Success Secrets of Online Auction Selling : An Insiders' Guide

by Steven Yang

Online auctions like eBay, Amazon, and Yahoo, are here to stay. The Online Auction phenomenon has changed the way people do business all over the world. Today, nearly every major website with a large... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970631308
• ISBN13: 9780970631305
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Space Age Media
• Length: 103 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.

Customer Reviews

This book paid back its cover price many times over

Though a slim volume, Steven Yang's "Sucess Secrets of Online Auction Selling" paid me back many times over for the outlay of its purchase price. Anyone can use Ebay successfully after the tutorials online, but there is gold in this book that can boost auction sales by quite a bit. If every one of your auctions gained a modest ten percent from hints here, how well could you do? You tell me. Here are some of the specific hint areas that helped me: 1. How to buy antiques and collectibles and how to watch out for fakes. 2. Proper shipping techniques (oh, please, please learn how to do this right. The number of boxes I've gotten with fragile items thrown in willy-nilly and in shards is just ridiculous. ) Having to go process insurance claims is a time-waster for buyer and seller. 3. Pricing to sell--are you losing money by being too greedy? Or are you losing money by leaving it on the table? 4. How to write the auction to create a sense of urgency and desirability--and how to take effective pictures and use HTML to show your auction to best advantage. 5. How to negotiate when buying your inventory, and some resources to find inventory 6. Practical examples of "do's" and "don't" in actual auction pictures and descriptions to show you what works and what doesn't work (excellent-my absolutely favorite part.) If you buy on Ebay, just sell your garage junk or if you are thinking of starting an Ebay business, I can't recommend this book highly enough. It may seem simple and obvious, but this little handbook is really a big help.

FABULOUS BOOK! COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN!

I ordered this book from ... based on the reviews here. Having never seen it before, I wasn't sure what to expect. To my delight, this book was exactly what I was looking for! I am notnew to ..., having been a part of the community for a little over a year now. I wasn't looking for a how to use ... book, I needed a book to help me sell. This book does that. It givesyou all the inside tips and strategies of top sellers so that you can market your items like a pro. If you are a powerseller, youprobably don't need this book. But for the rest of us who are either new to ebay selling or trying to get to the next level, this is the book to buy! Its full of suggestions for everything from picture taking to how to spice up your description for your item (honestly!). The book even tells you how to find out what to spend on purchases for resale, and gives you places to find items to purchase. The book isn't alot of pages, but it is alot of information for the person who really wants to improve their listings and their ... earnings. I can't recommend it highly enough! I started reading it, and I just couldn't put it down!I just started selling a month ago and I did ok, but now I can see where I can improve and really start watching my bids soar!I could easily have earmarked every page in this book! If you are serious about selling on e-bay and want to get the maximum bid for your items, don't miss out on this book! Buy it now!

A terrific book for novice sellers, too

I found "Success Secrets" to be incredibly helpful, even for someone like me who only occassionally uses online auctions. Now that I have read this book I know all the things I should have done, and will do differently next time. This book is loaded with hints and tips about every aspect of selling, and the pictures and graphics are really helpful. A fun read, this book is a must have for anyone involved in online auctions, at any level!

A great book for novices, too!

"Success Secrets" is terrific - even for someone like me, a novice seller. It has all the ins and outs of online auctions. I picked up so many tips and hints from this book. I know now all the things I should have done - and will do differently next time - to make the most of my online sales. The level of detail about all subjects relating to selling, and the very useful pictures and graphics, make this a must have, certainly for someone aspiring to full-time selling, but also for the once-in-a-while seller. A great title, even a necessity, for anyone involved with online auctions. And a fun read, too!

This Book is Sensational! A Must Have! Solid 5 Stars

If you try and ask experienced Online Auction sellers and antique dealers questions regarding how they purchase stuff to sell, don't even bother because most of them won't tell you anything. This book really spills the beans! This book is the kind of book that veteran dealers and sellers hate. It's hard to believe with all the get rich quick scams out there but this book is for real. The first thing you will learn with this book is that making money with Online Auctions is no get rich quick scheme. However, online auctions have become a bonafide vehicle for thousands of normal working people to escape the 9 to 5 grind. I've applied several of Steven Yang's techniques and low and behold, I'm making serious money online! I quickly corrected several of the mistakes I have been making with my listings and now I'm generating bids and selling like crazy.Once you learn how to correctly draft your listings, the hardest part is finding quality stuff to sell. This book offers up all the sneaky tricks dealers are using to get to the good stuff. It's a bit of a rat race but if you are willing to hustle you can get in on a piece of the action!There's a couple of chapters geared towards beginners that I mostly skipped over but for the large part, this book delivers the goods. I'd recommend it mostly for intermediate sellers who are comfortable with the fundamentals.