your eBay business.
- Finding Wholesale Products To Sell On eBay
I keep coming back to the topic of eBay product sourcing. This is because the most frequently asked question I get about eBay is. . . 'Where Do I Find Products To Sell On eBay?' Scott Prock has a different answer than most people. He says rather than looking for products, you should be looking for groups of people called markets and niches first.
- How To Use eBay Listing Upgrades And Options Efficiently
Other than using eBay image hosting, the biggest area eBay sellers over pay fees are by using listing upgrades that do not increase selling amounts enough to cover the extra cost. This article contains a list of the upgrades available and information about when to use each option.
- Does An eBay Store Make Sense For You?
EBay changed their fee structure in July 2011 to give lower final value fees to Stores. But it's not a given that all eBay sellers will have lower fees with a store. This article examines the fees with and without a store so sellers can decide if paying the store fees will result in lower fees overall.
- Adding Backend Sales To Your eBay Sales
Interview with Sydney Johnston. Sydney started selling on eBay in 1996. Since then she has perfected selling small easy to deliver items and then moving her buyers up to more expensive items. One of the best interviews I've ever done, and a perfect follow up to the interview with Jim Cockrum.
- "Storage Wars" and Mini Storage Auction Tips
Is watching Storage Wars a good way to learn about mini storage auctions? Tips and information for buying and selling storage auction contents.
- How Do I Get Started Selling Stuff On eBay?
This is a common question. My answer has links to relevant articles on IWantCollectibles.
- Should You Be Selling With Fulfillment By Amazon Too?
Basically, Fullfillment By Amazon (FBA) means you ship items to
Amazon and then list them in Amazon's Marketplace. When an item sells, Amazon ships it to the buyer. In this article I discuss the advantages of selling used items on Amazon rather than on eBay.
- Jim Cockrum on Escaping The eBay Volume Trap - Free Interview
In this free interview, Jim Cockrum and I talk about how we both got started on eBay, how we changed the way we looked at eBay, and went on to build the businesses we have now.
- Example of PayPal Phishing eMail
Phishing is when a scammer sends emails out hoping the recipients will reply with confidential information like log in names and passwords. Most of the time these emails look like they were sent by specific companies like PayPal. Today's article contains a fraudulent paypal email along with some tips for spotting these scam emails.
- FREE report - Gary Hendrickson's Cherry Picking Guide
Here's a simple report with lists of items you are likely to find at yard sales, flea markets and antique stores that are almost always under priced. Gary Hendrickson wrote this report a while back and I made arrangements with him to give you a copy for free.
- Buying Antiques and Collectibles In Stores And Malls
I interviewed Gary Hendrickson about buying antiques and collectibles in stores and malls to resell on eBay.
In this interview Gary and I talk about how we buy antiques and collectibles. I run lots of ads to get people to call me on the phone and offer me antiques and collectibles. Gary just goes shopping.
- Minimizing eBay Fees
This FREE report will show you how to stop wasting money on eBay upgrades and select the listing type that will result in the lowest fees.
- 19 Ways To Quickly Improve Your eBay Auctions
This article explains 19 ways to get higher selling prices in your eBay auctions.
- The Death Of eBay?
I was originally going to call this article eBay 2010 and show you what eBay will look like in two years. But I decided to use the death of eBay instead because it's more dramatic.
- eBay's Detailed Seller Ratings Reexamined
I wrote in February about ways to improve your Detailed Seller Ratings to insure you'll get a Final Value Fee discount from eBay. In this article, I reexamine this issue based on two months of results.
- Overcoming eBay's New Digital Download Prohibition
You can no longer list downloadable items in categories outside everything else > information products, and must use classified ads rather than auctions or fixed price listings. This article explains four ways to get around this new rule.
- Why Have Multiple eBay Accounts?
This article explains why you need more than one eBay account.
- Setting Up Additional eBay Accounts
This article shows you how to set up a second ebay account.
- How To Sell Quantities Of Items On eBay
This article explains how to sell quantities of items without depressing selling process.
- Finding eBay Keywords For Old Items
What Is it? This article explains how to find out keywords related to any item.
- Adding Videos To Your eBay Auctions
This article explains step by step how to put videos on youtube, and then add videos to your auctions.
- Sorting Antiques - The Three Piles
This article explains how I sort antiques into three piles. Stuff to sell on eBay, items to place in antique malls, and junk for yard sales or flea markets.
