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Buy low, sell high, and join the eBay community
Economy shopper or entrepreneur—discover the secrets to eBay success!
The bucks start here! Whether you're saving them or earning them, eBay's the place, and Marsha Collier is the person to show you how. Get great safe-shopping secrets, find out how to sell what people are buying, ship stuff the right way, bag auction bargains, deal with problem transactions like a pro, and more.
Discover how to:
- Bid to win your first auction
- Unearth unmatched bargains
- Earn positive feedback points
- Turn your junk into cash as an eBay seller
- Enhance listings with photos
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eBay is the world's #1 online shopping destination and can be a bit intimidating for first-time users. Thankfully, though, the latest edition of eBay For Dummies addresses all the issues a first-time or inexperienced eBay user will confront. Readers will be up to date in no time on the latest changes in the eBay interface, fee structure, and methods for buying and selling. Readers will quickly be on the path that makes bidding, buying, and selling the fun it should be!
A Reference for the Rest of Us!(r)
* Author Marsha Collier is a recognized eBay expert, thanks to her bestselling books, appearances as an instructor at eBay University events, and appearances on NBC's Today Show, ABC's The View, and numerous print and radio interviews
* Topics include: getting a user name, making first bids, completing transactions, selling items, and what to do if anything goes wrong
* An ideal resource for everyone from corporate customers to mom & pop retailers, as well as individuals who are cleaning out their closets and garages
Customer Reviews:
eBay for Dummies.......2007-09-29
Excellent book and just what I wanted. It arrived quickly and in great condition.
Ok but incomplete.......2007-08-27
I read the Dummys Guide several months ago. Since then I have read a number of other books and watched the Dont Bid On It eBay video. I also read the Simplified Tips for ebay, Schills and Sharks, and several others. After going through everything I am ready to pass along my opinion. I will mainly compare and contrast the Dummys guide with my top choice.
The information in the Dummys Guide was outdated and incomplete. The information was good but there was a lot of important things that were left out. Pages are filled with cute cartoons instead of details ebay users really need. Lots of filler to make the book longer but when compared to newer books, the actual information was thin. It barely comments on snipe bidding but the like Don't Bid On It book(which is also available here at amazon), has a detailed article on snipe bidding plus a chapter on bidding strategies that explains how it works along with other bidding strategies. The Dummys guide only quickly mentions fraudulent sellers and feedback with little explination of how to check it. Dont Bid has an extensive chapter explaining how feedback really works, how to prevent bad buyers from leaving you negative feedback, how to use feedback to spot hijacked or fake accounts, a full chapter on feedback and how it works, it also has a full section on identifying honest buyers and what to do if you do have a problem with a buyer or seller, and much more than I can list here.
Did you know that any seller who says "I am not responsible for loss or damage if you do not buy insurance" is WRONG, they are legally responsible even if the buyer does not pay for insurance.
Did you know that if you select the wrong option when filing a PayPal complaint, your complaint will be automatically rejected and you will not be able to re-file? That is pretty important to know and both of these were in the Dont Bid book but not in Dummys Guide as well as many similar tips.
The Dont Bid book also has a demonstration video. Many of the pages in the Dummys guide were filled with explinations about what webpage to go to and what to do, it was much easier to see it demonstrated in the Dont Bid video than it was to read the step by step in the dummys guide. Some of the Dummy's Guide information was not useful, for example, they explain how to research a bidder by seeing when they return to re-bid every day, but in the Dont Bid book they explain that you should not be bidding against such an inexperienced bidder in the first place because that only runs up the price unnecessarily. By simply waiting until the last minute or using snipe software you can avoid this bidder running up the price. This was not part of the dummys strategy and as far as I can remember, that was the only strategy they had. The Dont Bid book had several bidding and several more buying strategies.
The Dummys Guide gives you enough information to get started on eBay, but not enough to trade safely or enough to buy/sell and obtain the best prices. The Dummys guide is not expensive so give it a read but dont use eBay before you read the Don't Bid On It series, only then will you really know how to use eBay safely and correctly.
