Sunday, July 30, 2006
Ebay Sales Made Easy
Yesterday I discovered something that I knew all the time. If you sell an item that you can quickly write up the description by changing the template just slightly for each item, you can get a lot of items listed for sale in a fairly short time.
I have some old electronic test equipment service manuals that often sell for $19.99 and more. I listed about twenty in just a few hours instead of spending all day listing only about 8 items. Each manual was unique, but all I had to do was change the title and the picture for each new ad. It went very fast.
Old post cards would probably be almost as quick. Some of those sell for good money on Ebay. We have 100 or so old post cards I should list in the near future.
Some of my $20 items are way to labor intensive. Electronic items that need to be tested. Multiple pictures from different angles to show what it is and the quality. Simple things, like the manuals I just listed, make life a lot easier and listing a lot faster.
My business has been selling used test equipment and used computer equipment since 1987. I have done it part time and now full time. I am almost hard wired into this type of sales. They are difficult and slow. My old equipment does not bring top dollar. Better equipment means more money, but you have to have a few thousand dollars to go to auctions and get anything worth your time.
I need to rethink my business plan and come of with new ideas.
