eBay Q & A

Searching eBay Discussion Groups with Google

March 22, 2008

Here is an easy way to search across all of eBay’s Forums. There are dozens of discussion groups, and eBay gives you no central way to search them all at once. While I was researching my newest book, “Selling on ‘the River’ – The eBay Seller’s Guide to Amazon.com”, and I found an easy way [...]

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5 Keywords You Should Avoid in Your eBay Item Title

February 14, 2008

L@@K!!! I’m the best waster of space on eBay!!! WOW!!!! Look familiar? You’ve seen them. Sellers who just cannot think of anything interesting to say about their item. So they try to grab your attention with useless words and lots of exclamation points. Rather than waste any of the valuable 55 characters you’re given, do [...]

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Can I bid on my own auctions? Shill bidding for beginners.

January 27, 2008

In my eBay classes, I get some questions every time. Usually as a student gets the auction process for the first time, it dawns on them that they may be able to bid up their own auctions to increase the price. This is called shill bidding and it’s a big no-no. I’ve written an article [...]

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