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How To Take Advantage Of 1 Day Auction Listing On Ebay

2006-09-22T20:41:00.000+08:00

Ebay recently introduced a new feature called 1 day listing that is extremely useful for ebay sellers. Contrary to the belief of many ebay sellers, a one day listing can generate far more profits than a long 10 day auction listing.

To understand how to take advantage of this, you first need to understand the mentality of the average buying ebayer. Most buyers visiting ebay are looking for a deal. Once they locate it, they will bid for it and will want to know the result of their bid immediately. If they are the winner of an auction, they want to have the product immediately.

Most buyers on ebay usually buy on impulse rather than logic Therefore as a seller, it is much better to place a one day auction so you can impose a sort of time period on your buyers. Your potential buyers will also realize this and will compel them to take action by bidding and maybe even start a frenzy bidding war!

So when should you offer a 1-day auction?

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Is It Safe To Sell On Ebay?

2006-09-06T23:11:00.000+08:00

It’s obvious that eBay provides internet users with an online flea market where buyers and sellers from around the world meet to conduct trade.

However, like most traders who are faced with an innovation of this sort, the first question will always be: It is safe? The answer is yes, but devious scammers seem to be plotting daily to forward their dastardly schemes and take advantage of eBay’s power.

So, what is the user’s recourse? The users of eBay must learn to gather information and take meticulous care in dealing on eBay. Only then can they be less gullible to scammers. A common consensus is that bidders are often scammed by sellers. But it is possible for things to be the other way around.

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Ebay Business

2006-08-26T21:22:00.000+08:00

How To Start Your Ebay Business Correctly

More than 500,000 people earn their living full-time on ebay. Do you want to be one of them? Sure you would, a successful ebay business is one of the most fulfilling and financially rewarding experience you can get. That is only going to happen if you do it right at the beginning to set up your very own ebay business. Don't rush into it thinking you can make a quick fortune.

Take your time and familiarize yourself with the eBay website. Take notes of the type of products you are thinking of selling - check out the competition, pricing and most of all take particular note of actual selling prices and whether the bidding was slow or fast and furious. Most successful eBay sellers begin as buyers. If you are new to ebay, it is a good idea to buy some items on ebay to get a feel of how the whole process works. Another advantage is you put yourself in the buyer's mentality. You start to realize what buyers are looking for and what problems buyers faced on ebay. This information will be extremely useful once you start selling on ebay.

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How To Price Your E-book On Ebay For Maximum Profits

2006-08-18T20:52:00.000+08:00

I'm sure you know it is getting more and more difficult to sell any kind of information products on ebay. Gone are the days when you could buy the resale rights from a product creator, put it on ebay and wait for the cash to roll in. It just doesn't happen anymore.

Before I go into how to price your ebook or any kind of information product on ebay, let's first examine the reasons why it is so hard to sell. In my opinion, there are two major reasons.

Reason 1 : Every man and his dog is selling the same stuff on ebay.

I'm sure you have seen this on ebay, the same product can be found selling anywhere from $50.00 to less than $1.00. 99 per cent of people selling information products on ebay are resellers, meaning they brought the resale rights from either the product creator or from other resellers. What 90 per cent of them will do is to list the products and start pricing them as low as possible to undercut each other on pricing. This happens so much to the point where it is no longer profitable at all.

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How To Ensure You Get Bidders For Your Ebay Auctions

2006-08-11T21:23:00.000+08:00

I remember when I first started selling on ebay 5 years ago, I did not get any bids at all on my first 8 ebay auctions. Regardless of what others may say about people making tons of money selling on ebay or people making a full-time income on ebay, I could not sell a single item. Fast forward to today, I have managed to get a 90 percent closing rate on my auctions.

That means out of 10 items I auctioned, 9 will get bids. It took me a long time to realize the mistakes I made and gradually over the years, I learned and tested which auctions will get bids and which doesn't. There are too many reasons why auctions don't get bids. I won't be able to cover them all at once.

But I will list the top 3 big reasons.

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How To Make Money On Ebay By Buying

2006-08-05T21:38:00.000+08:00

Most people think you got to sell on eba y in order to make money. However, there are other ways to make money on ebay other than selling.

One secret way is buying. What do I mean? Read on. That secret method is called ebay arbitrage.

