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 And there is an interesting section at | | | | the information would quickly become out of date.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