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Whilst selling eBooks is a very inviting idea due to the small start up costs and the overall simple selling process, the bad news is many other eBay sellers have now discovered this market and realised its potential.

With hundreds of eBook sellers operating on eBay offering many similar products it can be easy for your listings to get lost in the crowd. Which is why it’s absolutely imperative to make your listings stand out from the competition. A lot of it comes down to being creative and being original about how you market your eBooks.

Here are several methods that will generally attract more attention from potential customers. Some of these ideas might sound quite basic, but try putting your own personal twist on them and see if you can boost your sales. Remember to include a counter on your listings so you can keep track of how many views your listing is generating.

• Visually Stand Out

Search through eBay for one of the eBooks you are selling. You’ll no doubt find dozens of the same eBooks all with the same graphics and eBook covers to promote them. If you follow the crowd and simply use the basic graphics that were supplied with the eBook then you are merely relying on luck that you will be the one who makes the sale.

However promoting the eBook in a new and more interesting way can really separate you from all the other sellers of that particular eBook. If possible try to create your own eBook cover for each eBook you sell. This sounds like it might be a lot of work, however with many software programs now available it couldn’t be any easier. Using an old and tired eBook cover gives out the completely wrong message to potential customers. If the cover is poorly designed then what’s the say the rest of the book isn’t of the same standard.

• Review Your Sales Copy

Not only are the majority of sellers are using the same graphics and eBook covers, but if you open a few listings you’ll notice that much of the sales copy and product description is completely the same as the next. Whilst this is absolute poor marketing on their part, it’s a great opportunity for you to be different.

Sure, it takes a little extra work to re-write product descriptions but it will definitely pay off in the long run. Creating a unique looking auction will really set you apart in a market that’s full of carbon copies.

Also pay attention to your auction title. You have around 55 characters at your disposal, so use them wisely. Again, it’s ok to see what other sellers are doing however don’t rely too heavily on their tactics if you want to be seen as different. If might sound basic, but make sure you fill your title with words that potential customers will actually search for.

• Offer Your Customers Something Extra

Another great way to generate additional interest and sales is to offer something a little extra in your auctions. With physical items you’ll notice many sellers use the technique of offering discounted postage if they buy more items. Well, why not apply this to eBooks. Of course postage is free already with eBooks, however this doesn’t stop you from providing a discount if they buy more than one item from you.

If you have a series of eBooks all related to the same subject, think about offering these in some sort of bulk package. Instead of offering customers a single eBook at a time, why not bundle a few eBooks together, this way you can promote your auction as a complete package.

It’s all about being a little creative and analysing what the competition isn’t doing. Try some of these techniques and I’ll sure you will find your auction views rocket, as well as your sales.

Do you like to sell on eBay? It’s easy and fun, isn’t it? In fact, it’s one of the easiest online businesses you can start almost overnight, without any major investments. That’s the best thing about it. But do you also know that only the minority of the people selling on eBay are really successful and that most of them quit after a little while or run it only as a hobby. Yes, that’s true. Hard facts, but the truth. So, what are the secrets of those successful eBay sellers? Well, the most important thing to become successful is a unique product. That’s the first thing. In case you don’t have a unique product, you can sell products which are in high demand, e.g. children clothing, designer clothing, digital cameras, etc. But you have to keep in mind that your item has to compete with 100 similar products – maybe even to a better price.
So if you are selling products which are highly competitive, then your sales letter has to be DIFFERENT. No, not only different, it has to be UNIQUE. And not only unique!! Your listing has to be PROFESSIONAL. Let me tell you about our experiment or go to www.web-sales-letter-supreme.com we have tried various listings for the same item. And what do you think which listing got the most bids? Right, listings with a professional UNIQUE design end up with 30-40 ore bids. Can you imagine that? It was exactly the same item. Just the design of the sales letter can make a massive difference in the end price you may get. It’s just amazing. We have saying in German: “Dash Ague sits mitt”. The translation is something like: “If it looks nice it has to taste better”. Well, as we know this is not always true though, but that’s the psychology of our human brain. If the overall impression of the food is good, an impulse is sent to the brain: This has to taste good – I want to try that. It’s the same thing with buying in a shop or on eBay. If the auction website of the item you are looking at looks nice, the product has to be good and it’s more likely that you click on the “Bid now” button.
We have seen that many times and especially with our little experiment. So, if you use professional looking eBay auction templates for your listings, you will be surprised how this may boost your eBay business you can visit www.sale-trigger-generator.com Try to modify your templates and see which perform better. You will notice that a tiny change can make a huge difference. Keep track which templates has generated what prices and compare after a month. You’ll see that some templates do really well and some don’t. Be creative and modify your templates. But be careful! Don’t overdo it though with bright colors a dozen animated gifs. No, that’s not what the buyer wants to see. They want to have a clear and honest description and a good picture. If the overall design is professional, believe me – it’s more likely that they place a bid. And at the end of the day – that’s all it counts, doesn’t it?

