Researching eBay before you begin your eBay career
is essential to building a successful eBay business. It's only through
researching what sells on eBay that you can pick profitable lines and
avoid much of the 'learning curve' costs one hears about.
But it's not enough to source a great line of
products to sell on eBay. You need to also research what selling
techniques work best. Understanding the niche you've chosen is vital to
knowing what motivates buyers to buy.
There are several expensive solutions available.
If you've been reading material about doing business on eBay you no
doubt have come across the names, 'Hammertap', 'Terapeak', 'Andale' and
even the market tools offered by eBay itself. While all of these tools
can be helpful, they can also add significantly to your costs,
particularly if you are just starting out on eBay. The last thing you
want to do is get hooked into a monthly fee when initially exploring
the opportunities offered through eBay.
I have a better solution then the above named eBay
research services. One that won't break your bank account. It's so
affordable you're going to wonder why you haven't heard about it
sooner. In fact, you can use the basic program, which is designed to
scan 'eBay Pulse' for hot new product trends, absolutely free. And free
is good! Plus, there's a blog that does most of the heavy lifting of
product scanning eBay for you. Even the bought version is set at one
low price, not a monthly fee and comes with a slew of free bonuses.
Updates are free as well and automatic, sometimes daily, all done in
the background.
One of the features of this valuable free tool is
how it actually employs Terapeak's eBay research into it's own result
pages. It utilizes that which Terapeak gives away freely to extend your
eBay research further.
GOOGLE’s seemingly simplistic input field has
inspired the basic program. There's just a drop down menu to get you
started (instructions are included below that). You click on an eBay
category you'd like to explore and a page is built for you on the fly.
Follow the simple instructions to further uncover the hottest products
on eBay in REALTIME.
The key to using this tool is first to determine
which products on eBay are getting the most bids. This, the tool does
for you. The second step is to look at those auctions that interest you
to study the way they are presented. See how the seller presents their
information. How many photos do they use? What exact wording are they
using? What’s your first impression of the title they’ve used? Make
notes of any emotionally charged keywords they are using. For while you
won’t want to copy their presentation word-for-word you will want to
use the ‘emotional content’ they’ve tapped into with the words they’ve
chosen.
Successful auctions do not happen by chance. They
are the results of careful planning and marketing tactics. Study as
many eBay auctions as you can before you dive into the eBay experience
yourself. You will be glad you’ve followed this advice. And now, my
free eBay research tool makes this extremely easy for you to do.
While the expensive tools will layout a lot of
research for you much of this can be uncovered by simply LOOKING AT
REAL AUCTIONS IN PROGRESS. I developed my simple approach to studying
eBay by having been inspired in my work as an independent stock
investor.
All the fancy software in the world can not pick
winning companies for the investor. Likewise, adding more buttons and
thrills to expensive eBay research tools will never take the place of
looking at auctions in progress.
The idea isn't necessarily to pick products with
the highest bids either. It's to pick products with a good demand that
YOU can find to sell. So don't get caught up in the mindset that you
must have only items with high bid counts.
Many of the expensive tool promoters point out
that these tools can tell you the best time of day to start and end
your auctions. But they do this at a price. And although such
information can be valuable to have at your fingertips it's not
absolutely necessary and probably not worth the total expense of the
package when you're just getting started.
To determine the best time of day to begin and end
your auctions you have two free options I can think of right off the
top of my head:
Study successful auctions as they are taking
place, again, my free tool will clue you into which auctions are hot.
Many of the people with the most successful auctions have already done
your research for you. They use the expensive tools and services. Just
spend some time (instead of money) looking at what they are doing.
And secondly, visit the forums dedicated to eBay
sellers and ask questions. It's really that simple, and that free!
GOOGLE: 'ebay sellers forums' for a list of forums you can checkout.
Forums are the great untapped free research tools of the Internet.
And while on the subject of GOOGLE, it's worth
your time to learn how to use all the features of this great search
engine. It can be one of the best research "partners" a future eBay
Power Seller has!
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About the Author
Dan Walter has been following major market trends
since 1996. He is the creator of a unique online software program he
uses to scan ‘eBay Pulse’ for the latest product trends. Visit his web
site at
http://www.1800realitycheck.com
to use his FREE tool to monitor what’s selling on eBay. Follow his blog
at
http://1800realitycheck.blogspot.com
to catch DAILY SCANS of ‘eBay Pulse’, PLUS learn the latest business
techniques and marketing strategies of the pros.
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