Great beginning book.......2007-06-17
I hadn't done much with eBay before, so there was more explained in this book than what I had imagined eBay had. Very informative and easy to read.
Not only for Dummies...........2007-06-14
A Gotta Have book if you are planning on starting an eBay business in your home. Great reference for the experienced eBayer.
Great Buy.......2007-05-16
Great book for the beginner in Ebay buying and selling, I found it very informative.
Book Description
Want to pick up extra cash? Explore opening an eBay store? Unload your dusty disco albums or the collection of antlers in the basement? Hey, those poor, dead deer could lead to a rich, lively career. Whether you want to build an eBay business from scratch or just want to make sure you’re up on eBay’s policy changes and taking advantage of new automation tools, this guide will have you selling successfully on eBay faster than you can say, “going…going…”Starting an eBay Business For Dummies 2
nd Edition gets you organized and in virtual business fast with step-by-step guidance on:
- Setting up basic auctions
- Pricing items or setting minimums strategically
- Using the About Me page to begin creating a professional identity
- Finding sources of merchandise (once you exhaust your basement, attic, and relatives)
- Managing your business with online auction management services and software, including a list of 16 popular sites with their prices
- Writing tempting descriptions and taking good photographs of merchandise
- Selecting payment systems (and why shipping C.O.D. is a no-no)
- Handling inventory and keeping records
Written by Marsha Collier, author of eBay For Dummies and eBay Bargain Shopping For Dummies, an eBay PowerSeller, columnist, and teacher at eBay University, this book is packed with time-saving, money-saving tips plus secret eBay hints to help you compete with the pros from the get go. It gives you inside information on:
- eBay motors, real estate, and other unusual areas
- Dutch auctions, reserve price auctions, and private auctions
- Using an eBay fee calculator to check your final value fees
- Shipping and insuring merchandise efficiently and economically
- Printing shipping labels and postage
Complete with a glossary and index, Starting an eBay Business For Dummies 2
nd Edition is just what you need to get started selling on eBay, to graduate from occasional seller to PowerSeller, or to become a genuine eBay entrepreneur like the ten whose success stories are featured in this book!
Customer Reviews:
Very Happy.......2007-07-22
The book was a lifesaver. It was in good condition and came in a timely manner.
eBay Overview.......2007-03-31
Beginners will find many useful tidbits to help them get a sucessful eBay business started. This book is a good starting point.
Useful.......2007-03-10
Some useful information on ebay. Not all ideas work for all items being sold, but gives you ideas.
Very surprised.......2007-02-07
Its a great first and reference book for beginners or if your thinking of selling anything on Ebay.
General Overview for eBay begginers.......2007-01-10
Overall this book was an easy read. The information is marginally useful. I would not say it is the best book on ebay selling, but there are bits of advice that I found useful. What I think lacked attention was the section on getting inventory, there just wasn't enough sources.
However the book does give advice on going legite and all the paper work you need to complete.
It is a good general book for starting, but not the only one you will need to run an eBay business.
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Bestselling author Marsha Collier presents readers with an all-new guide that goes beyond all previous eBay business books, offering one-stop guidance on eBay techniques as well as entrepreneurial fundamentals. She provides in-depth coverage on the most critical eBay topics, including merchandise sourcing, marketing, advertising, and customer service.
The minibooks that make up the guide cover eBay registration, navigation, and buying; getting ready to sell; digital photography and scanning for sales pages; eBay selling and marketing; getting legal and licensed; using auction management software; setting up an office (PCs, Internet, networking, and shipping); and PayPal.
