FINDING THE ITEMS NOBODY ELSE FINDS

AND

WIN THE AUCTIONS FOR THE OPENING BID!!!

I HAVE BEEN A SHOPPER AS WELL AS A SELLER ON EBAY FOR A FEW YEARS NOW AND I HAVE FOUND A FEW EASY WAYS TO FIND ITEMS THAT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER NO ONE ELSE HAS LOOKED AT OR BID ON.

ITEMS ENDING SOONEST

THE FIRST WAY IS THE MOST OBVIOUS WAY.....WHEN YOU ARE IN THE CATEGORY OF WHAT YOU WANT TO BUY, BEFORE YOU LOOK FOR THE LOWEST PRICED ITEM GO DIRECTLY TO THE ITEMS ENDING SOONEST. YOU CAN SOMETIMES FIND AN ITEM THAT NO ONE HAS BID ON AND IS ABOUT TO END. SOME PEOPLE DO NOT USE EFFECTIVE LISTING TITLES OR THEY HAVE BAD PICTURES ON THEIR LISTINGS. WHAT EVER THE REASON IS  THAT NO ONE HAS BID ON IT, YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE LOWEST PRICED ITEMS FIRST. THE BEST TIME TO LOOK IS IN THE EVENINGS, MOST PEOPLE HAVE THEIR AUCTIONS ENDING IN THE EARLY TO MID EVENING (6-9 PM).

TYPO'S AND MISS SPELLINGS

THIS ONE I FIGURED OUT FROM LOOKING FOR VEGGIE TALES ITEMS. IF YOU TYPE IN A SEARCH FOR "VEGGIETALES" YOU WILL GET ONE GROUP OF LISTINGS AND IF YOU TYPE "VEGGIE TALES" YOU WILL GET DIFFERENT LIST JUST BECAUSE OF THE SPACE. THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO SEARCH FOR THESE, YOU COULD TYPE THE CHARACTERS NAMES "BOB AND LARRY" AND PULL UP YET ANOTHER DIFFERENT LIST. TRY ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN THINK OF THAT SELLERS MIGHT HAVE TITLED THEIR LISTINGS. TRY SPELLING IT WRONG OR RUNNING WORDS TOGETHER. YOU CAN SOMETIMES FIND LISTINGS THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS FOUND JUST BECAUSE THE SELLER HAS A TYPO IN THE TITLE.

 ALOT OF PEOPLE TYPE IN A SEARCH INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE LIST OF CATEGORIES TO FIND THE KIND OF ITEM THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. BUT WHEN YOU SELL AN ITEM YOU HAVE TO PICK THE CATEGORY YOU WANT TO LIST YOUR ITEM IN..... SO THE ONLY WAY IT WILL GET SEEN IF YOU HAVE A TYPO OR MISS SPELLING IN THE TITLE IS IF SOMEONE GOES TO THAT EXACT CATEGORY YOUR ITEM IS LISTED IN.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT I HAVE BECOME FAMILIAR WITH IS GIRLS PLUS SIZE CLOTHING. YOU CAN USE THE CATEGORY LIST THEN TYPE IN A SEARCH FOR SIZE "16 1/2" BUT SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE LISTED ITEMS AS "16.5"  OR "GIRLS PLUS" SO TRY TO THINK OF ALL THE DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES.

DON'T BID UNTIL THE END

ALOT OF PEOPLE (MOSTLY SELLERS) SAY WHEN YOU FIND THE ITEM YOU WANT TO BID ON YOU SHOULD GO AHEAD AND BID AND JUST PUT IN THE MAXIMUM YOU ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR THE ITEM. THAT WAY YOU WON'T PAY TOO MUCH.

THIS ONE I'M TORN ON, I AM A SELLER AS WELL AS A BUYER, AND I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE BID EARLY AND OFTEN IT USUALLY DRIVES THE ENDING PRICE HIGHER. BUT ALSO BEING A BUYER I LIKE TO GET A GOOD DEAL WHEN EVER POSSIBLE SO.........WHEN YOU FIND AN ITEM YOU WANT TO BID ON, PUT IT IN YOUR WATCH LIST AND WAIT UNTIL THE VERY END OF THE AUCTION BEFORE YOU START BIDDING ON IT. BY THEN IT MAY HAVE ALREADY GONE HIGHER THAN YOU WANTED TO PAY ANYWAY, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BIDDING AT ALL..... BUT MAYBE THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE WATCHING IT OR BIDDING ON IT FORGOT WHEN IT WAS ENDING .  WHICH IS WHEN YOU SWOOP IN WITH YOUR LAST MINUTE BID AND WIN THE AUCTION. THE ONLY HARD PART IS BEING PATIENT ENOUGH TO WAIT FOR AUCTION TO END.

PAY ATTENTION TO SHIPPING

IT SEEMS TO HAVE BECOME A TREND  FOR SELLERS TO LIST ITEMS FOR A PENNY OR $0.99 TO ATTRACT BIDDERS TO THEIR LISTINGS, BUT THEY ALL MARK UP THEIR SHIPPING CHARGES TO OFFSET THE LOW STARTING PRICE.

PEOPLE SELLING NEW ITEMS LIKE DVD'S AND VIDEO GAMES AND ELECTRONICS LIKE TO DO THIS, YOU CAN BUY A DVD FOR A PENNY BUT YOU WILL PAY 10.00 FOR THE SHIPPING. AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW IT DOES NOT COST 10.00 TO SHIP 1 DVD. SO BE CAREFUL IT MAY LOOK LIKE A GOOD DEAL UNTIL YOU SEE THE SHIPPING CHARGES. *(ALWAYS ASK THE SELLER WHAT THE SHIPPING WILL BE IF IT IS NOT LISTED ON THE LISTING!)

I HOPE THESE TIPS WERE HELPFUL, AND IF NOT I HOPE IT DIDN'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.

THANKS

AND GOOD LUCK SHOPPING!!!!