eBay For Dummies, (Updated for 2020), 10th Edition

Introduction

These days you have a lot of choices when you want to sell online. There are some apps/platforms that may seem easier than eBay … but … there’s only one eBay. You have the opportunity to sell your items to a worldwide audience who may be looking for the things you choose to sell.

Selling on eBay is profitable and empowering if you follow the basics rules. The beginning steps are outlined in this book and can take you to easily bring in $60,000 a year. You don’t need any more to start out than what you read in the pages of this book. After you’ve mastered the basics, you’re on your way to your own part- or full-time e-commerce empire.

This is the tenth edition of eBay For Dummies. When I wrote the original edition in 1999, eBay had just gone public, and the gross merchandise sales by sellers on the site was estimated at a staggering $2.8 billion. There has been little change in Internet transactions since eBay pioneered the collaborative economy. In 2018, eBay enabled almost $95 billion of gross merchandise volume with person-to-person transactions. I had no idea that eBay would become the worldwide marketplace it has — and that this book would become the top-selling book for those wanting to learn about eBay. (Pretty cool, though.)

Literally millions of people have learned how to succeed at an eBay business by reading my books. In your hand you have the book that will get you on the road to your own online business. Heed my words and you’ll be getting the no-nonsense ...