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What You Should Not Be Doing On eBay

By John Thornhill

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Published: 14Sep2007
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Ebay has no doubt made it a lot easier for sellers to conduct online trade, but you should never forget that even though the online business environment is quite different. It still retains the basic elements of building a business such as marketing, quality, pricing, and customer service. It implies that you will have to work hard, albeit in a different way, i.e. spend additional time on your PC so as to provide quick and efficient services to potential online customers. If you want to become a top ebay seller, you will also be required to learn from the mistakes of other sellers and undertake measures to avoid repeating such mistakes. Explained below are some of the things that you should avoid doing so as to become a successful ebay seller.

Overlooking feedback ratings

You might think that pricing makes all the difference on ebay, but the fact is that for more customers, it is the feedback rating that is most important. You will be surprised to know that most online visitors do not see the prices first; that the first thing they look for is the rating of the seller. In effect, they shortlist sellers not by the prices offered, but by their feedbacks ratings. So, if you want to make it big, avoid overlooking feedback ratings. For generating more business, you should aim to achieve top-notch ratings, preferably in the range of 99 to 100 percent.

Rejecting credit cards or paypal

For you, it may be easier to get the sale proceeds transferred directly into your bank account, but for the customer, this may be a problem because then there will not be enough proof that payment has been made. The online business environment is such that customers often suspect sellers who offer direct payment options. They rather prefer making payments through verifiable trusted sources such as paypal. So, if you want to get anywhere near to your goals and objectives, get a paypal account now. It will be worth it, trust me!

Shoddy presentation

The one thing that is most likely to turn away potential customers is shoddy presentation of your products. If you do not give enough importance to how your products are displayed and what type of information is given, you will end up losing much of your business. So, if you want to succeed, ensure that your products are displayed in a professional manner and all the requisite information is given on the web page itself.

The above suggestions and inputs will give you the right start and help you achieve your set goals and objectives. However, you should not forget that there are many other things that you need to do as well as avoid for becoming a successful ebay seller. So, use your creativity and imagination combined with your rationality, that's that best advice for you at this point of time.

John Thornhill is an eBay PowerSeller and trades on eBay under the username planetsms. He earns $1000s every week selling info products on eBay. If you want John to mentor you and show you how he is so successful visit http://www.mentorshipmonthly.com/

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