Product Description

Imagine opening a store...and more than 150 million people showing up.

That's the power of selling on eBay.

More than 100,000 people have used the first edition of How to Sell Anything on eBay...and Make a Fortune! to make their fortunes. Now the fully revised second edition shows you how to navigate the new site design, revised fee structures, and most importantly, how to reach the increased number of registered users-from 50 million to 157 million!

You'll learn about the newest ways to make it big, including:

• A list of current fee structures and tips on how to make the most money
• Updated “screen shots,” detailing how to navigate through eBay's redesigned Web site
• Revised policies, and ways to dodge possible pitfalls
• Money-making ideas for your auction

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #476072 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-22
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 300 pages

From the Back Cover

Imagine having a garage sale or opening a store...and 50 million people show up.

That's the power of selling on ebay.

Whether you want to supplement your income, extend a retail business, or create a fulltime job from home, How to Sell Anything on ebay . . . and Make a Fortune! gives you everything you need to get wise, get started, and get rich.

Dennis Prince is an online auction expert who reveals the tricks to selling with great success. This easy-to-follow guide takes you step-by-step through every stage of the online selling process. Entrepreneurs receive proven strategies for landing high bids and making happy customers. Learn how to:

• Get registered and set up your About Me page
• Choose the best time of week for the strongest sales
• Phrase auction listings in enticing ways
• Pick the items that bring the biggest price
• Deal with people who don't pay
• Understand shipping methods
• Push profits with sharper digital photos
• Deal with international customers
• Set up a storefront Website for customers to reference

"e-bay--#1 Rated Work At Home Business Opportunity!--PC Magazine

About the Author

Dennis L. Prince is one of the country's leading experts on eBay and internet auctions. He is the author of Unleashing the Power of eBay, and has been interviewed on MSNBC and the BBC.

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Customer Reviews

A Lot of Enthisuasm but Too Much Rah-Rah!
This is really a book to get you up to speed on the full range of eBay features. I got this book from my local library to checkup on how I'm doing on eBay, and see if I could improve results. The only thing I learned was a reminder to carefully write titles that increase search hits. The rest of the book tends to minimize or ignore the negatives about eBay while putting the best face on everything else.

For example, online sellers communicate in several venues such as Yahoo! Groups, to help each other sell more and solve problems (and many turn to Amazon Marketplace t oincrease sales with no up-front costs, and ease of collecting payments). One trend that has emerged in the last few years as opposed to early internet days is selling items in lots because postage and selling fees are too great on individual items, or because items just don't sell as well as they did in say, 2001. This book makes one passing mention of lots, on page 72.

The book also tends to subtly portray sellers concerned about eBay fees as a little off; some people seem to think people are growing rich off eBay tariffs is his basic argument. Well, Dennis Prince, more than a few sellers think that is very true! While he advises sellers to watch costs and minimize fees, and tells which he thinks are useful, if the reader doesn't pay attention to those sections he will have a lighter wallet listening to all the hype.

The book ignores sell-through rates, and sell-through rates in different categories, advising sellers to research past selling prices and to visit Vendio for online auction tools and statistics. Good advice before you decide to list a bunch of stuff from your attic that will never sell.

And that is the problem with this book. It's hype. The title itself "How To Sell Anything on eBay ... and Make a Fortune!" is consumerism and marketing disrobed. If Mr. Prince thinks he can sell anything on eBay, he is welcome to take my fifty worst items and have a go at them. A lot of items don't sell at all online, or don't sell quickly or profitably. You'd never know that from the title or through the rose-colored smog of corporate media marketing. Perhaps publisher McGraw-Hill should deflate this balloon and do a little down to earth editing.

Very little of substance
Promises a LOT more than it delivers; very basic information, padded with lots of "chatty" verbiage. It's particularly annoying that the author spills lots of ink telling you how he won't waste your time. Contains a few useful hints, which could have made a reasonable newspaper article, but not much more.

If You Know Your Way Around a Computer...
This is not the book for you...or at least, that is how i felt.

I agree with the rating that said it was very drawn out...because it is. All i kept thinking was YAWN...when are we gonna get to the good stuff.

When I did arrive at the "good stuff"...for example how to title your listings, it was short, to the point and nothing enlightened me to something new.

Regret the purchase and hope that in the future the publisher will add that this is a very basic book for the beginner.