The term arbitrage has been around for a long time. It is a technique used in the stock market by large players who search (with powerful computers in real time) for price discrepancies from one market to another. For example if they see dealers in London trading IBM stock at 1/8th pt lower than in New York, even if it's only for a few seconds, they'll grab it at the lower price and sell it in New York where they'll make an 1/8th pt profit.

So how does that apply to Ebay?

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Top 10 Reasons Why EBay Auctions Fail

2006-07-29T20:07:00.000+08:00

Is your ebay auction not attracting any bidders? Do you find it difficult to sell your items with so many competitors. Then you need to take a look at the list below of the top 10 reasons why auctions fail.

1. High Starting Price

Many ebay buyers are looking for a good deal on ebay. If you fixed your price too high, you are probably scaring them away. They will not even look at your auction. Try to lower your starting bid each time the auction fails.

2. Ebay Buyers Can't Find You

With millions of listings on ebay with thousands added each day, buyers may not be able to find your auction listing. That is why your auction title is so important since most buyers only uses basic search function.

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How Do Sellers Get Paid On Ebay?

2006-07-20T20:53:00.000+08:00

Today, eBay is considered to be one of the most lucrative auction sites available in the Internet. However, selling on eBay is not that easy, and the very first thing a seller should do is to find the ways on how he or she will get paid once the item is sold.

And so, here are the different ways how a seller can be paid:

1. PayPal

PayPal is the most common and convenient way of sending and receiving money based on an eBay transaction. Here, the payment for the sold item is sent directly to the seller by means of an established bank account or a credit card.

2. Personal Check or Cashier's Check

Sellers may choose this kind of option. However, the drawback of using this kind of payment method is that the seller still has to wait for a number of banking days before the check gets cleared.

3. Credit Cards

Sellers must have a merchant account to be able to accept payments from its buyers through credit cards. This is applicable only if the buyer will be paying directly to the seller. If the buyer still wants to use credit card but wants a safer transaction, he or she may opt to pay the seller through PayPal with the use of the credit card.

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What Is eBay University?

2006-07-08T21:49:00.000+08:00

eBay University is the learning program that eBay established to help people become successful eBay merchants. For convenience, eBay classes are held in many locations throughout the United States, and classes may also be completed from home, using your computer. You should note that all of the information you will learn through eBay University can be found on the website – for free.

However, understanding that free information isn’t always easy.

eBay University will teach you how to open a seller’s account, how to conduct research and create listings, how to improve listings for greater success, how to integrate Paypal with eBay, how to monitor your auctions, and how to complete transactions. Once you’ve finished the Selling Basics course, you are ready for the ‘Beyond the Basics’ course. This advanced course will teach you how to start and grow an eBay business, how to choose and create listing formats that sell, how to use all of the eBay resources, how to market your business, how to pack and ship your items, and much more.

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Ebay Selling Tips

2006-07-02T21:17:00.000+08:00

Welcome to my ebay selling guide. EBAY is a 70 billion dollar a year industry giant. The really interesting situation is that they are dependent on ebay sellers, like you, to make that business figure grow. In 2005, the number of people making money from working on EBAY increased by 68%. Over 724,000 million people either make a full time or a supplemental income from working EBAY. And another 1.5 million say that EBAY gives them additional income throughout the year.

How To Get Started Selling On Ebay

What is interesting is that there are many ways to get started working EBAY for an extra income. The main thing is to get a plan and work the plan. Gather up some income products from around your home, your relatives, garage sales, thrift stores, salvation army, big lots, consignment shops, etc. Invest a set amount, say $200. Make sure that you get items that are useful or entertaining and that provide a quick turn over.

The way to do that is to think about your own buying habits. Would you purchase this item if you saw it advertised, does it appeal to a mass market, is it a niche product people might be willing to purchase? What you want are items that you can pick up for very little money and that you can put up on EBAY for a small price and, thereby, create an immediate cash flow. At first, you will want to return almost all your profits back into purchasing some more items to sell. You will do this until you have a comfortable amount of money invested in your business and then you will have set up your own profit stream. To get your items ready to market what you need to do is to take a quality digital photo of the item from different angles. For smaller items, you should use a whiteboard backdrop to get the maximum amount of light with few reflections. For larger items, outside shots work well, just have the sun behind your back when taking the picture.