* Marsha Collier's eBay books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies and her Starting an eBay Business For Dummies is currently the bestselling eBay reference on the market
* This one-stop reference examines not only eBay techniques and issues, but also the basic business strategies that people need to run any successful venture
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Bestselling author Marsha Collier presents readers with an all-new guide that goes beyond all previous eBay business books, offering one-stop guidance on eBay techniques as well as entrepreneurial fundamentals. She provides in-depth coverage on the most critical eBay topics, including merchandise sourcing, marketing, advertising, and customer service. The minibooks that make up the guide cover eBay registration, navigation, and buying; getting ready to sell; digital photography and scanning for sales pages; eBay selling and marketing; getting legal and licensed; using auction management software; setting up an office (PCs, Internet, networking, and shipping); and PayPal. * Marsha Collier's eBay books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies and her Starting an eBay Business For Dummies is currently the bestselling eBay reference on the market * This one-stop reference examines not only eBay techniques and issues, but also the basic business strategies that people need to run any successful venture
Customer Reviews:
Great Service!.......2007-07-06
This is a great book with all of the information that I was looking for. The product was received on the date specified. The service was excellent. Thanks again!
Great eBay starter book.......2007-06-14
If you are trying to get started in eBay you gotta get this book.
Good comprehensive starting point for the prospective eBay-er.......2007-03-28
This author is one of the current gurus in the area of making a ton by selling stuff on eBay. I've been registered there for almost a decade myself, buying books and stamps at first, and then selling them. I was never out to amass a fortune, the way Collier and so many others seems to be, but I've made a slow and steady income and I've been happy with that. Since I taught myself how to do all that stuff back when eBay was still a relatively site, I've never felt the need of a how-to book, but a colleague recommended this one so I decided to take a look at it. Not bad, not bad at all. While enthusiastic (because it's required by the publisher of this series), Collier manages not to get carried away too often. For instance, she will suggest good online business practices, then confess that she seldom follows this one or that one herself. I didn't find anything I didn't already know in the "Basics" section (which was kind of a relief), but she has some interesting things to say about researching goods on the Web, whether you're buying or selling, and some subtle points about the way PayPal works which I hadn't really thought about, and so on. The author also has a strong background in marketing and sales and what she has a number of thoughtful things to say regarding the application of that experience to eBay, things that us humanities majors have never had to learn. So, while I won't follow her advice on using QuickBooks, and I don't expect to open an eBay Store, I certainly put a lot of bookmarks in this fat volume for future reference and rereading.
Very informative!.......2007-03-13
Although you will find yourself needing a lot of time to read it, I think this book has all what you need to know about ebay. either to buy or sell. It is very informative and easy to read. I recomend it.
Outstanding Resource.......2007-02-14
If you're on a tight budget, much of what she tells you is actually explained on eBay in the "Site Map", but you can't spend ALL your time online! For example: I wanted to have my own domain outside eBay. Marsha provided a springboard saving me hours of research time. I ended up with one of her suggestions. That tip alone has saved me beaucoup $$. Ideal for beginning to intermediate sellers.
CON: this deals only with eBay. I find selling on Amazon often to be the better choice. Also no mention of Overstock nor Yahoo.
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No matter what you want to sell on eBay—auto parts or designer apparel…weird, unique wares or pricey antiques—the principles and basic rules for successful listings are the same. eBay Listings That Sell For Dummies follows the advice it gives you for your ads—it tells you what you need to know without bogging you down with lots of fluff and peripheral stuff. From the mechanics to descriptive ad copy to photography to getting it on eBay, this guide covers:
- eBay options that can boost the appeal of your listings, including Buy It Now (BIN), Subtitle, Bold Title, Highlight, Box border, Home Page Featured, Featured Plus!, and Gallery Picture (a must)
- Constructing catchy listings with a title that sells and keywords that pay off
- eBay Acronyms you’ll need to know
- Tackling and completing eBay’s Sell Your Item form
- HTML formatting basics plus some free JavaScript scripts you can use to dress up your listing
- Embedding images, creating thumbnails, and adding bells and whistles (or not)
- Buying a digital camera for taking eBay photos and equipping your “studio”
- Lighting correctly, and using the Cloud Dome, light cubes, panels, and umbrellas
- Retrieving your images and uploading them to a server (your free ISP space, AOL, eBay, eBay’s Picture Manager, or others)
- Editing your photos, including cropping, enhancing, resizing, sharpening, and more
- A checklist of techniques for preparing elegant, fast-loading images for your ads
- Sprucing up your eBay store
- Posting your listing to other sites such as half.com, amazon.com, and overstock.com
- Automating with HTML Generators, including eBay’s Turbo Lister, or Third-Party HTML generators such as Mpire.com Launcher or the authors’ free tool from www.coolebaytools.com
Written by eBay pros Marsha Collier, a successful PowerSeller, and Patti Louise Ruby, a trainer at eBay University events and eBay Live, eBay Listings That Sell For Dummies is loaded with tricks of the trade. It’s complete with step-by-step instructions for many tasks, tables and checklists, lots of screen shots, and examples of good and bad ads. With this friendly guide, your merchandise will quickly be going…going…gone on eBay.
