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Earn Income By Selling Your Unwanted Items On Ebay
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So you need extra cash…Well eBay is certainly a great choice.  It’s simple, there are very little costs involved and there are systems in place to ensure fast and secure payments. 

Let’s see, how do you get started?  In a few easy steps you are on your way to making those extra dollars you need.  First things first:  You must register with eBay to become a member and registration is free. Next you must create a sellers account, which is also free, although account details must be provided to cater for your sellers fees. 

To ensure that you are paid fast and that all transactions are secure and easy for the buyer too, register for Paypal, which is free. 

Before posting your first item, you must ensure that you have read the eBay listing policies, to ensure that you have fun making money, without having your account suspended. 

Seller Central is the place to be.  This is where it all the actions take place.  You will find all that you need to sell your first item as well as advice from other sellers.  eBay news and updates can also be retrieved from here. 

It is great to know that the costs involved are very reasonable as there is only a small fee for your listing and a final value fee, which only applies if your listing closes successfully. There are other costs for extra services, but they are not compulsory, as they merely enhance the chance of selling faster. 

Now you need to decide what you want to sell.  Remember that it is better to choose an item with a low value and that will be easy to ship.  Now that you have your item in mind, you are a click away… 

Simply click on sell, enter a description and click on sell it.  You can select a category and even a sub-category to ensure that buyers can find your item with ease as they browse this site.  An excellent feature is that you can use the HTML Text editor to make your listing more attractive, as you can add color to your writing, bold your words, use bullets and even complete a spell check. 

When typing in your description, remember to keep the information accurate, make use of the brand name and product type and year.  To make your item stand out more, why not include a picture.  Buyers want to see what they are about to own.  Remember that your first picture is free, so why not make use of this opportunity. 

Online auction is the selling option available to everyone.  Here you would enter your start price that should be the sizzler that grabs the attention of your buying audience and that will open the bidding.  You can also make use of the reserve price, that carries a fee, but that will secure that your item will not be sold for less.  Basically you are in charge.  You can decide what you want to spend to secure a faster sale.  All charges are transparent, so there are no hidden costs awaiting you at the end of your sale. 

eBay University Learning Centre is your step by step guide that will answer all your questions and get you to point of sale as fast as possible. 

eBay is the popular way to transform your unwanted goods into hard cash.  In the haven of your living room you can start your own business and work your own hours.  

By: Chris Irvine
Published: 11/08/08


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7 Posted Comments:

ebay going down the drain

@ 8:18 am 11/08/08 by Pam
Now ebay will not allow sellers to accept checks or money orders.

Since when is a United States Postal Money order not legal and tender?

Ebay is losing lots of buyers and sellers.
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Selling on Ebay

@ 8:43 am 11/08/08 by Max
Chris Irvine describes Ebay as it was a year ago. The online giant has decided to transform itself into a competitor for Amazon. Only problem is, it's 10 years too late.

The new fee structure, dismantling of the community ethos and a whole raft of other changes make it clear that the 'hobby seller' is unwanted by eBay. Ebay believes that inexperienced sellers cause the majority of poor buying experiences. They want to run an online shopping mall, not a flea market, collectors fair or bargain hunters paradise.

Ebay management describe their strategy, launched in February 2008 as 'disruptive innovation'.
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@ 11:53 am 11/08/08 by Topper
One possible very large expense - it is the seller's responsibility to pay for packing, insurance and shipment of items. If you are selling, say a piano, your shipping costs will be extremely high. Even if the item is only going across town you will be responsible for that move.

You have to take those costs into consideration when pricing your items. For large items it would be more cost effective to place ads in local papers. When people buy from an ad in the paper or even Craig's List it is up to the buyer to provide the transportation.

Take into consideration all aspects so you won't be caught off guard.
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@ 2:52 pm 11/08/08 by karwan
If you want to know what's REALLY happening at ebay, search :

"Ebay Stockholders and Sellers Calling For Immediate Termination of John Donohoe CEO" (onlinepetition)



If you want to share what's really happened to you at ebay, search :

"Looking for more Dolphin Stories!" (myblogutopia)


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BEWARE!!!

Watch out for ebay's FORCED payment sytem, Paypal (which ebay owns). Paypal's 21-180 day holds on users funds are becoming more and more common EVERY DAY!

Can anyone guess why ebay/Paypal BANS their sellers from advertising that the sellers WILL accept U.S. Postal money orders and other paper payments???

I'll bet the Australians can relate, since ebay TRIED to force "Paypal Only" in their country. EBAY LOST that battle!

'Wish ebay's "Paypal Only" policy would get shot down by the U.S. courts!!!
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Account suspended

@ 10:32 pm 11/09/08 by nuaeman
Yeah, sometimes it easy to earn from selling your unwanted item on ebay anyway something happen to me today as My ebay account suddenly suspended by them. Still wondering what is the actual reason.
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@ 8:14 pm 11/19/08 by C.D. Crowder
Selling on eBay isn't the only way to get rid of your unwanted items anymore. Amazon is a competitor of eBay and many items can be sold on there. There are also other auction sites such as ubid.com. I can't say I'm thrilled with the changes to eBay, but I think the biggest problem is sellers pricing items too high. For instance, selling a used game console for 35% higher than the new price.
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@ 4:07 am 12/09/08 by Marieke
There are other online auction sites that you can sell your items on and they are a lot cheaper than Ebay. I found ebay to be expensive when I have sold items on there because there are a lot of hidden charges; the Paypal one got me.

SInce they have introduced a ban on sellers leaving negative feedback a lot of people have gone elsewhere. Shame, Ebay was great once!
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