As we wind up for the Holiday Season on eBay, there is one thing that you can prepare for to optimize your eBay store for the New Year, if you haven’t done so already.
Create Multiple Custom Store Categories
It makes total sense!    eBay lets you create up to 300 Categories AND Subcategories in a [...]

There are a number of ways to get your eBay items more exposure.  Here are a few to get you started:
Showcase your new items when as soon as you list them.  If you have an eBay store, there is an option in your Store Manager that will showcase your store front.  This will show your [...]

You can’t *assume* that eBay buyers are going to always find you.  Sometimes you have to find them!  I use Want It Now, with my own spin on it.       
A great F-R-E-E feature included with your eBay membership is Want It Now. Whether you’re buying or selling, it’s a good option to utilize the [...]

Now more than ever I feel like people are searching eBay for great items at a great price.  While you want to be aware of what is working for you, be sure to keep an open mind on what to sell on eBay.  Here are a couple tips to keep in mind while expanding your [...]

Did you know you can share your eBay listings with friends on Facebook? If you share your listings with your friends on Facebook, they’ll be able to view your listings in your News Feed.  Not only that, there are eBay groups on Facebook that you can join to gain even more exposure to your eBay [...]

Sparkplugging is starting a new tradition called “Spark an idea Thursday.” As part of this tradition, I’ll be sharing with you my experiences and interpretations for each week’s topic for those of you who sell products or services online.
I invite you to grab our image over there to the right and carry the tradition through [...]

RSS Feeds & eBay
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication.  People subscribe to Feeds just like they subscribe to a newsletter you would get via email.  When the ‘Feed’ is updated, the subscriber is sent an email notice to check it out. 
You should have your RSS feed activated already, as eBay provides this to you automatically [...]

If you’ve been managing auctions on eBay for a while and you are ready to kick things up a notch, opening your own eBay store is crucial to taking your e-business to the next level.
Having a store will save you time and money. Currently, store listing fees are only .03-.05 cents per listing, depending on [...]

I insist that the only way to become an outstanding eBay seller is to be a consistent eBay buyer first. As such, you learn how it feels to participate in transactions from both sides. You learn what is important to both the buyer and the seller. What qualities make the biggest impressions. [...]

Unscheduled hiatuses happen to the best of us. You are plugging right along, all of your balls in the air, everything going as planned, and then something slips, a ball drops, you scramble to get it and then… bounce. bounce. bounce. bouncebouncebounce. All of the balls drop around you.
When you [...]