Customer Reviews:
Very Helpful.......2007-01-07
This was a very helpful book, and made me think about the details when creating my listing and taking my pictures. It explains how to take clearer pictures and the important information to put in your listing. Most importantly, it tells you what things you should not do.
not worth the money.......2006-11-27
My wife has an ebay business and bought this for insights. This is cmoon sense, and there are enough free guides available that provide the same information.
We returned the book promptly.
This is the book eBay sellers asked for!.......2006-05-09
I'm the editor who worked with Patti & Marsha on this book. When we attended the eBay Live convention in 2005, we had the chance to ask a lot of eBay sellers what kind of information they needed that they couldn't find. We got the same replies over and over:
* They wanted info on how to take better photos for their sales, especially how to take photos of smaller items like jewelry and coins.
* They wanted to know how to dress up their sales with HTML tweaks.
* They wanted to know how to write better listing copy.
We answered all those questions in this book plus a lot of others. This is the book you need if you want to get a leg up on other sellers and post the best looking listing with the best photos. It's a proven fact that the better your listing and photos looks, the higher your bids will be!
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So, you’ve gotten started on eBay. You’ve made a few purchases and your first sale. You may have even built a moneymaking business. Now you’re looking for ways to ratchet things up. You’re looking for the insider tips and tricks for the easiest ways to take care of listing items, completing transactions, and keeping good records and you don't have the time to do all the research. eBay Timesaving Techniques For Dummies is the book for you.
Marsha Collier, an eBay University instructor and best selling author of eBay For Dummies and Starting an eBay Business For Dummies, has collected the fastest and most effective techniques for finding items to sell, setting up your sales pages, pricing items to move, getting the word out about your business, collecting payments, shipping your item, and taking care of all the paperwork. Time is money after all. So why waste time when you can be making money on eBay. This book contains over 60 step-by-step techniques proven to add efficiency to your eBay operation.
Includes coverage of:
- Finding sources for merchandise to sell on eBay
- Setting attractive prices and shipping costs
- Handling multiple sales without losing your cool
- Prettying up your auctions with digital photo and HTML tricks
- Tracking payments and shipments and keeping your customers happy
- Working with PayPal, both on and off of eBay
- Enhancing your status in the eBay community
- Simplifying your bookkeeping
- Creating marketing, merchandising, and advertising plans
Solving problems quickly when they occur
Customer Reviews:
Not only for Dummies..........2007-06-14
A Gotta Have book even if you are not calling yourself a Dummie but planning on starting an eBay business in your home. Great reference for the experienced eBayer.
eBay Timesaving Techniques for Dummies.......2007-01-20
This is a great book, because you can always learn something new to put into practice. It's not just for Dummies!! It can help eBay users of all levels.
eBay Timesaving Techniques for Dummies.......2006-09-22
The author stresses that a degree of understanding Ebay is assumed. So, if you are an Ebay newby, buy another book. Also, its primarily for those who are starting an Ebay business--if you are just selling your old trains or something similiar, buy another book. If you are starting a Ebay business, it has some pretty good suggestions.
One idea alone has saved me thousands!.......2006-04-10
I'm not kidding. THere are several ideas in here that will save you tons of time AND money! I share concepts in this book with members of our eBay discussion group almost every month! GREAT IDEAS. REad about saving on insurance, shipping, and more.
eBay Timesaviang Techniques for Dummies........2006-03-16
This is an excellent resourve for anyone who is considering doing business on eBay. In addition, the seller was very prompt in sending the material.
