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Why you must have three eBay IDs
publication date: Aug 7, 2008
eBay Confidential eZine
6th August 2007
For Buying, One to Lose Your Temper With!
See What the Product is Like?
Hi,
Many experienced sellers have two eBay IDs, purely to
keep their buying and selling activities separate...
usually to confuse fellow sellers!
So, for example, a seller marketing hand-made baby
clothing on eBay using one ID, might buy those items
from people who make and sell those items on eBay,
using a different ID to avoid rivals accessing all their
buying and selling secrets and sources in one easy
location.
Clever huh?
That second ID also helps conceal arbitrage deals. For
example, where one eBayer buys inexpensively from
another whose product was wrongly described and
attracting no bids. The new buyer resells the product
more professionally on eBay using a different ID. Using
a different ID prevents fellow sellers, and the eventual
winner of the second auction, from spotting vast profit
margins sometimes accompanying arbitrage deals. As
such, the second ID stops rival sellers from spotting
regular sellers of products that are incorrectly described
and going for a pittance. It also prevents sellers whose
product you bought so inexpensively from seeing how
much you made from their goods and deciding to ban
you from buying in future.
Three or more different IDs present additional benefits
and a person could, for example, have a different eBay
account for each of many different buying and selling
activities to allow each eBay account to reflect a different
niche market.
There's another important reason for having a spare ID,
namely to use in forums and chat rooms where tempers
sometimes get heated or someone wants to say
something about another person or company without
being identified!
As an example, a close writing friend had someone
make unfair criticisms about him in one of eBay's own
forums. On his own he was powerless to retaliate, it
simply happens that once a person openly defends
himself the path is wide open for an exchange of words
that gets rude and very personal. The nastier it gets, the
more difficult it is to back out without losing face but,
using a different ID, my friend was able to enter the
forum and defend himself as an innocent 'bystander'.
You can have as many eBay IDs as you like, as long as
each has its own separate email address.
Happy ebaying!
Until next time,
Avril
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Should You Order Products From Dropshippers to
See What the Product is Like?
by Mat Siltala
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This is a question that I often get asked, but the first
thing that comes to my mind every time is this - "What if
you are selling a thousand products?" Ordering products
from your supplier just to see what they are like, could
get costly. I am not saying its a bad idea, but it is an
expensive one that I think you could avoid by doing a
few 'simple' other things. With that said, I want to make it
clear that I think it's a great idea (even a must) to have a
clear understanding of your product line before you start
selling products online. There are two ways to look at
this:
1. My first opinion is that it really depends on what
product line you are selling. For some product lines, it
may be easy (or cheap) to order just a few of the
products and be able to get a pretty good idea of what
the products are like. I do not think that will be the case
for most product lines though, because what if you are
selling furniture items like a memory foam mattress that
has an average price tag of 700$? That's gonna add up,
and quick!
What you can do in those circumstances is simple - just
research the product online through review sites, or go
and visit a store that is selling the same product, and see
what its like right there in store. It will be a lot cheaper in
the long run and you have not wasted money on a
product you do not want. I can't begin to tell you how
many times I go into Sears or some other place and find
the product I want, and make sure its what I want, and
then I go online and find the best price. This is the power
and beauty of the Internet.
2. However; there is one more way you can look at it. If
you really (really) want to order the product to test it out
for your self, you can always re-sell it on eBay or
Craigslist. Because you are ordering it from your
supplier, you are getting the best deal out there, so you
will still make some money even from re-selling it.
Any one of these suggestions I have given above would
work to accomplish the goal, which is to get more
educated about the products you are selling online. If
you can accomplish that, then I think you have taken a
great step forward to becoming an even more successful
Internet business owner.
Matt Siltala got his start in SEO and online marketing in
1999 while working for a small radio station in Arizona.
Matt has also consulted for numerous education
companies just like Prosper Learning which you can
read more about at http://www.prosperlearning.net.
Matt now owns his own online marketing firm and
multiple online businesses.
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Five Things to Avoid When Selling on EBay
by Robert P Williams
***
eBay is a terrific venue for buyers and sellers to get
together and do business. However, it can be a bit
difficult for beginning sellers to have a lot of success.
Perhaps it's difficult to get bids on your items, or you are
not getting prices as high as those fetched by similar
products.
The odds are that if your listings aren't getting the results
you'd hoped for, you can help your listings through some
simple steps.
When selling on eBay, here are five things you should
avoid:
1. Misspellings - Misspelling the item you are trying to
sell makes it much harder for buyers to find it. If a
potential buyer does manage to find your item, they may
be the only one: meaning you will receive a very low
price for the item.
Other than being much harder to find using the search
function on eBay, it makes you look unprofessional.
Many buyers are less willing to hand over their money to
someone who didn't even proofread their posting. If
you're not much of a speller, have someone else look
over your listings. You can always use your word
processing software to spell check your listing then copy
and paste it into that program.
2. Not Using Keywords - Keywords are one way in which
buyers can search for your product. Use whatever terms
you think may be relevant to your item. This will help
your buyers find it.
3. Bad Photos - Since potential buyers can't look at your
item up close as they could at a store, you should make
sure to have the best product image that you can.
Ensure that any photos that you use are clear and sharp,
giving as much detail as needed to get a good idea of
the item. Multiple photos (from different angles) are a
good idea here. Take a look at photos for items which
have received a lot of bids - try to emulate these.
4. Reserves - This is the lowest amount which you will
sell the item for. This price is not displayed to buyers -
this can be frustrating to buyers. If a buyer bids too low,
all that they will be told is that they have not met the
reserve price.
A lot of sellers do like to use reserves to ensure that they
will be able to sell their product at a price which is
acceptable to them. In these cases, it would be
advisable to disclose the reserve price in the body of
your listing.
5. Incorrect Categorization - Always list your product in
the correct category. More so than anything else, buyers
will tend to browse within categories when searching for
products. If you are unsure which category your item
belongs in, search for similar ones and place it in the
same category.
Just try these simple tips when you make a listing on
eBay. It will definitely help the salability of your listed
item.
Robert Paul Williams is the Editor of Work At Home
Business Website which you can read more about at:
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