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Review: "The Insider Secrets Of An eBay Millionaire" by Derek Gehl and Brandon Dupsky

2006-06-27T23:04:00.000+08:00

I've just finished devouring the brand-new "Insider Secrets Of An eBay Millionaire" by Brandon Dupsky and Derek Gehl, and I've got to tell you, it is by FAR the best system for making a life-changing income on eBay that I've come across!

Don't be embarrassed if you've never heard of self-made eBay millionaire Brandon Dupsky before. After all, he likes to fly "below the radar" (which gives him more time to focus on his booming eBay business!)

But what you should know about him is that he's just a regular guy who got his start on eBay by selling a few odd-and-ends he found in his basement...

... and since then, he's refined his techniques to the point where he made $8 MILLION in just one year!

And what's really great is that Brandon has agreed to team up with Derek Gehl, the well-known Internet marketing expert who is responsible for over $40,000,000 in online sales!

... together, they can show you everything you need to know about profiting on eBay!

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Ebay Real Estate Auction - Selling Real Estate On Ebay

2006-06-24T21:43:00.000+08:00

Ebay real estate auction. Selling real estate over the internet may sound like an awkward idea. However, the exposure the real estate receives over such a widespread media like the internet is every realtor's dream. Can eBay be used to market real estate? The answer is a resounding 'yes!'

eBay provides functionality that is clearly adaptable to the needs of most realtors. It provides a widespread medium of advertisement for the real estate. It is also a relatively inexpensive method of advertising. One of the best things about selling real estate on eBay is that it "markets" to many areas around the world, not just a local area. Advertising on eBay makes the property available to more than 100 million potential buyers, including those from other countries. Visitors can browse through the property details 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - all without the realtor having to explain the details about the property to every single prospect wanting information.

Advertising Your Real Estate on eBay

When you have a house or other real estate to sell, you may list it for auction on the eBay Real Estate site. This is found at http://www.pages.ebay.com/realestate. There are many different ways to present the property for sale on eBay. If the realtor seeks to sell the estate at a fixed price instead of having the property go through an auction, he may request eBay to display a real estate listing in a format much like a local paper.

Ebay Real Estate Auction Pages

eBay's Real Estate auction page has three selling formats. These are the auction, fixed price selling, and the traditional real estate listing. For each of these selling formats, the "user" furnishes additional information regarding his or her property. Details may include lot size, number of bedrooms, number of bathrooms, type of property, year built, and other information. The auction listing period must also be specified, where the choices range from 1-, 3-, 5-, 7-, 10-, or 30-days, or a 30- or 90-day non-auction listing. The eBay Real Estate website charges two types of fees for listing a property. There is a simple fee for listing the property and also a fee is based on the final amount of the property sale.

How To Price Your Item Correctly On Ebay

2006-06-19T20:21:00.000+08:00

Many new ebay sellers often fall into the pricing trap. Either they price their items too high to be unsellable or they price it too low to make any profits.

Some basic information on ebay pricing. Ebay has three prices that can be set for an auction.

The "Buy It Now" Price

Allow bidders to buy the item at a fixed price immediately without waiting for the auction to end. Effectively, it also means the auction will end once it has a bidder. The only exception will be in dutch auctions.

The Starting Bid Price

Any auction will require a starting bid price. This is the price set by the auctioneer when he/she first lists the auction.

The Reserve Price

This is the pre-determined price set by the auctioneer. Bids will need to exceed or equal to the reserve price before it will be sold. If an auction ends with the reserve price not being met, the item will not be sold.

Both the "Buy It Now" and reserve price are optional on ebay.

It is important that your starting bid price be set low to attract bidders to your auction. My advise would be to set the starting bid as $0.99 or lower. As a rule of thumb, never set it higher than $50. What do you do then if you can't sell an item below a certain price? The answer is to set a reserve price. That way, you do not have to worry about selling an item below your profit margin.

Also, it will not affect your feedback rating. Another potential pricing issue on ebay is shipping. Most disagreements between buyers and sellers occur because of shipping cost. My advice would be not to overcharge on shipping since most buyers take shipping cost into consideration when looking at an auction. Also it is relatively easy for buyers to determine the shipping cost since ebay and most shipping services such as USPS and fedex provide one.

