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1000 Best eBay Success Secrets
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1000 Best eBay Success Secrets |
Author: Greg Holden
Published: 2006-11-01 |
List price: $12.95
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 Great Book for eBay Beginners
This book has many great tips for a beginner, but having been a member of eBay since 1999, there were only a few things in it that I hadn't learned the hard way. For someone just starting out, though, it provides a good overview of how eBay works, how to set up your account, how to integrate PayPal and postage, tips for selling and buying, etc. There are also some good resources listed in the book.
The author explains wholesale and drop ship options for sellers and tells what to do before, during and after the sale. With years of experience, he shows readers a very thorough overview eBay and its systems, with invaluable tips and tricks to save time and money.
One thing I thought should have been mentioned is for users to watch where they leave negative feedback. eBay allows retaliatory feedback, which isn't fair to the buyer who got the shaft. You might pay $300 for an electronic game for your child, for instance, immediately after the auction ends, and the seller might not ship it to you for two months (if ever.) In the meantime, your child misses out on his big birthday gift, you're out the money, and it's frustrating as can be.
If you leave negative feedback, even though you did everything the right way, the seller can leave negative feedback for you as well - for no reason other than to just be mean. If this happens and lowers your eBay feedback score, the only way eBay allows you to get it off is for the buyer and the seller to both remove the feedback for each other. This hurts other buyers out there who won't see the true results of the transaction and might ultimately be taken advantage of in the same way.
 This book covers everything about eBay. You won't be sorry parting with a mere $13 for this tome.
This was a wonderful book. I can't say enough positive things about it in this review. About a year ago I was asked to help put on a 2-hour seminar on eBay as a topic of interest to SCORE clients. I got a few publications and read a few books on the subject. Then I got myself a User ID for eBay and studied the site a bit. Everything I read, studied, and learned is in this little $13 book AND MORE!
This book is comprised of 22 chapters split into four sections:
1. Before the sale
2. During the sale
3. After the sale
4. Opening eCommerce Stores
Being an eBay seller can be so many different things. You could be someone who wants to sell things online rather than at a yard sale. You might be someone wanting to make some extra money by selling a small number of items for a reasonable profit considering the time you have to spend doing it. You might be a small business that has slow-moving or excess inventory you want to unload, but not through your storefront. Or you might be someone who wants to be a big retailer, but do it without a storefront. This book addresses all of those things - and it does it well.
I recommend this book especially to the person who wants to better understand the eBay site. Get a User ID and password and start exploring the site. Then read this book and take notes of things that interest you. Then go back to the site and explore the ideas and concepts you took notes on from the book. Repeat the process and you will really become an expert on eBay. So much so that you can have it do anything you want it to do for you.
This book was really a nice read. And the author definitely knows his stuff. It would be so nice if most of the other books on or about eBay were written with the amount of wisdom included herein. 5 stars!
A pick for virtually any public library collection.
EBay 'Powerseller' author Greg Holden has been so named because his Ebay business has produced proven success results, so his 1000 Best Ebay Success Secrets comes from the tested wisdom of tried techniques, not ideals. Tips on identifying hot items, attracting buyers with the best descriptions, and making all aspects of the sale from listing to feedback flow smoothly offers an excellent set of insights on not just the basics of Ebay, but how to get the most from each sale: Ebay seller just starting out will learn a tremendous amount, making 1000 Best Ebay Success Secrets a pick for virtually any public library collection.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
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