Chapter 10
Time to Sell: Making Irresistible Listings
IN THIS CHAPTER
Preparing to set up your listing
Writing your item description
Deciding on your options
Making changes after your item is listed
It’s time to make some money. Are you ready? Yes? (Call it an inspired guess.) You’re on the threshold of adding your items to all those that go up for sale on eBay every day (and perhaps also shedding from your home some of the valuable things you haven’t touched in years). Some listings are so hot that sellers quadruple their investments. Other items, unfortunately, are so stone cold that they may not even sell. Although, when you pay attention to your listing and tweak as you go, I’ve found nearly everything sells eventually.
In this chapter, I explain the facets of setting up your listings and take the mystery out of the page you fill out to get your auction going (or item selling) on eBay. You get some advice that can increase your odds of making money and standing out from the over 1.2 billion active listings on the site worldwide. I also show you how to modify, relist, or end ...
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