Auction Tips

To feature or not to feature that is the question..............................
There are many different types of auctions that you can post......
There are no freebies on ebay anymore.....so always keep this in mind:
Simple auctions which are low fees normally .10 ‐.30 cents each because you have to pay
ebay a certain amount of cents just to list your auction which is called their "listing fee" not
to mention the % cut that ebay gets so please always keep this in mind that you are paying
fees just to list your item and you are paying fees just to sell your item! People neglect this
and lose out a few dollars so.........Whatever the cost of the auction + ebay's fees should
be added to the amount you want for your item so that you do make money off of that
item.
Now the freebie "cents" auctions are for people who are selling something they found laying
around the house and are just looking to get whatever they can for it and don't much care
for what it sells for.
Please keep this in mind however, if you are selling an item that is NAME BRAND by all means use this free
auction listing. People will type in the keywords for your name brand product and will find your item so
there is no need to Feature Plus the item at all.
Name Brand, Popular Brand, Entertainment, Celebrity, Adult and so on if it is popular do not
worry about using the featured plus option. Unless of course you want to use the dutch
auction (see below).
If you want to make ebay your full time job you need to decide whether or not to feature,
feature plus or just list your auction I will explain to you when and when you shouldn't do
this.
Let's start with the Featured Plus Auction seeing I covered the "freebie cents" auction
above. Pay Close Attention.
What is a Featured Plus Auction?
A featured plus auction is an auction that you run for a listing fee of $24.95. What ebay does is post your
auction at the top with the rest of the featured auctions others are running. This means more exposure for
your auction the more exposure the more bids.
Now how do you know if you should post your auction as a Featured Plus Auction?
Well it all basically is common sense however, I've seen hundreds of people who feature plus
their auctions and it makes no sense to me why they do it when their item is up for $5.00???
Think about that. They just paid ebay $24.95 and are asking $5.00 for the item?! They just
lost out about $30.00 right there w/shipping costs now didn't they?
Why would anyone feature plus an item that is worth so low?
So take that example and think about it for a minute.......when would you use the Featured
Plus Auction?
2 Reasons
#1. You would use the Featured Plus Auction if you were selling more than 1 item which is
called a dutch auction. A Dutch auction is when you have let's say 20‐100 + of the same
item to sell. You know that you most likely will make the money back that you have to pay
ebay to feature plus it to begin with so people do this. Make sure that this is an item you
know for sure will sell which is easy to do by simply running a search first on ebay for the
item you are selling and doing your homework. Doing your homework would mean making
sure that the item you want to sell is selling by other sellers selling the same item you want
to sell... did you get that? :)
#2. If you were selling an expensive item like an automobile, stereos, televisions and more.
You want the proper exposure for the item so use the featured plus auction unless again if it
is a name brand or any brand that is popular and can be found by bidders typing in the name
of the product you are selling to be easily found.
A Featured Auction which is the biggie on ebay costs $100.00 and really in my opinion
isn't worth it. This guarantees that your auction will be shown on ebay's front page for FULL
ENTIRE exposure.
Every time we've used this option it was a waste of our money but don't get us wrong it
could have been the product we were offering so use your own judgment.
Make sure that you use every single keyword that pertains to the item you are selling in your
auction template so that your auction is easily found!

Creating An Auction

2 Software Programs Included To Help You

People are very misleading trying to sell you software that makes auction templates etc., although auction
templates are nice they are not necessary in creating a Professional Looking Auction.
Auctions are very simple to get up and going
Even if you have the slightest knowledge about HTML code there are resources to help you
and we will show you that in just a bit.
We remember a few years ago when we first started selling on ebay all the ads were exactly
the same. Everyone had plain white backgrounds with a few words for their description and
we came in selling with a BANG! Ebay said that HTML code was accepted so we just used
Microsoft FrontPage....made the auction like it was a website....copied the HTML code and
simply pasted it right up on the auction site and BAM! it looked great! We were a little crazy
back then but had a black background, yellow‐orange and even red Font Colors and our
product just sold like crazy! And we swear to you that ever since we did that everyone else
started doing it!
We use to get about 10 emails a day from people asking where we got our auction templates
from and it was just done using Frontpage!
Our first auction ended with over 120 bids. This was for an informational CD that nobody
ever even considered selling on ebay back then. But once we posted this CD within weeks
people started copying our idea and ruined the entire concept of it.
We highly recommend if you are going to start a business on ebay to buy a program that
let's you set up websites easily like Frontpage. Just build a simple website out of the
product you are going to sell..copy and paste it right into your auction and you are
done! If you cannot afford FrontPage or any website maker we have included one for
free for you below! :)
It is up to you to decide what you'd like your auction too look like. Dare to be different.
There are so called gurus out there who claim that adding colors doesn't do squat I would
have to totally disagree with them as per my example above. People want some color not
just a boring white background with a picture. And there have been studies online that for
some reason blue backgrounds get more purchases than black backgrounds online. Black
backgrounds make the customer feel sad or groggy where blue perks up people. Don't ask
me I'm just writing what I read online :)
Adding color would mean make a simple table..........put your item to the left of the table
or the top of the table... and make the table lines size 1 and put red as the color around it
or simply put the table lines at 0 to make it look more professional.
We always use Microsoft FrontPage when designing our auctions and it is very easy to make
a table you just click the table link at the top and draw it yourself adding lines wherever
you'd like. If you make lines all around the table make the cells different colors by simply
right clicking on the cell properties and clicking the color you'd like the cell to be. We
always surround our auction with color with another table in the middle that is white with
color all around the object for sale.
Exactly like what you are reading now. See the red and the blue? The white in the middle?
Beats just a boring white page with your item for sale doesn't it??
Just in case you do not have access to FrontPage or a website builder you can download the
below software:

Click Here
And if you need help with designing websites which would also mean your auction site
click the following link for:

So you want to make ebay your new business?

We have all the tools you need below to get started right away if you need help with any of
the basics simply go to www.ebay.com their website can help you with all the easy stuff.
Now what you won't see on their website are the tools you need to succeed when you sell at
their auction place. They do not mention where to go for products now do they? No.
There are many people who just swarm through their attics and look for old things to sell on
ebay and they make money...this isn't something you can really do on a daily basis or you
will be sitting on your floor watching a 13" television set because if you continue to search
your house for items you'll sell them all. So we are going to have to avoid that subject now
aren't we?
The people who really make it on ebay either own their own stores and simply sell their
goods because they are well stocked or they have connections with wholesalers to buy their
goods from and resell them for profit.
There are many things that you can sell on auction sites and we will not name just a few
because each and every person has different taste and likes.
We highly recommend you start selling something that you are either familiar with or enjoy
selling. If you are going to make this your full time job why sell things you don't like? Enjoy
selling all the items and you will enjoy your job period.
What you need to do now is simply click the next button below and start learning about
everything offered here and soon enough you'll be up and selling on ebay! Continue to keep
clicking next after each page and you're all set to go!
Good Luck to you,