5 Tips When Choosing A Dropshipping Company

2006-06-14T20:28:00.001+08:00

A lot of ebay sellers have had success with ebay dropshipping. If you have not heard of dropshipping, it is a business term used in a situation where the dropshipping company agreed on a set price, handle the inventory, does the shipping and labelling and collects the payment. However the dropshipping company do not sell, rather it has a network of sellers who does the selling. The dropshipping company is only in charge of fulfilling the orders.

Dropshipping is every eBay seller's dream. Since you do not need to deal with the hassle of maintaining stock and shipping, you only need to list the auctions which the dropshipping company sells. Most dropshipping companies will charge you near a wholesale price and you are free to charge whatever price suits you.

Beware Of Ebay Dropshipping Scams

Though dropshipping sounds great, they are some pitfalls you should aware of. Here are some tips to keep in mind when dropshipping:

1) Who your customer belongs to? Even though all the shipping, inventory and labelling is not done by you, you are still your customer's point of contact. That means if there's any issue arising whether from faulty product or none delivery of items, your customers will contact you and you should then try to resolve it with the dropshipping company.

2) Reputation of dropshipping company You should do your due diligence and find out more about the dropshipping company you are doing business with. There are a lot of scammers out there who takes your money and don't fulfill orders or send out very poor quality products. You can visit the Better Business Bureau at http://www.BBB.org to seek for more information about the company you are doing dropshipping with

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5 Tips When Choosing A Dropshipping Company

2006-06-14T20:28:00.000+08:00

Beware Of Ebay Dropshipping Scams

Though dropshipping sounds great, they are some pitfalls you should aware of. Here are some tips to keep in mind when dropshipping:

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Why Adding Ebay Pictures Increases eBay Bid Response

2006-06-12T22:37:00.000+08:00

Ebay Buyers really like ebay pictures. The more ebay pictures you have, the more they’ll feel like buying their item from you, and not from your competitor. In fact, there are plenty of buyers who will literally leave your auction within 5 seconds of arriving if they don’t find a ebay picture there waiting for them. A little extra work on photography can pay off massively, especially if you’re working on slim profit margins. But why is it so effective? It shows you’re serious.

Ebay Sellers who take the time to take good pictures and present them carefully are surely more likely to go to the trouble of providing good customer service, and buyers know this, at least on a subconscious level. If you can’t even be bothered to take a photo and upload it to eBay, are you really going to pack their item properly? Are you going to post it on time? It makes them trust you. Your buyers will feel more comfortable that you actually have the item if they can see that you have your own photo of it. It also reassures the buyers that your item isn’t a beaten up and broken piece of rubbish.

It makes your auction stand out. When your picture is displayed on the search results screen, people can see your item right there instead of having to read your title. People prefer to work visually, and are more likely to pay attention to a result with a picture. But if you want the benefits of the response pictures can bring, then what should you do? Here are a few simple tips to make your pictures better.

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Sourcing For Cars To Sell On Ebay Car Auctions

2006-06-08T22:23:00.000+08:00

Selling high-priced items such as ebay car auctions is getting more and more popular these days. In fact, according to ebay motors, a vehicle is sold very 10 seconds, a car part or accessories is sold every second. Over 10 million shoppers visit ebay motors every month looking to buy cars or car parts.

The reason why ebay car auctions are popular among ebay sellers is pretty obvious since the profits per sale are high. You only need to sell 1 to 2 cars on ebay motors each month to make a handsome profit.

How To Find Cars To Sell On Ebay Car Auctions

So how do you find cars to sell on ebay motors? Basically I have used 2 ways.

Car Dealers

Believe it or not, there are still a lot of car dealers who are still advertising offline via the usual marketing methods such as advertising in car magazines, posters, tv and radio. From my personal experience, the main reason why these car dealers do not sell on ebay motors is not because they do not know about ebay. It is because they do not have technical knowledge of uploading photos, putting auction description and such.

One car dealer I know of have not touched a computer in his life! So this is where you can come in and offer your services and in return if the car is sold successfully on ebay motors, you get a commission. I don't need to tell you even if it is a just 2 percent commission, you could still get a few hundred dollars easily.

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Ebay Auction Software

2006-06-03T17:08:00.000+08:00

Ebay Auction Software

Ebay auction software can be very clunky as anyone who has done more than a handful of auctions at a time on Ebay. Ebay itself was not designed for multiple auction entry. The way around this is to use a 3rd party ebay auction software which allows greater flexibility in submitting online auctions.

