You’ve found an item that you want to bid on. Instead of placing a bid right away, I strongly recommend that you use a sniping service such as Hidbid.com, to place your bid for you.
What is eBay sniping, what are the benefits of sniping, and what is a sniping service? Read the rest of this entry »
Okay, you’ve found an item that you want, analyzed the listing, asked and received a response to any question(s) that you have, and everything looks good.
Let me sort of step back for a minute and add a couple things that I skipped over in previous articles. Read the rest of this entry »
Okay, in the last article we covered what things to look at when you find an item that you may be interested in bidding on. Such as:
1. Closely reading the item description to know the condition of the item.
2. Look for a refund policy.
3. Check out the feedback of the seller.
4. Item’s availability to you.
5. Shipping cost and insurance.
6. What forms of payment the seller accepts.
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Okay, now you are ready to start searching for and buying items that you actually want on eBay.
I am assuming that you know how to do a search on eBay since we’ve already went through how to do an advanced search.
Just type in the keyword(s) for the item that you’re looking for. If there are many listings for your search, you can add words to it to get more specific and narrow down the listing results that are shown. Read the rest of this entry »
In the last article we covered using PayPal to pay for items and how to build up your feedback rating very quickly.
If you read it, you may have a question such as:
“Why do sellers list items for such a low price, losing money with each item that they list this way?” Read the rest of this entry »
We covered what to do to prepare for signing up for eBay in the last article so we’ll pick up from there.
Next:
1. Sign up with Paypal - go to Paypal.com and sign up for their service so you can pay for your purchases through their website. It’s free to sign up and send money, and there are many sellers that accept Paypal only, I am one of them. Read the rest of this entry »
This is the first of a series of articles on buying on eBay - getting deals and avoiding trouble.
This first article isn’t so much about secret tips and tactics to use when buying on eBay, but how to get started on the right foot.
First of all, you need to register on eBay to become a member and bid on/buy items. Read the rest of this entry »
I plan to cover the different aspects of eBay - buying, selling, changes that they make to the site, etc.
Because eBay is so big and well known, I imagine that just about everyone, at least in the United States that has Internet access, has visited their site at least once, and most that have have an eBay account. Read the rest of this entry »