Learn to sell and make money on eBay - 24th Nov - (4 - 5 PM)

[sapana@ebay.com]

Host: eBay Staff
Date: Thursday, 24th November 2005
Time: 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm (IST)

Did you know that you can reach out to millions of buyers all across the globe and sell items?
Did you know that you can earn extra cash by selling on eBay, even if you are a working professional, a student, a retired person or a housewife?

In this workshop, eBay staff will discuss with you ways on how you may start your new business. This workshop will be helpful for new users and buyers who are looking at alternative ways of making money.

Hope to see you on 24th

Regards,
Sapana

[hms_etrade]

Hi Preeti..

I am located at Chennai. I would appreciate if you can please give your comments on the following :

1. How to start sourcing. If you can give a list of people in Chennai who are suppliers to people on ebay

2. List out people in shipping, especially for ebay

3. List out people in packaging of ebay items, in Chennai.

4. Some statistics on Most popular sold items, categories etc on ebay

Thanks

[sapana@ebay.com]

Hi All,

Preeti will be shortly answering your specific questions. Currently she is posting some general help tips that will be helpful to you.

Regards,
Sapana

[preetim@ebay.com]

Lets start with how you can earn money on eBay.

You can display your products for sale and get buyers from India and Internationally to bid on and buy your products.

If you dont have anything to sell, you can start with something lying around the house. Unused products, gifts that you dont like, old furniture and a lot more can be sold on eBay. You can convert your unused products into cash.

In fact we have an eBay House which can help with ideas of products you may have lying around the house and can be sold on eBay.

Click Here to visit the eBay House.

To start a full fledged business you can source products from dealers, distributors, manufacturers, exporter, buy in wholesale lots and resell them on eBay.

Click Here for more information on where you can source products from.
Regards,
Preeti

[preetim@ebay.com]

Once you have a product you have to fill an Simple Sell your Item Form and create a listing.

You will have to follow simple steps to fill in the Sell Your Item Form
- Select the Format of the sale as either Auction or Fixed Price
- Enter the Item Title & Description
- State the price for your product,
- Add photographs
- Payment methods by which you are willing to accept payment
- Shipping charges for sending the product to the buyer
- Submit the Listing to go live on the site.

Once you submit the listing your product will be available for sale on eBay.

For more details on creating Your listing visit:
http://pages.ebay.in/ebayexplained/sell.html
Regards,
Preeti

[preetim@ebay.com]

Dear hms_etrade

To answer your question,

- With regards to your query on sourcing, I would not be able to give you a list of sellers from Chennai however you can buy from Sellers who are offering wholesale lots on eBay. You can buy in wholesale and resell the products on eBay.
Visit:
http://listings.ebay.in/_W0QQfclZ3QQsocmdZListingCategoryList
for categories within which sellers are offering wholesale lots.
If you have any questions, you can use the "Ask the seller a question" link on the listings page and clarify your doubts.

A lot of our sellers also buy products in bulk from their local wholesale markets, discount stores, distributors, small manufacturers etc and sell them on eBay.

With regards to your next query about shipping and packaging companies, you can get in touch with courier companies nearest to you and get the best deals. eBay does not have tie ups with any courier companies. Most courier companies offer packaging as well.

And lastly, you can find out what products are in demand at the eBay Pulse. eBay Pulse gets updated on a regular basis based on demand and gives you demand by category of products. Its a great tool and will definately help.

Visit eBay Pulse at: http://pulse.ebay.in/

You can also use the Completed items Search from eBays Advanced Search section to find out what products have been doing well on the site.
Visit the following link for more information on completed items search.
http://pages.ebay.in/ebayexplained/sell2.html

I hope this helps you getting started.
Regards,
Preeti

[preetim@ebay.com]

Dear varinder777

You can sell your used car on eBay within the Cars and Bikes Category.

You will have to get yourself verified as a seller and then list your product using the Sell Your Item form.

For more details on getting started please visit
http://pages.ebay.in/ebayexplained/sell.html
Regards,
Preeti

[preetim@ebay.com]

Dear kofta_in1

With regards to your question to start selling you have to get verified as a Seller. You can get verified through SMS, Credit Card or Postal Mail.

Once you are a verfied seller, you have to create a listing (Fill the Sell Your Item Form) for the product you want to sell.

While creating the listing you have to include, images, a title, description, price of the product, payment methods through which you wish to accept payment and the shipping charges and Submit the listing.

Once you receive an order you will receive an order confirmation mail from eBay and also find details of the buyer in your My eBay.

Once you receive payment from the buyer, you can ship the product to the buyer.

Listing your product for sale is absolutely FREE on eBay.in. eBay will charge you a transaction fee only on successful sales.
The transaction fees applicable are:
5% upto Rs. 4000 (Product Value)
2.5% on the additional amount

For a step by step guide on how to create your listing visit
http://pages.ebay.in/ebayexplained/sell.html
Regards,
Preeti

[venkybio]

dear sir
i am new to eaby . please tell how make extra money trhoug sale withoug having goods .
bye
venkat

[sapana@ebay.com]

Hi venkybio,

You may like to refer to post number 25, Preeti has posted some tips on sourcing products in that post.

Regards,
Sapana

[preetim@ebay.com]

Dear peoplesoft_in1

With regards to your query on shipping, you can get in touch with courier company nearest to you. Most National courier companies and even India Post offers Shipping and COD services.

Courier companies generally charge shipping charges based on the weight of the product and the distance of shipment.

I suggest you get in touch with a courier company near you and find out the charges applicable for your product.
Regards,
Preeti