Getting Started in Internet Auctions

by Alan C. Elliott

Book Overview

Comprehensive Coverage Completely Up-to-Date Your complete guide to buying and selling at Internet auctions As millions of people worldwide have discovered, online auctions can be a fun, safe, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471380873
• ISBN13: 9780471380870
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Good overview of the E-bay auctions

Well written and informative. Would recomend as a first book on auctions.Covers some hmtl commands.

Super-easy read will give reader confidence to jump right in

"Getting started in Internet Auctions" is a super-easy read that will give readers enough confidence to jump right into the electronic auction arena. Author Alan Elliott begins the book with an overview of the auction process, then moves into detailed step-by-step descriptions of both the bidding and selling process. Using the popular Ebay.com site for his example, Elliott tells what web addresses to enter into your browser, which software buttons to push and even sometimes when to push them. The best value in this book comes from the wealth of "tricks of the trade:" How to find real bargains on the auction block that others have overlooked. How to time bids in order to maximize winning the sought-after item. How to find items to sell beyond those crammed in the back of your closet. How to avoid getting ripped-off by the top twenty ploys perpetrated by the occasional less-than honest folks in the digital market place As an extra bonus, Elliott introduces readers to a handful of successful web-auction entrepreneurs who are making their living off their Ebay efforts and explains several strategies for mirroring their success. Content like this makes this book a confidence-builder for even a novice Internet user. Anybody interested in making or spending a buck in Internet auctions should put a bid down on this book.

A Great Introduction to eBay and other Internet Auctions

This book is a good way to quickly learn about eBay and other internet auctions from the inside out. It is more than just a point here, click there type of book. It gives you the thinking behind strategies for both buying and selling. The stories in the chapter about how people make a living on eBay are quite interesting. Worth the read!