Today’s difficult economy has generated some changes in the formula to make money selling on eBay. In some cases eBay sellers are finding it more challenging to successfully make the sale. In other cases sellers are seeing sales growth in-spite of economy. But what are the secrets? How can some sellers achieve success on eBay while others fail? In this article I present 3 tips to make money selling on eBay by buying right.

1) Make money selling on eBay by first recognizing how informed your target buyers have become. As a group eBay buyers have always been pretty well informed. They know a great deal about the products they seek. In fact, they often know much more than the sellers. They also know the right price to pay; at least the right price for them to pay.

2) Your challenge as a seller is to conduct thorough market research before you attempt to sell. While there was a time when almost anything could be sold, that is not the case in today’s marketplace. You must thoroughly research not only the market niche, but also the products you’d like to sell. Fortunately the eBay site offers a wide assortment of tools to make that search much less challenging and difficult, even for the newest of sellers.

3) To make money selling on eBay requires buying the products you sell at the lowest possible prices. Many of the most successful sellers knew this fact from early in their selling careers. They invested the time and effort to locate wholesalers, manufacturers and distributors offering extremely low pricing during the better economic times. In today’s marketplace you must join them. You can no longer count on luck as a way to offset bad buying. You too must do the work to locate those special suppliers offering products for pennies on the dollar.

If your plan is to make money selling on eBay in today’s market environment, focus on locating quality suppliers who will reliably provide the products you seek at low, low prices. Only then are you positioned to generate huge volumes of profitable sales. Only then will you be able to say you make money selling on eBay.

To your eBay success!

As if you haven’t already heard, millions upon millions of people of people buy and sell on eBay every single day. Some only make a few sales here and there. Others have figured out what it takes to become “Powersellers.” Powersellers are the very small minority of eBay sellers that do at least $2,000 per month in sales on eBay and maintain a 99% positive feedback rating. Powersellers are the ones that really know what they’re doing and if you really want to be successful on eBay then follow the secrets they revealed to me.

So, what are the secrets, tips and tricks that will cause you to become a Powerseller as well?

Well, I’ll be completely honest with you… I may be well on my way but I’m not a Powerseller yet. However, one thing that I know from creating several successful businesses is that if you want to become the best at something, you need to copy those that are already successful, ask them to mentor you and ask questions and take notes. And now I am going to take what they taught me and pass it on to you.

This is part three of a four part article series. You will find links to the other parts of this article series at the end of this article.

SECRET STRATEGY #12 – DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING TO MAKE YOUR CUSTOMER HAPPY… EVEN IF IT MEANS LOSING MONEY ON A DEAL!

Of course, we’ve all heard “the customer’s always right!” On eBay it’s even more true. Here’s something odd that you probably don’t know: when a customer tells other people that a company or product sucked, the people they told are 5 times more likely than the person that told them to not do business with that company or buy that product. Five times more likely than the person that actually bought the thing!

