It pays to be lazy on eBay

Written by Dave Bromley


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These days as a one-person business I believe that it is not enough just sell on eBay but have a complimentary web site as well. You can promote your web site to your eBay customers in several ways. First of all mention it and create a link on your About Me Page. (What you don’t have an About Me Page! As John Mackinroe would say, “You can’t be serious”). Also when you e-mail successful bidders to tell them you have dispatched their item tell them about your web site. And of course add a link inrepparttar Signature block atrepparttar 100202 bottom of all your e-mails.

Another way to get your eBay customers to opt in to your e-mail list is to offer them a free report on a relevant subject. Providing it contains useful facts it does not need to be any longer than this article and you can deliver it by e-mail. What could be easier.

Your web site does not have to be complicated; a price list of some of your products, and perhaps some special offers and possibly links to affiliate sites that are of interest to your niche market. You can even bolsterrepparttar 100203 content for your web site by including some drop ship items related to your niche.

I explained this all to my friend and told him that I was really lazy because knowing my market I was able to buy items in bulk This meant I spent far less time listing items as by using Turbo Lister they could be relisted in a matter of seconds.

My lazy way is simple have about 20 products permently listed on eBay as either Buy It Now or regular auction. Build up my opt in e-mail list, and have a web site with information and offers for my niche market. Once a month I send out an e-mail to my list with some special offer and that is it. That was considerably less work than my friend andrepparttar 100204 return was far greater.

Afterrepparttar 100205 recent price rises many sellers quit eBay, whether permanently or temporarily only time will tell. But as long as you rely purely onrepparttar 100206 auction site you are very much at their mercy. At least by takingrepparttar 100207 chance to build up your opt in list and developing your web site, should anything happen inrepparttar 100208 future you will have something to fall back on and not be totally reliant on eBay.

Now I am pleased to say that he has seenrepparttar 100209 light, his web site is already up and at last he has put up an About Me page. Andrepparttar 100210 really good news is that he already looks at lot less stressed than he used to.



The author specialities in all aspects of of Online auctions especially eBay UK is the publisher of the UK Auctionline Newsletter and 6 part mini course which can be found at http://www.ukauctionline.co.uk.


Nine Simple eBay Selling Hints

Written by Terry Gibbs


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7. Optimize your images forrepparttar web. Many sellers userepparttar 100201 highest resolution settings on their cameras and generate huge files that download very slowly. Computer monitors only show 72DPI, any extra detail is just a waste ofrepparttar 100202 bidder's time.

8. List your item inrepparttar 100203 most appropriate category. Many buyer's only search eBay by looking at listings within categories. If you are not inrepparttar 100204 right eBay category you will not be seen by lots of potential bidders and you item may end up selling for less than it's worth.

9. Systemize your eBay selling. Using a system to sell on eBay will lowerrepparttar 100205 amount of time spent selling each item, and insure you don't forget any important activities.

The Auction Revolution explains all of these hints in greater detail. Find out more at: http://www.auction-revolution.com

Terry Gibbs is the author of two best selling eBay books "The Auction Revolution," and "The Complete Guide To eBay Consignment Sales." Learn more at his website: http://www.news.iwantcollectibles.com


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