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One of the greatest benefits of selling on a platform like eBay is that you enjoy the same benefits as a beginner as you would, as a veteran. In fact, you may even have an advantage of a clean feedback slate. The truth is that online selling has created a new retail market where size and history of the seller don't always translate to a great competitive advantage. This article talks about some of the great ways to translate your beginner's luck into a cold hard cash advantage.
In earlier times, sellers had to pay a fortune to buy stock and ship products to their customers. With the mushrooming of drop shipping companies dealing in DVD's, branded clothes, furniture and a million other things, there is no reason why a beginner should saddle himself with these unnecessary costs as he struggles to establish his brand.
While it may make sense to do these activities on your own after achieving a certain size, delegating to experts is always a better idea during the initial days. Third party companies give you the same cost advantages that a bigger company enjoys, putting you on par in terms of pricing and service as viewed by customers. You also get greater reliability and quality as a bonus.
As a beginner, every experience, be it, listing a product or registering with PayPal, will be new. While this is fun and challenging, it also poses a lot of risks in many ways. It is always a good idea to start small and eBay can help you do that. As against Amazon and some other retail sites, eBay places little or no restriction on what you can sell.
So, take out your mom's designer handbags, your childhood collection of stamps or even your sister's discarded prom dress. On Ebay, there is a buyer for everything (at the right price of course). Experiment with bidding on fixed price sales. Try your hand at negotiating or bundling a freebie as a promotion. You don't need to have a consistent supply of anything just sell as you source things!
In the absence of any sensory interaction with the product in question, photographs and descriptions play a big role in attracting customers and helping close sales on eBay. A well written product description (something that you will have more time to do as a beginner) can often fetch you more for the same product with a lesser title / description. Make sure to have great pictures accompanying your listing to add to its appeal.
The best part about EBay's `Best Match' ranking system is that it promotes stores / sellers with the highest chance of clocking a sale and who meet the best service delivery parameters. By consistently outperforming your bigger and more established peers, you can make your way to the top of the visibility charts as well.
