eBay is the world's largest online marketplace, where practically anyone can buy and sell practically anything. Here is the way to make money.
Instructions
Things You'll Need
Ebay account
Internet connection
Knowledge of how to sell on Ebay
Research skills
Digital camera
Ebook
Computer
Good writing skills
Ability to listen and take notes
Notepad
Pen or pencil
Phone book
Microsoft Word or other program used to create receipts
1 Take good quality photos of items that you will be selling for people in and around your local area. Yes, you just discovered the secret: listing and selling other people's unwanted items on Ebay.
2 Sit down and figure up the percentage of commission and other fees that you want to charge. The normal fee for this service usually runs around 30% or more. If you plan to pay the Ebay listing fees yourself, you could try to figure those fees into your percentage to ensure that you come out ahead and not lose money, because the point of this is to make money. If you would rather charge a certain percentage for commission and the listing fee, then you need to let your customers know they will have to pay the listing fees as well as the percentage fee.
3 Advertise your Ebay selling service to people in your local area.
4 Grab the phone book and write down the names and phone numbers of all the pawn shops in the areas you are willing to travel to.
5 Call the pawn shops you just wrote down. Explain your service to them and ask if they would like to schedule an appointment with you to learn more and get set up to sell items they would like to clear off their shelves.
6 To gain more customers, call all the local papers in your area and the areas your willing to travel to. When you reach someone, ask him or her how much it would cost to run a text ad in the classified section of the paper.
7 Figure up how much it will cost you to run a text ad in each of the newspapers you just called.
8.Write a short text ad to place in each of the newspapers you called. Here is a sample ad that you are more than welcome to use (replace the x's with your information):
Do you have unwanted items that you don't have time to sell yourself? Well, you're in luck! Give me a call today and I'll sell all those unwanted items for you. You keep x% of the sell and I'll keep x%. I'll meet you at your place or in public to take pictures of the items you have to sell and discuss the details with you. Ready to get those unwanted items out of your way? Call xxx-xxx-xxxx for more information and/or to arrange for pickup!
9 Create flyers to hang up in stores that are located in the areas you plan to travel.
10 By now you should have appointments with potential customers, so your next step is to keep those appointments. Once you meet with each potential customer, explain what fees they will pay, ask them questions about the items you will be selling for them and write their answers down (questions to list about the item), and then answer any questions they may have. Also, find out if they know how much their unwanted items are worth. If they do not, then let them know you will be happy to find out for them, and tell them the research is free--a part of the service you are providing.
11 Let each customer know you have to take the item(s) with you in order to take photos and ship them to the winning bidder. Your customers may not feel comfortable doing this, so it is best to have a contract written up for you to both sign and date.
12 If you need to research to find out approximately how much some of your customer's unwanted items are worth, do this now. Then call the customer to let him or her know the value, and ask what the minimum is that he or she is willing to sell each item for. After all, it is their item, and by doing this you are allowing them to have a say. Before ending the conversation, let your customer know what you'll start the opening bid at. Point out that each item could sell for more than the minimum price set.
13 Take pictures of each unwanted item with your digital camera. After taking the pictures, download them into your computer and save them in jpeg or gif format.
14 List the unwanted items on Ebay with a well-written, detailed description of each. Don't forget to include the photos.
15 After you have sold the unwanted items, immediately ship them to the winning bidder(s).
16 Create a receipt for your customer (refer to photo for a sample).
17 Call your customer to arrange a date and time to meet and give him or her their money and receipt.
18 After you have given your customer his or her money, see if he or she has any more unwanted items they would like you to sell for them. If not, leave your business card and let him or her know they can call you when they have more unwanted items.
