Set up an About Me page!
What you aren’t allowed to promote IN your auction listing, you ARE allowed to put here: your website address, more specific company/product information, unrelated information, etc… and then you can link from your auction listing to your About Me page by saying “Visit My About Me Page to Learn More about Your Seller!” See mine as an example: http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/lynn%40 ... twork.com/
Your Email Signature File
In every piece of email correspondence with bidders, potential bidders, auction winners, etc – use a compelling signature! They have taken the time to contact you and are obviously interested in your item (ie: your targeted market!)
Add an Auction Block to your website
an example of the Auction Block can be seen at the bottom of this page: http://www.marygoulet.net/sponsorinfo.html . Promote your auctions through your site and/or newsletter! If you need the code for this, send me your eBay ID and I will send you the customized code to add to your site
If you are shipping an actual product…
Include your flyer, info-packet and/or business card in the package! This works best when you are selling products that are related to your printed material, or that reach the same targeted market
Important point to remember:
Be sure to write compelling and thorough auction descriptions – and use plenty of keywords!! If one of the over 23 million registered users on eBay performs a search, finds your item and either bids or emails you… you have the captive eye/ear of a member of your targeted market! Use it to your advantage
More tips on “Getting Started & Making Money on eBay” can be found at:
http://www.WebServiceNetwork.com/ebay.htm
Oh – and one last tidbit… if you are going to sell on eBay, why not make an extra few dollars every time you do it? Become an eBay Affiliate through You can make enough to at least cover your eBay fee’s with hardly any effort at all! (Receive $5 for every new registered member and .05 cents for every single bid! – I was able to get over 1200 nickels one month (= $60 in nickels!) – definitely something you want to consider!)
. She literally has furniture stacked on ever porch and room in the house - and it's a HUGE 2 story farm house with attic and basement (both of which are full of more antiques!). What we would like to do is help her separate the family antiques from the non-family stuff they have aquired over the years. Then when we determin what's ok to get rid of and worth something, my mom and I will work to sell those items to the highest bidder, keeping 10% of the profit or whatever as payment for our hard work. Believe me, my grandparents aren't hurting for money by any means. They've saved their entire life and litterally hand it out now just to get rid of it. Every time we see them we get handed a $20 (which is at least every week unless they go on vacation!).