hi this is dr. class here now some of
you might have some items around the
home that you have thought about selling
on ebay but wasn't sure on how to do
that
and I thought about doing this video to
show you a step-by-step and how easy it
is to put that item on eBay auction it
off and hopefully in the process you'll
make some money so let's get started to
get started I'm on ebay.com website
right now now if you're new to eBay you
do need to sign up for a new account if
you have an account already go ahead and
sign in to my eBay and on the top right
hand corner you see this my eBay click
on that and then they'll ask you to sign
in or log into the account the other
thing you'll need is to also sign up for
a PayPal account almost all the
transactions the money transactions that
you deal with on eBay goes through
PayPal it's a very smooth and easy
process the PayPal will be linked to
your bank account so they can transfer
money in and out of PayPal very easily
it's very important that you understand
the fees that eBay would charge you if
you are buying something off eBay the
buyer does not need to pay any fees at
all however if you're gonna be selling
an item on eBay there are two main fees
that will charge you now this page
you're looking at you can google it it's
very easy to find just Google eBay fees
and you'll find a page like this now on
this page you'll find two different type
of basic fees one of them is called the
insertion fee this insertion fee is
basically what they'll charge you to
list the item on the eBay regardless it
sells or not they will charge you for
that fee now the fee for this is not
that high usually starts at about 35
cents per auction and then depending on
what options you add like say if you
want to ad buy it now then the options
will add more cost to the insertion fee
the other fee that you need to
understand is the final value fee the
final value fee is gonna be charged when
the item sells now if it does not sell
then there is no final value fee
the fee for this is gonna be ten percent
of the total sale so that's the item
itself plus the shipping charge and
that's a total again 10% of the total
selling price
one last fee that you also have to pay
is if you're gonna be using PayPal there
is also a fee for the transaction and
you can google that information and find
out how much it is I believe is about
three percent of the transaction that's
how much they charge you now that you're
ready to sell something on eBay what I
recommend is to get onto eBay comm
website and do a quick search for the
item you're selling so for example I'm
planning to sell a children's gaming
device called the Leapster Explorer and
you want to have a look at what are the
prices that other people are selling
this item at because remember regardless
you sell the item or not they would
charge you an assertion fee so let's say
the item is going for around say twenty
ten to twenty dollars and if you list
your item at $50 or $60 then obviously
the chance of you selling your items and
be very very slim so do take the time to
do a quick research on the exact item
that you have and find out what is the
fair market value for the item that you
want to sell the next thing is to take a
lot of good photos of the item you're
selling on eBay and this step is very
important because presentation is
everything
I noticed a lot of people who sell stuff
on eBay they take a blurry picture or
just one picture and expect people to be
very impressed with what they're gonna
be getting now every time I sell
something on eBay I organize all the
items if it comes with the original boss
I show them that it does come with it
also any accessories that come with it
and as you can see I have my DSLR camera
and that's what I'll be using to take
some very clear and detailed pictures
and I've just simply placed everything
in a room here actually is my kid's
playroom and placed it on the carpet
surface here because it's a nice clear
background and then I will take some
close-up pictures of the actual device
if it's an electronic device power it on
take pictures of it show people that it
is functioning show people that the LCD
screen is not broken so these are all
the little things that you can do to
make sure that your option listing is
going to be better than the other guys
that's trying to sell the same item
after taking your photos and uploading
it to your computer now we'll get onto
ebay.com website here and click on the
sell button here to begin listing our
auction item this is a new screen
they've added as you can see there are
two options you can sell it by myself or
sell it for me
I'm gonna do sell it myself click on
this box here go ahead and enter the
description or the model number or name
of your item that you want to sell and
then no search for the categories that
this device fall under and for me this
is gonna be an educational electronic
learning toy learning system select that
and click continue here in the title box
enter a title that people will see when
they search for your item below that is
subtitle now I'm not going to be using
that because that's an extra 50 cents
for the insertion fee below that is
condition select new or used you can add
additional information for the condition
of the unit below that is add photos
click on that and now you can select
different photos to upload to ebay you
can select up to a maximum of 12 photos
once the pictures are uploaded you can
actually move each of these pictures to
different spots right here and that will
be the order that the people will see
these pictures when they scroll through
one by one the very first picture that
you see on the left side can be used as
a thumbnail picture for your option so
here I'm gonna be using this picture
right here and moving it over here and I
might delete this one here now you can
click on finish and these are the
pictures that will be shown in your eBay
listing now right below the pictures
you'll see this gallery plus 35 cents
click on that and they'll display a
