Having been a Powerseller on eBay for over 10 years I’ve been asked many times for tips on how to price items to sell online in auctions or even for fixed price sales.  My most important advice is know what you are selling.  If you do not understand the items you are selling you cannot properly identify them so that the buyers and collectors can find them.
HOW TO IDENTIFY YOUR ITEM
If you don’t know what you have then make friends with an antique dealer you …

When I first starting thinking about starting an ecommerce business it was easy.  We had all seen the commercials about cleaning out your basement or attic to sell it on eBay.  That was the place to go if you wanted to make a little money and a lot of people turned it into a full time business.  I first joined eBay in 2002 but just to make a single purchase for my son at boot camp and did not go near it again until 2008 when a …

Many of us resort to selling online exclusively and for the general populous it gets us by but those that go to events, convention, flea markets, or what have you, you have a distinct benefit that others don’t enjoy. When you hit a wide array of places to sell your goods or put your name out to people you build your reputation and that is important. When people meet you face to face and can associate who you are with what you sell you have hit a gold mine. Some …

As a seller we often think “list and leave it”. Many people are still in the mode of eBay which dumps a ton of sales our way, for the most part just because of the traffic. All the big venues are like that to include Amazon. The bigger picture is the problem because so many sellers don’t know what to do with themselves once they try a smaller venue. Branding yourself is one of the most important tools a sellers can wage economic war with on the internet with. This …

When selling in ecommerce today it will always cost your something, either your money or your time.  Which one can you afford to use?  If you are still listing on eBay the answer is you can afford to spend money.  If you have your own website that costs you both your time and money and if you list on some the smaller alternative sales platforms it will cost you more of your time.

The reason you pay listing fees and large FVF and enhancement …