Make a killing on eBay and other online auction sites
With more than 50 million users in 27 countries, eBay allows even the busiest people to make money selling anything and everything. Written by one of the most listened-to experts on online auctioneering, How to Sell Anything on eBay . . . and Make a Fortune! is the consummate guide to becoming a successful online entrepreneur.
Using everyday language, it covers all the bases, from how to set up an account to sophisticated strategies for getting the highest bids and the happiest customers. Readers learn the best times of the week, month, and year to sell as well as how to:
Phrase auction listings in enticing ways
Choose the best categories and pick items that bring the best prices
Push profits with sharper digital images
Build credibility and positive feedback
Set up a storefront website
Deal with people who don't pay
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How to sell anything on eBay
Review Date: October 4, 2009
Reviewer: Jesse A. Denison, Hernando, Ms USA
Not much help to me. I just wanted to sell a antique car, not make a fortune.
How to Sell Anything on Ebay and Make a Fortune
Review Date: August 31, 2009
Reviewer: Lori A. Herrmann, Redding, CA USA
This book has mostly the basics I already knew but I still would recommend it.
A Lot of Enthisuasm but Too Much Rah-Rah!
Review Date: September 9, 2007
Reviewer: MediaCritic, LA Burbs
This is really a book to get you up to speed on the full range of eBay features. I got this book from my local library to checkup on how I'm doing on eBay, and see if I could improve results. The only thing I learned was a reminder to carefully write titles that increase search hits. The rest of the book tends to minimize or ignore the negatives about eBay while putting the best face on everything else.
For example, online sellers communicate in several venues such as Yahoo! Groups, to help each other sell more and solve problems (and many turn to Amazon Marketplace t oincrease sales with no up-front costs, and ease of collecting payments). One trend that has emerged in the last few years as opposed to early internet days is selling items in lots because postage and selling fees are too great on individual items, or because items just don't sell as well as they did in say, 2001. This book makes one passing mention of lots, on page 72.
The book also tends to subtly portray sellers concerned about eBay fees as a little off; some people seem to think people are growing rich off eBay tariffs is his basic argument. Well, Dennis Prince, more than a few sellers think that is very true! While he advises sellers to watch costs and minimize fees, and tells which he thinks are useful, if the reader doesn't pay attention to those sections he will have a lighter wallet listening to all the hype.
The book ignores sell-through rates, and sell-through rates in different categories, advising sellers to research past selling prices and to visit Vendio for online auction tools and statistics. Good advice before you decide to list a bunch of stuff from your attic that will never sell.
And that is the problem with this book. It's hype. The title itself "How To Sell Anything on eBay ... and Make a Fortune!" is consumerism and marketing disrobed. If Mr. Prince thinks he can sell anything on eBay, he is welcome to take my fifty worst items and have a go at them. A lot of items don't sell at all online, or don't sell quickly or profitably. You'd never know that from the title or through the rose-colored smog of corporate media marketing. Perhaps publisher McGraw-Hill should deflate this balloon and do a little down to earth editing.
Very little of substance
Review Date: September 7, 2007
Reviewer: WearyReader, Salt Lake City
Promises a LOT more than it delivers; very basic information, padded with lots of "chatty" verbiage. It's particularly annoying that the author spills lots of ink telling you how he won't waste your time. Contains a few useful hints, which could have made a reasonable newspaper article, but not much more.
If You Know Your Way Around a Computer...
Review Date: January 25, 2007
Reviewer: Cr8Tive Mama,
This is not the book for you...or at least, that is how i felt.
I agree with the rating that said it was very drawn out...because it is. All i kept thinking was YAWN...when are we gonna get to the good stuff.
When I did arrive at the "good stuff"...for example how to title your listings, it was short, to the point and nothing enlightened me to something new.
Regret the purchase and hope that in the future the publisher will add that this is a very basic book for the beginner.
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