How to Turn eBay Bidders into Long-term Customers
by Kirsten Hawkins
Once someone’s bought something from you on eBay, you suddenly have all sorts of details on them. In marketing terms, this information is gold dust.

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Top 10 Tips To Selling Successfully on eBay
by Jason James
As a successful Powerseller on eBay I often get turned to for advice. Since I registered on eBay in 2000, I've ran thousands of profitable auctions which I follow these guidelines. Most importantly always try to be fair with other users who deal with you and never be intimidated by any competition. eBays big enough for us all, and currently there is 1 seller registered to 78 buyers.

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Four Huge Mistakes Ebay Sellers Make
by John Reese
Over the last seven years, I’ve been making a great living buying and selling products on eBay and other online auction sites, and I’ve perfected a technique that pretty much guarantees anyone can start making a profit right away. That technique starts with avoiding mistakes like these -- mistakes I’ve seen people make every day for those same seven years.

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Top eBay Business Secrets Revealed
by Jason James
Ten million - let me say that number again - ten million people visited the eBay website last month. With everything from online auctions to dropshipping opportunities, the eBay business website has something for everyone. If you are thinking about joining in on the hysteria and trying to make your fortune with an eBay business of your own, here are some of the best things you can do to maximize your chances for success.

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eBay Software and Services: From Analysis to Sniping
by Andy Geldman
You have probably heard of sniping and auction management, but there is much more to eBay software than that. There are hundreds of downloadable programs and web-based services out there for eBay buyers and sellers from a large, competitive, and innovative industry. This is a quick guide to the eBay software world.

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Think Before You Bank on the Web
by Bill Knell
Getting a product noticed on the web can be a very expensive lesson. More then a few online merchants invested all their efforts in one online marketing plan, made money and then lost big. Others never even made it out of the starting gate. Here are some simple ways to avoid complete online financial failure:

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Consignment Sellers: Save Time & Money With Automation
by Brendan Coveney
Time is a valuable commodity for eBay Trading Assistants. Therefore, they should deploy business practices that allow them to reduce the time they spend on low-value tasks (administrative), and allowing them to refocus their energy on high-value elements, such as recruiting new business and marketing. Automation software tools not only can tackle the administrative and repetitive tasks, such as re-imputing data and managing emails, they can also help you organize the two sides of your clientele.

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Taxing Your eBay Profits
by Tim Knox
As a small business person-slash-advice columnist I dread the first quarter of the new year. Not because in my mind my own business fortunes start at zero again every January or because I have already dismissed every New Year’s resolution I made when the clock rang out the New Year. No, the reason I dread the first quarter of the new year is that my email box floods with questions about business taxes and the IRS, my two least favorite subjects on earth. It’s not that I am opposed to paying my fair share of business taxes. It’s that I consider the IRS to be a little like Beetlejuice, the movie demon who appeared only after his name was called three times in a row. My fear is if I write too many IRS columns their dark agents may appear on my doorstep, ready to drag me away to an uncertain fate.

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