By Jamie Dale
If you’re at all familiar with eBay, you know that some seller’slistings always seem to end at a higher bid than other seller’slistings. Do they have secret knowledge that gets them higherbids? In a way, they do.
There are some tried and true secrets that, when put intoaction, will allow you to sell your items for more money thanyou would have if you didn’t have this knowledge. Below are 5 ofthe easiest ways to make sure that you sell your item for thebest possible price.
Secret Number 1 – Pictures, Pictures, Pictures!
I’ve seen it a million times. Someone has a valuable item forsale but there’s not a picture to be seen anywhere in theauction description. That’s a BIG problem. People like to seewhat they’re buying and if you don’t post any pictures, you’renot going to be getting top-dollar for what you’re selling.
Whenever you list an item to sell, always include at least onepicture. The more pictures you post, the better. There’s no suchthing as too many pictures. Post as many as you can.
Secret Number 2 – End it on a Monday afternoon. It used to bethat ending your auction on a Sunday night was your best bet.However, everyone caught on and now there’s so much competitionon Sunday night, your item is likely to get lost in the shuffle.End your auction on a Monday afternoon and you're likely to seeyour bid price soar.
Secret Number 3 – Use the Gallery Option
When listing your item to sell, eBay has a gallery pictureoption. This means that a thumbnail photo of your item willappear next to your listing description in the website searchresults. If you want top dollar for your item, use this option.
Secret Number 4 – Encourage Competitive Bidding
If you have a popular item for sale and you know a lot of peoplewill be interested in it (such as the hottest toy of the yeararound Christmas time) start the bidding out at $1. You caneither put it at $1 with no reserve or if you’re not comfortablewith that, list it at $1 with a reserve price of as low asyou’re willing to sell the item for.
Secret Number 5 –
Accept payment by credit card. People like convenience and ifyou want top dollar for your item, you’re going to want toaccept credit cards. There are a number of payment processingservices on the web, like Paypal.com, who will allow you toprocess payments via credit card.
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