eBay the easy way: A Mum’s Guide to hassle-free casual selling on eBay
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A simple guide to selling on eBay
Are you scared of selling on eBay?
Do you have heaps of stuff that you or your kids no longer use?
Would you like to swap that stuff for some cold, hard cash?
Have you ever thought about recycling your unwanted items AND making some money?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this is the ebook for you.
eBay the easy way - a mum's guide to hassle-free casual selling on eBay will give you the confidence to make some extra cash from all those bits and pieces you have lying around the house, but no longer use (think baby clothes, children's clothes, toys, books, prams, cots etc.).
You will find out how to convert your unwanted items into extra cash as you become a confident eBay seller!
eBay the easy way is not designed to make you an eBay millionaire, instead it aims to provide you with some simple hints and tips to maximise your eBay selling experience and help you achieve the best possible price with the minimum amount of effort.
Written by a Mum specifically for other Mums and Dads, this plain English guide offers plenty of easy-to-understand tips, as well as some great time and money-saving hints.
Discover helpful hints in plain English and start turning your unwanted stuff into extra cash by successfully selling on eBay.
With lots of useful information including what to sell, when to sell, what it will cost, how to create a listing and how to complete a sale, this guide is suitable for novice eBay sellers and Mums and Dads who already use eBay, but would like to know how to improve their sales technique and profit.
This step-by-step guide will take you through the basics - from beginner to confident, profitable eBay seller.
This informative ebook contains chapters on:
Starting from scratch
What to sell
Who to sell to
When to sell
How much will it cost?
Research and preparation
Creating your listing
My eBay Selling Dashboard
Completing your sales
Advanced tools
Do I have to use eBay?
Selling Checklist
Sally Salvati
Sally was born in the UK, but after more than 16 years living in Queensland considers herself to be an “almost-Australian”. She is a wife, a mum to two young boys; she runs her own editing business and spends far too much time on eBay! She is proud to be the first official “MDeB” and hopes to inspire many more people to join the MDeB revolution!
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eBay the easy way - Sally Salvati
eBay the easy way
A Mum’s Guide to hassle-free casual selling on eBay
Sally Salvati
Published by Sally Salvati at Smashwords
Copyright 2012 Sally Salvati
Smashwords Edition, License Notes
This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.
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Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Starting from scratch
Chapter 2 - What to sell
Chapter 3 - Who to sell to
Chapter 4 - When to sell
Chapter 5 - How much will it cost?
Chapter 6 - Research and preparation
Chapter 7 - Creating your listing
Chapter 8 - My eBay Selling Dashboard
Chapter 9 - Completing your sales
Chapter 10 - Advanced tools
Chapter 11 - Do I have to use eBay?
Conclusion
Selling Checklist
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
About the Author
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Introduction
So you want to sell on eBay, but you’re not sure what to do. Hopefully this guide will help you feel more confident about making some extra cash from all those bits and pieces you have lying around the house, but no longer use.
I had been buying items from eBay for several years before I actually took the plunge and decided to start selling as well. That was several years ago and according to many of my friends I have now become their eBay guru – any eBay questions they have, they come to me.
Now I am not going to make you an eBay millionaire – there are heaps of other books out there that promise to do that – rather I hope to provide you with some useful hints and tips to maximise your eBay selling experience.
One of the non-monetary benefits of selling your unwanted items on eBay is that you are helping to recycle items, which might otherwise be thrown away and end up in landfill. This is the warm and fuzzy
aspect, as opposed to the cold, hard cash perspective!
For the purposes of this book I am assuming that you already have an eBay account, even if you have only used it to buy things or never used it at all. However if you are an eBay novice then you will be required to go through the eBay registration process and you will also need to create a PayPal account. See Chapter 1 for information on this.
If you already have an eBay and PayPal account set up, then you can jump straight to Chapter 2.
This is not a step-by-step guide to create a listing – eBay itself has many guides in their Community section and they also offer step-by-step tutorials.
This book aims to assist you to make the most money for your unwanted items as easily as possible. You will have to invest some time into selling, but you should be able to do all the things you need to do when the kids are in bed and you have no distractions.
This book deals specifically with selling on eBay Australia and all references to eBay are referring to eBay Australia. Most of the references in this book apply to the use of eBay on a personal computer or laptop. There may be some slight differences when using eBay on a tablet, netbook or smartphone.
WARNING: eBay can become addictive…
I often joke with my husband that one day he will come home and the house will be empty, because I will have sold everything we own on eBay!
Welcome all MDeBs (Mum and Dad eBayers – pronounced em-deebs) and I hope you enjoy my book!
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Chapter 1 - Starting from scratch
Registering an eBay account
To set up a new eBay account you will need to register with eBay here. Registration is free and simple; however you must be over 18. They will require a name and address (physical and email), a User ID and password. Your name, address and email address will not be displayed anywhere on the public site, however your User ID will, so think carefully about what user name you choose. You will probably find that your first few choices are unavailable, because someone else is already using them - try adding unusual characters or numbers to your initial idea and you may find it works. For ideas on how to create a great User ID, click here. Remember you are not setting up an online store, so you don’t need to choose a