What keeps people from selling on ebay
Tricia, who writes a great blog on conquering her mountain of debt, wrote that she would like to sell on ebay but is frankly scared of it. I understand why she may feel that way, and many others have the same trepidation. To this group I would like to encourage you to sell one thing. Just one. Not multiple items, just one. And you can pick it from your house.
To start, as I have mentioned before, take a good look at what is surrounding you, perhaps right by your computer. Do you have an old fax machine that you no longer use? An old rotary telephone from your remodel years ago? Or perhaps in your closet-how about that designer handbag (I love this one) you no longer use that is collecting dust? Pick one item, one that you know you paid more than $50 for originally, and get started.
Once you have decided on your item, take it with you and go to the post office and see if you can get a free Priority Mail box. If your item is too big for one of the Priority Mail sizes, try and find another one, hopefully for free. Have the post office weigh your box and have them measure the dimensions for you. Once you have this information, you are ready to get started.
If it is at this point that you start to experience ebay lethargy, push through it. You are only steps from making money. This is all I will write for now, but will continue on with step two tomorrow. If you have a question to this point please email me. I will try to address it before I go on to the next steps.
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Hi Tracy,
I found your site because Dave Zemens is a friend of mine. While I’ve been using the web, and designing for the web for years, I really haven’t been involved with eBay. I’m looking forward to your step-by-step tutorials.
Great post, Tracy. There does seem to be some fear in selling your first item on eBay, but once you get that one under your belt you see how easy, simple and secure the transaction is. And you put extra money in your pocket, too.
This post is also a good example of *how* to write a post. It seems as though this is the first in a series of a “How To” post. This is widely recognized as a good way to write blog posts that catch the readers attention. It’s also a good idea to include links to other bloggers in your posts, as you have in this one. It’s even better if you can link to a *specific* post at the other blogger’s site, because then your blog will actually send a trackback to their post, which is pretty cool!
The formatting of the post is also much easier to read with the paragraph breaks — nice work!
Thanks to Deborah-I appreciate you checking in on the blog. My hope is that I can help everyone get to the point of being a part-time seller on ebay, if their goal is to make a bit of extra cash. I need to remember back when I started, and how every time I pushed the submit button I held my breath. Once you get started and feel comfortable it is a bit like gambling-you can never say for certain where your item will end!
And to Dave, thanks for the kinds words. I am trying!