Ebay made us rich !

In the past, eBay had more of a “hands off” approach to dispute resolution. In order to protect and nurture the transaction as well as the buyer and seller, this has undergone a change. The time to reach a resolution has also been escalated.

All this has been updated by reducing the amount of “back and forth” between the seller and buyer. This is no longer mandatory and eBay will be taking a more “hands on” approach to resolving unpaid items. Now, the process can be started as early as 96 hours after a listing ends and it is possible that the resolution will be completed within eight days total.

Also, the amount of pages that need to be filled out has been reduced, which further reduces the time involved here. (continue reading…)

Say you’re selling a pair of diamond earrings.  The last time you passed a jewelry store, did you glance at the window?  What color background did the window have?  Gold, silver, diamonds and pearls show up beautifully against a dark background, like black or dark blue or dark green.  Get a nice piece of dark fabric—maybe a remnant of black or dark blue velvet or satin—and use it as the background for your photos of jewelry with pearls or light-colored stones.  If you’re selling onyx, marcasite, or darker stones like emeralds and sapphires, then use a light or white fabric.  Keep in mind that you don’t have to use a luxurious fabric – a plain sheet or tablecloth will work just as well.  But if your item (continue reading…)

Setting up items without knowing how to sell them will cost you money.  How much?  Let’s go over the facts here. 

Insertion Fees

The fee to list your item on eBay is called an insertion fee.  You pay it as soon as you list your item for sale and regardless of whether or not the item actually sells.

If you’re selling a single item, the insertion fee is based on the item category and the starting price, or the reserve price if you use that method.  If you have several of the same item to sell and choose to use a multiple-item listing and the auction format, the insertion fee is the starting or fixed price of the item multiplied by the number if items in the listing.  There are (continue reading…)

You’ll be able to upload your photos to eBay for inclusion in your listing; the site can display JPEG (.jpg), GIF (.gif), PNG (.png), TIFF (.tif), and BMP (.bmp) file formats.  The first photo in a listing is free, and each one thereafter is $0.15 at the time of this writing.  Once you’ve read the rest of this section and gotten a feel for the number of pictures you’ll need in your listing, be aware that eBay also has Picture Packages: putting one to six pictures in a listing will cost $0.75, and seven to twelve pictures will cost you $1.00.

If you have the ability to host your photos yourself, you should use only JPEG or GIF formats.

eBay recommends using a medium level of resolution when you take y (continue reading…)