ebay Abbreviations.
AUD: Australian Dollar.
BIN: Buy it Now. A fixed price auction.
BNWT: Brand New With Tags. An item that has never been used and still has its original tags.
BW: Black and White. Used for films, photos etc.CONUS: Continental United States. Generally used by sellers who don”t want to post things to Alaska or Hawaii.
EUR: Euro.
FC: First Class. Type of postage.
GBP: Great British Pounds. Currency.
HTF: Hard To Find. Not quite as abused as “rare”, but getting there.
NIB: New in Box. Never opened, still in its original box.
NR: No Reserve. An item where the seller has not set a reserve price.
OB: Original Box. An item that has its original box (but might have been opened).
PM: Priority Mail.
PP: Parcel Post.
SH: Shipping and Handling. The fees the buyer will pay you for postage.
USD: United States Dollars. Currency.
VGC: Very Good Condition. Not mint, but close.
The chances are that you”ll find more specific jargon related to whatever you”re selling, but it”d be an impossible task to cover it all here.
If you can”t figure one out from your knowledge of the subject, then type the term into a search engine, followed by the word “ebay”.
The chances are that someone, somewhere will have seen fit to explain it.
While it”s good to be able to understand others” lingo, avoid using it unless you really need to (for example, if you run out of space in an item”s title).
Many people on ebay are not knowledgeable buyers and you will lose them if you write a load of gobbledegook all across your auction.
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ebay Abbreviations
Add NR or ‘No Res’ to your titles:
If you have extra space in a title, put “NR” (no reserve) on the end
Add NR or ‘No Res’ to your titles:
If you have extra space in a title, put “NR” (no reserve) on the end.
Bidders prefer auctions that don”t have a reserve price, and doing this lets them see that yours don”t.
Fact is that ebay changed the rules some time ago and now reserves can”t be used on low value items - But most buyers don”t know that of course! So add it if you have space and be sure to put it in as a sub title in your description.
Also, are you checking your emails?
Remember that potential buyers can send you email about anything at any time, and not answering these emails will just make them go somewhere else instead of buying from you
Also, are you checking your emails?
Remember that potential buyers can send you email about anything at any time, and not answering these emails will just make them go somewhere else instead of buying from you.
Answer questions fast, you look professional. Check your email at least 3 times a day.
Get Answertool - Search Google for the name. It”s an amazingly handy tool where you can build up a list of all your common answers to questions and anything else you might ever need to copy and paste into answers or anywhere else for that matter. I reckon it saves me literally days every year in time doing repetitive tasks
Prepare Yourself
Prepare Yourself.
There are going to be ups and downs when you sell on ebay.
Don”t pack it in if something goes a little wrong in your first few sales: the sellers who are booming on ebay are the ones who enjoy it, and stick at it whatever comes about.
Anyone can sell on ebay, if they believe in themselves - and if you do decide it”s not for you, then the start-up costs are so low that you won”t really have lost anything.
If you”re ready to start selling, then the next thing you need to know is the different auction types, so you can decide which ones you will use to sell your items.
Do your item description pages have everything that buyers need to know?
For example - If you”re planning to offer international delivery, then it”s good to make a list of the charges to different counties and display it on each auction
Do your item description pages have everything that buyers need to know?
For example - If you”re planning to offer international delivery, then it”s good to make a list of the charges to different counties and display it on each auction.
Have the “small print” clearly visible on all your auctions, giving details of things like shipping times and prices, your refund policy, and any other business practices you might have. This helps build confidence with buyers.
It”s good to have a clear Ts and Cs section at the bottom of your listings that you”ll use as part fo a standard template.
Learning the ebay ’slang’
Learning the ebay ’slang’.
Do you have trouble sometimes understanding when people talk about ebay?
ebay Words.
Bid: telling ebay”s system the maximum price you are prepared to pay for an item.
Dutch: an auction where more than one of an item is available.
Feedback: positive or negative comments left about other users on ebay.
Mint: in perfect condition.
Non-paying bidder: a bidder who wins an auction but does not then go on to buy the item.
PayPal: an electronic payment method accepted by most sellers.
Rare: used and abused on ebay, now entirely meaningless.
Reserve: the minimum price the seller will accept for the item.
Shill bid: a fake bid placed by a seller trying to drive up their auction”s price.Snail Mail: the post, which is obviously very slow compared to email.
Sniping: bidding at the last second to win the item before anyone else can outbid you.
Add an About Me page:
You”ll be surprised how much you can reassure bidders just by creating an About Me page and putting a little bit about yourself and your business on there
Add an About Me page:
You”ll be surprised how much you can reassure bidders just by creating an About Me page and putting a little bit about yourself and your business on there.
You can also have a few special offers there for people who bother to look at the page, and let people subscribe to your mailing list so that you can email them updates.
It”s one of only 2 places on ebay where you can put external links - so you can link to other websites you run or like or to affiliate offers.
As you think about what to sell on ebay, there are a a couple of matters to look at
As you think about what to sell on ebay, there are a a couple of matters to look at.
The most important of these is to always sell what you know. If you try to sell something that you just don”t know anything about then you”ll never write a good description and sell it for a good price.
You might think you are not particularly involved in anything, but if you think about what sort of things you commonly buy and which websites you go to most a great deal, I”m sure you”ll identify some sort of interest.
If all else fails ask your friends and family: they”ll almost certainly say ‘well why don”t you sell’, and you”ll slap your forehead.