Host: eBay Staff Date: Thursday, 24th November 2005 Time: 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm (IST)
Did you know that you can reach out to millions of buyers all across the globe and sell items? Did you know that you can earn extra cash by selling on eBay, even if you are a working professional, a student, a retired person or a housewife?
In this workshop, eBay staff will discuss with you ways on how you may start your new business. This workshop will be helpful for new users and buyers who are looking at alternative ways of making money.
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You can make money by selling your products to millions of buyers through eBay.
Its Fast, Simple and easy. I hope this workshop helps you all smoothly start your business on eBay. However if you have any specific doubts please feel free to post them here. I will try and respond to them.
Q. 1) How can i get products from the local market and their price list? You will have to get in touch with dealers, distributors, manufactures, discount stores in your city and find out the prices at which products are available.
You can buy from Sellers who are offering wholesale lots on eBay. You can buy in wholesale and resell those products on eBay. Visit: http://listings.ebay.in/_W0QQfclZ3QQsocmdZListingCategoryList for categories within which sellers are offering wholesale lots. If you have any questions, you can use the "Ask the seller a question" link on the listings page and clarify your doubts.
Q. 2) How can i sale through ebay account to buyyers? To start selling on eBay you have to get verified as seller. Once you are a verfied seller you have to create a listing of your product by filling in the Sell Your Item form. For more details Visit: http://pages.ebay.in/ebayexplained/sell.html
Q. 3) How can buyyers seen and select products?Buyers come to eBay and browse through categories for products or use the search tool to find products they are looking for. When you create your listing your product will appear on the Category pages and in the relevant search results. Hence buyers will find your products while browsing or searching. When a buyer is interested in the product he can either Bid on the product or place an order in case of a fixed price sale. You will receive an order confirmation mail once the buyer places an order on your product.
Q. 4) what is the benifit to sale 1 prodcut to me ? You must include your profit in the product price along with the eBay Transaction fees and any other expenses that you incur for the sale of the product. You will also receive feedback for your transactions. This feedback will help you build your reputation on the site.
please help me how can i get products from the local market and their price list ? how can i sale through ebay account to buyyers? how can buyyers seen and select products? what is the benifit to sale 1 prodcut to me ? how much amount i will get through 1 product give me one exp?
With regards to your query on shipping, you can get in touch with courier company nearest to you. Most National courier companies and even India Post offers Shipping and COD services.
Courier companies generally charge shipping charges based on the weight of the product and the distance of shipment.
I suggest you get in touch with a courier company near you and find out the charges applicable for your product.
With regards to your question to start selling you have to get verified as a Seller. You can get verified through SMS, Credit Card or Postal Mail.
Once you are a verfied seller, you have to create a listing (Fill the Sell Your Item Form) for the product you want to sell.
While creating the listing you have to include, images, a title, description, price of the product, payment methods through which you wish to accept payment and the shipping charges and Submit the listing.
Once you receive an order you will receive an order confirmation mail from eBay and also find details of the buyer in your My eBay.
Once you receive payment from the buyer, you can ship the product to the buyer.
Listing your product for sale is absolutely FREE on eBay.in. eBay will charge you a transaction fee only on successful sales. The transaction fees applicable are: 5% upto Rs. 4000 (Product Value) 2.5% on the additional amount
- With regards to your query on sourcing, I would not be able to give you a list of sellers from Chennai however you can buy from Sellers who are offering wholesale lots on eBay. You can buy in wholesale and resell the products on eBay. Visit: http://listings.ebay.in/_W0QQfclZ3QQsocmdZListingCategoryList for categories within which sellers are offering wholesale lots. If you have any questions, you can use the "Ask the seller a question" link on the listings page and clarify your doubts.
A lot of our sellers also buy products in bulk from their local wholesale markets, discount stores, distributors, small manufacturers etc and sell them on eBay.
With regards to your next query about shipping and packaging companies, you can get in touch with courier companies nearest to you and get the best deals. eBay does not have tie ups with any courier companies. Most courier companies offer packaging as well.
And lastly, you can find out what products are in demand at the eBay Pulse. eBay Pulse gets updated on a regular basis based on demand and gives you demand by category of products. Its a great tool and will definately help.
You can also use the Completed items Search from eBays Advanced Search section to find out what products have been doing well on the site. Visit the following link for more information on completed items search. http://pages.ebay.in/ebayexplained/sell2.html
Once you have a product you have to fill an Simple Sell your Item Form and create a listing.
You will have to follow simple steps to fill in the Sell Your Item Form - Select the Format of the sale as either Auction or Fixed Price - Enter the Item Title & Description - State the price for your product, - Add photographs - Payment methods by which you are willing to accept payment - Shipping charges for sending the product to the buyer - Submit the Listing to go live on the site.
Once you submit the listing your product will be available for sale on eBay.
You can display your products for sale and get buyers from India and Internationally to bid on and buy your products.
If you dont have anything to sell, you can start with something lying around the house. Unused products, gifts that you dont like, old furniture and a lot more can be sold on eBay. You can convert your unused products into cash.
In fact we have an eBay House which can help with ideas of products you may have lying around the house and can be sold on eBay.
To start a full fledged business you can source products from dealers, distributors, manufacturers, exporter, buy in wholesale lots and resell them on eBay.
Click Here for more information on where you can source products from.
A warm welcome to today's workshop. Today we have Preeti from Seller marketing team to help you understand how you start selling on eBay to make money.
We love the workshops to be interactive, please feel free to post your questions on the boards.
I had applied for an affiliate link/ publisher link for your site through commission junction.com . But my application has not been approved. I am regular buyer thro' your site.
May I know why my application for affiliate link has not been approved? Of course, I applied with my actual name since commission, bank account etc would be involved. However e-mail id, address etc are all the same as what is existing in your data.
I just wish to sell one item , not to sell on a regular basis. How do I go about offering that one item through your service and what will it cost me etc.?
hello,i need some help regarding which courier should be selected for delivery purpose and also how to calculate courier charges for national and local delivery.how COD can be arranged via courier?
This is an online workshop and you can participate in the same by sitting at your desk itself.
All you need to do is sign in the community boards and post your questions to the workshop host. The workshop will be on from 4 - 5 in the evening and you may ask as many questions or clarifications as you like.
Hi,I attended the video conference 0n 13th.Only me was there from Calcutta.Some users from this city are interested to participate in future.Could you possibly please suggest what to do?Thanx..Truly..Amitava
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