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eBay Fees Change Causes Confusion

March 18, 2011
eBay Fees Change Causes Confusion

If you are using eBay as a sales channel for your work from home business be aware you can be subject to several different fee structures and some country specific eBay sites are much cheaper than others. For example just this week eBay USA announced a cut in fees and many sellers in Australia and the UK are confused as to how this impacts on them. It comes down to which particular eBay you signed up to but some sellers have forgotten or did not realise they were signing up to ebay.com instead of their local eBay! Others have...

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eBay and what NOT to Sell!

March 7, 2009
eBay and what NOT to Sell!

Thinking of starting an eBay business? There are some products that are simply not easy to make money with before you dive in the deep end have a think about these little traps for the unwary: Popular Products: Yes there are lots of sellers offering dvds and lipods because there is a huge market for them so you might well think of those types of products as a good choice but the chances are you would be making a mistake. The sellers who make money with these products

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Changes at eBay?

June 23, 2008

If you are an ebay seller you might want to be aware of changes ahead such as the news that ebay is to phase out Third Party Checkout systems often used by powersellers. Systems such as Marketplace Advisor which help sellers with listings and inventory management and of course upsells are to be phased out within the next 12 months. All vendors will be required to use ebays own checkout. So far there seems no danger of the unpopular ‘paypal only’ payment requirement being adapted outside Australia. Aussie sellers are still fighting for the right to retain bank transfers...

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Make Money on eBay – Write Good Listings

April 27, 2008

Read a great article in a magazine today about how some folks are really coining it selling all kinds of stuff on eBay, even part timers are doing really well in some niches. Several of these people commented on how it was important to have a good niche (ok thats obvious) but many commented that it was really important to get your listings right so I thought I’d list some of the important aspects: Do the research. You need to study how others have listed their items to work out what it is that catches your eye and makes...

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