how to sell on eBay for beginners step by step
The video above will run you through how to sell on eBay as a beginner - step by step.
Video Overview
0:00 Intro
0:10 What to consider before starting to sell on eBay
0:28 What are you willing to sacrifice?
0:42 How much are you willing to invest?
0:49 What types of items will you be selling?
1:02 Do you have a dedicated working space?
1:10 What is your business model?
1:40 What accounts to open
2:11 What kind of items should you list?
2:36 How to list your items?
2:57 What to do to build your feedback?
3:22 Pictures and listings
3:41 Shipping help
3:50 Over the shoulder
4:01 Registering a new eBay account and link your payment method
4:58 About listing limits
6:10 Taking photographs for your eBay listing
9:58 Listing a product
11:21 Setting your store policies
14:37 Gaining feedback to your store
15:57 Shipping your products
17:23 Sourcing on other marketplaces
17:53 Retail Arbitrage
Hello everyone! I’m so excited to make this video because in this video I will show you how to sell on eBay. There's a lot of value here, I hope you like it, let's go!
5 tips to start selling on eBay
Before we move on, let me just give you 5 tips on what to do even before you start selling on eBay. If you don’t wanna hear about this, it’s ok, go ahead and skip to the next timestamp.
So, first tip:
Tip 1- Before you start selling on eBay, ask yourself , “what am I willing to sacrifice”. What are you willing to sacrifice to make it work, what are you going to give up in your life, what you gonna exchange for this job.
Tip 2- Before you start your eBay business, ask yourself how much money you are willing to risk / invest in your eBay business.
Tip 3- Determine what types of items you're going to be selling. There's so many items out there you could focus on. You could focus on selling clothes, books, electronics, kitchen utensils etc.
Tip 4 Devote a space for the business whether it's a garage, a living room, your bedroom.
Tip 5 This is my last tip and a really important one. You have to understand your business model. Will it be dropshipping, selling second hand products, retail arbitrage and so on.
That’s it, quick tips, now let’s get serious!
I want to go over everything in detail. So, right now I’ll talk briefly about the steps to take to sell on eBay, and after that I’ll get more specific and share my screen with you so we can do it all together! Sounds good? By the way, if you are liking this video, please consider smashing that like button, means a lot to me! Thank you!
What accounts to open?
You need an eBay account with managed payments active.
Are you going to have limitations?
You are going to have limitations on your accounts if they are brand new, typically on eBay you’ll be limited to 10 items and/or $1000 just be aware of that. You can ask for increases once a month. Signing up for an eBay store will NOT increase your selling limits.
What items should you list for sale?
Well because you are going to be limited to those 10 items and because your account will have 0 seller feedback, you want to list highly desirable items that sell fast! That's where Zik Analytics comes in handy! You can find profitable products with a lot of demand in just a few clicks! Link is in the description and I’ll talk more about it soon!
How should you list your items?
There’s two ways, but it now or auctions. When you first start out, auctions can be a good way to guarantee a sale instead of waiting around for a certain buyer, so your options are, list as an auction and take the risk of an item not selling for as much money as you’d like, or list as buy it now and wait.
What about feedback?
Everyone starts with zero feedback, to get positive seller feedback you should list your items well, take good pics, ship fast and include a thank you note. While you’re doing that, buy some supplies on eBay from sellers with high feedback that will automatically leave you positive feedback, it won’t show as seller feedback but it does count toward your overall number.