- Using The Word Like In eBay Titles
eBay doesn't like the word LIKE. You cannot use it in titles to make comparisons to other brands, and you cannot use it in condition statements. The first rule makes sense, but LIKE NEW is a commonly used condition statement. They are trying to protect people who buy underwear on eBay.
- Common eBay Abbreviations
Have you ever wondered what the abbreviations you see in eBay auctions mean? Here's a list of common (and uncommon) abbreviations and their meanings.
- Create Your Own eBay Most Watched Page
Since I showed off my most watched items pages, many of my readers asked about making their own. Here's a quick and easy form. Just copy and paste.
- Skip McGrath Says Never Mind
Skip McGrath wants us to think he's Emily Litella. After promoting Exponent Trading, and attacking me for warning people off, he's now saying Never Mind. I say not good enough.
- How To Add Audio To eBay Auctions
There are a few cases when adding a recorded message to your eBay auctions makes sense. It's easy and can be done with the tools you already have. This article explains when to use audio, and shows you step by step how to add sound to your auctions.
- EBay Bidder Tricks
This article explains ways bidders use questions to take advantage of sellers.
- Easily Increase Your eBay Sales Without Working Harder
This article uses some personal stories to show you some
effortless ways to increase your eBay sales without working harder.
- Make Money Cutting Up Magazines And Selling The Pages On eBay
I've seen people listing ads cut from magazines on eBay, and even bought a few over the years. I've always thought it was just a matter of cleanly removing the ads and then packaging them for sale, but the truth is I never gave it much thought, but there is more to it.
- The eBay Feedback Obsession
Have you ever wondered why some eBay users get so caught up with feedback? Last week I had a pest bothering me about feedback - not a buyer, but someone who took time out of his life to send me repeated emails about feedback. This got me thinking about the obsession with eBay feedback.
- Improve Your eBay Auctions - 44 Common Mistakes Found In Many eBay Auctions Explained
I recently asked my newsletter readers to look at an auction I'd selected on eBay and then send me a list of at least five things the seller could have done better. Hundreds of readers sent suggestions which I've compiled them into the free report Improve Your eBay Auctions.
- Do You Think eBay Owes You A Living?
Every time there is any change to the eBay system, the whiners who feel entitled to an income start moaning about how their livelihoods have been ruined. These eBay sellers would be entertaining if they weren't so sad. This article lists a few things all eBay sellers must do to succeed in today's more competitive eBay marketplace.
- Building An Email List On eBay
In this article you'll learn why you don't want to use eBay's newsletter service, how to set up your own newsletter and get subscribers, and WHY HAVING A NEWSLETTER MAKES SENSE.
- eBay Selling Tips
Many people look for eBay selling tips. They want a shortcut to successfully selling on eBay. In this article, there is a list of tips for selling on eBay. Some of these eBay tips will save you money, others will result in higher ending prices. Either way, these free tips, will help you run more profitable eBay auctions.
- Learn How To Sell On Ebay
I get a lot of questions about how to get started selling on eBay. I have answered this question so frequently I have decided to compile all the answers into one article and put it on the web. The best way to learn how to sell on eBay. . .
- Selecting The Best Category And Keywords For Your eBay Auction
Finding the best eBay category is extremely important because most eBay
searchers quickly learn to limit their searching to specific categories. Additionally, ebay will show you the most searched keywords for each category. Knowing these keywords will allow you to write a better title and description.
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- Finding Products To Sell On eBay
How to find products to sell on eBay is the most common question I get from my readers. This page has links to all the articles and reports I've written about finding eBay products.
- How To Be An Antique Dealer
The best way to start an antiques or collectibles business. Part 1 of a five part series on being an antiques dealer.
- Understanding eBay Changes 2011
This page covers eBay changes and has links to all articles on IWantCollectibles about working within the changes. Sign up for my free newsletter for articles covering new changes as they are announced.
- Tips for Starting an eBay Consignment Business
Selling on consignment is the perfect way to start on eBay. This article is an introduction to consignment selling, and explains what you'll need to be successful. First in a series on eBay Consignment.
- Shopping For eBay Products At Garage Sales
Thirteen tips for garage sale shopping. Part one of a two part series on garage and yard sales.
- Finding New Products for eBay
If you want to sell new products you need to concentrate on items others are not selling. You need to find sources other sellers are unaware of. That is not hard to do. Here's a list of articles to get you started on the right path.
- eBay Auction Category, Title And Keyword Advice
A series of articles about getting your items found on eBay. Covers category selection, eBay keyword rules, and researching keywords. Finally you'll learn how to write an informative, keyword rich title.
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