Now, on eBay it is even more important as a seller to make sure that you maintain a highly positive rating because every single potential customer can see the negative ratings left for you. In addition, for every 1% (for sellers that have a rating under 1000) you’re your feedback is lowered, you will lose 11% in bids. That’s why every Powerseller says that their rating is more important than money that they lose off one deal. Personally, I can tell you that I know that several bidders have purchased my information products and then asked for their money back even though I know that they are still using the product (FYI, there are certain tricks that you can use to make money off even those that rip you off.)

I also highly recommend that you subscribe to SquareTrade and register for the Better Business Bureau Online if you qualify. I’m sure that you are familiar with the BBB so let’s talk about SquareTrade. SquareTrade has been working with eBay pretty much since eBay began and they are a certified eBay partner.

Basically, what they do is mediate disagreements with customers but, even more beneficial, they immediately investigate negative feedback is soon as a customer leaves it for you and they work with eBay to remove negative feedback that is malicious (i.e. your competition buys a product just to leave a negative feedback.) If they determine that the negative feedback was indeed caused by the seller, they attempt work out a resolution with the buyer so that the negative feedback can be removed.

Many Powersellers have been subscribed to SquareTrade for years and they also told me that it pretty much pays for itself right away because when buyers see the SquareTrade logo on the listing that the seller is making every attempt to make sure that their customers are fully satisfied. Check out SquareTrade:

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Next, I believe, as do all the Powersellers that I spoke with, that you should always offer a powerful guarantee. I, for one, offer a 180-day, no-hassle, satisfaction, money-back guarantee on any information product that I wrote and at least a 30-day guarantee on everything else. One thing that I do not do is offer a “100% Money Back” guarantee although if a customer asks for all of their money back, I give them exactly what they ask for. What I do is always send them an email telling them that they will get to keep the product since there is no way me to make sure that they don’t use it. Most of the time they ask for 25-75% of their money back but very rarely do they ask 100% of their money back.

Also, for physical products most Powersellers require that items be returned in their original condition. And they charge a restocking fee for all returned items. But remember that their customer’s satisfaction always supersedes these policies. Just keep this in mind: your feedback rating is your best advertisement but can also be your largest downfall. Never let your emotions get in the way and always make 200% sure that your customer walks away happy… even if you have to bribe them with extra gifts.

SECRET STRATEGY #13 – BUILD YOUR OWN WEBSITE

While you don’t need your own website from the very beginning, every Powerseller I spoke with has their own website. Why? One, they do not want to be at the mercy of eBay. Certainly, eBay doesn’t make it a goal of theirs to hurt businesses that sell on eBay but on occasion they do. For example, a few years ago, many people realized the power of selling their cars on eBay. At that time, it cost around $60-80 to place an ad in the newspaper or AutoTrader but only a couple of dollars to put an ad on eBay.

So, many auto traders started creating businesses where they would sell their cars on eBay. Well, eBay soon realized this new popularity and then created eBay Motors. Now, it costs $40 to list a car and $40 at the close of the sale. This is still a pretty good deal but definitely more risky than it was before. However, Powersellers realize two things: 1) that it is not good to be at the mercy of others and 2) that they can make more money selling through their own web site.

That’s why it’s very important to set up your own web site as soon as possible. Furthermore, when you have people buying through your own web site, you don’t have to pay eBay fees which can save tons of money. Finally, many Powersellers have developed ways to use eBay as a traffic generator rather than really try to make money off eBay. For example, they might have an informational product that they are selling like “The Most Spectacular Fishing Trips In The World” and to promote this product, they sell various fishing items such as lures and rods.

Of course, they want to make a profit off these items but the big money is in the back end product. In this case, one could sell the fishing guide as well as have affiliate tie-ins to companies that selling fishing tours in the areas that were talked about in the guide. On top of that, if you get the customer’s email address then you can contact them in the future about new products or services. Even if you cannot set up your own website right away, at the very least, make sure that you get their email address for use in the future.

