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By Stephen Bucaro

It seems like just about everyone on earth has purchased something at, or at least visited, eBay. There must be a hundred books out there titled something like, "How to Get Rich Selling Useless Trash on eBay". Well, if you believe that, I have a bridge that I’d like to sell you.

The people that I know who sell on eBay spend many hours tracking down items to sell. Then they have to spend time entering auction information, reviewingrepparttar 117610 status of their auctions, communicating with buyers, and packaging and shippingrepparttar 117611 item. If they countedrepparttar 117612 number of hours used relative torepparttar 117613 revenue earned, I’m sure they are working for less than minimum wage.

Many people are askingrepparttar 117614 question, "What sells best on eBay?" The answer is antiques, collectibles, and memorabilia. If you don’t have a continuous supply of this type of material, it is difficult to make money on eBay. Lately, there has been a market for "garage sale" type items such as used baby clothes and children's toys. But who has a continuous supply of these?

Along withrepparttar 117615 time invested in locating items to sell, they have to pay $1.00 to listrepparttar 117616 item (whether it sells or not). If it sells, they pay an additional $1.25 and 2.5% ofrepparttar 117617 selling price. Ifrepparttar 117618 buyer pays through an electronic payment service like Paypal or Billpoint, then they pay an additional $0.30 plus 3% ofrepparttar 117619 selling price.

Who paysrepparttar 117620 shipping charges? The seller may think thatrepparttar 117621 buyer is paying shipping charges. But becauserepparttar 117622 buyer considers it when evaluatingrepparttar 117623 purchase, in effect,repparttar 117624 seller paysrepparttar 117625 shipping.

Why do people keep working eBay if they are not making money? The fact is that these people just love scouting out antiques, collectibles, and memorabilia, or used baby clothes and children's toys at garage sales and swap meets. They get excited about posting it on eBay and watchingrepparttar 117626 bids come in. Hey, everybody needs a hobby.

To sell on eBay, you have to register by providing your name, email address, and a credit card number (for paying auction fees). Then, with your user ID and password, you can log in. To list your item for auction, clickrepparttar 117627 "Sell" link onrepparttar 117628 "Welcome" screen. This takes you to a very long form.

The first thing you have to do is choose a category and sub-category for your item. Choosingrepparttar 117629 correct category is essential. When choosing a category consider your target buyer.

Next, enter a title for your item (45 characters max). Your title should consist of carefully selected keywords. Buyers use keywords to search eBay. Atrepparttar 117630 end of your title, you might want to enterrepparttar 117631 letters "NR". This stands for "No Reserve" and means that you are actually willing to sell your item atrepparttar 117632 price you enter asrepparttar 117633 minimum bid.

Next, enter a description of your item. Fraud is a concern on all auction sites, so make bidders feel at ease by giving as much information as possible. Then enter your City and State.

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