Starting an eBay business for dummies
By: by Marsha Collier
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: --For dummies
Publisher: Wiley; John Wiley ,distributor]
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J; [Chichester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9780470149249
Subjects: Management; Electronic commerce; Computer networks; New business enterprises; Internet auctions; EBay (Firm)
Description: Explains how to use eBay to start an online business, discussing product acquisition, auction management tools, shipping options, legal issues, and record-keeping.
Notes: Previous ed.: 2004.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: About this book; title: What you're not to read; title: Foolish assumptions; title: How this book is organized; title: Icons used in this book; title: Where to go from here; title: 1. Launching your business on eBay; title: Getting down to bidness (er, business); title: Deciding what to sell; title: Getting what it takes to sell; title: Making your auctions run more smoothly; title: 2. The finer points of eBay selling; title: Finding where to sell your stuff; title: Fixed-price sales on eBay; title: Types of eBay auctions; title: Running your auction; title: Listing violations; title: 3. Cool eBay tools; title: My eBay; title: The about me page; title: eBay seller services; title: 4. Safe selling equals profitable sales; title: Is what you want to sell legal?; title: Trading violations; title: Taking action : what to do when someone breaks the rules; title: 5. Expanding sales with an eBay store; title: Online stores galore; title: Your eBay store name; title: Setting up shop; title: Running your store; title: Dressing up your listings; title: Making a sale; title: pt. II. Setting up shop; title: 6. Finding merchandise to up your profits; title: Dollar stores; title: Discount club stores; title: Garage sales; title: Going-out-of-business sales; title: Auctions; title: Goodwill, Salvation Army, and resale shops; title: Freebies; title: Salvage : liquidation items, unclaimed freight, and returns; title: True wholesale merchandise; title: Resale items on eBay; title: Consignment selling; title: 7. Pricing your items to sell; title: The easy way : eBay search; title: Useful publications; title: Online sources of information; title: Authentication services; title: 8. Establishing a base of operations : your Web site; title: Free Web space, a good place to start; title: Paying for your Web space; title: What's in a Web site name : naming your baby; title: Registering your domain name (before someone else takes it); title: Marketing your Web site (more visitors = more business); title: pt. III. Business is business, time to get serious; title: 9. Software built for online auctions; title: Considering tasks for automation; title: Managing your business with online resources and software; title: 10. Dollars and sense : budgeting and marketing your sales; title: Listing your items; title: eBay's optional listing features; title: eBay's cut of the action; title: 11. Setting up listings that sell; title: Writing winning text; title: Your eBay photo studio; title: Taking good pictures; title: Using a scanner; title: Image-editing software; title: A home for your images; title: HTML and you; title: 12. Providing excellent customer service; title: Meeting your customers; title: Communicating with your customers; title: 13. Working your PayPal account and collecting your money; title: It doesn't get any simpler : money orders; title: Pay me when you get this : cash on delivery; title: The check's in the mail : personal checks; title: Hold this for me : escrow service; title: I take plastic : credit cards; title: 14. Shipping your items : sending them fast and saving money; title: Finding the perfect shipping carrier : the big four; title: Protecting packages with Universal Parcel Insurance Coverage; title: pt. IV. Your eBay back office; title: 15. Getting legal : understanding taxes and licenses; title: Types of businesses; title: Taking care of regulatory details; title: 16. Savvy record keeping, keeping the tax man at bay; title: Keeping the books : basics that get you started; title: Records Uncle Sam may want to see; title: Bookkeeping software; title: QuickBooks : making bookkeeping uncomplicated; title: 17. Building an eBay back office; title: The warehouse : organizing your space; title: Inventory : keeping track of what you have and where you keep it; title: The shipping department : packin' it up; title: The mail room : sendin' it out