SECRET STRATEGY #14 – ACCEPT EVERY FORM OF PAYMENT THAT YOU POSSIBLE CAN!

Powersellers make it as easy as possible for their customers to pay for an item and give them as many options as possible. Many sellers are opposed to accepting credit cards because of the fees that credit card companies charge. This is the most ridiculous belief when it comes to business for several reasons. One, the average credit card purchase is 30% higher than purchases made by cash or check. So, do the math. Do you make more money by offering credit card payments or less? Sure you have to pay 2-3% to the credit card company but you will make 30% more on the sale.

Now, many people then say “Well, why should I accept personal checks or money orders then?” Because, even though credit card payments are the safest way to pay on the Internet, many people believe that they’re just not safe. I try to tell people that using their credit card on the Internet is actually safer online than offline as the credit card companies attest but, most of the time, they simply don’t believe me. And you know what?

I hate having to go to the bank to deposit a check and wait until it clears but the funny thing is that even though I accept checks and money orders, the winning bidder rarely wants to pay via check or money order. This goes back to the first reason why you should accept credit cards… because people that pay via credit card are willing to pay more usually making them the highest bidder. Finally, when you accept more forms of payments, you’ll receive more bids and the interesting thing is that this can often times create a bidding frenzy.

SECRET STRATEGY #15 – START WITH THE LOWEST BID POSSIBLE AND AVOID RESERVE BIDS

Many sellers are terrified of starting their auctions at $.01 and not having a reserve price. They are afraid that if they do this then the item that they’re selling will sell for less than its worth. First of all, an auction is capitalism at it’s best. Whoever is willing to pay the most gets the item. Basically, whatever the highest bid ends up being IS what the item is worth.

Of course, if you have read the rest of this article then you’d know that there are many things that you can do to receive higher bids on your auction like adding photos and writing a great description. However, the Powersellers that I spoke with all told me that they begin 99% of their auctions at $.01 with no reserve; the rare exception being extremely expensive items that they have never sold before.

You see, one Powerseller that I interviewed told me about a little experiment that he conducted on several occasions. Basically, what he did was place identical items up for auction which he knew that he normally had sold for $300 (with a starting bid of $9.99) in the past, placed them in the same categories and began and ended them at the exact same times. The only difference between the two auctions was that one auction he began at $.01 and the other he began at $25. In fact, if one searched for the particular item that he was selling, these two auctions would show up right next to each other.

At the end of the auction, the one that began at $.01 had received 63 bids and ended with a winning bid of $343. That’s $43 more than he had ever made off a previous sale. The auction that began at $25 ended with only 43 bids and a final price of $287 for a difference of $56! Remember that everything was exactly the same except for the starting bid price.

Why does this happen? It’s pretty simple really. First of all, you’ll receive bids from a larger number of unique bidders and remember that every time someone is outbid, they receive a notice that they have been outbid. In affect, eBay is promoting your item for you even more.

Second, more bids draw more bidders. Ask yourself this: when you are scrolling through eBay listings, what catches your eye more: an auction with 3-4 bids or an auction with 20. Some people claim that it doesn’t make a difference but the numbers prove otherwise. Bids beget more bids.

Finally, people always want to “win!” You know, when you go to Wal-Mart and buy something, they don’t say “You Won!” do they? Of course not! But on eBay, you’re the “winning bidder!” The more people that you draw into your auction then the more people you will have wanting to win.

Don’t be scared! Always start your auction at $.01 and “no reserve.” This option always makes more money. But there is one exception to this rule: don’t do it when you are just beginning to sell an extremely expensive item that you have to put a lot of your money on the line. For example, when I first started selling sporting tickets on eBay, I really had no idea what I was doing or how to effectively list an item. But once I figured that out, it really didn’t matter how much I bought the tickets for because when I listed them at $.01 and no reserve, I made about 18% more per sale!

