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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
To make money on eBay there are several factors to consider and many sellers will tell you if you want to make decent returns without stress you must think of these particularly:
Is the product something not easily and cheaply purchased in a local store? The more commonplace the item the less your chances of selling [...]
As great an opportunity as eBay is, there are also some eBay scams to watch out for if you’re trying to make a business out of it:
Bid Rigging or Shielding - in this scam, either two bidders work together, or one bidder using two accounts, rigs the outcome of an auction. One bids low on [...]
