Tricks of the eBay Masters
2nd Edition

$24.99 US 426 pp. ISBN 0789735431 Published February 2006 Que Michael Miller, Author

Envious of the eBay sellers and buyers who are really making money on eBay? They didn't get there overnight and they hit plenty of bumps along the way. Now you can learn from these eBay Masters -- with 600 tips and tricks from eBay's most successful buyers and sellers! Look for tips on winning an auction, increasing your average selling price, avoiding fraudulent sellers and deadbeat bidders, launching your own eBay business, and much more.

Sound interesting? Then check out the book's table of contents:

Part I: Tricks That Any eBay Member Can Use
1. How to Get Smarter About Buying and Selling on eBay
2. How to Deal with Feedback

Part II: Tricks for More Successful Bidding
3. How to Find What You Want to Buy
4. How to Be a Smarter -- and Safer -- Buyer
5. How to Win More Auctions

Part III: Tricks for More Successful Selling
6. How to Find Merchandise to Sell
7. How to Maximize Your Sales
8. How to Write Better Titles and Descriptions
9. How to Enhance Your Product Listings with HTML
10. How to Display Better Product Photos
11. How to Better Manage Your Auctions
12. How to Handle Customers Payments
13. How to Pack and Ship More Efficiently
14. How to Sell and Ship Internationally
15. How to Deal with Customer Problems -- and Problem Customers
16. How to Sell Specific Types of Items
17. Turning Your eBay Sales Into a Real Business (NEW!)
18. How to Sell More Products in an eBay Store
19. How to Make Money as a Trading Assistant
20. How to Become an eBay PowerSeller (NEW!)

Those readers who already own the first edition of this book will find a lot that's new in the second edition. I kept about 480 of the best tricks from the first edition (updating them as necessary), and then added 120 or so new tricks from the eBay Masters. The new tricks are fairly evenly spread throughout the various topics of the book; they're identified by a "new" icon, so you can spot them easily. There are also two new chapters in the second edition, on turning your eBay sales into a real business, and on how to become a PowerSeller.

Read more from the introduction to this unique book:

This is the most unusual book I've ever written. And I've written a lot, somewhere north of 75 books in the past seventeen years or so -- including a half-dozen other books on eBay and online shopping. But this one takes the cake; it's unlike anything else I've ever done.

What makes Tricks of the eBay Masters such an unusual book -- and why should you care?

The book you hold in your hands is unusual in that while I wrote the words, most of the ideas inside came from other people -- from close to two hundred other people, to be precise. These people just happen to be eBay buyers and sellers, successful ones, who were willing to share some of the secrets of their success. Those secrets are the "tricks" in this book, tips and advice you can use to become more successful at your eBay transactions.

And that's where this book is different from any other eBay book on the market, and what makes it especially valuable to you. Yeah, I can tell you everything I know about eBay, but that's just one person's opinion -- based on one person's experience. How much better to learn from the experience of two hundred people, all of them masters at eBay buying and selling. These are tricks learned from hard experience, and they're presented her in one place, the better for you to benefit.

Of course, the nature of these 600 tricks means that this isn't a traditional how-to or tutorial book. In fact, it kind of jumps around in spots, depending on what tricks the eBay Masters submitted. So if you're expecting a beginner's-level introduction to eBay, I recommend you look elsewhere. (A good book of this ilk is my own Absolute Beginner's Guide to eBay, no doubt available at the same place you purchased this book.)

Where Tricks of the eBay Masters excels is imparting very specific bits of wisdom and information, about particular types of eBay activities. Want to learn the best day of the week to list an item? Or how to avoid waiting in line at the post office? Or how to pack a china plate? Or promote your eBay Store? Or find closeout items to sell? All those tricks -- and 595 more -- are here, courtesy of the eBay Masters. You might not find all the tricks here useful or applicable, but I know you'll find a lot of them so, and that's why you're reading this book, isn't it?

And here's the neat thing. eBay's most successful members are just regular folks, like you and me. They've learned all they know by doing; their tricks come from experience. When they do something right, they remember it. When they do something wrong, they remember that, too, and learn from it. Just normal folks, with a penchant for success -- and a willingness to share their wisdom with others.

The eBay Masters represent a wide range of buyers and sellers. Some are relatively small, some have achieved PowerSeller status, some run their own eBay stores. But even with all their differences, they share one thing in common -- they love buying and selling on eBay, and they're good at it!

From Trick #1 ("Register Without Providing Financial Information") to Trick #600 ("PowerSellers Never Stop Learning") you'll find a lot of terrific advice, as offered by the eBay Masters. There's lots of practical tips and tricks here -- something every eBay buyer and seller can use!

How to Buy This Book

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