Special note: if you have no reserve on your auction, always put “no reserve” (minus the quotes) in your auction title or, if you don’t have enough space for that, then put “nr” in the title. Do this because many people are opposed to auction with reserves and so they will always search for their keyword plus “no reserve” or “nr” and if your title doesn’t have these keywords then they won’t see it.

Well, that’s it! Armed with these secret eBay strategies, you too should be well on your way to making a very substantial income on eBay. However, should you wish to obtain even more information about how to make money on eBay and the rest of the Internet, please visit our eBay store for some fabulous informational products.

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Finally, if you missed any of the four parts of this article, you can read the other three at the following addresses:

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EBay has become one of the most visited and biggest websites on the Internet. It has been ranked as the 19th most visited website online. There are approximately 160 million registered users all over the world on eBay and just less than one tenth of 1% of these users are eBay sellers. To be precise, eBay is a huge online market and if you are interested in selling products that can be delivered digitally, like eBooks, don’t miss the opportunity offered by eBay. Initially, eBay was not very good for selling eBooks but today things have changed considerably. Now eBay has opened its doors for the eBook sellers after realizing that this procedure has the potential to generate huge profit. Even if you are not very good with computers, you can take advantage of this opportunity because the process of listing eBooks and making it available for buyers through an instant download link has become very simple and easy.

The problem faced by many sellers of eBooks on eBay is that it becomes difficult for them to make profit in a market where an eBook gets sold for less than two dollars. There is a huge drop in the final price even further after the Paypal fees and listings. Many sellers prefer to give up because it becomes difficult for them to figure out methods through which they can earn good money and many don’t even try to start selling. They do not realize the benefits that they can reap with eBay eBook selling if they put in some extra effort. There are eBook sellers who have managed to generate hundred and thousand of dollars in a year from their business on eBay. The type of methodology that these sellers have employed is very different from the general sellers who give up fast. Sellers who are reaping a lot of profit from eBay have managed to turn the process of selling in to a science. The methodology followed by such sellers is:

They list hundreds of eBooks for sale and then price them at low costs. They do not profit from sale of these eBooks. Instead, they use the eBooks that are priced cheaply as “loss leader” products so that more buyers could be drawn towards the eBay store. Once the buyers visit the store the sellers can sell them products that are priced high.

Viral eBooks are a crucial component of the success rate of these sellers. Whenever they create a new information digital product they include a line back to their store and products along with master rights for reselling. This leads to an expansion in traffic to their store.

Rebrandable eBooks are sold as loss leader products as well as used as a method of affiliate program promotion. With rebrandable eBooks sale the sellers earn some money up front and much more from back end sale.

Are you looking for way to build traffic to your site, keep your visitors coming back all while generating a steady stream of income? If you said yes to any of the above, you should check out the Auction Bump script. This article will outline some of the basic features of this simple yet powerful script & how it can be put to work for you.

What It Is

An “auction bump” is where eBay sellers can post their auction, buy it now item or eBay store item right to your website. The term “bump” refers to the way the posted auction are placed, newest first while the oldest postings are dropped…or “bumped” off. Postings include both an image and brief description of their item. The process is completely self-serve and is extremely simple for visitors to use.

Now why would you let someone advertise THEIR items on YOUR site? Lets read on…

Build And Keep Traffic

With over 150 million registered users and millions of items for sale, the competition on eBay had gotten extremely stiff. Smart sellers are turning to sites in addition to eBay to help drive traffic to their products & listings. This is where you come in. With a little effort you can flood your site with eager eBayers looking for free advertising and promotion opportunities. Once they find your site they will keep coming back to advertise new items for sale!

Generate Income

Perhaps the most important feature of this script is how easy it is to generate income through the eBay Affiliate Program, or as it is now known, the eBay Partner Network (EPN). Every posting a visitor adds to your site is automatically converted to an affiliate link. Each time an item posted to your site is clicked that user receives a tracking cookie from eBay. You will earn a commission for every item that person buys on eBay for 7 days.

