Essential Ebay Checklist for Fantastic Auction Results

You have to realise that selling on eBay carries at lotfoundation for building repeated eBay business for
of responsibility and you should always check thatyou.
you are doing enough to maximise your revenues.Also, are you checking your emails? Remember that
This can be easily dealt with by ensuring that youpotential buyers can send you email about anything
find and adhere to a simple checklist that eBay'sat any time, and not answering these emails will just
Power Sellers use to ensure their continued success.make them go somewhere else instead of buying
This simple checklist will help you keep on top offrom you.
things.Your mantra should be always great service toDo your item description pages have everything that
your buyers because it can reap huge dividends inbuyers need to know? If customers will be buying
future in the form of repeat buyers who havefrom other countries you should ensure that you
appreciated the excellent service they received fromhave delivery charges to different countries and
you on eBay. This is the key to becoming an eBayshow this on each of your auctions. If you have any
Power Seller, part of eBay's 2% elite.special terms and conditions (for example, if you will
Have you found out everything you possibly couldgive a refund on any item as long as it hasn't been
about your items? How about typing their names intoopened), then you should make sure these are
a search engine. You may come across informationdisplayed too.
that you were not aware of. If someone else isHave you been wrapping your items correctly? Your
selling the same thing as you, then always try towrapping should be professional for the best
provide more information about it than they do.impression: ensure you use the correct sized parcles
Do you monitor the competition? Ensure you are fullyand envelopes, don't ignore the advantage of using
up to date with what other similar or the same itemsbubble wrap and try to print the address label rather
that you are also selling are priced at. Ask yourself,than hand write it. Don't forget, first class post gives
what is the point in commencing a fixed price auctionthe impression of you as a quality seller.
for $75 when there is another seller offering it forDo you follow up? Remember, it is always worth
$65.sending out an email a few days after you post the
Do you have excellent pictures or graphics of theitem to the buyer asking if they are delighted with
items? It's worth taking the time to photograph yourtheir purchase? I hope you received it and it was as
items, especially if you have a digital camera. If youyou expected." This might sound like giving the
get serious about eBay but don't have a camera,customer an opportunity to complain, but you should
then you will probably want to invest in one at somebe trying to help your customers, not take their
point.This is essential and by having quality graphics,money and run.
this will give you a huge advantage over the vastBeing a really good eBay seller, more than anything
majority of eBay sellers.else, is about providing genuinely good and honest
Are you emailing your sellers? It's worth sending acustomer service. That's the only foolproof way to
brief email when transactions go through: somethingprotect your reputation. Don't underestimate the
like a simple "Thank you for buying my item, pleasepower an eBay Power Seller's reputation has. It may
let me know when you have sent the payment".just ensure you receive more and higher bids than a
Follow this up with "Thanks for your payment, I haverival seller selling the same or a similar item. Trust is
posted your [item name] today". You will be surprisedimportant and this is conveyed easily when you have
how many problems you will avoid just bysuch status as an eBay Power Seller.
communicating this way. Such communication is the