eBay® for Dummies®, 6th Edition

Part III. Making Money the eBay Way

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Alot of different factors are at work when a seller makes a nice profit on an item he or she has put up for sale.

If you're new to online selling, you can find out all the benefits and get pointed in the right direction to find items that could make you a tidy profit. In fact, you may be sitting on major profits hiding in your own home! eBay has its rules, though, so when you assess an item's value to prepare for your listing, you need to make sure the item isn't prohibited from being sold at the eBay site.

In this part, I walk you through the paperwork you need to fill out to list an item for selling, and I show you how to close the deal and ship the item without any hassles. But even though I'm good, I can't stop problems from occurring, which is why I try to walk you through (almost) every conceivable mishap. There's also a chapter for those eBay newbies out there who already know that a picture's worth a thousand words. That's right — if you really want to make money on eBay, you can't miss the advanced strategies.