I hate shipping my eBay sales. I mean, it’s a problem I’m grateful to have, but when I sit down to send out orders I feel like those things are already sold. The mission is done and I need to find more things to sell. So what would add insult to injury when it comes …
When you first start selling on eBay everything is new and overwhelming. I know that when I started I felt like I spent as much time trying to figure out how to do things as much as actually doing them. In fact, I remember several times when I would become so obsessed with figuring out …
As of eBay’s 2018 Seller’s Update, eBay sellers can no longer refresh their own RSS Feed. While RSS Feeds still exist on eBay, the toggle for sellers to refresh them is no longer available. According to the Seller Update, RSS Feeds are either outdated or will automatically be taken care of for sellers. So what …
It seems like every time I log into Instagram I see a reseller taking a picture with their huge pile of packages and proclaiming that they just had the best day ever. That’s the problem with social media. With tens of thousands of resellers in the community somebody will be having the best day ever, …
Buying gold on eBay is always a roll of the dice. At least, it is if you don’t know what you’re doing. If you go about it the right way, eBay may actually be the most cost effective way to accumulate physical gold long-term. So, on the one hand, we have the possibility of getting …
When eBay first switched everyone over to the managed payments system they left a bunch of unhappy sellers and unanswered questions. Who could have seen that coming? Gone are the days of selling on eBay with PayPal. Instead, eBay has opted for the Dutch company Adyen to process all of their payments. In theory, this …
Everyone loves a great surprise. In theory, mystery boxes on eBay should be one of those great surprises. Unfortunately, it doesn’t quite work that way. Because of the prevalence of eBay scams, there have been a number of policies put in place for eBay sellers which severely limit selling anything that could be termed a …
Like it or not, being an eBay seller makes you a salesman (or woman). It also makes you a CEO and marketing director. It is your job to help people find your product, and then convince them that they need it. Out of the many hats that you have to wear, “Headline Writer” probably isn’t …
When we first started selling on eBay, we had things stashed in cupboards…then sneaking across the floor, then creeping out of our small extra bedroom. eBay quickly took over our house and left us having nightmares. Things were impossible to find when they sold and we had no room for new inventory. Our pride in …
In the past, there have been some absolutely crazy items sold on eBay (a potato chip shaped like Beyonce’s face comes to mind…) However, this was mostly in the days when they weren’t many other online alternatives. Now, however, many unusual items are sent to auction houses or other places to be sold for top …