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eBay Tips from My Own Personal Experience
Posted 09-21-2010 at 05:58 AM by dbarnum
Hi,
What's worked here is to package info products on CDs / DVDs and sell those via eBay. It can be tricky setting up S&H for them, determining rates, delivery times, etc. But if you focus on the USA & Canada for starters, and not worry about shipping to the entire planet, for example, with USA English products, that helps.
What you can do:
1) Either create your own unique info products and / or...
2) Package some that you have rights to into something unique so there is virtually no competition.
3) Include a line in the Description about asking you for rates if you are in another country, if that's what you'd like to do.
4) ALWAYS check eBay rules and regs before publishing your listings. ALWAYS. Even if it looks like the top stores on eBay are publishing awesome Descriptions that you'd like to use in your info - do NOT do it. STOP. Seriously, make sure what you publish in your Descriptions adheres to eBay's rules and regs. Nothing will get you shut down faster than posting against their rules, and MANY people do this and are banned for months. Saying that so-and-so had this in their Descriptions carries no weight. Their listings will more than likely be pulled and the eBay member banned, too, once eBay gets to them.
5) Do set up shop elsewhere, since you have effort, time, money and other resources in this project - plus the fact that eBay can and does shut sellers down at any time, and with no notice, for a variety of reasons that they deem appropriate. Several ecommerce sites out there actually interact (think that's the word I'm looking for) with eBay so you can set up shop in one place with an off-eBay store, plus have eBay listings and even an eBay store. Check out:
- Prostores
- GoDaddy / Wild West Quick Carts
Alert:
you will more than likely have some degree of theft on eBay, people saying they didn't receive your CDs when shipping tracking info says otherwise. So adjust your plan accordingly to allow room for a percentage of loss, and don't haggle with potential shysters there (including those who try to hold you hostage and / or blackmail you for feedback), an easy way to get negative feedback or otherwise get stressed. Simply report these "buyers" to eBay, keep your sense of humor with all communications, and keep moving ahead
What's worked here is to package info products on CDs / DVDs and sell those via eBay. It can be tricky setting up S&H for them, determining rates, delivery times, etc. But if you focus on the USA & Canada for starters, and not worry about shipping to the entire planet, for example, with USA English products, that helps.
What you can do:
1) Either create your own unique info products and / or...
2) Package some that you have rights to into something unique so there is virtually no competition.
3) Include a line in the Description about asking you for rates if you are in another country, if that's what you'd like to do.
4) ALWAYS check eBay rules and regs before publishing your listings. ALWAYS. Even if it looks like the top stores on eBay are publishing awesome Descriptions that you'd like to use in your info - do NOT do it. STOP. Seriously, make sure what you publish in your Descriptions adheres to eBay's rules and regs. Nothing will get you shut down faster than posting against their rules, and MANY people do this and are banned for months. Saying that so-and-so had this in their Descriptions carries no weight. Their listings will more than likely be pulled and the eBay member banned, too, once eBay gets to them.
5) Do set up shop elsewhere, since you have effort, time, money and other resources in this project - plus the fact that eBay can and does shut sellers down at any time, and with no notice, for a variety of reasons that they deem appropriate. Several ecommerce sites out there actually interact (think that's the word I'm looking for) with eBay so you can set up shop in one place with an off-eBay store, plus have eBay listings and even an eBay store. Check out:
- Prostores
- GoDaddy / Wild West Quick Carts
Alert:
you will more than likely have some degree of theft on eBay, people saying they didn't receive your CDs when shipping tracking info says otherwise. So adjust your plan accordingly to allow room for a percentage of loss, and don't haggle with potential shysters there (including those who try to hold you hostage and / or blackmail you for feedback), an easy way to get negative feedback or otherwise get stressed. Simply report these "buyers" to eBay, keep your sense of humor with all communications, and keep moving ahead
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