by Jim Heid, Toby Malina
Peachpit Press, October, 2003.
Trade Paperback, 165 pages.
ISBN: 0321223764

Here is a great book for anyone looking to sell
items on eBay, the leading online auction website.
The book walks readers through the basics: registering with
eBay, rules for sellers, creating a seller's account, information
about seller's fees, pricing your auctions and eBay etiquette.
Once you understand the basics, teaches readers how
to create auctions. Readers learn the best ways to take pictures
of their items -- many picture tips are given for outfitting your
photo studio and photographing both small and large items.
The book also provides suggestions for formatting the text
and layout of your auction. One of the most important
aspects of online auctions is management. The book tells
readers how to handle bidders, make changes to an auction
and how to relist an item that was not sold.
Sell it on eBay
also goes into details about what happens when you have sold
your item, how to handle shipping and packaging and most
importantly, how to get paid. Additional information provided
in the book includes coverage of some efficiency tools for
active eBay sellers and an appendix with eBay symbols and
auction abbreviations. This is a very helpful book that is sure to
help anyone become an expert eBay seller in no time at all.
Sell it on eBay is available for purchase on
Amazon.com
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This review was published in the May-June, 2004 of The Internet Writing Journal.
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