Problems With Ebay Auction Software

Ebay has their own solution to the problem with TurboList and Selling Manager. However, with these tools you are still subject to some of Ebay’s exorbitant fees. One can’t avoid insertion fees or final value fees but there are ways to minimize scheduled listing fees and picture fees. Ebay charges $0.15 per picture for every picture beyond the first. A picture is worth a thousand words and the more pictures you have with your item the better. If you post 5 pictures with every item listed, that is $0.60 per item in picture fees alone.

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Ebay Pricing Strategy

2006-05-31T13:07:00.000+08:00

How To Price Your Item Correctly On Ebay

Many new ebay sellers often fall into the pricing trap. Either they price their items too high to be unsellable or they price it too low to make any profits.

Some basic information on ebay pricing. Ebay has three prices that can be set for an auction.

The "Buy It Now" Price
Allow bidders to buy the item at a fixed price immediately without waiting for the auction to end. Effectively, it also means the auction will end once it has a bidder. The only exception will be in dutch auctions.

The Starting Bid Price
Any auction will require a starting bid price. This is the price set by the auctioneer when he/she first lists the auction.

The Reserve Price
This is the pre-determined price set by the auctioneer. Bids will need to exceed or equal to the reserve price before it will be sold. If an auction ends with the reserve price not being met, the item will not be sold.

Both the "Buy It Now" and reserve price are optional on ebay.
It is important that your starting bid price be set low to attract bidders to your auction. My advise would be to set the starting bid as $0.99 or lower. As a rule of thumb, never set it higher than $50. What do you do then if you can't sell an item below a certain price? The answer is to set a reserve price. That way, you do not have to worry about selling an item below your profit margin.

Also, it will not affect your feedback rating.

Ebay Gift Certificates

2006-05-27T21:24:00.000+08:00

eBay Gift Certificates – The Gift Solution Suitable for Everyone

We all know one. There is at least one in every family, and one in every circle of friends. There is even one in every office! There is always that one person that you know who is absolutely impossible to buy a gift for!

These people either have everything, or want nothing. They don’t drop hints at all, and when asked, they simply say that they don’t know, they don’t care, or they don’t want anything. Well, now you can buy a gift for that person. The solution lies in an eBay gift certificate!

This will allow your loved one to essentially buy anything that they want, in a very exciting way. eBay gift certificates can easily be purchased through paypal, in varying amounts. There are things that you should point out to the gift recipient, however. For instance, eBay gift certificates do expire. eBay gift certificates will not be accepted for all auctions either – they can only be redeemed for those auctions that accept Paypal as a form of payment.

Other than that, your loved one should not have any problems redeeming their eBay gift certificate!

Starting An eBay Franchise

2006-05-21T16:26:00.000+08:00

Starting an ebay drop-off franchise is fast catching on ebay. There are millions of buyers everyday on ebay and let's face it, not everyone knows how to sell an item on ebay. Some people just aren't interested or not familiar with how ebay works, the terms and conditions and all that stuff. They just want to sell their item and get some cash. That is where an ebay drop-off franchise comes in.

What is an ebay drop-off franchise?

It's actually quite simple in concept. An ebay drop-off franchise store acts like the middleman in the ebay world. You bring the items you want to sell to the ebay drop-off store. The store will auction it on ebay. If it is sold, the store will send a check to you minus a certain percentage of the sale price. The store will also pack and ship the item for you.

In my opinion, this is a huge untapped market as there are lots of people who have heard of ebay but do not know or want to get involved in the whole auction process as it can be rather tedious. They are looking for people to help them sell.

So why get an ebay franchise?

Getting an ebay franchise is not cheap. It usually cost anywhere from a few thousand to tens of thousands of dollars plus some ebay franchises charges a annual or monthly royalty fee ranging from 3 to 6 percent of your gross revenue.

However, there are some great advantages to getting one.

1) Brand Recognition

The single biggest advantage of getting an ebay franchise is that you get to be affiliated with a recognizable brand. Some ebay franchise such as "isold it ebay store" spent huge amount of money in TV advertising and marketing plus they have a huge network of stores across the country. In that sense, your franchise store gets to leverage some brand awareness without you spending any money on advertising and marketing.

