Hello ,

           The holidays are here and can be an online sellers best 3-months of the entire year ! Starting with early October through late December now is the time to post all of those great items that got put aside while we were having fun in the summer sun. Optimize your sales by expanding into categories outside your normal sales. My primary sales remain in sportscards BUT by expanding into other categories I've managed to have some of my best sales months from promotional drug rep items like pens, clocks, tote bags, and much more. Now I'm increased sales overall even when my main category may be in a slow or out-of-season period.

         Some of the top holiday sales occur in the arts, antiques ,picture frames, sterling silver dinnerware, coins, holiday decor, early movie memorabilia, pottery & glass, sportcards, stamps, autographs , pens , clothes, hats, scrapbooking and more. Make sure you offer a wide variety of payment methods, have a clear and simply item description with item condition and s&h charges clearly stated, and pictures are a must ! The gallery feature is a cheap and very effective method of increasing sales on live auctions.

         RESEARCH IS A MUST WHEN BUYING !! Research your sellers feedback BEFORE you make a bid, if there are negatives read them and see why ? Negatives left from several different users for non-receipt of items is not someone you want to risk your money with where as someone whom has only a few negatives for slow shipping may be someone you are willing to send your money. You can check through the past 30-days worth of completed sales of an item by simply typing in the item key word under search, say Disney Snow Globes. Once the page loads up for all the different globes currently available on e-Bay, click on completed items on the far left side of the screen. This will bring up all of the past 30-days ended auctions for you with actual sold items ending prices listed in bright green lettering. There isn't any better way to see what price range an item will end for than by using this key feature that e-Bay offers. You can even narrow your item down to exactly what you are wanting to sell and see what others of the same have ended for. Example : 2000 Tom Brady Ultra Rookie Card might show that in the past 30-days 5 ended for $15 , 4 ended for $17-$20 range, and 1 ended for $25.00 Your Brady Ultra rookie will probably fetch you in the $17-$20 range. It is always a good idea while you are checking out these numbers to check some of the higher ending prices, in this case the $25.00 Brady Ultra rookie, and see what might have made it end for higher than the others ? Did this seller have a much nicer picture included, maybe more than 1-picture ? Did this seller use the Gallery feature, Bold Face, ect ? Maybe an offer was included in the description, bonus card, maybe cheapier shipping charges than the other sellers with the same card ? Being able to accept multi-forms of payments is always a factor resulting in a higher sales price. Sellers whom offer the same exact card but only accept money orders (No Paypal, No Personal Checks, ect) will almost always have their items end for far less. 

      Well, hope some of the above info is helpful . PLEASE visit my e-Store located at the top right of this page.      

THANK YOU !  :0)

Scott

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