10 simple steps for a successful eBay business

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Overview about ebay
One of the ways to earn money through online is starting your own eBay business by selling products on eBay. This is one of the best investment option.

10 simple steps for a successful eBay business?
Follow the below steps to start the ebay business

  1. Create an eBay account & Paypal account. Click “Register with eBay” which would take directly to registration form. Also paypall account is required for the receiving the payments. Click on this to open a "Pay Pal account"
  2. Get customer experience: Before you start selling any product, first try buying small items so that you get relevant experience on how the buyer expectation is.
  3. Sell the item you know: Sell the product, where you have good knowledge about this product. If you try to sell the product where you do not have much knowledge, you end up keeping them in your warehouse
  4. Try the option of selecting a buyer who would, directly deliver to customer. This is one of the good method where you would not own any product and save shipping charges
  5. Create a list of items you want to sell. Before you jump into “business”, try selling any unwanted items you are holding now. This would give an idea about the entire process of selling the product in ebay
  6. User your creativity and get good pictures of what you want to sell. You can purchase some good colored bulbs to take the photos of the product you want to sell
  7. List down the item: Once you have taken good picture of item you want to sell, list them on ebay. Ensure you give complete details of the product, else you end up answering the calls from buyers in providing the details.
  8. Clarify buyers queries about your product
  9. Ship the product immediately : Once your item is purchased by buyer, ship them as soon as possible. Reduce the the time taken to deliver the product. This would give good impression to buyer and they can give positive feedback
  10. Try selling popular products. See what are the popular products being sold on ebay. You need to even look for what competitor’s price is to sell at lower price.

Readers, in your opinion, what are the other success ways of setting up a success ebay business? Do you have any creative ideas ?
 

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79 comments

  6. Good Ideas!!!!
    Can we sale food products on this site, like various types of chutneys?
    Please advice

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  7. Indeed a very good introduction and information about selling products online.The step by step procedure for immediate start up with old unused products lying in our home is also useful.

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  10. Hi
    Please suggest me small business with low investment.how can start plz give a good and right a suggestion

    Thanks
    Ruchi Srivastava

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  11. Dear sir, 

                   Iam yashwanth from chennai, Qualified MBA in Marketing, Currently Working as a Marketing Executive for SUN Pharmaceuticals where we market our products in exchange of Business.Kindly help me out for Way forward in Ebay Business, Thanks a ton, 

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  13. sir/madam
    how can i start the business with 3 lakh investing.. as i am a mtech passout and i want to do own business ..please give me some idea and how i will get support from govt site

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  14. Dear sir / madam,
    I need to start the owen business in food manufacturing and selling with low investment please give your valuable suggestion..

    Regard
    Venkatesh
    8095379415

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  15. How can I start a business without investing but having a product ( bedsheets, towels and pillows cover made in asham) I need more clarification about this. If possible kindly call back.

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  16. How can I start the business without investing and without own any product. Need some more clarification. Please give a call back and email me the instructions and procedure.

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  17. Dear Sir/Madam,

    I want to start the business without investing and without own any product but need more clarification.
    So, kindly clarify & mail complete details and if possible kindly call back.

    Manish

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  18. How can I start the business without investing and without own any product. Need some more clarification. Please give a call back and email me the instructions and procedure.

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  21. Give me details that how I can start eBay business without investing and without own any product. Kindly give me demo and arrange call back from your knowlageble Executive.

    Riya

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  22. How do i startup this business sir, please send me the requirements and procedure.

    Thanks,
    SS Academy
    Chennai.

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  28. Good Idea! however could you please let me know is there any fee for ebay for registration or % amount on selling goods on ebay?
    How ebay play the roll between customer & seller?

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  29. online selling is an excellent idea, I did not have any idea before reading this, shall I pay any amount to create pay pal account

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  31. I would like to know about selling goods on eBay. Being a new in this field, I need your help to start this work. So, Please clarify my below concerns:

    1. Will there be a requirement of a license for this?
    2. Which popular items should I sell on these web sites?
    3. Tell me the shipping procedure to send the goods to buyer.

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  39. I want to start with small investment and i understood about ebay account to sell anything … just i want to know that if i create ebay account means any charges will be deductable and will u charge or fees anything?

