Starting an eBay Business For Dummies

This long time best seller has helped over 200,000 readers kick start their eBay business. This new edition offers up the same solid advice on turning eBay sales into a steady revenue stream as previous edition. It also adds in key revision points covering the latest tech changes at eBay and new avenues for building a business. Parts cover: Getting Serious on eBay - laying the foundation for a business including setting up a store and knowing the rules and laws of selling Setting Up Shop - sourcing and pricing merchandise along with establishing a Web identity through your own site and on social media sites Business is Business - an MBA in a nutshell covering software made for managing a business, budgeting, money transactions, customer service, and shipping Your eBay Back Office - both?a figurative back office (how to keep good books and stay legal) and literal back office (creating space to run a business and store merchandise) The Part of Tens - tips on other places to sell and insight into sellers who were successful on eBay

Marsha Collier is a world-renowned eBay maven, sought-after speaker, and bestselling author on eBay topics, with more than a million copies of her books in print. She has written all editions of eBay For Dummies, Starting an eBay Business For Dummies, and eBay Business All-in-One For Dummies.

Introduction.

Part I: Getting Serious about eBay.

Chapter 1: Launching Your Business on eBay.

Chapter 2: The Finer Points of eBay Selling.

Chapter 3: Cool eBay Tools.

Chapter 4: Safe Selling Equals Profitable Sales.

Chapter 5: Expanding Sales with an eBay Store.

Part II: Setting Up Shop.

Chapter 6: Finding Merchandise to Up Your Profits.

Chapter 7: Pricing Your Items to Sell.

Chapter 8: Establishing and Marketing Your Web Site.

Part III: Business Is Business — Time to Get Serious.

Chapter 9: Software Built for Online Auctions.

Chapter 10: Dollars and Sense: Budgeting and Marketing Your Sales.

Chapter 11: Setting Up Listings That Sell.

Chapter 12: Providing Excellent Customer Service.

Chapter 13: Collecting Your Money.

Chapter 14: Shipping Your Items: Sending Them Fast and Saving Money.

Part IV: Your eBay Back Office.

Chapter 15: Getting Legal: Understanding Taxes and Licenses.

Chapter 16: Savvy Record Keeping — Keeping the Tax Man at Bay.

Chapter 17: Building an eBay Back Office.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 18: Ten (or So) Sellers Who’ve Made the Jump from Hobby to Profits.

Chapter 19: Ten Other Places to Move Your Merchandise.

Appendix A: eBay Business Glossary.

Appendix B: The Hows and Whys of a Home Network.

Index.

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Starting an eBay Business For Dummies

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