Script Features And Requirements

Have complete control of postings with a backend admin system including user banning & remove or edit items. You can also modify the look & feel of the script output from the admin area.

As a personal user of this script I found it extremely simple to install and even easier to manage. It is not a get rich quick scheme or an overnight success program, but of you are willing to put forth a little effort, you can have great success being an eBay affiliate using the Auction Bump script.

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Generally there is only one earning strategy employed by eBay sellers. Buy low and sell for a profit. Sellers may be cruising yard sales on a weekend, op shops, or bargain bins in department stores, or they may have access to suppliers of wholesale goods (including dropshippers). But the strategy is still the same. This is the easiest and most direct method to make money on eBay as it involves listing an item for sale and then within days or weeks seeing a return on the investment.

Sellers may be able to repeat the sales that they have achieved, as in the case of goods obtained in bulk from a wholesale supplier or dropshipper, or they may have different items to sell in each listing. There are many people making excellent money on eBay from this strategy by all accounts and so it obviously works. I do it myself.

There is another strategy, hardly employed on eBay by sellers, which can also earn money for the account holder. That is using eBay as a vehicle for generating traffic to a seller’s other items, located off eBay, or for the seller to create affiliate sales of other peoples’ products. I will endeavour to explain the workings of these two strategies in more detail below.

Buy Low – Sell High

There’s definitely nothing new about this. It has been the backbone of trading since time began and essentially eBay is just an extension of any shopping mall or market place where trading goes on – the only difference is that a lot of eBay sales are conducted by auction, which is somewhat unconventional in a traditional commercial sense.

There are a number of ways that eBay sellers utilise this method of selling and trading on eBay. As mentioned, the auction format is perhaps the most used, or at least the most commonly noticed method of trading on eBay. This may be used predominantly for items that are personal possessions being sold off on eBay, such as old DVDs and clothes, where the seller would be happy to accept any value for the goods seeing they have already used up their value by using them themselves.

It is also used where an item is rare and this is where eBay has built its global reputation as being the place of choice for selling such items so that sellers can attract a global audience to fight over the product.

Sellers often also utilise a fixed price format, or include a buy-it-now price on their listing to encourage quick sales or to set a reserve price on an item in categories in which this option is not available using the auction format. Fixed price format sales are also used for eBay store owners where the listings are generally listed for a month at a time rather than for a week or 10 days or less.

There are advantages and disadvantages to owning a store for different sellers and different items, but as regards the benefits of a store for listings I’m not going to go into that here.

The costs of listing and selling items on eBay, apart from the purchase costs of the items that are being offered for sale are:

* the listing fees payable to eBay calculated as a small percentage of the listing price upfront and the sales price in arrears

* the cost of promoting your listing through use of pictures, highlighting and a premium for promoting your listing on search results or on eBay’s featured listings pages

* a percentage of the total sale amount (including postage) for buyers who use PayPal

* postage costs (although these costs are usually totally offset by the buyer)

* eBay store subscriptions and other eBay subscriptions such as Picture Manager and Selling Manager Pro

Another cost that too many eBay sellers don’t take into account when they start selling stuff, particularly low value (and hence low margin) items such as books and DVDs, is the value of their time. I don’t know about you, but my time is worth money during the day at least. I also put a value on the time that I have after working to spend with my family, or having fun, resting, exercising and eating amongst other things.

When valuing my time monetarily I put a higher value on the time that I spend out of work, just as I would expect to be paid extra for overtime. This time is an important part of any eBay seller’s strategy because it takes time to put up listing, pack and post products, respond to email queries and perform other administrative tasks. And this time is usually time spent after work, i.e. the most valuable time.

