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Unearthed Secrets of an eBay PowerSeller

publication date: Apr 26, 2006
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This week:
 
Editorial
 
The Unearthed Secrets of an eBay PowerSeller
by SethChong
 
Create a Web Site That Sells in as Little as One Hour
by JoeDuchesne
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Editorial
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It's that time of week again, time for another newsletter and
tips to help you make more from your eBay business. I wonder
where the time goes sometimes, the weeks seem to fly by, but
at least that means more seven day auctions ending and
packing money into your bank account.
 
To be truthful, not much different has happened to me this
week; it's been profitable, don't get me wrong, but I've been
selling much the same things that I've always sold on eBay,
such as postcards and dog prints, cufflinks and eBooks.
 
But because I do so many things each week, on eBay, editing
eBay Confidential, writing articles for my own web sites, I tend
to lose track of where my biggest and easiest profits actually
come from on eBay. I have to say the only place the money
comes in without extra effort for me is from selling eBooks on
my boxerdogsdogs account.
 
If you go there you'll see I've let the account slip into almost
non-existence, purely because I forget to reload my eBook
titles each week. Each time I do remember to restock my
listings, I sell at least £330 worth of eBooks a day. It's easy,
very profitable, and virtually hands-free.
 
But there is a moral to this short tale, one to benefit you, and
me, because I finally decided to focus more on my
boxerdogsdogs site as a result of reading a great new eBook
about selling resell rights products on eBay.
 
The upshot is I have acquired rights to give that book free of
charge to my readers, so go email mailto:resell@1st-in-
auctions.com some time after six o'clock tonight and my
autoresponder will direct you to the download page.
 
Another great way to make money on eBay - and from
ClickBank and Adsense products is via a wonderful new,
ready-made, turnkey website called, unfortunate choice of
name I feel, 'Dave's Cool Little Website'. Name apart, the site
is ready made for you to incorporate your own special user
names and the site is ready to begin making money for you
almost right away.
 
If you order within the week and send me your ClickBank
invoice number I'll tell you where to obtain a copy of my own
guide to marketing a simple web site such as this.  When you
order email me at mailto:enquiries@1st-in-auctions.com and
I'll give you the download details to this special book I've
created for my readers only.
 
Take a look at Dave's Cool Little Website - how I wish he'd
rename it, it sounds so dull, while actually it's immensely
 
Until next week,
 
Happy eBaying!
 
Avril
 
 
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The Unearthed Secrets of an eBay PowerSeller
by SethChong
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Have you seen any sellers on eBay which shows a star and the
word PowerSeller by the side of their names? PowerSellers are
eBays top sellers who have sustained a consistent high volume
of monthly sales, a high level of total 98% positive feedback or
better, and have met a threshold of compliance with all
marketplace policies.
 
Sounds hard? Nope, not at all, in fact anyone can do it. Shortly,
if you want to qualify for being an eBay seller you need:
 
 - To be an active member for 90 days.
 - Average a minimum of $1000 in sales per month for three
   consecutive months.
 - Achieve an overall Feedback rating of 100, of which 98% or
   more is positive.
 - Have an account in good financial standing.
 
Now we'll learn about the methods used by our fellow eBay
PowerSellers. A successful auction has three elements which
are: the title, a description and pictures of your selling item.
 
When listing, always write a clear, attractive and concise title.
The first thing any potential buyers see will be your title so you
should grab their attention once they enter. It should tell what
the buyers want, make them nod their heads when they read
your title. Some descriptive words like old, vintage, runs,
works or condition statements like New in Box, anything
that is appropriate can get you better results than a bold
headline.
 
Many people left a lot of money on the table when they
depended just on see photos instead of writing a good
description. A large number of auctions are filled with
paragraph after paragraph of information about where to send
the payments, how to send the payments, when to send the
payments, who can bid and who cant which sometimes clutters
the auction.
 
Its really simple to include a good description which can make
your potential buyers stay glued to what you say right until
they make a bid or purchase your item and everyone in the
world should do it!
 
By writing an accurate description you will make bidders more
confident about your item. Not certain on what to describe?
Search for similar items on eBay, and read the description, take
down the catchy words then use it in your listing. The
confidence can translate into higher prices.
 
As for your auctions pictures, use big clear photographs. The
best way to get nice and clear photos is to take them using a
digital camera. Other than that, it is also easier for you to
upload the photos into your computer with a digital camera.
Try and improve your pictures by adding suitable lightings
as well, it can help produce better results in your pictures
quality.
 
Now, all of us know that feedbacks are based on the sellers
customer service. Whenever we go out somewhere for a meal,
customer service is very important. Lets say DOME, people
likes going there because the food has low calories, and of
course, it tastes great. But what makes people feel comfortable
eating there is the customer service. Good customer service is
always defined by: a smile, fast service, and simple.
 
Well need to always be pleasant to our customers. Don't be
shy, be more humble than your customers and treat them as
though they're your boss. When people know you have good
customer service, they wont mind considering buying more
items from you. Since you are a trusted person and easy to
communicate with it, being your repeated customer in time to
come will be great. If you have excellent customer service, it
just hurts if I don't write you a good feedback and keep your
items, right?
 
