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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 Read More…

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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 as a payment option and angry sellers have even got the national consumer watchdog involved. The change has been delayed a further month.

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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 you stop on some. Is it the keywords? How are products similar to yours described? What information is given? What questions are asked? Read More…

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