All up I allocate at least 30 minutes to a unique listing and 15 minutes to an item I can repeatedly re-list. That means that if I value my time at $20/hour then I wouldn’t list any unique item that doesn’t make me $10 profit or a $5 profit on items I list repeatedly.

If you can make some money selling on eBay with this strategy then there is no limit to what you can do with your business as all you have to do is multiply the number of items that you sell to increase your profits. There are even eBay sellers that employ people to do their postage and packing or other administrative tasks where they are selling more than they can handle on their own.

eBay as a Traffic Generator for Other Products

No doubt, affiliate marketing is a huge money maker on the internet. There are probably millions of products that can be sold as an affiliate and usually all you need is a website or some content, whether in the form of a regular newsletter or blog or articles, to get into the game. eBay is another great place to ply affiliate products, or even your own products, outside of the usual eBay sales channels of auctions and fixed price listings.

If you want to sell anything on the internet then you need some sort of product and some webspace on which to advertise and sell it. Duh. Well eBay is a free platform that you can use to do that – and I’m not just talking about your listings. Every eBay account comes with an opportunity to create an About Me page on which you can tell the world who you are and what you are about.

You can include text, graphics, video and even HTML on that page and unlike the very strict policies that eBay maintains and enforces in regards to the content and links that you include on your listings eBay is much more lenient on the stuff that you have on your about me. About the only restriction is that you don’t link to other auction sites or sites with a catalogue of products for sale (ie eBay’s competition).

You can link to your home page, your blog, your granny’s poker club – anything – including sites that sell certain products that you can refer people to and earn affiliate commissions. This is best done with information products in my opinion, or by inviting visitors to your about me to leave you their details through a web form so that you can send them newsletters (though which you can sell anything you want). This is a very poorly tapped opportunity on eBay.

I use my about me page to invite visitors to my online business website where I have a form to capture their name and email so that I can send them info about building a home business. I’ve worked out that for ever 100 people that view my listings about 15 go to my about me page and approximately 1 goes on to check out my business homepage. Small numbers at this level, sure, but seeing as I average about 1000 listing views per day, that’s 10 people visiting my online business and they convert to leads on my website at about the rate of 2%. So I get one lead from eBay each week.

It’s still a trickle, I’ll give you that, but it’s a FREE trickle that I wouldn’t otherwise get and each year I make about $3000 this way. I’ll take $3000 for free, wouldn’t you?

If you don’t have an online business then you can just promote someone else’s. Just go somewhere like Clickbank and sign up as an affiliate there. Easy money if you ask me.

You can also set up a link in your eBay store header that can take your store visitors to your online business or affiliate business (though I’m not entirely sure if eBay approves of that). I haven’t found anything that directly says it’s a no-no & I haven’t asked or had my store suspended (yet). Until then I’m getting another trickle of traffic there as well.

Conclusion

Correct me if I’m wrong but I think that the key to any successful business is optimising your opportunities. You only have so many and if you are not making the most of each one then you are not going to be in business very long. You should be using all that eBay offers to build your trading business and also adding additional streams of income that you can profit from where available as well.

Buying low and selling high is going to be your key weapon in your business strategy and part of this is going to be finding a good supply of items from which you can profit (though I haven’t gone into that here), but you should have an affiliate stream built in there as well – especially seeing that you don’t have to pay anything extra for the privilege and it’s so easy.

Stuff that is being bought and sold online these days mostly comes from eBay, this trading had attracted a lot of people that would like to sell their items for a good price. They come and go like hot pancakes, just juice up the deal by making them stand out. You can always make a difference by making honest deals and build up your reputation. Here are some free eBay selling tips that might help you sell those old figurines in the attic.

Write a simple description and do not clutter your auction with unneeded items like animated Gifs, and colored backgrounds. Remember, you are selling not entertaining.

If you are selling items such as DVDs, software and designer labels, make it clear that your items are genuine and not pirate copies or fakes. Letting them know what you sell for real makes them understand your product better, hence, having little trouble when the day ends. You might end up having a bad reputation if you are selling bootleg copies when you stated they are genuine.

