Surviving Ebay Online Learning

Learn To Sell On eBay in 7-days

This is a PREVIEW ONLY page. Once your have signed up for the actual online class you will have immediate access to all the videos and downloads

Selling on EBay is fun and easy. But, you need someone to show you the basics. Here is what is included in the lessons:

Collecting things to sell
Complete FREE software to adjust your photographs
How to take great looking photos for your eBay listings.
Listing Your first items
Running your store
Talking to your customer through emails
Collecting your money
Common beginning problems.

	DAY 1 LET'S GET STARTED
	Welcome - More questions than answers.
	Getting Organized - The 7 steps for 7 days towards selling.
	Collecting Stuff To Sell - We begin our selling adventure by searching our home and storage bins for items we think we can sell on eBay

Survival Flash - Be aware that some of your most "precious" iitems that are like gold to you may not sell well on eBay. So collect everything.

Here is a link to a tutorial on Intellectual Property - VERO on the eBay website. Be certain the items you collect are authentic especially with jewelry and handbags.

DAY 2
PHOTOGRAPHY- Learn about how eBay sellers make pictures for their eBay listings.

Setting up a Place to Photograph - An easy, inexpensive way to use things around the house and set up a photo table.

Taking Simple Pictures - What's Good - What's Not So Good - Too dark, too big, too congested, out of focus, no flash, using table lamps with 100 watt bulbs.

Editing your Photos - A quick overview of editing videos

Free image editing software - How to get free software and download it to your computer.

	Here is a direct link to the free image editing software used in these online lessons
	Software tutorials

Using the Program for the First Time - It is important to set you program to image compression of 50%

Lightening or Darkening - Do this first so you can see what to color correct

Cropping - Getting rid of unwanted empty space

Color Correction - Make sure that navy blue is navy blue - not black

Rotating an image - Turn your image

Image Compression through ResiZing - Making your product photo shine in eBay and load really fast

Keeping track of your photos - I will give you a couple of ways to organize and store your photos on your computer so you can find them when you want them.

DAY 3
GETTING READY FOR THE SALE - Take a day and get your shipping supplies on hand.

Storage and Shipping - Storing your items that are listed on eBay for sale in a safe, protected area of your home. This will save you lots of time when the item sells. We also go to USPS.com and try to find items that are free to ship via USPS click 'n ship.

Finding shipping supplies - A short list of places you can go to purchase your shipping supplies

DAY 4
LISTING YOUR ITEMS FOR SALE ON EBAY

Research What Others are Selling Items for - How much will you sell your item for? How can you find out what items sold and what items did not sell from different sellers.

Picking a Category - When you list an item, it is important that other people can find it. Learn how to select one or even two categories in which to place your item up for sale.

Writing a good Title - The title you write goes on the listing page and is used in search engines to find your product. Choose your words carefully.

	This eBay Tutorial has a few simple rules for what can and cannot be put into your title. Know them, or they will cancel your listings and possibly stop you from selling on eBay.
	Do's and Don'ts of writing a good title and description. If you don't have time for the above tutorial, then read this quick review.
	Sample Worksheet - filled in for a pretend sale so you get an idea of how to use the Word Worksheet.
	Worksheet - in Word so that you can adjust it for yourself. A fill in a form type of sheet which will definitely help beginners.

Writing an accurate honest description - Accurate and honest descriptions are key to avoiding problems later on.

Final Prep for doing a FAST listing - Using the worksheet to prepare for your first listing. Category - Title - Description

USING THE EBAY BASIC LISTING SERVICE

Fee Circumvention- Shipping fees are often inflated and item prices lowered to avoid paying selling price eBay fees. Don't even think about doing this.

LISTING A BOOK FOR SALE

Step #1 - Click on "Sell" - Sign In - Begin listing your item for sale.

Survival Flash - Dealing with pseudo categories.

Step #2 - Writing and previewing your listing page.

Step #3 - Deciding on a price, time of the auction and more

Step #4 - Shipping - Review AND revise what you've done

LISTING AN EVENING BAG PURSE - This gives you a quick look at the advantages of a store and using web design software to list your items.

DAY 5 RUNNING YOUR MINI-BUSINESS

Keeping an Eye on your Listings

Revising an Item - You can make changes after you list. This video walks you through how simple the revision process is.

We Have a Bid! - What strategies and decisions you can make once you have a bid.

Sending Emails - What is someone has a question about one of your items and sends you an email? Learn how to answer emails.

Collecting Your Money - The most common problem for new sellers is that they are not aggressive in collecting payments. Don't wait 2 weeks and then send a payment reminder. Be smart. Using the DISPUTE CONSOLE FOR UNPAID ITEM REMINDERS.

Refunds and Difficult Customers - When to refund - When to stand your ground. The value of positive emails between you and the buyer.

Return and Refund Policies - In this PDF I have put 5 examples of other sellers return policies. Perhaps you can draw on these and get ideas for your own return policy.

Survival Flash - Give the refund.

Feedback

DAY 6 SHIPPING

How to Use Click 'N Ship - A complete walk through of an item I am shipping via Priority Mail. This example uses click 'n ship out of my store. If you do not have a store, then select Ship in the drop down bar. Both are very similar.

DAY 7

Recent eBay Feedback Changes - There is trouble in River City. Meg Whitman, President of eBay, is retiring and many of the great protections that new sellers had are being stripped away or "skewed". You will need a new Feedback Strategy.

2-20-2008 - Price Changes - NO!!! EBay recently announced it has lowered pricing for Powersellers. However, the price reductions were on the listing fees, but on closer scrutiny, final value fees were raised 66%. Disappointing.