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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gmarguli, post: 778791, member: 246&quot;]I&#039;m currently selling in the neighborhood of $50,000 a month on eBay and it really isn&#039;t difficult if you use common sense - which most sellers don&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t use cute titles. Give a clear description of what it is you are selling. Use ALL CAPS IN THE TITLE as it is the only &quot;free upgrade&quot; you have.</p><p><br /></p><p>End your auction in the evening when most people will be home. Friday, Saturday, &amp; Sunday are good nights. Make sure you don&#039;t end on a holiday or major event (World Series, Presidential debate, etc). If selling world coins, make sure the same is true for other countries (i.e. don&#039;t have French coins ending if France is playing in the World Cup that evening).</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t sell really cheap stuff. The fees will kill you. </p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t pay for any of the listing upgrades. They just aren&#039;t worth it and don&#039;t work.</p><p><br /></p><p>List the coins in the correct category. You&#039;d be surprised how many people screw this up. Don&#039;t use two category listings as they cost more and are rarely needed - especially if you used a correct title.</p><p><br /></p><p>Use big and clear pictures. Make sure they aren&#039;t too big that a person has to scroll or wait for the download. I prefer to put the picture up at the top of the description.</p><p><br /></p><p>Use the eBay gallery as it is free, but I suggest hosting your own pictures. It&#039;s cheaper and you can change them out during the auction if you need to.</p><p><br /></p><p>Give short, easy to understand info about the coin - not a story. Not all caps. Not multicolored text. No flashing picture. No unnecessary pictures. Clear and clean. </p><p><br /></p><p>Know the eBay and PayPal rules. You WILL GET SCREWED if you don&#039;t know the rules. Know how you need to ship and with what type of confirmation. Know that you cannot change terms of PayPal by writing in the auction (i.e. buyer accepts responsibility if no insurance purchased). PayPal doesn&#039;t care and they will take the money from you.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you ship internationally, you will have to take the risk the buyer is honest as there is no way to get delivery confirmation that will satisfy PayPal except Fed Ex or UPS express shipments.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Know that in the eyes of eBay, you are a seller and therefore you are scum who is trying to rip off the innocent customers.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>List all info the buyer will need in the auctions. Let them know that you&#039;re charing $3 for shipping and you accept returns in 5 days. FYI, the return privilege for items purchased on eBay with PayPal is around 180 days if paid with credit card.</p><p><br /></p><p>You will lose a Significantly Not As Described (SNAD) claim. Period. End of discussion. You will also have to refund any shipping you changed. </p><p><br /></p><p>Do NOT give free shipping. This is a scam so eBay gets more fees. Charge a reasonable fee for S&amp;H so that your costs are covered. It&#039;s also not a crime to make a little money on S&amp;H.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t worry about feedback. The system is broken and useless. Let buyers threaten and leave negatives all they want.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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