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How 2 Save $ Listing Auctions ~ Sellers Secrets

by: girlsdrivefasttoo( 1101Feedback score is 1000 to 4,999) Top 5000 Reviewer
12 out of 16 people found this guide helpful.


If your looking to sell items on Ebay and save some $ on Listing Fees then your reading the right guide!

 

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Are there times when you want to list items for sale and you think to yourself “My god, these fees are a lot by time I add additional pics & some other extras”?

When you list something for auction, you want to include LOTS of pictures and also make your listing look nice to set it apart from others. It’s just like gazing at a store display, or browsing at a regular store……you are going to be more prompted to buy the item that stands out more and catches your eye.

NEED MORE PICS WITHOUT PAYING X-TRA FOR THEM

Here is a really simple solution. A lot of people already know that you can host photos at photobucket.com and copy and paste the url into your auction listing for the photo to appear.

But, isn’t it better to have a PICTURE SLIDESHOW? Go To  Slide.com

You do not need to sign up for their service and it is free for unlimited photo hosting too! You can make different slideshows or just host single photos. You can add text and info to your slide shows also depending on which layout you choose. After you create your slideshow, you are given a code and you simply copy & paste it into the HTML version of your Auction Listing.

Another site worth using that is similar is rockyou.com

NEED A BACKGROUND ON YOUR LISTING THAT WILL STAND OUT

Here’s another simple one…….do a search for background codes. What your going to find is different backgrounds that people use for Myspace and other related sites. Most of these codes will get inserted into the VERY BEGINNING of your HTML Auction listing. Make sure you get codes for backgrounds though and not Myspace Layouts - they will appear different.

One of the places I use backgrounds from is:

http://www.myspace-codes.com/myspace_background_codes-3.htm

THERE ARE FREE TOOLS EVERYWHERE ON THE INTERNET

There are codes all over the internet that you can insert into your auction listing. The ones I mentioned above are ones that I use personally in my own auctions. I have been on EBay since 2000!  Just go see for yourself ~ visit any of my auctions and you will see backgrounds & slideshows.

HOW MUCH $$ CAN I SAVE

For instance you want to have 6 pictures on your auction to show off your item to potential buyers…….Ebay lets you display your first photo for free & the others would cost you an additional .75 cents (.15 each)!

Listing Designers cost an additional .10 cents!

The two Tricks I gave you just saved you a TOTAL of .85 cents of your Listing Fees!

Feels good to Save - doesn’t it?!?

HAPPY EBAYing!!


Guide ID: 10000000003442784Guide created: 04/27/07 (updated 03/12/09)

 
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