With over 276 million registered users, eBay offers buyers and sellers more than 50,000 categories for all kinds of goods including antiques, art, books, business and industrial products, vehicles, clothing, collectibles, electronics and computers, home furnishing, etc.
Private tuition anytime
The course is designed to provide you with the fundamental skills required to be a successful buyer on eBay.
You will discover how to: research prices in current and completed listings, compare items, monitor listings, develop strategies for winning bids, track purchases, open and use a PayPal account, complete transactions and leave feedback .
Learning Objectives
By the end of the course, it is expected that you will be able to:
• identify the safety features eBay has in place to make transactions secure
• set up a buyers account
• research items they wish to buy
• understand the difference between 'Auction' ‘Buy It Now‘ and 'reserve pricing'
• using the automatic bidding system
• differentiate between a variety of payment methods
• understand why PayPal is a good payment option
• monitor eBay listings
• ask sellers questions
• bid on or buy an item
• complete a purchase
• leave feedback
• participate in the eBay Community (Discussion Boards, Help Center)
• spotting spoof emails
Private tuition anytime
The course is designed to provide you with the fundamental skills required to be a successful seller on eBay.
You will discover how to: set up a seller account, research and create listings that will attract buyers, enhance listings with better descriptions and photography, set pricing to maximise your profits, use a PayPal account, monitor your listings and complete transactions.
This course is suitable for all those who just want to earn some extra cash from unwanted items in the shed to serious sellers who want to earn a full or part time income working from home.
In order to set up a Seller account, you need:
• Your Credit card
• Your Bank Account details
• Photos of items you wish to sell (CD or flash drive if not taught at home) and weight and measurements of packed items
You need your usernames and passwords for your
• ebay,
• email and
• PayPal (if you have one)
accounts.
It is highly recommended to do some shopping on eBay before you start selling. You should be well prepared once you have reached a feedback score of 10. Please feel free to ask if you do not know what this means.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the course, it is expected that you will be able to:
• identify the safety features eBay has in place to make transactions secure
• understand the size and selling opportunities of eBay
• set up a seller account
• identify items not suitable for sale on eBay
• research similar items they wish to sell
• create effective photographs or scans
• understand how ‘Buy It Now‘ and ‘reserve‘ pricing work
• differentiate between a variety of payment methods
• understand why PayPal is a good option for collecting payments
• write a good title and description for each item
• monitor eBay listings
• complete a sale
• calculate fees required for sellers on eBay
• identify postage options
• leave feedback
• deal with unsold and unpaid items
Private tuition anytime
The course is designed to provide you with the fundamental skills required to start a successful business on eBay. The class will cover business goals and strategies, managing and marketing your business.
You will discover how to: utilise the different listing and selling tools provided by eBay, open a store, use marketing and branding for your listings and store, manage and monitor your listings and success.
Also included is an introduction to Turbo Lister, the offline listing tool and selected third party software applications. The class will also cover the most important factor of a business - where to find the merchandise to sell!
Prerequisites:
This course is designed for those who have an eBay account and have successfully sold at least 10 items with a total feedback score of at least 20.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the course, it is expected that students will be able to:
• Know how to start/grow an eBay-based business and know what it means to get professional
• Create professional listings
• Utilise different selling tools and selling strategies
• Subscribe for a store which best suits their needs
• Know about the importance of marketing and branding
• Manage active and sold listings in a professional manner
• Monitor their success through feedback and performance tools
• Make differentiate use of eBay’s seller tools
• Use the software applications Selling Manager and Turbo Lister