| One of the keys to success on eBay is to | | | | The potential for this type of International |
| carry out thorough research on your market. | | | | trade is growing all the time. Also included |
| There are numerous software programs and | | | | with the book is a companion CD that contains |
| online tools to help you do this but recently | | | | a demo version of Hammer Taps Deep Analysis |
| the San Francisco Publishers No Starch press | | | | software program which is an essential tool |
| came out with a new print book that serious | | | | for any serious eBay marketer. |
| eBayers will find very useful. | | | | |
| | | | Also on the CD is an e-booklet (and that is a |
| The eBay Price Guide by Julia L Wilkinson | | | | new phrase on me) called The eBay Appetizer |
| covers every category on and in its 570+ | | | | which describes how to get started on eBay as |
| pages with examples of prices achieved for | | | | well as The Sellers Guide and The Auction |
| many thousands of articles. In each sun | | | | Accelerator which contains lessons from some |
| category around 15 items are listed showing | | | | of the major Internet businesses coaches. |
| the highest prices achieved and another 15 | | | | These bonuses alone are worth the purchase |
| showing the average prices. | | | | price of the book |
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| In addition to the prices there is a useful | | | | My one concern when I first saw this book was |
| introduction to each category, which gives a | | | | that the information would quickly become out |
| useful overview of that category. And there | | | | of date. But the publishers have launched a |
| is an interesting section at the end of the | | | | web site at in which they are going to add |
| book containing lists of eBay facts. For | | | | updates and other information. Currently if |
| instance the 6 most expensive things sold on | | | | you go to this site you can view a sample |
| eBay or the 50 sellers with the greatest | | | | chapter of the book and see a full list of |
| number of feedbacks. | | | | the contents. |
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| As someone whose main market is not but | | | | Compared to many of the eBay related items on |
| eBay.co.uk I initially wondered how relevant | | | | offer at present the less than $30 price tag |
| the price information was going to be. But | | | | for The eBay Price Guide seems good value to |
| these days we live in a global market and | | | | me. If you are serious about your eBay |
| these days it is not unusual for someone | | | | business this is definitely an investment |
| living in Germany or the UK to buy an item | | | | worth making. |
| from eBay.au (Australia) and to resell it on | | | | |