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7 Simple & No Cost Strategies To Promote Your eBay Biz.

by: auctionsifu( 297Feedback score is 100 to 499)
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7 Simple & Powerful Strategies To Promote Yourself As A Professional eBay Seller – No Cost

Competition on eBay is very tough; you need to stand out from other sellers. Here are 7 simple and powerful strategies.

Strategy 1: Create an “about me” page. It is free, you can use the template that prepare by eBay or you can hire a designer to customize it.

“About me” page give you chance to promote your selling experience and how good you are in your area. The more your buyer know about you, the more receptive they are.

Strategy 2: Create a website for your own business. Register a domain name, preferably same as your eBay ID. You can drive traffic from your website to your eBay listings or vice versa.

Having your own website will create more confident for your buyers to deal with you.

Your can’t insert your website URL in your eBay listings but you can insert it in your “about me” page

Strategy 3: Include a toll-free phone number in all your eBay listings.

Strategy 4: Open an eBay store and start building your mailing list. Send out promotions and bargains to your mailing lists from time to time. Before you can do this you need to open an eBay store.

Sometimes you can send out some free newsletters, articles or report to your list. Your buyers will look at you as an expert in your field and they will feel more secure and confident buying from you.

 Strategy 5: Being helpful in eBay’s discussion forums. Your comments will stay at eBay for a few months, please make sure your comment is positive, professional and helpful.

This will help you to build up your reputations on eBay as a professional seller.

Strategy 6: Create a professional eBay ID. Try not to use an eBay ID which sounds silly, too long or difficult to remember. Take some time to come up with a good ID.

Ask your family, neighbours, relatives and friends for their opinion.

Strategy 7: Create your own logo. Branding is very important when you want to promote your eBay business. You can buy some logo templates, edit, modify and save it.

Another way is to hire a designer to come out with your own professional looking logo. It is well worth the investment when you building your eBay business long run. 

I have just share with you seven strategies that can help you to promote yourself as a professional eBay seller. If you miss out some of the steps mention above, it’s time to make it up.

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Shireen Chia  
(eBay ID: double-your-auction-profit)

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Guide ID: 10000000008424388Guide created: 08/22/08 (updated 01/30/09)

 
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