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eBay PowerSeller Business Practices For Dummies [Paperback]

Marsha Collier (Author)
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0470168420 978-0470168424 May 5, 2008 1
With over a million copies of her books in print, Marsha Collier is the leading eBay author in the world. Her books help eBay users get started, find bargains, make their first purchases, sell their first items, and start generating a steady income on eBay. This book, eBay PowerSeller Business Practices For Dummies, shares the techniques you need to know to either achieve the coveted PowerSeller status on eBay, make your PowerSeller-level business run more smoothly, or simply employ the tips the site's best sellers use every day. A PowerSeller herself, Marsha has done the research and developed tried and true techniques for boosting your sales and keeping them at high levels. Best of all, she breaks all the practices down into short, step-by-step tasks that don't require a lot of time to accomplish, leaving you more time to build your business!

The book breaks PowerSeller selling into:

  • Powering Up: Understanding how to use eBay's tools and community to get sales up to PowerSeller levels
  • Hitting Your Sales Targets: Establishing a strategy for choosing the items that work for you, buying items for resale on eBay, and creating a business plan that incorporates marketing, shipping, eBay Stores, and expanding into a separate Web site.
  • Build Better Listings: Upgrading your HTML and photography skills to build sale pages that command buyer confidence
  • Become a Model Seller: Enhancing your customer service skills from packing and shipping to insuring items to communicating with buyers
  • Manage Your Business: A crash course in accounting, including the unique issues with operating an online store

The book also includes a CD-ROM that includes samples of Marsha's 5-DVD video training kit, "Your eBay Business Plan;" trial versions of helpful software from DAZzle, Fast Photos, and QuickBooks; and tools created by the author to help you better operate your business including a fee calculator and list of sources for wholesale merchandise.


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From the Back Cover

Over 45 practices proven to boost an eBay business

Marsha's tested tips and techniques will make your eBay business boom!

PowerSellers are eBay's most successful and trusted sellers. Whether you're trying to reach that level or you're already there and looking for ways to grow your business, this book will help. Packed with short, to-the-point, and proven strategies, this guide shares the secrets of eBay's top sellers.

Discover how to:

  • Take your business to the next level

  • Customize your business for your needs

  • Create listings that brand your business

  • Create a merchandising plan

  • Use best practices to achieve high DSRs

About the Author

Marsha Collier is an experienced eBay PowerSeller and bestselling eBay author. Her books have combined to sell over a million copies. She is also co-host of wsRadio.com's Computer and Technology Radio show.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 430 pages
  • Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (May 5, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470168420
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470168424
  • Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 1 x 9.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,090,157 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

In 1998 Marsha created the first edition of eBay For Dummies, then, followed up the success of the first book with a second book targeting individuals interested in making e-commerce their full time profession, Starting an eBay Business For Dummies. That book became an instant nationwide hit, making several notable Best Seller lists. Since then, Marsha has updated each of her books and published many more.

On a lighter note, for buyers who want to get a good deal online, Marsha penned a fun book, Santa Shops on eBay. Marsha's books have sold over 1,000,000 copies. (Not including the special editions in foreign countries; two in Australia, two in Canada and two in the United Kingdom - as well as translations in Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese and German).

Along with her writing, Marsha is also an experienced e-commerce educator. She was the lead instructor for eBay University (teaching at seminars all over the United States), as well as a regular presenter at the eBay Live national convention since its inception. Marsha also hosted "Make Your Fortune Online," a PBS special on online business that premiered in 2005. The show was the basis for her PBS premium five DVD set, "Your Online Business Plan." In 2006, she was invited to address the Innovations Conference in Singapore to present the ideas of e-commerce to a new market. In 2008, she was dubbed one of twenty influential iCitizens in Kelly Mooney's The Open Brand: When Push Comes to Pull in a Web Made World.

During the holiday season, she also does several national satellite media tours to explain the safety of shopping online. She hosts Computer & Technology Radio on KTRB 860 AM in San Francisco - as well as on the web at www.computerandtechnologyradio.com. She also makes regular appearances on television, radio, and in print to discuss customer needs and online commerce.

Marsha currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. She can be reached via her Web site, www.marshacollier.com.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK !!!!, October 10, 2008
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EXCELLENT BOOK! CD ROM CONTAINS EDITING SOFTWARE (ON A 30 DAY TRIAL BASIS) THAT'S VERY USEFUL FOR YOUR PICTURES, VERY EASY TO USE. GREAT IDEAS & TIPS FOR LISTING & SHIPPING. ALSO CONTAINS RESOURCES FOR WHERE TO BUY MERCHANDISE TO SELL ON EBAY & PRODUCTS TO BUY TO HELP YOU WITH SHIPPING. THIS BOOK WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE SKILLS YOU NEED TO SEPARATE YOU FROM OTHER EBAY SELLERS & HOPEFULLY TURN YOU INTO A POWER SELLER. I WISH I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT THIS BOOK BEFORE I STARTED SELLING ON EBAY, I WOULD HAVE SAVED TIME & MONEY. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK!!!
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The book is just what I needed. It was a new book with the CD enclosed and had never been used so far as I could tell. Thanks for your service. I'll be back again. I recommend this book for new E-bayers and I recommend Amazon as the place to find your book, no matter what the title may be.
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
selling manager, sell your item, delivery confirmation, live auctions, leave feedback, insertion fee, feedback forum, transaction details, leaving feedback, signature confirmation, feedback profile, memory stick, store category, shill bid, shipping center, enrolled agent, buyer protection, bonded seller, online postage service, upload your images, liquidation merchandise, shipping calculator, final value fees, custom home page, ftp space
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Turbo Lister, Cloud Dome, Post Office, Priority Mail, United States, Giving Works, Postal Service, Unpaid Item, Final Value, Picture Services, Sell Similar, Store Inventory, Fixed Price, Certified Provider, Items I've Sold, Basic Store, Awaiting Payment, Markdown Manager, Virtual Terminal, New York, Click Continue, Sales Receipt, Creating Listings That Sell, Items I'm Selling, Listing Designer
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