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Make Money at Home with eBay 
What's covered in this article - eBay Insight, New to eBay, Already an eBay User,
How eBay started.
eBay Insight
For most folks eBay is a fun site where you can easily find bargains of almost anything. For others it's a full time business opportunity.
Recent news coverage reports households gaining hundreds of pounds of additional income each year selling surplus goods on eBay.
Business author and consultant, Alex McMillan, recommends setting up an eBay business to help in the move from employee to self employed.
In the UK alone there are 15 million eBay customers, and some 233 million registered users worldwide.
New to eBay?
Highly recommended is eBay's own tour which helps explain how it all works. You'll find plenty of interesting and helpful information, take the eBay tour here.
Having had great fun on eBay over the last few years I have compiled my experience into my own eBook to help others. So take the tour, sign up as a new user, and download my free eBook.
You can download this super free eBook by clicking the link below
Beginners Guide to eBay – What you should know!
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You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software to view it. You will likely already have this on your PC, if not you can download it free here at Adobe.com
If you liked the eBook, then please use the button below, any donation is gratefully received.
This eBook will give you a head start and you'll be turning some of those unwanted gifts into cash very soon. You will be amazed at what people buy on eBay, what you perceive as having little value is often much more valuable to others than you would think.
Although it's eBay.co.uk that you register with, ebayers from the US , Europe and
World-
I've sold items all over Europe and the United States without trouble. For overseas sales I only accept PayPal which makes taking international payments from credit and debit cards easy.
The PayPal Premier Account is free to sign up for and allows individuals to accept
credit and debit cards. If it's free how do they make their money. They take a small
percentage commission on each transaction -
Great to have you on board, part of this thriving community. If you haven't already downloaded my eBook I would do that now. Please don't be put off by the ‘Beginners’ title as there are lot's of valuable hints and tips for seasoned ebayers.
One Tip being, how to change your eBay User Name while keeping your feedback. Many
I'm sure will have picked an embarrassing, cringe worthy user name and wish now they
could change it.
Find out how! Download this super free eBook by clicking the link below -
Beginners Guide to eBay – What you should know!
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Search Tips
Here’s some really useful search tips for whether you are searching on eBay or Google.
Find
a complete phrase -
Or
“Star Wars” the quotes means it’s the exact phrase that’s searched for.
Teachers
and Lecturers use this trick to spot copying (Plagiarism).
Another great trick is
to exclude a word from a search
E.g. Bass can either relate to fishing or music so if you want fishing related search
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Testimonials -
Alex McMillan’s excellent -
eBay is The World's Online Marketplace with a global customer base of 233 million.
Founded by Pierre Omidyar in 1995, eBay has created a powerful marketplace for the
sale of goods and services by a passionate community of individuals and small businesses.
eBay now has a global presence in 37 markets, including the United States.
As an early
Internet enthusiast, Pierre knew that people needed a central location to buy and
sell all kinds of items on a level playing field and to meet other users with similar
interests. He started eBay to fulfil this need.
At the time, Pierre's fiancée (now
wife) was an avid Pez™ (sweet dispenser) collector. She was having trouble finding
people to trade with, and Pierre thought eBay might be the answer to her problems.
On any given day, there are millions of items listed on eBay across thousands of
diverse categories, including antiques, toys, books, computers, sports, photography
and electronics, amongst many others.
eBay UK facts and figures
Launched in October 1999, eBay.co.uk is the UK's largest online marketplace® and
the UK’s number one e-
- Launched in the UK in October 1999, eBay.co.uk is the UK's largest online marketplace
- eBay.co.uk has achieved the ten million live listings landmark, meaning there are
more than ten million items for sale on the site at any one time
- Every other (47%) internet user visits eBay.co.uk at least once a month (Nielsen
/ Netratings, March 2007)
- eBay.co.uk has over 13,000 categories
- eBay.co.uk's audience reached 14,743,000 in March 2007 (Nielsen / Netratings, March
2007)
- eBay visitors average two hours on the site and view 266 pages per month (Nielsen
/ Netratings, March 2007)
- 11% of all the time UK users spend on the internet (Nielsen / Netratings, March 2007)
eBay Inc Facts and figures
- Founded in September 1995, eBay is a global online marketplace where practically
anyone can trade practically anything.
- eBay has a global presence in 37 markets, including the U.S.
- eBay has 233 million registered users worldwide.
- There were 588 million new listings added to eBay worldwide in Q1-
07. At any given time, there are approximately 100 million listings worldwide, and approximately 6.4 million listings are added per day. eBay users trade in more than 50,000 categories
- While eBay is well-
known for its auction format, users can also buy and sell in fixed- price formats.
- Approximately 1.3 million sellers around the world use eBay as a primary or secondary
source of income. (ACNielsen International Research, June 2006
- The most expensive item sold on eBay to date is a private business jet for $4.9 million.
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