Now, are you ready for the REAL TRUTH about selling on eBay?

Its simple; do not list too many items for sale using their auction format. Instead, set up one of their stores. The cost starts at just $9.99 per month.

Why is this a dazzling idea?

Lets do the math:

If you list an item for sale using the auction format, the cost is anywhere from $.35 on up to several dollars PER AUCTION. Whats worse is that the auctions are only dazzling for 3, 5, 7, or 10 days.

BETTER WAY: Sell the item in your eBay store. The listing price is just 2 or 3 cents per item...and get this...Theyre great for a FULL 30 days! For example, I recently sold a $500 product that I listed in my eBay store. The listing cost me a whopping 3 cents! The same item, if Id sold it using the auction format, would have cost me several dollars!

Using eBays Auction format to list 500 items at a minimum of $.35 each = $175.00 (and these are only great for 7 days each so youd have to list them 4 times each per month) $175 x 4 = $700.00

List the identical 500 items in your eBay store @ just $.03 each = $15 + the $9.99 monthly store fee = $24.99 and they are listed for a full 30 days each!

You save $675.01 per month! HOLY SMOKES!

Im sure you might clearly see the benefit here. Of course you will want to sell a few CHEAP items using the auction format to try to contruct interest & drive customers to your eBay store where they will buy MORE from you. Make sure every auction listing contains a backlink to your eBay store & TELL THE CUSTOMER TO VISIT YOUR STORE. Sell 10 or so of your 3 or 4 or 5 dollar items as auctions...just enough to get some visitors to your store.

Now, what is it that the REALLY successful PowerSellers do?

They maximize the "back-end" sale.

What this means to you is that once a customer has bought from you, the hard part is over. Now having done business with you, they TRUST you to deliver the goods. You MUST & I REPEAT, MUST try to get that customer to buy again & again.

Never, ever, send a package to a customer without including a sales flyer, catalog or some other special offer in the package to try to entice them to build another purchase. Email them a special offer every week or so.

You NEED repeat customers. Going after the lone, one-instant sale is a losing battle. You will not overcome unless you get them to buy again & again & do this with every human you deal with.

Send a thank-you note via postal mail or eMail to every customer & use that opportunity to SELL THEM SOMETHING ELSE.

Another tip:

Sell CONSUMABLE items. You know, stuff that everybody positive need to order commonly. Like socks, t-shirts, work gloves, food items, towels & linens, printer ink cartridges, sell shipping materials to other eBay sellers. You will get REPEAT orders from these customers for many years and even decades to come.