Charge a flat rate for shipping, and mention the shipping costs prominently within your auction description. Let potential buyers know that you are prepared to ship overseas. This will greatly increase potential sales.

Check your spelling. Items won’t sell if potential buyers can’t find them because you’ve misspelled the item’s name. Write a title that accurately describes your item. Use manufacturers name and model number within the title if applicable. Write a detailed description that allows prospective bidders to make a decision about purchasing the item. A basic tip is the description can never be too long as long as it is describing the item.

Host your own pictures. By hosting your own pictures, you will save money, and, more importantly, be able to use as many pictures as you need to adequately show eBay bidders your item. This is the simplest thing to do, and yet 70 percent of eBay sellers ignore this simple tip.

Pay the extra fee to include a picture of your product. Make sure that it is a good quality image, with no background distractions. Optimize your pictures for the web is the best way to tune out the loading times of your image. Many sellers use the 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 of the bidder’s time.

List your item in the most appropriate category. Many buyers’ only search eBay by looking at listings within categories. If you are not in the 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.

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

Build your positive feedback. You can do this quickly by buying and selling several small value items. This will give potential buyers confidence in you.
Be honest. If your item is less than perfect, say so. This is more likely to generate a sale as potential buyers are more likely to trust you. Being honest should also help to protect your valuable positive feedback. I once made a tidy profit on some items that were originally free; I made it clear in the copy; the buyer was pleased and so was I.

Don’t set a high starting price. This will cost you more, and could put off potential buyers. Your item will find its correct value if you have listed it properly, but it may not reach its value until the last few minutes of the auction. Be realistic about shipping costs. If you charge too little, you risk your profit. It is possible to make a small profit from shipping, but if you charge too much, you will put off possible buyers

Time your auction to end on a weekend, this is when most potential customers will be available to buy your items, and should increase the final price you get. Take advantage of eBay promotional offers; look out for special days when you can advertise your items at a reduced cost.

Now, time to get started, remember, you can only build your reputation by having good trades, having to let strangers trust you is really nonsense these days but on eBay, they make sure your points are given credit. Follow these tips and you’re on your way to making good money.

Easy money on eBay was the craze of the last few years, but now it seems to have died down with many eBay sellers realising there is no quick buck to be made on the world’s greatest online auction site.

While it may no longer be possible to make a million dollars overnight on eBay (it never really has been possible but many people would have led you to believe that it was) it still is possible to make a tidy, consistent sum using the power of eBay.

It’s a simple method that you may have heard of but not truly understood the potential of the system, well fear not, in this article I will outline exactly how you can generate an endless stream of profits using eBay and and the best part is, there are no initial start up costs.

First thing you need to do is collect together a tonne of brandable eBooks and short reports on any subjects you can think of. Once you have a collection of 10-20, start branding them. Most brandable eBooks permit you to add your affiliate ID, so if someone clicks on your link and buys the product, you take a commission. Add your affiliate ID’s for the corresponding products.

Now you need to use eBay as a distribution channel for getting these branded eBooks and reports to as many people as possible. This is simple to do and there are two main ways.

Firstly, sell these branded eBooks on eBay for a couple of cents – or if the product provides real value, a couple of dollars. Sell as many copies of these products as possible and you will have a number of people reading these eBooks, clicking your affiliate link and perhaps purchasing the product – therefore generating you a commission.

Secondly, create an eBay about me page and add links to download these free branded eBooks from your website. Add a link to your eBay about me page in your auctions and you will have hundreds of people daily downloading the branded products and generating you affiliate commissions.

The best part about this system is that your initial customers will pass on the eBook to their subscribers, auction visitors, members and customers and you will still be generating easy sales from these peoples hard work using only eBay and a few brandable eBooks.

I hope you now realise the viral power of eBay and brandable eBooks and start implementing these aspects into your eBay business for the following years.