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Hello — I’m back with more talk about eBay. And I’m also back with another great article by Terry Gibbs. I have a lot of respect for Terry — he is not only a very successful eBayer, but he is also willing and able to provide the guidance so many of us need on our own eBay adventures. Terry teaches people how to run profitable home-based antiques and collectibles businesses, and eBay plays a big role. Terry even wrote a book called the Auction Revolution about his eBay experiences.

Yes. There are a gazillion books out there about how to run an eBay business.

Well, let me assure you, Terry’s book is appropriately named.

It is revolutionary.

When Terry wrote his book, he started out assuming you knew absolutely nothing about eBay at all. The he gradually builds from there. The first 115 pages are all eBay. Everything from setting up an account, to writing your first listing, and getting paid. Even if you’ve been selling on eBay for some time, you will find plenty in this book to make you more successful. There’s no better way to learn than to learn from an expert.

But it is in the second half of the Auction Revolution that Terry really cuts loose. Here’s where you’ll pick up so many advanced techniques — things you may never have thought about.

Here’s one of Terry’s articles to give you an example of what I’m talking about …
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Today, I’m going to share another article by my good friends, Donna Boyle and Kim Vaughn over at “Action Mommies.com”. Donna and Kim are busy Moms, and the Co-authors of the “Auction Mommies” Ebook – The Ultimate Step-by-Step eBay Auction Ebook for Moms!
You can get your copy by clicking here.

Have a great day and enjoy this article. It’s loaded with good advice to make your eBay experience more profitable.
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Does the newspaper delivery person throw your newspaper into a puddle of water?
Does the grocery store clerk smash your bread into a shopping bag?
Does the fast-food person give you cold fries with your order?
Does the retail clerk chat on her cell phone instead of offering assistance?
Does the repair man make you wait weeks to fix a household problem?
Does the auto mechanic charge you an outrageous price for an oil change?
Does the airline representative shrug their shoulders when your luggage is missing?
Does the eBay seller get annoyed when you ask a question about their auction item?

Does Anyone Care Anymore???

If you’ve experienced any of these unfortunate situations, then you know the frustration that poor customer service creates for a customer.

Unfortunately, good old-fashion customer service is slowly becoming extinct in our day-to-day lives and customers long for the days when they were appreciated for their business.

So, what can a small business owner do?
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Another New eBay Scam To Avoid

I saw an eBay auction on Sunday with a new type of scam. The scammers start by using an eBay account with some feedback that they have tricked someone into giving them log in information.

Then they list an auction on eBay with a powerful title and a short description. Here’s a sample description:

"This is the most wanted _______ in the world. I feel sorry because I have to sell it but I really need the money at this time.

If you want to see the picture please CLICK HERE (link) to enter my ebay picture manager."

Some auctions have slightly longer first paragraphs, but they all have the same format. When you click on the link to ebay picture manager you are taken to a page that looks like an eBay login page.

You can quickly tell this is a scam because eBay doesn’t ask you to log in to see pictures, and the URL of the login page is not ebay.com.

This is the first example of Phishing within an eBay auction I have seen. You can be certain these will become more frequent in the future. Remember never log into any page that has a url with anything between the word ebay and com except a period.

The free ebay buyers guide has more information about avoiding scams. You can get a copy from any page at this site: Just click here … That will take you right to Terry Gibbs site where you can get your copy.

Building A List By Selling Ebooks On eBay

One of the people that I listen to faithfully when it comes to how to make some good money on eBay, is Terry Gibbs. This man knows what works — and he’s also wonderful about sharing his knowledge. This is an article that he wrote recently about how he builds a good marketing list by selling ebooks on eBay.

I hope you enjoy it and that it also helps you as much as it has me.

Have a great day —

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Building A List By Selling Ebooks On eBay

I have been selling ebooks on eBay in order to build a newsletter list. (I also make a few dollars on the deal.) Here’s a simple overview.

I wrote a simple ebook. About thirty pages of information. I list it on eBay for $9.97 each in buy-it-now auctions. I pay extra for featured plus and list 19 books in each auction. The insertion fee is $22.35 per listing.

Based on those costs if I sell three books I make money. I also get newsletter subscribers who buy my other products or products I recommend.

I’ve explained all this before and you should be familiar with the idea.

But, here’s the new twist. …

The simple ebook is generic. That means I can change the title and list it in different categories. This helps for two reasons.

1. I get larger exposure because I list in multiple categories without violating eBay’s rules about most relevant category.

And 2. The book seems more specific to the person reading the auction.

Think about the second one for a minute. I don’t want to tell you the title because I have been having problems with people ripping my stuff off, so I will use a made up example.

If you were restoring a 1973 Ford Pinto which would you be more likely to buy? A book about fixing Japanese cars, or a book about restoring Ford Pintos?

You’d buy the Pinto book. Do people restore Pintos? We will leave that for another day.

Terry Gibbs

For more information about using eBay to build newsletter lists including a case study just click the link below …

Click here for more information …

Selling Items With Low Demand And High Value

Elaine Smith is, in my opinion, the one person with the answers to those questions about the best way to sell items with low demand and high value.

This happens frequently when you are working on selling items that are rare, such as collectibles. Collectibles almost always will have a low demand on eBay and that creates a certain risk.

The risk is that you won’t get your item in front of enough buyers in order to get the true value of your item.

Some sellers will use a reserve to overcome that risk. And that is one way to handle that. And there is nothing wrong with it.

Elaine, however, uses an eBay store for those rare items. The listing fee is reasonable — only three cents per month per item — plus the monthly store fee.

When you first look at how an eBay store is put together, you would think that there is no way that buyers would see the items. Part of that reasoning is that it used to be that it would be your job to figure out how to drive traffic to your eBay store.

But now, that’s different.

eBay has changed it so that store listings are fed to the search engines and those listings will come up in searches that are done by prospective buyers who search on eBay and find few auction results.

So, why would you want to use this?

If you have only a few items a month that you would normally sell with a reserve, then you are probably better off to continue to list your items that way — with a reserve.

However, if you have dozens of such items to sell — or as some sellers have — hundreds of this kind of item — then selling through an eBay store would make more sense for you.

You can find out more about Elaine’s tips for selling eBay by going to her site.

Click here to learn more ….

Have a great day …..