Sell It on eBay: TechTV's Guide to Successful Online Auctions [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Jim Heid (Author), Toby Malina (Author)

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Product Description

Got goods to sell? Then get this guide! Chances are, if something exists (and maybe even if it doesn't), it's been sold on eBay! But making sure that your items not just sell, but sell quickly, at your desired price, and without any snafus in shipping or payment takes some doing in the world's largest bazaar. To ensure that kind of eBay success, you need this no-nonsense guide. In these pages, eBay aficionados Jim Heid and Toby Malina have teamed with the folks at TechTV to create the first and last word on selling at eBay. Through easily digestible text and a visually approachable design that shows you how to take flattering photos of your merchandise and design beautiful pages, this handy guide hones in on precisely what you need to know to sell or even start your own business on eBay. Filled with need-to-know information about everything from payment methods to shipping considerations and establishing starting bid prices, this is where you'll want to go before you go online!

About the Author

Jim Heid is a veteran author and contributing editor for Macworld magazine as well as the editorial director of Avondale Media, which produces how-to DVDs on numerous topics. Graphic designer and Macintosh consultant Toby Malina is the technical/editorial director of Thunder Lizard Productions, a Seattle-based conference production company.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press; illustrated edition edition (December 22, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321223764
• ISBN-13: 978-0321223760
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #821,628 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Whoa ! What a Great book !!, January 10, 2004

By	"fallen486" (United States) - See all my reviews

This book is Great !!! I've bought many of things on Ebay before, but I never did much selling, because I thought it would be dificult., but now I know how. I learned everything I needed from this book. Now I'm ready to sell, sell, sell.

The book is clear, concise, and very well-written, with good illistratons too.

I recommend this book. Buy it! And then SELL stuff.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally! A book for all of my non-savvy friends and family., February 18, 2004

By A Customer

Time and time again I have heard from either my friends or family that they are dying to sell their stuff on Ebay and yet they do not know where to begin. This has required many a teaching session or desperate phone calls for tech support. But from now on I will just tell them to get this book. It is not only absolutely thorough, but, more importantly, incredibly accessable. I feel confident that even my grandmother could follow it. And I will no longer be getting desperate phone calls when their auction ends.

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Horses for Courses, September 10, 2004

By	Stuart Gardner "www.sdgardner.com" (Fair Lawn, NJ) - See all my reviews

This book is very easy to follow and simply covers the steps to selling in great detail, with good illustrations. This is an excellent book for anyone who is uneasy with technology and wants to sell on eBay. I think ebay for dummies does a better and more rounded job though.

If you have any experience with eBay, or are looking for something that will help you maximize your returns, this book will be of no value (eBay secrets is a great alternative, how to do everything with an eBay Busibess is also good).

I can see why this book has extremes of reviews, I didn't find it helpful. I borrowed it and I am glad I didn't pay for it. That said, I work with computers day in day out. Great book for people who don't.