Ebay made us rich !

This article is for every seller who hates the idea of their item selling for a lower price than they intend. Not everyone fully understands the many features on eBay. Here are the four different types of auctions you can use to sell your items.

1) Normal Auctions

These are by far the most popular on eBay. Almost everyone who has sold on eBay recognizes this format. You post an item, set up a bid for it, and wait for the customers to come to you.

2) Reserve Auctions

Reserve auctions are for sellers who do not want their items to sell for less than a certain price. They work just like normal auctions on eBay, except that the buyer will be told if their bid does not meet th (continue reading…)

You can’t just throw up an eBay listing and expect it to be successful when selling things on ebay – or in other words – successful as it SHOULD be. There is competition for every single item that you may think you can put up for eBay selling. Think you’ve got the secret product that no one has thought of yet – think again. You could probably find my 3rd grade pair of underwear that someone dug out of my trash on there… It’s that competitive.

So if your just going to throw something up and not put the time and research (continue reading…)

It is not uncommon to hear fabulous success stories from internet-based companies. We all know about the
Amazon.coms, Googles, Ebays, Yahoo!s, and all of these other popular websites that sell goods or services. The dotcom boom took place in the early 1990s and many internet companies went bust due to a poor reception from the public.

Today’s consumers are a great deal savvier than they were in the last decade, and internet-based businesses
are back in full force. One mistake common to the dotcoms that bombed shortly after forming was lack of leadership and poor business plans. Everyone saw the potential in this new and intriguing forum, but no one quite knew what to do with it. Since no one had ever (continue reading…)

Shopping and selling on eBay can be one of the most rewarding experiences on the Internet. However you need to be careful of scam artists who will try to take advantage of you through various types of fraud. If you do get scammed on eBay there are ways you can get your money back. However, it is very difficult to ever catch the fraud artist and it is a lot simpler if you can recognize and avoid frauds from the beginning.

One of the scams that are very common today is fake e-mails that appear to originate from eBay or PayPal or even your bank. Keep in mind that anybody can spoof any e-mail address and send an e-mail that appears to be from somebody else. It is even possible to spoof an e-mail coming from the pres (continue reading…)

Are you looking to start buying on eBay?  If you have never used eBay before, you may not necessarily know that it is relatively easy to fall victim to an eBay scam.  While eBay is considered a safe place to shop online, there are a number of eBay scams that you should be on the lookout for.  Knowing what these scams are, before you start shopping on eBay, will help to reduce or completely eliminate your chances of becoming a victim.

Before we start to examine some of the most familiar eBay scams that you should be on the lookout for, it is important to mention why those scams exist.  eBay is considered an online market place or an online auction website.  Just about anyone with an internet connection and a (continue reading…)

Countless people have been scammed and defrauded on eBay. eBay is a fun place to bid on items and to sell items, but you must know how to recognize a scam, and how to avoid them, them or you quickly join the ranks of those who have lost their money to eBay scams. Of course, if you are scammed, there are some actions you can take the correct the situation , but in many cases, the scammer does indeed get away! The best option is to avoid being scammed.

You can easily avoid many scams with the payment method that you use, whether you are a buyer or a seller. eBay owns Paypal, and in most cases, Paypal is the payment method you should use. First, as a buyer, if you are scammed or less than satisfied with the i (continue reading…)

Datafeed is a mechanism where users can get their updated data from data sources.

It is the best application for sellers or dropshipping companies to receive real time data. It is an important process in the field of internet marketing and e-commerce.

Data feeds are simple structured formats of data that are used over the internet. They have a lot of potential and They can make a huge impact on Web in the near future.

Some data feed formats that you would have come across over the internet is RSS feed, Atom Feed and RDF feed.

Data feeds allow to have a structured format of all web data which could be information on products, items and even content.

This allow (continue reading…)

Read through this checklist and save yourself time and aggravation. A bit of due diligence will help you avoid eBay scams.

Only buy items with photos. The photograph is a good way to insure the seller actually has the item. No photo is a good indicator of a scam.

Check the photo against catalog photos. Many scammers use photos taken from other auctions or from online catalogs. Look for the background and lighting. Professionally taken photos have better lighting, and clearer backgrounds.

Check the seller’s user history. This is on the feedback page and will say something like this: “Member since: Saturday, Aug 13, 2001 Location: United States” New sellers or sellers who (continue reading…)

Ebay is a great place to sell items and make a lot of extra money or make it your full time job. The site offers a lot of useful features to help you sell, such as the sellers tool section where you can find listing tolls and tips and trick to selling and being successful on ebay. Also it can be useful to search ebay success stories and see (continue reading…)

There are many eBay scams out there to keep an eye out for when you are selling on eBay. This article will cover a few of the known and not so known scams to be aware of. Whether your a causal seller, or a professional seller on eBay, you need to know about these scams so that you can take measures to prevent or recognize if its happening to you.

Bid Shielding

This scam is something you need to watch out for as a seller on eBay. Basically the scam is run using two separate eBay accounts. The scam works like this. You put your item up for auction. Lets say your item is worth $100 and you have no reserve. The first bidder (scammer) comes along and bids $5 on your item. Right after that, another bidder working (continue reading…)