10 things you can do to increase your eBay auction success

As with any business, there are always paid bells and whistles
you can add to spice things up and to try and generate more
sales. I have compiled a list of 10 items that can really
help you increase your eBay bids and sales. Enjoy.




1) Use eBay research software. If theres just 1 thing you learn
from me, it's that market research is vitally important when you are
selling on eBay. By seeing what has sold, what it sold for, how many
bids its got, what category it was in, what made the listings unique,
etc you can virtually guarantee your success. There is a product that
does all this and more. It's called "Hot Item Finder" It's really
like having a secret weapon. I highly recommend this software and I
definetely recommend taking a look. You can get more information here:

http://hotitemfinder.auctionresourcenetwork.net





2) Add audio to your auctions. Believe it or not there are services
that allow you to add audio to your auction listings. Imagine how
powerful it would be if a potential bidder visits your auction and they
hear your voice describing the product in detail. This will really
help build trust, and increase your sales. I highly recommend a
service called "Sellers Voice" They specialize in adding audio to
online auctions. You can visit their website with this link:

http://sellersvoice.auctionresourcenetwork.net



3) Like I have mentioned many times in this guide, trust is a very
important aspect of selling items at online auctions. Thats why
you need a 3rd party service like "Square Trade" to help establish
this trust. They basically insert a logo into all of your auction
listings saying that you are a trusted seller, letting people know
about your company etc. Square Trade is eBay certified and is truly
one of the must have add-on services. A large percentage eBay sellers
are Square Trade certified. You can access their website with the
link below:

http://www.squaretrade.com



4) Add live chat to your auctions! Imagine if a potential buyer came
to one of your auction listings and they had a question. In the past
they would have to email you and wait several hours if not days for
a response. Not anymore, with a program called "Mighty Chat" your
potential bidders can click a link within your auctions and chat
with you instantly. I can speak enough about how powerful this is.
You can visit Mighty Chat here:

http://www.mightychat.com



5) Buy professionally designed auction templates. For just a few dollars
you can start posting beautiful, bid pulling auction listings. Using
templates is a cheap and easy to way increase your auction success.
A well known service called "Bid Boosters" provides these templates.
You can visit their website here:

http://www.bidboosters.com



6) Offer alternative payment methods to your bidders. A large percentage
of your winning bidders will pay for their winning bid with PayPal, but
not everybody will want to use this method. It's best to offer
alternative payment methods to your bidders. For example

http://www.bidpay.com is a very popular service that allows your
winning bidders to pay you via a Western Union type of money order.
Also there is http://auctionpayments.checkfree.com with this service
winning bidders can pay for their winning bid via a standard check.
People always like to have options and these are 2 great ones.



7) Check out eBay Pulse to take a look at eBays most searched words and
most watched items. As eBay puts it:
"A daily snapshot of The World's Online Marketplace"
Just click the following link to learn more:

http://pulse.ebay.com



8) Increase your auction sales by attracting new customers and
increasing your current customer loyalty. There is a great service
called "Auction Contact" that automatically lets your customers know
about your auctions and merchandise. Basically how it works is, every
week your customers receive your customized newsletter listing your
auctions and providing a direct link to each auction. Most importantly,
Auction Contact is affordable, easy to use, and fully automated.
You can visit their website here:

http://auctioncontact.auctionresourcenetwork.net



9) Along the lines of increasing customer loyalty, there is a new
service called "Pay Codes" that allows you to offer your customers
coupons to save them money on future PayPal payments to you. PayCodes
is an ideal way to reward your customers and attract new buyers.
A very powerful tool. You can visit their website with the link below:

http://paycodes.auctionresourcenetwork.net





10) It is vital to use an auction management service. This will
save you a lot of time which you can use to concentrate on
making more money. A good auction management service will
automate such things as emailing your winning bidders and leaving
feedback automatically. I highly recommend a product called Vendio.
You can visit their website with this link:

Vendio