Starting an eBay Business For Dummies

by Collier, Marsha

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4th

ISBN13:

9781118004678

ISBN10:

1118004671

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Pub. Date:

4/12/2011

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For Dummies

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Summary

This long time best seller has helped over 200,000 readers kick start their eBay business. This new edition offers up the same solid advice on turning eBay sales into a steady revenue stream as previous edition. It also adds in key revision points covering the latest tech changes at eBay and new avenues for building a business. Parts cover: Getting Serious on eBay - laying the foundation for a business including setting up a store and knowing the rules and laws of selling Setting Up Shop - sourcing and pricing merchandise along with establishing a Web identity through your own site and on social media sites Business is Business - an MBA in a nutshell covering software made for managing a business, budgeting, money transactions, customer service, and shipping Your eBay Back Office - both?a figurative back office (how to keep good books and stay legal) and literal back office (creating space to run a business and store merchandise) The Part of Tens - tips on other places to sell and insight into sellers who were successful on eBay

Author Biography

Marsha Collier is a world-renowned eBay maven, sought-after speaker, and bestselling author on eBay topics, with more than a million copies of her books in print. She has written all editions of eBay For Dummies, Starting an eBay Business For Dummies, and eBay Business All-in-One For Dummies.

Introduction.

Part I: Getting Serious about eBay.

Chapter 1: Launching Your Business on eBay.

Chapter 2: The Finer Points of eBay Selling.

Chapter 3: Cool eBay Tools.

Chapter 4: Safe Selling Equals Profitable Sales.

Chapter 5: Expanding Sales with an eBay Store.

Part II: Setting Up Shop.

Chapter 6: Finding Merchandise to Up Your Profits.

Chapter 7: Pricing Your Items to Sell.

Chapter 8: Establishing and Marketing Your Web Site.

Part III: Business Is Business — Time to Get Serious.

Chapter 9: Software Built for Online Auctions.

Chapter 10: Dollars and Sense: Budgeting and Marketing Your Sales.

Chapter 11: Setting Up Listings That Sell.

Chapter 12: Providing Excellent Customer Service.

Chapter 13: Collecting Your Money.

Chapter 14: Shipping Your Items: Sending Them Fast and Saving Money.

Part IV: Your eBay Back Office.

Chapter 15: Getting Legal: Understanding Taxes and Licenses.

Chapter 16: Savvy Record Keeping — Keeping the Tax Man at Bay.

Chapter 17: Building an eBay Back Office.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 18: Ten (or So) Sellers Who’ve Made the Jump from Hobby to Profits.

Chapter 19: Ten Other Places to Move Your Merchandise.

Appendix A: eBay Business Glossary.

Appendix B: The Hows and Whys of a Home Network.

Index.