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Registration of Seller at eBay auction

So you have passed the first phase of registration at the network eBay auction: “Buyer registration at eBay”, gained some experience, feel familiar and are ready to start selling. First of all you need to “upgrade” your eBay account and get Seller status. With such account you can sell and buy at the same time.

To sign Seller account is a sober and balanced solution, thousands and hundreds of thousands of people have already done business with eBay auction its their main source of income. There are hundreds of schemes for business on the sale and new ones appear every day. This is a fiefdom where you can fulfill yourself to the fullest extent. Typically, users started sale and received their first profits can stop.

To register on eBay as a seller you need a credit card, from  which the auction will withdraw money for their services (displaying a lot to bid).Registration as a Seller (as membership as a seller) is free.

Having logged in at the auction site, at at the top of any page click “Sell”, then on the new page click “Sell your item” and then click “Create a seller account”.

Now check your personal data, make changes if necessary and then you will be prompted to enter data of your card. Enter carefully:

Credit Card / Debit Card Number - the number of your credit / debit cards

Expiration date -  the date of expiry of the card

Your name on card - your name (exactly as shown on the card).

Billing address - your address (preferably to coincide with the address to which the card is issued).

City - a city where you live.

State / province

Country

Then you will be asked whether you are agree to pay for services of the auction using your card, to confirm it click “Submit”.

Displaying lots for sale.

As you, probably, already know, before you put your goods on sale, you must be registered on the network auction eBay and receive the status “Seller”.

First of all think over all the details. Never act at random. Before displaying the Lot weigh all the pros and cons. Do not forget that there are millions of experienced eBay sellers, and if you make a mistake, then they will sell their lot not you. Check the similar lots, study price competition, habits of buyers, read this article, forums and only then begin.

In ideal it is better to start with shopping, because no one will have business with the Seller who has zero rating. If you feel that you are ready to put up lots for sale click “Sell” at the top of any page.


1) Choose the format of the sale (Selling Format)
Initially, you should select auction format. It is a set of rules, which will define the merchandise selling. You choose between Auction Style (Lot will be conducted at auctions) or Fixed Price (Lot sold for a fixed price without bargaining).


2) Choose a category (Category)
Displaying goods at the auction you should already have a clear idea in what kind of category to put your lots. The easiest way to determine this is to hold mini-research and determine in which of the categories / subcategories posted the greatest number of goods, like yours. If there are more than one category, you can, for a small fee, place your Lot in two subcategories. But there is no sense to place  Lot in clearly inappropriate category - Lot will be removed from the bidding, and the systematic violation of the rules can make your account to be blocked.

3) Creating an effective title and description
An effective headline is one of the key factors contributing to the successful sale of the goods. Please note that the majority of the buyers will find your lot through the auction search engine and your title should contain the greatest number of keywords. A lot of interesting you can draw by typing keywords into an auction search engine and viewing lots of competitors. Make sure that the grammar of your headline is correct and it does not contain errors, otherwise it will not be found. Also, experienced users often use special paying service “eBay Keywords”, which shows your mini-banner to potential buyers if he typed in a search line at least one of paid by you keywords (billed per click).

 
Description should be comprehensive, concise, truthful, contain key words and not contain errors. Include in the description of all the information which you think may be interesting to potential buyers, but all information shouldn’t be more than a few paragraphs. Do not use large fonts in the description, bright colors, only capital letters, animated images and emotional “WOW!”, “GREAT” (do not use them in the title) etc.

HTML. If you are familiar with basic HTML, you are invited to make up Lot in an embedded HTML editor. You can also perform HTML layout on your computer and then simply insert the code in the window. If you plan to start serious sales business - then you should know basis of HTML.

4) The starting price and product image
Enter the starting price (Start Price). It is not so simple a task as it appears. If you start with a symbolic bid amount, there is always the likelihood that the final price will not satisfy you. And if starting price is too high - Lot simply can be not bought. Try to balance the starting price and make it best for the start of bidding. It is good if you provide the opportunity to buyers to purchase a goods without bargaining, taking advantage of a paid option.
Determine the length of bidding. It can be 1, 3, 5, 7 and 10 days. Many sellers are trying to calculate the end of bidding on the weekends when activity of Buyers of is the highest. Also, keep in mind the difference in time.

Add photos of the goods. Availability of high-quality images is necessary to the successful sale of Lot. Do not ever add drawings, photographs or other people's photos from the site of the manufacturer. All files must be in a jpg or gif format. The first photo is added for free, others for a fee. Photos can save money by placing photos on an external host and adding links to them in the description of lots.

And in conclusion you had to choose which of the additional fee options you want to use. This is the allocation of title in bold, image near the headline on the list of auctions, underlining the headlines etc. Many of them sometimes help. Read all and select those you need.

For more information of the cost of additional services of eBay auctions, such as eBay Picture Services, eBay Seller Tools, Listing Upgrade and others, as well as the cost of services at the eBay Motors, at the eBay Stores and at the eBay Real Estate, you can ask directly on the site eBay in the section “help for seller”, right here.