How to get the most money for your eBay items

eBay is a great place to get top dollar for your unwanted items. Unfortunately many people do not put much thought into posting items and either never get a bid or get to small of an amount. With these simple tips you will be able to optimize your exposure and have the best chances to get more cash for your stuff.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Take pictures. People want to see exactly what they are purchasing. There is no need to post an entire photo album, unless selling a car or large expensive item, but a few clear shots highlighting the item will vastly improve your results. Keep in mind your first picture is free and additional pics cost 15 cents. Also add a gallery picture so that the photo shows on the search page. Most people may overlook the item if a picture is not displayed while they are scrolling through the other items.

2. Give a detailed description. Tell your shoppers about the items. Be honest and to the point. Highlight the features and include information on anything that may be wrong with the item. If you are honest you will get better feedback and possibly repeat customers. Your feedback is the key to success on eBay. Its your score of how well you are doing and how good your transactions went. A high feedback rating will put you ahead of the game and people will choose your item rather than someone with negative or low feedback.

3. Choose wisely when to post your ad. Look carefully at the time the auction will end. If you live in the United States than most likely the purchaser will also live there. You want the auction to end sometime during the day for the majority of the country. If it ends at 4 A.M. you may be missing out on a lot of last minute buyers because they are sleeping.

4. Protect yourself with starting price or reserve price. A reserve is the lowest amount you are willing to take for the item. If the auction does not reach that amount you are not obligated to sell it.

5. Research what the item should go for and list your auction accordingly to maximize results and increase your rate of success.

6. Keep selling and building up that feedback. Also be sure to ship items in a timely manner to keep your customers happy. This will boost your feedback and customers will be more likely to return to your auctions for future items.

[Gottaloveit]

on 1/5/2009 Nice article. Right to the point. Thanks.