How to Sell Stuff Online

By eHow Internet Editor

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If you'd like to make some cash and you don't have the time, space or patience for a garage sale, set up your own cybershop. There are literally millions of people online looking for items to buy, and it couldn't be easier to connect with them. Use existing venues or set up your own Internet store.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Step1

Go to sites like Amazon.com or Half.com to sell used books, CDs and other items at a fixed price. You can list items in exchange for a percentage of the sale. Avoid sites that charge a fee for posting an ad.

Step2

List items that are hard to ship (garden furniture, a pool table, a futon) on sites such as CraigsList.org or in regional online classifieds, so that the buyer can pick them up in person.

Step3

Use auction sites to sell valuable collectibles, antiques and outof- print books to the highest bidder.

Step4

Set up an online store. Check out Amazon.com, eBay.com and Yahoo Shopping (shopping.yahoo.com) for turnkey solutions to building an online store for a monthly fee. The bonus is that you tap into the heavy traffic of these popular sites and take advantage of their search engines.

Step5

Contact a company like Bidadoo.com, which can sell your stuff on eBay for you in exchange for a percentage of the selling price. These businesses edit and upload your photos and come up with the right bidding price after researching what similar items go for.

Tips & Warnings

Image is everything when you sell online. Post copy that is free of errors. Include high-quality, well-cropped photos of your product as well as all dimensions.
See 95 Plan a Yard or Garage Sale.
Consider paying a small fee to learn the ins and outs of online selling through community education classes or eBay University (pages.ebay.com/university).

Comments

mijuel said

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on 12/20/2007 For me, using Zlio is even faster and easier than Amazon aStore.

View my store and see for yourself: http://playstationgames.zlio.com

grouch said

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on 12/2/2007 Thanks for the information. I run my own ebay store and enjoy the sale without all the headache daily. Once your established it is not nearly as time consuming as when you start. You have some good resources here. Write on.

membertest said

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on 9/30/2007 one alternative for selling items for Free is to use www.digzag.com. Their user interface is very user friendly and they allow you to sell things nationally or locally. Their site is much easier and has more features than craigslist and there is no better price than FREE.

http://www.digzag.com

sashok00 said

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on 8/15/2007 Amazon aStore is a way to go up to 7% - I have created my store - http://TerrificPetShop.Com - in a metter of minutes.

Alex
http://TerrificPetShop.Com

hotsauce said

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on 5/15/2007 check out the WikiHow article on how to start an online store at http://www.wikihow.com/Start-an-Online-Store -- its got step by step instructions on how to start an online store.

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