Synopses & Reviews
9 books in 1
- eBay Basics
- Essential Tools
- Selling Like a Pro
- Sourcing Merchandise
- Presenting Your Items
- Extending Your Reach
- Storing and Shipping
- Power Selling on eBay
- Office and Legal
Your one-stop reference for launching and managing your own eBay business
Billions of dollars flow from buyers to sellers through eBay, and this book's complete guidance shows you how to get your share! eBay and social commerce expert Marsha Collier lets you in on proven strategies used by successful eBay sellers. Learn how to create attractive listings, manage bookkeeping chores, market with social media, and more.
- Learn your way around tour the eBay site, set up an account, and see how it all works
- Choose your tools explore eBay tools that help you manage your business and improve customer service
- Sales 101 brush up on basic sales skills, create irresistible listings, and use My eBay to manage sales
- Where'd you find that? discover great places to find deals on merchandise and learn which ones to be wary of
- Show off your stuff design a killer website and showcase your merchandise with professional-looking photos
- How to survive shipping tips on organizing, packing, shipping, and insuring what you've sold
- Feel the power see how to attain PowerSeller and Top Rated Seller status
- Keep it legal with records that make business and tax reporting easier
Open the book and find:
- Benefits of being involved in the eBay community
- How PayPal helps you
- Sneaky fees you should know about
- Online merchandising and marketing tips
- What should go in your photo studio
- Social media marketing advice
- PowerSeller secrets
- Some great security suggestions
Synopsis
Everything you need to know to start and run a successful eBay businesseBay now has 100 million active users and just keeps growing. And they have turned to For Dummies books and bestselling eBay author Marsha Collier to help guide them through buying and selling on eBay for over a decade. This nine-books-in-one guide has now been updated to cover all the newest eBay seller tools, new techniques to drive sales, new ways to enhance an eBay business using social media, and more. Marsha Collier covers the basics, essential tools, professional selling tips, where to find merchandise, how to showcase and promote your stuff, storage and shipping, advice for Power Sellers, and legal/office issues.
- A complete update of the bestselling eBay business guide
- Covers getting the necessary eBay selling tools, how to do product research and set up payment systems, and tips on setting prices, creating good listings, and organizing sales
- Helps you find things to sell at prices that will make a profit, create listings that get attention, take great merchandise photos, and promote your items on social media sites
- Offers advice on providing customer service, safely storing and shipping your merchandise, and handling necessary bookkeeping and tax chores
- Includes how to analyze data and establish the needed resources to become a Power Seller
eBay Business All-in-One For Dummies, 3rd Edition is the soup-to-nuts guide for running a successful eBay business.
About the Author
Marsha Collier is a social commerce and marketing expert. Her eBay books in the For Dummies series have combined to sell over one million copies. She has been named to the "Top 20 Women Social Media Influencers" list at forbes.com. Marsha hosts a weekly customer service chat on Twitter at #custserv.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Book I: eBay Basics 5
Chapter 1: Hooking Up with Online Technology 7
Chapter 2: Navigating through eBay 21
Chapter 3: Signing Up and Getting Started 37
Chapter 4: Knowing eBay Sales 57
Chapter 5: Checking Out the Seller and Leaving Feedback 79
Chapter 6: Bidding to Win 103
Chapter 7: Completing the Transaction 125
Chapter 8: Participating in the Community 141
Book II: Essential Tools 163
Chapter 1: Researching on eBay 165
Chapter 2: Researching Collectible Prices 185
Chapter 3: Five-Star Customer Service Through Eloquent Communications 207
Chapter 4: Letting PayPal Help You Manage the Money 221
Chapter 5: Using eBay’s Management Tools 237
Book III: Selling Like a Pro 261
Chapter 1: Be Sure Your Listings Make Cents 263
Chapter 2: Knowing the Finer Points of Selling 281
Chapter 3: Listing Items for Sale 311
Chapter 4: Listing via eBay’s Turbo Lister 347
Chapter 5: Running Your Business on My eBay 361
Book IV: Sourcing Merchandise 381
Chapter 1: Understanding Online Retailing 383
Chapter 2: Sourcing Merchandise Like the Pros 395
Chapter 3: Selling Other People’s Stuff Online 417
Chapter 4: Sourcing Liquidation and Drop-Shipping 433
Book V: Presenting Your Items 445
Chapter 1: Your eBay Photo Studio 447
Chapter 2: Mastering eBay Photography 463
Chapter 3: Designing Your Website, Listings, and Blogs with HTML 479
Chapter 4: Getting Your Photos Ready for eBay 503
Chapter 5: Getting Your Photos on eBay and the Web 513
Book VI: Extending Your Reach 523
Chapter 1: Developing Your Web Presence 525
Chapter 2: Marketing Tools for Your Web Presence and Social Media 535
Chapter 3: Tapping PayPal Resources to Expand Sales 549
Book VII: Storing and Shipping 557
Chapter 1: Organizing Your Merchandise and Shipping Area 559
Chapter 2: Shipping without Going Postal 581
Chapter 3: Insuring Your Item’s Delivery 607
Book VIII: Power Selling on eBay 621
Chapter 1: Going Pro with eBay’s Selling Manager 623
Chapter 2: Managing Sales with eBay Apps and Third-Party Tools 641
Chapter 3: Attaining PowerSeller and Top Rated Seller Status 657
Chapter 4: Deciding When You Need an eBay Store 667
Book IX: Office and Legal 689
Chapter 1: Getting Legal with the State and the Feds 691
Chapter 2: The Joys of Taxes and Business Reporting 707
Chapter 3: Taking Care of Your Finances 723
Chapter 4: Keeping You and Your Business Secure Online 741
Chapter 5: Networking Your Office 757
Index 767