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Before You Sell On Ebay, Take The Most Important Step
Before You Sell On Ebay, Take The Most Important Step If you want to earn a full-time income selling on Ebay, you must take the first and most important step in all successful business ventures: you must accept that it is possible. This probably...
eBay Pays Four BILLION for New Phone Company
EBay has announced that it will buy the Internet voice service
Skype. This move could pit eBay against both phone companies and
other voice-over-internet services such as Vonage.
Skype can be used to make free voice calls from any...
How To Stop Ebay Auction Sniping.
Every day, hapless bidders get beaten to the punch by auction snipers who jump in at the last minute. I know how annoying it can be, as I once had it happen to me three times in a row on the same item! The thing is that the only people who can help...
So, Can You Really Sell eBooks On eBay And Make Cold Hard Cash?
Selling eBooks on eBay, and making any worthwhile profit from doing so, is becoming more and more difficult.
Gone are the days when you could sell someone else's books on eBay, and it's becoming considerably more difficult to sell ebooks that you...
The Ebay Buyer's FAQ.
So you have a question? Has something gone very wrong and you don't know what to do? Well, fair enough. Here are the questions that I hear all the time from buyers.
Does eBay have a Customer Service Department I Can Phone?
eBay are notoriously...
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What Else Belongs On Your Ebay Shipping Box?
The quickest answer I feel I should give to this question is
this: not your handwriting! Scrawling addresses on boxes with a
pen is extremely amateurish, and you shouldn't do it. Print your
own labels instead. But what should you put on them?
The buyer's address: This might sound obvious, but you need to
make sure the full address is there, including country and zip
or postal code. Make sure you spell their name correctly, too,
as they might be a little insulted if you don't.
The eBay item number: Write this somewhere discreet and quite
small, in this form: 'Item number: 123456789'. Under the address
is a good place. This makes it easy for the buyer to find the
auction again if they need to look at it for any reason.
Your logo: Putting your logo on the shipping box looks
professional, and lets your buyers see what it is that has
arrived. A good logo can make the whole package look very nice,
and can help build recognition of your business.
Your address: It's worth putting your own address on the box in
case the item can't be delivered and needs to be returned to
you. It looks good to write this under your logo, as it
reinforces the impression that you're a real business with a
real address, not some shady operation.
Stamps: If you start to sell on eBay in a significant quantity,
you might consider buying a postage meter. Again, this is a
matter of looking professional - it looks much better than
having stamps stuck everywhere. It also saves you from having to
weigh your items at the
post office and buy stamps there.
The 'eBay Items' Debate.
Some sellers like to mark their shipping boxes with a phrase
like 'eBay items', while some feel that this is an unsafe
practice that could mark their boxes out to get stolen or
interfered with in the post. Whether you're willing to risk it
is up to you - it's probably better to be safe than sorry,
though, and there will be few of your customers who get so many
packages that they won't know what yours is.
And Inside?
You'll probably find it worth printing off a 'receipt' from eBay
- the confirmation of payment page - and putting it in the
envelope. If you want to make your customers feel even better
about having ordered from you, you can also include a
compliments slip, featuring your logo, your website address and
a message like 'Thank you for your order. Please contact me if
there are any problems. [Your name].'
Always remember: the more they like what they get, the more
likely they are to come back and order again from you in the
future.
In the next email, we'll look at exactly that, using a strategy
you might not have considered. You can make backend sales over
and over again, simply by emailing buyers with good offers for
things you think they're going to need. See you there.
About the author:
Kirsten Hawkins is an Ebay and internet auction enthusiast from
Nashville, TN. Visit http://www.auctionseller411.com/ for more
great tips on how to make the most from Ebay and other online
auctions.
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