How to Reduce eBay Buyer Complaints
by Kirsten Hawkins
Buyers are funny creatures, aren’t they? One minute they’re over the moon because they’ve got themselves a bargain, and the next they’re upset because their bargain seller doesn’t provide first-class customer service. There’s only really one way to reduce complaints: give these people what they want!
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Do I Really Need A Business License and Tax ID?
by Tim Knox
I've gotten quite a few emails recently from ebusiness owners who
seem to think that just because their business is conducted online or from the comfort of home that the rules and regulations that govern brick and mortar businesses do not apply to them.
The ebusiness questions I get most often do not involve building
websites or conducting ecommerce...
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The Secrets Of Starting A Successful Ebay Business
by Tim Knox
If Fred Sanford were alive today, Alex, I'm sure he'd be earning his ripple money by selling quality junk on eBay. While it's also true that one man's junk is another man's treasure (I have a garage full of treasure to prove this point), your chances of building a profitable business selling "junk" on eBay (or anywhere else, for that matter) are slim to none.
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Taking Paypal on eBay
by Terry Gibbs
Accepting Paypal as a payment method might increase your selling prices and your profits. This depends on what you are selling. I sell collectibles to collectors. My clients are like junkies. They will buy regardless of the payment options, so not offering Paypal won't make much difference in the final selling prices.
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5 Tips That Will Improve Your eBay Business
by Jason James
If you are experiencing serious difficulties selling on eBay, you may be missing some of the subtleties that separate successful auctions from low-bid auctions. Here are five tips you should always follow when you sell on eBay...
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Taxing Your eBay Profits
by Tim Knox
As a small business person-slash-advice columnist I dread the first quarter of the new year. Not because in my mind my own business fortunes start at zero again every January or because I have already dismissed every New Year’s resolution I made when the clock rang out the New Year.
No, the reason I dread the first quarter of the new year is that my email box floods with questions about business taxes and the IRS, my two least favorite subjects on earth. It’s not that I am opposed to paying my fair share of business taxes. It’s that I consider the IRS to be a little like Beetlejuice, the movie demon who appeared only after his name was called three times in a row. My fear is if I write too many IRS columns their dark agents may appear on my doorstep, ready to drag me away to an uncertain fate.
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How To Get eBay Coupons
by Kirsten Hawkins
You have to be very lucky to be one of the chosen few who receive an eBay coupon by email. These coupons are just like cash that you can use towards anything you buy on eBay - the only conditions being that you pay using PayPal, and that you are using eBay in the USA, Canada or the UK.
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How to Turn eBay Bidders into Long-term Customers
by Kirsten Hawkins
Once someone’s bought something from you on eBay, you suddenly have all sorts of details on them. In marketing terms, this information is gold dust.
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