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  44. Hi, i am distributor of amway india. i am dealing with the product of Health care Home care Personal care oral care Skin care products. If you want the product orderd me,by email or phone , my phone number is +91-7708273896. In india chennai customers, wants the product orderd me on phone i deliverd the product @ him or her door step without any extra cost. Thankig you, kishore kumar

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  47. I like ur blog regarding selling product online bt i also want to know depth about the how shiping part takes place and if any despute arises realated to term and condition than how does it overcomed. Plz ans my query i wud be greatful to u.

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  50. Hii iam venkatesh from andhrapradesh kurnool

    iam intrested in business

    iwant do hard work of my success of my business

    if aney body give me sum oparchunuty iwill proo my self

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  52. Hi Suresh,

    Should we have a tie up with any logistic/courrier service in order to ship the products?
    Is there an easiest way to delivery the products to the customers?

    Kindly respond!

    Thank you!

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  54. Ur article is very good and impressive! …my doubt is if I ship my product to the buyer how will get money (if it is cash on delivery).can u tell me the process of shipment?

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  55. Hi sures

    right now i am a house wife and i want to start my on business but with small investment.

    plz give me some idea about online business which i start from the home…..

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  56. Hi suresh, I am nagendra first of all thank you very much for the most valuable information. We have a product related to the 10 th class maths, physics and chemistry, the entire subject has been uploaded with graphical representation and explained in our local language which again we can dub in any language we want. We believe that education learned in mother tongue reaches every one faster than the foreign language. I need some good ideas from you regarding how to market this product, we have some ideas but we are looking for some expert advice as well . Thank you

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    1. Hi Nagendra, Though I have done some research about business ideas, not sure whether it would help you. 1) Best way to market your product is spread this word of mouth. Give good product to people, they would automatically recommend to others 2) Giving free samples at schools would definitely help (I have personally seen this working good) 3) Create a facebook page and start advertising as low as $ 5 which would reach thousands of investors. The above are some of the ideas which may be useful for you.

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  58. Hi

    How to work with online site give me any ideas  ebay i will add product in ebay site that selled then i will ship it then i will get money right i don't no product please help me 

     

    thank tou

     

     

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  60. Hello Suresh,

    Selling products in eBay – could we sell products which are already in market? What is the profit in it even we might collect shipping charges from customers?

    Is it possible to sell products above the MRP?

    If I wants to sell some bike accessories and I have purchased it in good quality and the MRP is Rs.1000. Could I make the price as Rs.1100? But customers expecting that the price tags on the products right? 

     

    So pls clarify.

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  61. Suresh,

    Can you please elaborate more on the #4, i.e. Try the option of selecting a buyer who would directly deliver to customer

    Thanks,

    Ashis

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    1. Ashish, What I meant is “Vendor” who is willing to directly deliver upon payment to any address. Generally these are typically delivery goods to a person whom you identify irrespective of billing address. You may and inform them to parcel them to your customer directly. 

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  63. Hi,

    For online product selling through E-bay.. Do we need to pay anything to E-bay website too? How does out product be listed on there website? 

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    1. Ni, You need not pay anything. Register at ebay.com and include your products for selling. Once you get buyers, you can ship it

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  64. Hello sir plz give me any idea about how I can earn online money…. Or how to start online busniess

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    1. Eranna, If you are passionate about teaching you can do wonders. Start teaching at home, Create a website about your favorite subject, set-up your own tutorial business, you can franchisee with Zee schools or Eurokids and open a small school within Rs 5 Lakhs. You can refer some more ideas at http://www.allbusinessideas.com. My team is writing some articles for people like you.

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  66. hi friends,

     

    give me any idea about how to do part time job

     

    Please reply here,

     thanks

    ibbu syadkhan h

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  67. Sir / Madam

    I want start account part time work, like VAT Service Tax Income tax return & all registration becouse i am a Accountant.

    Thanks & Redg

    Paras Jha

    09899747671

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    1. Hi Paras, If you already have experience, pls simply register with Justdial to start with. When people approach Justdial, the info is shared with sponsors and there are high changes that you can contact your customers and your business grows. Once you start and provide good quality service, I am sure the mouth advertising would help you to grow your business faster. I just gave simple tip, there could be several like that.

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  68. Hi Suresh,

    Thanks for given a brief explaination about ebay and i having a question regarding this.

    If only business man can sell the product or any people can direct sell the product in to ebay.

     

    Regards;

    Vijayakumar

    Reply

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