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Launching a Successful eBay Store

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I bought this book because I had encountered a problem with my eBay store that I couldn't find an answer to in the Help system; answer wasn't in here either. (You can't list an inventory item in more than one category, and if you try, eBay sends the item to the auction listings.)

Otherwise, the book's helpful, albeit aimed at a high-volume audience and not a limited product line art vendor. Good to have a book that's focussed on the store side of that house, rather than simply buying and selling which is what the rest of eBay books address.

This is a nicely written and quite detailed book for most of the aspects around opening an eBay store. In the beggining I felt dissapointed that it did not contain specific details I had questions about but they could not really cover 100% of all the cases. It's a good start with useful hints.

The book is wonderful and an excellent resource for eBay store owners. Only main issue, and it's not with the book itself, is eBay's evolution. At least at this point in time, eBay is just not there as they could be for sellers. Customer service is horrendous with people who can't communicate beyond a third grade level, if that, at best. And their support for sellers lacks in a big way, as they side with buyers' often nefarious schemes, leaving sellers holding the bag of negative feedback and forced deals to just get rid of unscrupulous buyers. Here's to a brighter day ahead for eBay sellers who have zero authority to run their own businesses there at this time.