How to Buy and Sell Using EBay - By Khieng Chho

Buying and selling alike is not that easy especially when you are doing it on your own. You will need a lot of advertisements in order to sell or even buy a product. There are also many considerations that you should not take for granted.

For example, when buying a product you will need to have a ceiling price at a given quality of a preferred product. The ceiling price is the maximum amount that you can afford for a certain product with the highest quality assumed. This is also true when selling a product using an auction site. You have to set a bottom price before letting the product be sold. The bottom price is the minimum price that you want to sell your product.

One of the famous buy and sell portal is the EBay. There are many EBay sites around the globe. Mostly the sites are according to the place. This was done to avoid custom and shipping laws from every country.

Here are some steps on how to buy and sell using EBay auction site:

1. Monitor the product that you want to buy or the product that you are selling. Take note of the rates for it. Look for similar products at the archives of the auction site and compare it with your product.

2. In buying, it is advised to check the history of the seller, this to know the positive and negative comments for the seller. EBay auction site are self-policing. Buyers and sellers may give feedbacks for each other. In EBay, the seller and the buyer uses a username and does not directly give their real full name. However, it can be given to you to complete the transaction. Keeping the full names of both parties is done to protect the identity of the seller and the buyer.

3. Do not be ashamed of giving feedbacks to other sellers. This will help them know what is going on with their selling strategies. Doing this also may encourage other seller to make feedbacks to their fellow ebayers.

4. Do not be afraid of asking questions about the product or the seller’s business techniques and information. If there is anything that you doubt about the seller, resist from bidding.

5. When bidding on an auctioned product, be sure to add pennies to your bidding price. For example, the last bid is $25.00, add another $.05. You may beat the other bidders with a penny if in case.

6. Do not bid, buy or sell a product without knowing how much the shipping cost is. When buying, you must know the shipping cost beforehand to avoid overpricing.

7. EBay auction site honors the use of debit and credit cards. This is the fastest, easiest and safest way to pay for a product on an online auction site.

Khieng 'Ken' Chho is author and owner of Online eBay Resources. For related articles and other resources, visit Ken's website: http://ebay.onew3b.net