Book Description
- Features ready-to-use applications-all available on the CD-ROM-that eBay sellers can plug right into their pages; more advanced users can tweak the applications to suit specific needs
- Shows you how to streamline an eBay business by leveraging programming technologies and the eBay API (application program interface)
- Explains how to connect eBay pages to the APIs of related companies (PayPal, Fed Ex, UPS, and the USPS) as well as to Microsoft Office applications such as Outlook and Excel
- Provides expert tips and tricks for implementing eBay technologies such as image handling, shipping calculators, enhanced About Me pages, and back-office tools
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* Shows you how to streamline an eBay business by leveraging programming technologies and the eBay API (application program interface) * Explains how to connect eBay pages to the APIs of related companies (PayPal, Fed Ex, UPS, and the USPS) as well as to Microsoft Office applications such as Outlook and Excel * Provides expert tips and tricks for implementing eBay technologies such as image handling, shipping calculators, enhanced About Me pages, and back-office tools
Customer Reviews:
Tries Hard to Cover Everything.......2005-03-01
A significant proportion of this book is dedicated to producing well presented listings. Easy HTML for ebay does a far better job of covering the same ground. There are also alot of quick tips that are easy to apply (and have been better covered in books such as ebay hacks).
Most of the software packages on the CD are trial versions. Nothing innovative or new is included.
The descriptions of the ebay sandbox and API are very superficial - enough to get you started but little else. The chapter on office development tells you that "serious"
experience is required and little information is availible from the ebay development site and advises the reader to concentrate on PHP - not bad advice but it takes 7 pages to get there.
Conclusion: the scope of the book is overambitious. It results in a good description of how to prepare listings, some useful tips and a superficial introduction to the ebay API.
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Convierta ese desorden en efectivo, encuentre excelentes negocios y compre con seguridad
Gane subastas, venda con confianza y comparta los secretos de la élite de eBay
¿Adónde estacionarse y encontrar a alguien dispuesto a pagarle por esa lámpara tan ridícula? Con Marsha Collier a su lado, ¡el mercado virtual es un juego de niños! Ella lo controla todo, desde abrir su primera cuenta en eBay hasta comprar y vender bienes inmuebles.
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- buy it for your dad!
- Demystify Priceline with this book.
- Great Book to Save Money
- Very informative!
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Book Description
Save up to 60% on hotels and 25% on airfare
Discover how to Name Your Own Price® so you can get amazing travel deals!
Want to save hundreds or even thousands of dollars on your next vacation? Packed with expert tips and little-known techniques, this guide shows you how to cut costs by making the right bids on Priceline.com. Sascha Segan helps you fearlessly navigate Priceline's policies so you'll get the lowest prices on airfares, hotels, and more!
Discover how to
- Build a successful bidding strategy
- Get great bargains on travel and financial products
- Snatch last-minute travel bargains
- Nab the best hotel rooms
- Solve common problems
Customer Reviews:
buy it for your dad!.......2004-11-21
I havent read this book myself. I bought it on Amazon and had it shipped to my father so that he would quit calling me to do his Priceline bidding. "You can do it, Dad." "No, I can't. I need a room in Denver Sunday night."
Now he's done his first bid himself without talking to me. He thought the book spoke to him at his level and was easy to understand. He got a $149 room for $60 on his own. The book more than paid for itself with just his first bid!
Demystify Priceline with this book........2004-11-21
This book takes the mystery out of bidding via Priceline. It also lets you know when you should use Priceline and when it would be better to use conventional reservations. The tips this book give regarding the use of several message boards on the Internet is also invaluable. I really enjoyed the information about the "bid grid" when trying to win hotel rooms. Great work Sascha!
Great Book to Save Money.......2004-11-18
Priceline.com is a great website to save on your travels. This book is great to learn how to use the website efficiently and save tons of money. I stayed in the hotels that I thought I could never and had my dream vacations I thought I would not be able to afford.