2) Franchise Store Support

Another important advantage is that you can get immediate support and training needed to maintain and operate your ebay franchise store. This is especially important if you do not have sufficient experience doing business. Plus most franchises have ebay drop-off experts who can be stationed in your store when you just opened for business to guide you on the details of running the business.

How To Beat Ebay Bid Snipers

2006-05-13T16:06:00.000+08:00

How have encountered the following situation? You like an item currently auctioned on ebay. The price was perfect and the seller has a 100 percent feedback score. You place your bid and wait patiently for the auction to end when suddenly with less than 1 minute left, someone place a slighter higher bid than you and won the auction. How frustrating!

What is ebay bid sniping?

If you are like me, after a few such incidents, you started to wonder if it is just bad luck or something else sinister. Well, I thought you should know there is something going on ebay known as bid sniping. Bid sniping is when someone uses automated software or services to watch auctions and bid a slighter higher price at the very last moment before an auction ends.

Bid Sniping is actually against ebay rules but in my opinion it doesn't slow the bid snipers down. Ebay doesn't strictly enforce this rule or that it is difficult to enforce bid sniping. Be aware though you can get banned from ebay if they caught you.

So how do we beat ebay bid snipers?

There are two ways, both controversial. You may not agree with it but that's ok. You are entitled to your own opinions.

Bid Snipping Services I have only used this only a couple of times. You can find many websites offering bid snipping services. They are usually inexpensive and is worth it if you don't have the time to sit in front of the computer watching the auction end.

Now here's the twist. Don't use your regular ebay account. Open another ebay account. This way, even if you get caught, ebay will only ban your new account. However, do note I have heard from people on some forums that ebay will ban all accounts under you. I am not sure if this is true since so far it has not happen to me

Steps to take if you are scammed on ebay

2006-04-23T12:43:00.000+08:00

eBay is a relatively safe marketplace. Unfortunately, like most online marketplaces, it is
vulnerable to scams. eBay tries to keep instances of scams occurring, but with more than 100 million members, and approximately $40 million moving through the site on a daily basis, this can be a little difficult. Sometimes, scams occur.

If you have been scammed, there are certain stepsyou need to follow to report the incident, and to try to come to a resolution. If you paid for the item through Paypal, the first step is to login to your Paypal account and open up a dispute for the payment. If you did not pay through Paypal, contactyour credit card company. In most cases, if you have used one of these two cases, you will recover your money.

The next step is to use eBay’s dispute process to report the seller. This is specifically for items that were not received, or items that were significantly different than what was described in the auction. eBay also has a purchase protection program to further protect buyers. If a settlement cannot be reached with the buyer, the next step is to make an eBay buyer purchase protection claim.

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Ebay Scams

2006-04-18T21:21:00.000+08:00

How to detect an ebay scam

E-bay provides a convenient platform for buyers and sellers to trade goods easily. It is simple to use and you could list an item in under 10 minutes. For buyers, it is even easier, do sign up and you are ready to go shopping. Or is it?

If this is the case, then it's time for the buyer's warning signal to go red alert because if things on E-bay seemed to good to be true, it probably is and may not even be worth the buyer's time and money.

There are lots of frauds and scams? going on in the Internet today and E-bay is not excused. So, it's important for buyers to detect early signs of fraudulent activities before it gets them. Here are some important points to take note :

1. Buyers should always check the seller?s feedback rating. If a seller has many negative feedbacks or no feedback, do your due diligence and stay away from this auction. There is a chance it is a scam or fraud.

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eBay Gift Certificates

2006-04-13T20:44:00.000+08:00

The Gift Solution Suitable for Everyone - ebay gift certificates

We all know one. There is at least one in every family, and one in every circle of friends. There is
even one in every office! There is always that one person that you know who is absolutely impossible to buy a gift for! These people either have everything, or want nothing. They don’t drop hints at all, and when asked, they simply say that they don’t know, they don’t care, or they don’t want anything.

Well, now you can buy a gift for that person. The solution lies in an eBay gift certificate! This will allow your loved one to essentially buy anything that they want, in a very exciting way. eBay gift certificates can easily be purchased through paypal, in varying amounts.

There are things that you should point out to the gift recipient, however. For instance, eBay gift
certificates do expire. eBay gift certificates will not be accepted for all auctions either – they can only be redeemed for those auctions that accept Paypal as a form of payment. Other than that, your loved one should not have any problems redeeming their eBay gift certificate!