eBay gets a bad press these days, if its not being publicly pilloried for allowing the sales of fake goods or dangerous items it’s being criticised by its own users for the fees it charges or the restrictions it imposes on digital downloads. A few months back I decided to explore some of the many other [...]
I have copied below an email I received from Auctiva.com re. eBay.com’s latest changes: We just wanted to remind you of three important eBay policy changes that will begin to be enforced in early 2009. As you’ll recall, eBay started enforcing maximum shipping and handling charges on books, DVD’s and Movies, Music, and Video Games in [...]
Back in July I began creating an information product from scratch, I recorded the process in small, easy to follow steps and these videos are available free to anybody who pops their details into the boxes at the top of this screen. There are 24 videos in total, most last 2 or 3 minutes and the [...]
Congratulations to Andy & Lucy Leggett who wrote; “Prints make Profits” has to be one of the best and well written business plans I have seen. My wife and I have been searching for a second income, as we will have another mouth to feed this December, and have purchased many ebooks and plans. We [...]
Wow! what a week its been, Prints make Profits has been flying off the shelves following John Thornhill’s promotion (click here to read my ‘thank you’ email to John), my support service inbox has been overflowing with questions from buyers eager to launch their own eBay ventures and to cap it all I’ve been overwhelmed by the wonderful feedback I’ve [...]
Happy Halloween! I’m delighted to note that the annual summer slowdown on eBay appears to be over and the buyers are back! My own vintage print sales have perked up with a test listing for a print from a recently acquired book achieving a final value of £37.00 ($60.00) with 4 bidders and 12 watchers. Very encouraging as [...]
Wednesday 22nd October 2008 Background I have decided that the best way to provide value to you, my readers, is to write a weekly newsletter. The content I have provided since my blog started back in February has been both infrequent and unfocused and my intention now is to produce a midweek newsletter in three parts to [...]
The latest announcement from eBay regarding their planned links policy changes is HERE This is great news for all ‘switched on’ eBay sellers who use their ‘Me’ pages to generate leads. If you are an eBay seller who isn’t using their ‘Me’ page to boost their profits click HERE because you are missing out BIG TIME!! If [...]
eBay.com have released an update on their planned changes to the ’Me’ page links policy. Visit http://pages.ebay.com/services/forum/changes.html for the details. It appears to be good news in that the total ban on links from ‘Me’ pages has been shelved. Please note that this information relates to eBay.com (the US site) although eBay tends to announce changes to [...]
16th June eBay have announced changes to the search function. It is equally important for sellers and buyers to be aware of these changes, click HERE to see a summary. If you have enjoyed reading this post and you’d like more free tips and advice, pop your details in the boxes and I will send [...]
Satisfaction Guarantee I cannot stress enough how important this is. A strong, no questions asked, guarantee will reassure your buyer that he has nothing to lose by bidding on your item. In my opinion this is the most important paragraph of information in the whole listing. In my experience returns are virtually non-existent (less than [...]
Postage Policy ebay research confirms that sellers overcharging for postage are a major reason for buyers not purchasing items. I always charge postage at cost (weigh your package and price it before listing the item) You should always quote this rate in the listing for all buyers (domestic and overseas). I also find that offering [...]
Promotion It is now time to promote my eBook and the key here is to drive as much targeted traffic as possible to my sales page at www.printsmakeprofits.com. I plan to use 3 techniques to achieve this and will explain the first one today (look out for future posts to my blog for further promotion [...]
My eBook ‘Prints Make Profits’ is now available for purchase! The book details my eBay money making strategy in a simple step by step way that anybody can follow, and when I say anybody, I mean anybody. My methods require no start up capital, no special equipment, no skills other than those my book teaches. In [...]