Very informative!.......2004-11-12
I have been bidding on Priceline for almost a year now, and have gotten some great deals. Our family has been able to afford to travel places we could've only dreamed of before because of Priceline. But I still didn't quite understand how it all worked. So I bought this book, hoping for more insight. It gave me that, and so much more. This book explains how to bid in simple language that anyone can understand. I picked up alot of tips that I was unaware of before, which will help me in future bidding. I plan to buy a copy for friends who have asked "How did your get that $300 a night hotel for $50?!". If you're looking to save money on travel through Priceline, this book is a must-read!
Note from the author.......2004-11-11
Just thought I'd respond to the bad review below. I'm not surprised the reviewer found the book redundant. This isn't a book for people who are already Priceline experts. It's for people who haven't used Priceline much, might be confused by its strange way of doing things, and want to save lots of money on travel. I explain all of Priceline's details and jargon in plain English for non-geeks. "For Dummies" books have a lot of repetition because they're big on hand-holding -- we want to make sure you stay with us every step of the way.
The book is an introduction to saving money with Priceline; if you're already an expert, you may want to buy it for your friends and family so you don't have to bid for them any more!
I personally think the book is great, but you could have predicted that, huh?
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Chances are you have friends who have been thrilled with deals they got on eBay. Maybe you’d like to get in on the eBay action, but don’t know where to start. Or maybe you’ve bought on eBay before, but want to get the inside scoop on scooping up the very best deals. This book is for you. It helps you differentiate between the junk and the jewels and get the best buys on everything from clothing, household goods, and electronics to business equipment, new or used cars, and real estate!
Written by Marsha Collier, self-professed bargain shopper and best selling author of eBay For Dummies, eBay Bargain Shopping For Dummies is packed with advice and anecdotes from other experts, some of whom make a living buying and selling on eBay. It helps you begin shopping on eBay quickly, safely, and successfully, with information on:
- Using the My eBay Page to keep up with your potential deals
- Using feedback about sellers and shopping safely
- Bidding, buying, and winning
- Things to look for and things to look out for
- Ways to pay, including PayPal
- Taking advantage of eBay’s search functions and refining your searches to zero in on sought-after items
- Shopping eBay’s Bargain Basement
Even successful eBay veterans will discover tips and tricks they didn’t know and bargain shopping secrets. Whether you want to use eBay to seek out and snap up hard-to-find collectibles, or simply to save on everyday purchases, eBay Bargain Shopping For Dummies takes you step-by-step through the process. And to get you started right, the book is a real bargain!
Customer Reviews:
I thought I was an expert - what a fun book!.......2003-06-20
This book gave me tons of new ideas about how to shop on ebay. I didn't know that I could buy such interesting items - Pizza? It's written in an easy to read style, and I actually laughed out loud while I was reading it. Some of the stuff I knew, but I really learned a lot about the different areas of ebay that I hadn't visited before. I also found some new ideas on how to get deals. It's a fun book at a great price, I'm giving it as a holiday gift to all my friends who are always asking me about ebay.
Fun Book!.......2003-06-17
This book is different that a lot of the other eBay stuff available. It's more like a value guide. There's a lot of insight into finding cheap prices and bidding to keep prices low in here. I especially like the insight on finding travel bargains and cheap business wear, two of my favorite things to buy on eBay.
Great idea!.......2003-06-14
I've been shopping on eBay (as well as Amazon :-) for years. But my mother and mother-in-law are both novices. They're always bugging me with, "What's this eBay thing? What can I get on there? My friend completed her discontinued china set on eBay.." All with the gist of "How can I do this too." As soon as I saw this book was coming out, I picked up two copies of it (mother in laws are rarely great sharers) and gave it to them. Finally! They get what eBay is all about. They know how to set up their user accounts, how the "store" is laid out, how to uncover the best deals and, most importantly for them, how to stay safe when buying on eBay. Now, they're ready to get off and running. In fact, they picked up so much great information, they even taught me a few things (no more staying up late waiting for an auction to end in order to swoop in with the best bid!) This book is great! It's an easy read, and you can jump around to find the points that are most relevant to you. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to become an eBay power shopper.