Selling the item to your customer doesn't mean he or she is
done for good. There are a lot more ways to benefit from your
current customers. After they've purchased your item, try to
offer a bonus, like a free e-book or something that is useful.
 
But first, they will need to sign up for your newsletter, or
subscribe to your opt-in list. You can instead not only offer the
bonus for the buyer, but all the other bidders. This way, you
add up your opt-in list, make everyone happy, and all these
current bidders can be potential buyers of your items in the
future.
 
In your auctions, you can always put a link to your other
auctions in your description and inform the surfers that you
have more items for sale. By telling the viewers you have
similar items for sale and can offer cheaper shipping &
handling cost, it urges people to buy more items from you.
 
A guarantee is always part of the most important factor in your
auctions. This can be a simple statement like if the item is not
as represented you can return it for a refund. Using a strong
guarantee can greatly increase your response. If you offer a
guarantee you need to honor it, but if you're diligent, you will
definitely not have many returns. If you want to know how
a good guarantee statement sounds like, you can refer this one:
 
100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE IF YOU ARE
UNHAPPY FOR ANY REASON JUST RETURN
YOUR ITEM FOR A COMPLETE REFUND INCLUDING
SHIPPING BOTH WAYS.
 
How does it sound? Safe enough to buy definitely! It doesn't
matter if they refund your item in the future, you just need to
sell your items to your customers and let them make their
choices after receiving it.
 
At the end of your auctions description, always make it easier
for surfers and maintain their urge of buying by listing the
shipping & handling costs for your items.
 
Refrain from letting them do the math or turn to other pages
just because it's troublesome inquiring for the fees.
 
A good example is:
$5.00 shipping to US Destinations by Priority Mail. I will pack
with care and ship with delivery confirmation for your
protection. International shipping are sent by Airmail letter
Post. I will combine items that end on the SAME day to lower
your shipping cost.
 
This is absolutely clear and to the point. When you include this
information, surfers will not have to figure out anything extra
or look at other pages to find out the shipping information, and
it can help increasing your response in sales!
 
People have many different opinions when it comes to how
long they should list an auction. There's no definite answer to
it, but five to seven days are the peak ones. Search results are
presented by newly listed items or those items which are
ending on the same day, which means the first and the
last 24 hours are when most people will see ones auction.
 
Pack well! By packing nicely you inflict the message of how
valuable your item is, and it increases your customers
satisfaction for the product.
 
Chocolates like FerreroRocher or KitKat have nice packing
and that urges people to buy it as well, noticed it before?
 
To be an eBay seller isn't hard at all, it takes a little time and
effort, but that's it. Slowly build your customer database, keep
the opt-ins, add up your positive feedbacks, continue providing
good customer support, and you're almost there.
 
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SethChong is the owner of IMViral, one of the largest, greatest
viral Internet Marketing Newsletter which is being spread
around the world, you can sign up for the Newsletter(worth
$297) for Free at http://www.IMViral.com
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Create a Web Site that Sells in as Little as One Hour
by JoeDuchesne
*****
There are many reasons to have a website. They range from
personal vanity websites to photo galleries to full blown e-
commerce sites. Making money on the web costs less than
almost any other type of business you could start.
 
There are countless ways to make money online. Learning to
create a website that sells will get you started on the e-
commerce journey.
 
Determine what you plan on selling. Information sells better
than almost anything else on the internet. Best of all, it has
little cost attached to it. Simply create a digital product, throw
up a sales page and you could be making money within the
day. Sites that can help you get started selling digital products
include Clickbank.
 
Become an affiliate and sell other people's products for a
commission. This method is as specialized as any other listed
here but is effective. Sites like Clickbank will let you promote
digital products, hard goods pretty much anything, and make a
commission on every sale. You will still need to get traffic in
order to make money but you can make money selling other
people's products and services.
 
You could also choose to sell hard goods. The easiest place to
do this is through an auction site like eBay. Using eBay's
auction site, you can literally sell anything you would sell in a
retail store. In fact, people even sell things like real estate, cars
and more. The great thing about something like eBay is that
they have already paid millions of dollars to get traffic to their
website. You pay eBay a percentage of your sale in
return for access to that traffic. There are lots of people making
a very nice living selling goods through eBay. It is even
possible to sell digital goods like e-books through eBay.
 
One of the simplest ways to get a website built fast is to use a
web site builder. These web site builders will allow you to
throw up a professional looking website in as little as an hour.
 
Many have e-commerce capabilities and help you get started
selling online in no time at all. Good web site builders will
allow you to edit changes quickly and easily. They will offer
things like unlimited pages, lots of disk space for images, lots
of bandwidth where you won't have to pay if anything extra if
you get a surge of traffic.
 
Whether you build your website from scratch or use a web site
builder, you too can cash in on the revolution sweeping the
world that is the internet.
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JoeDuchesne is webmaster for Yowling.com which offers a no
obligation 30 day free trial of their powerful web site
builder. Learn more at http://www.yowling.com
 
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