When and How to Withdraw Your eBay Bid (and Why You Might Not Want To). eBay are a little strict about letting you withdraw your bid. They call it a ?bid retraction?, and have a stringent set of conditions that you must meet before you are allowed to do it. Here are eBay?s three acceptable [...]

The Power of eBay ?Store Newsletters?. eBay Stores come with a very powerful feature: store newsletters. When buyers add your store to their favourites, you can offer them the chance to join your mailing list. You can then send highly targeted emails to people who you know were at least interested enough in your products [...]

What?s Your eBay Reputation Really Worth? Your eBay reputation is everything you are on eBay ? without it, you?re nothing. Your reputation is worth as much as every sale you will ever make. If you?ve ever bought anything on eBay (and the chances are you have), then think about your own behaviour. Buying from a [...]

When and How to Cancel an eBay Auction Early. One day, you might decide that you want to end an auction early. Before you do, though, you should consider why you want to do it: cancelling auctions upsets buyers and upsets eBay, and there might be a better to way to get what you want. [...]

What You Need to Know BEFORE You Get Started on eBay. So you?ve decided that you want to get started as a seller on eBay. There are a few things that you really need to know before you go and throw yourself in at the deep end. What to Sell. First off, you need to [...]

The Myths and Magic of eBay Drop-shipping Vendors. If you?ve never heard of drop shipping, then prepare to be impressed ? it sounds like every eBay seller?s dream. With drop shipping, you don?t have to keep any stock at all. You simply list auctions for what your drop shipper sells, without actually seeing it yourself. [...]

What Else Belongs on Your eBay Shipping Box? The quickest answer I feel I should give to this question is this: not your handwriting! Scrawling addresses on boxes with a pen is extremely amateurish, and you shouldn?t do it. Print your own labels instead. But what should you put on them? The buyer?s address: This [...]

What You Can Learn from Competing eBay Auctions. If you?ve a savvy businessperson, the chances are you?ve already taken a look at your competitors? auctions. What you might not have realised is just how much you can learn if you know what you?re looking for. To begin with, don?t bother looking at listings that haven?t [...]

Using the eBay Anything Points Program. eBay Anything points are a loyalty scheme, just like you might get in a shop. The buyer earns points on their purchases, which they can then redeem for money off when they pay for items through PayPal. Buyers can also earn eBay Anything points when they use the eBay [...]

Your Rights as an eBay Buyer. When you buy things on eBay, you pay the seller before they send you anything. This means that you, as a buyer, are vulnerable to all sorts of problems. You might not get the items you have paid for, or they might be damaged or faulty. Luckily, you have [...]