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- Un buen libro para iniciarse en el mundo de los remates
- Enjoyable, Educational and Pretty Dang Entertaining
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Internet Auctions for Dummies
Greg Holden
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Want to get rid of those old comic books gathering dust in the closet? Looking for a deal on Beanie Babies? The world of Internet auctions is a fast-paced and glamorous adventure of buying, selling, and bidding. It is as addictive as it is fun. Writer and small business owner Greg Holden lets you in on the secrets of getting the best deals without losing sleep in Internet Auctions for Dummies.
This zany tour of auction e-commerce begins by addressing the basics of getting hooked up to the Net. The book then splashes right into the waters of auction sites, including searches for items you want to sell or purchase, how to arrange for payment and delivery, and what to expect from everyone involved.
Tips, anecdotes, advice, and new terms like "escrow service" filter into your life via Holden's conversational style that reads as though he is just sitting you down over coffee to give you his perspective on the world. Yet he minces no words--each page is packed with site information and the nitty-gritty details you need to make money from collectible action figures, or vice versa.
The CD-ROM that comes with the book has software to help you get connected, like Internet Explorer, as well as specialty software like Auctioneer 3.0 and other tools to see you on your way. Remember, it's not over 'til it's over, and soon you'll be hearing the virtual auctioneer crying "Going, going, gone!" --Rob Lightner
Book Description
Online Auctions Internet Directory Inside!
Discover How to Get the Best Possible Deal — and Protect Your Privacy! From baseball cards and Beanie Babies to Fiesta Ware and folk art, Internet auctions are the easiest way to buy and sell collectibles (or anything else) at a great price. But with today's proliferation of sites and auction types, where do you begin? Internet Auctions For Dummies® cuts through the confusion. With clear advice and eye-opening stories from real-life sellers and bidders, author Greg Holden guides you to the best sites for your particular interests and shows you step-by-step how to get great deals — whether you're buying or selling. Let These Icons Guide You!
- Highlights tips that can help bidders get the best auction deals
- Points out strategies that can help sellers attract customers and maximize profits
- Marks profiles of successful Internet auction bidders and sellers
Valuable Bonus CD Includes:
- Auctioneer 3.0 — Demo version of program that allows you to design and maintain an online auction house
- EveryAuction — An easy to use freeware CGI auction program
- Paint Shop Pro — Evaluation version of popular image editing tool
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Inside, find helpful advice on how to:
- Navigate the Web's hottest auction sites — eBay, Yahoo! Auctions, Amazon.com Auctions, OnSale, uBid, AuctionAddict.com, Up4Sale, Auction Universe, The Collectible Exchange, Sotheby's, and more
- Understand the different types of online auctions and the best strategies for buying or selling at each
- Handle credit card transactions, set up escrow accounts, and protect yourself from fraud
- Attract customers worldwide by learning about translation services, customs, and more
- Connect with other collectors who share your interests and locate hard-to-find items
Customer Reviews:
Un buen libro para iniciarse en el mundo de los remates.......2000-06-13
Un muy buen libro para principiantes en el mundo de los remates en internet. Incluye muy buen software para iniciar tu propio sitio de remates online, e incluye una correcta descripcion de las posibilidades de un sitio de remates. Recomendado para principiantes
Enjoyable, Educational and Pretty Dang Entertaining.......2000-05-12
This book is not a dry read! It's pretty engaging. I had never considered the psychology of the auctioner/auctionee - and this guy has captured the online (and live, in-person) auction dynamic and describes it pretty thoroughly (the CD software's nice, too: there are a couple CGI scipts you can use that are documented nicely, along with some .exe's that look fairly easy to cope with). Good insight into the pitfalls that the auction newbie (me) should beware of (what kind of payments to take, make sure service is plenty dang fast, follow up on questions, deal with reputable people, be prompt with payment when buying, etc.) and again, the writer covers not just online auctioning but the live kind. Fascinating. A good read, the kind you can pick up and get something new from each time.
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