As we approach the end of another year and thoughts turn to 2010 and all those New Year   resolutions, something that a lot of people think is, de-clutter and lets get rid of all of those items I no longer use, we put them in a black black or several and to the tip we go.

Well stop right there, by all means de-clutter your home but do not go to the tip with those items you could be throwing away hundreds of pounds in cash. Sell your items on eBay. Spend the Christmas period when all the parties are over and start to list.

Very soon your home will be de-cluttered and you will have some extra cash in your pocket to help pay all those bills that will soon be dropping through your door.

Guess some of you may be saying oh yeah, but I know nothing about eBay and how eBay works………….. do not worry if you live in the Lichfield area of Staffordshire I run regular classes or even one to one classes you can find out more about my eBay Education Classes here.But also am willing to help anyone anywhere via email, phone, skype.

Now some of you will say oh I just do not have the time for all this, so sadly to the tip it must go. Stop right there again, I have been selling on eBay for well over 10 years now, and I can help you with your problem. I am also an eBay Trading Assistant and this means I will sell your items for you, I take all the pictures, handle everything and when all the items have sold and the customer is happy, you get a nice paypal or cheque in the post less of course our commission. Sorry we do have to charge a commission I mean we all have to live and eat.

But that aside why not give it a go yourself, I did and I loved it. It is easy, It is Safe and selling on eBay is fun and can make you good money. 

So if you need help in selling your items when you have de-cluttered and you live in the  Lichfield area give us a call.

Another resource bought to you by Andrew Milburn and My Auction Empires

Hi,

Just to let you know I will be doing a three week training classes on eBay and the basics of buying and selling on ebay.

The classes will be on :  Wedneday October 8th , 15th, 22nd  between 7.30pm and 9.30pm. They will be held at Emmanuel Christian Centre, in Lichfield. This will be a free class as it is aimed to reach out and help the community around the church.

Numbers will be limited to around 25.

For more information, please email me at info@myauctionempires.com 

Happy eBaying
Andrew Milburn

eBay Money Saving Tips – 2

Todays money saving for helping you save money on eBay is looking at how and where you list your items on eBay.

Now many of us often list an item we are selling in two categories while at times there maybe an need for this and hands up, I have and do list in two at times. But what I would like you to do is to sit down and think do I need to do this to make sales or am I doing it because everyone else is doing it.

Take time out and do some online research in your niche, are other powersellers in your niche using the one product two categories approach. If they are then you may need it for your niche.

A good way to test is to run two auctions one with two categories and one with just the one and see your results.

Now I am going to say at times you may sell a product where you have just one of them and this product crosses over into two areas then if this happens use the two categories.

Happy eBaying and let me know your thoughts

Andrew Milburn

As an eBay Education Specialist one of the top questions that I am asked is “How can I reduce the fees I am paying” I normally answer them the fees that they pay are already cheap………… You should try owning a brick and mortor store.

So I have decided to do some short articles outlining some quick ways you can save money on your ebay listing fees, and by the time this series has finished I hope you will do, and believe me it will both suprise you and help your business go to the next level.

Now I am going to be honest here, unless you understand where your money is being spent in your eBay business you will never have a large successful and profitable business nor will you be able to make savings. For how can you make savings when you do not know what you are already spending?

eBay bless them have once again been ten steps ahead of us and have things in place to help us. If you go along to your seller account, and select your latest eBay invoice and save it to an excel type program.(Excel or Google Spreadsheets or any of the free ones out there Once it has been saved you will then need to sort it via the 4th column (The fourth Column is the fee type.) by sorting by this column you will see straight away what you are spending and if you are over or even under spending.  For example If you are spending extra on a bold listing you need to ask yourself, do I really need these listings? Or if you are not spending anything or very little on lets say featured listing and your niche needs featured listing you need to sit down and work on it.

As Education Specialists we can help you and give you advice, but only you know your business and what works in your business. And only you know your business stats.

Well thats it for today, look out for some money saving tips.

Andrew Milburn – AndyUk

Hello and welcome to my eBay Education and Trading Assistant Site. Over the coming weeks and months I shall be adding regular content. If you wish to find out about any of the services we offer, please click on the link above in the tabs or to the left.

Thanks

AndyUk