Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 384 pages
- Published by: Que
- Edition: 5th Edition April 14, 2008
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0789737833
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0789737830
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.9 x 1 inches
- Weighs: 1 pounds
Product Description
Absolute Beginner’s Guide to eBay®
Fifth Edition
Michael Miller
No prior eBay experience necessary!
Absolute Beginner’s Guide to eBay will show you how to successfully bid and sell on eBay, the world’s largest online auction site. eBay expert Michael Miller walks you through the process of buying and selling any type of item on eBay. You’ll learn how to safely place bids, win auctions with last-minute snipes, buy fixed-priced items in eBay Stores and Half.com, and use My eBay to track all your auction activity. His eBay tips and tricks will also show you how to create great-looking item listings and safely collect credit card payments via PayPal. Absolute Beginner’s Guide to eBay reveals all the secrets necessary to become a thriving eBay user–whether you bid or auction one item a month or a thousand!
Who knew how simple eBay can be?
Absolute Beginner’s Guide to eBay will have you bidding and selling in online auctions in no time! Here’s a small sample of what you’ll find inside:
- Learn how to place a last-second “snipe” bid–and win the auction without paying too much
- Discover how to buy fixed-price items on eBay without bidding
- Find out how to create eye-catching auction listings, complete with pictures
- Learn how to use PayPal to accept credit card payments
- Discover how to pack different types of items–and ship them out cheaply and safely
- Learn how to design cool-looking listings with eBayTurbo Lister–and track all your auctions with
- eBay Selling Manager
- Find out how to find a Trading Assistant to sell your items for you
- Uncover the secrets of successful eBay buyers and sellers
Michael Miller is a top eBay seller and a successful and prolific author. He has a reputation for practical, real-world advice and an unerring empathy for the requirements of his readers. Miller has written more than 75 nonfiction books over the past two decades, including Easy eBay, eBay Auction Templates Starter Kit, Tricks of the eBay Masters, and Making a Living from Your eBay Business. He has been interviewed about eBay by Family Circle magazine, Black Enterprise magazine, and numerous radio stations across the country. Miller’s eBay user ID is trapperjohn2000.
Category: Collectibles
Covers: eBay
User Level: Beginning
Back Cover Copy
On any given day there are more than 7 million items listed for auction at ebay (ebay), the world's largest online trading community. At the end of its last fiscal quarter, ebay had 49.7 million registered users, more than double the number of users just two years previous. It is estimated that $9.3 billion worth of merchandise, in more than 423 million individual auctions, was traded over eBay during the year 2002. To an absolute beginner, using eBay can be an intimidating experience. What do you need to do to participate? How do you place a bid? What do you do when the auction is over? Can you really trust the auction seller? Potential buyers and sellers need a book that takes them step-by-step through the eBay auction process and helps them become more successful over time. That book is this book: Absolute Beginner's Guide to ebay. Also included is information of value to ebay users wanting to make the jump to power-seller status.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Absolute Beginner's Guide to eBay (Absolute Beginner's Guides) (Paperback)
The fact that ...e-Bay, one of the few other successful e-businesses does as well. ...e-Bay satisfies the fundamental human desire to bargain and make money. It is ironic to think that although the Internet was considered to be the ultimate in niche market opportunities, it has been those two general human characteristics that have driven the most successful e-businesses. If you have been feeling the desire to gratify your urge to buy and sell, but have been hesitant to do so out of ignorance, then this book is for you. In plain, clear, extremely non-technical language, Miller explains what e-Bay is, how to get started and if all goes well, how to ramp up to being a major player. The only prerequisite is a fundamental knowledge of the world wide web and how to surf from site to site. This includes the basics of filling out and submitting forms. Miller is also honest about some of the optional features offered by e-Bay. Additional options such as extra and longer listings are quite properly considered a waste of money. He is also blunt in stating that about 50% of all the items listed on e-Bay are not sold. This is very sound advice, as it is easy to get caught up in sales and by not understanding the value of the features, end up selling your items at a loss. e-Bay as an organization is right in considering the e-Bay service to be a community, the largest and most varied shopping bazaar in the world. Everyone with a desire to do so can join, and this book will show you how.
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