large photo in your auction and I'll be
using the first photo that you see on
the left side right here scroll down and
there's some information and enter for
the specific item you don't have to
enter this section so let's keep on
going here in the detail section
typically I'll enter the details of the
item in this section also the condition
if there are some things that that buyer
need to know such as if there are
scratches on the unit or if there are
damages to the unit or if there's
something that is not working you really
want to be honest in this section
because you don't want to sell an item
only to have that person later on
dispute it with eBay and want a refund
and also if you have any requirements
for shipping or payment also you enter
into this detail section so I've just
finished typing in the details of the
item now we'll scroll down to the
pricing section so if you want to you
can start off your auction at a very low
price to attract more people but if
there's a minimum price you want to sell
it at then you may want to list that as
the minimum price that you want to start
the auction at so for this item I'm
gonna say $16
and if you want to you can also do a Buy
It Now price again it would cost you
additional fees to do that then you can
choose the duration of the option one
day 3 days 5 days 7 days or even 10 days
now I'm going to choose 5 days for this
one the next section is the shipping
here you can select either a flat rate
or you can choose to calculate depending
on the buyer location I'll be using a
flat rate also here the service you can
select US PS or FedEx whichever you want
to use now this flat rate you can
actually specify how much you want to
charge for the flat rate shipping I'll
leave this at nine dollars down here
there's a section here called create
edit exclusion list you want to click on
this the exclude shipping locations will
allow you to select which country that
you do not ship the item to and if you
want to mainly ship only the item to say
Canada and us here you can select all
the location that you don't want the
ship to and then those people located in
those places will not be allowed to bid
on your item once you select all the
items that you want to exclude then
click on apply now you see the excluded
shipping locations and below that the
package details you don't need to enter
this if you're doing a flat rate
shipping scroll down so near the bottom
of the page you'll see the fees that
eBay will charge you this is the
insertion fee when you're ready go ahead
and click on continue
this next page will give you a summary
of all the charges gallery plus is 35
cents no subtitle no bull title so the
total is only 35 cents scroll down to
the bottom and you see a check box here
for automatically realist this item up
to two times if it doesn't sell so for
this one insertion fee if the item does
not sell the first time you can set it
to relist it automatically and they'll
allow you to have a maximum of three
listing for this one item now you can
also manually relist the item at
whatever time you want to so it's up to
you if you want to check this but you
don't have to I'll go ahead and click on
the list your item here you see the
message congratulations your item has
been listed and here's the item that
will be shown on eBay to check the
status of the items you're selling go to
my ebay scroll down to the active
selling section if you want to know how
many people have looked at your option
and if there are any bids on it then you
want to pay attention to the numbers on
the right side here so for example this
one 13 tells me that they're 113 people
that looked at the item and nine people
have saved it in their watchlist this
five here is the actual number of bids
on this item and the highest fit so far
is $26 and time left are 13 minutes left
this item has been listed for about
seven days and after 13 minutes from now
then the option will end whereas if you
look at the next one here 55 people have
looked at it for people saved in their
watch list of no bids on it and there's
53 minutes left on the auction after the
option ends and if the items did sell
you can look at it by going to my eBay
and go to the sold section here as you
can see I have several items listed
telling me that they're sold now the
highest bidder or the winning bidder
will get an email letting them know that
they need to pay for the item if you
want you can also click on these send
voice
button right here on the right and I'll
send them an email reminding them that
they need to pay for the item once the
item is paid you see this button here
that tells you to print the shipping
label and also you'll notice that
there's a dollar sign that's in bold
that tells you that the item has been
paid of course if you want to double
check you can always log into your
PayPal account and make sure you see the
balance when you're ready to ship the
item click on the print shipping label
it takes you to the ebay purchase and
print USPS postage page here you'll need
to enter the weight and the dimension of
the box and select the service that you
want to ship this out on on the left
side of the screen this is the ship to
and the ship from address and it's Auto
populated now I'm not showing you
because of privacy reasons but next
thing is to select the service you want
right here you can click on the drop
down menu to select different services
you want or if you want you can click on
the compare delivery services but before
you click on that you want to enter the
weight of that box and the item you're
shipping once you enter that then go
ahead and click on the compare delivery
services this page will give you a
comparison of all the different services
available and the cost for each one of
them now you don't want to just pick the
cheapest one because depending on the
weight and the size of the box that
you're shipping some of these service
might not apply to you so for example
the box I'm shipping I can use party
male medium flat rate box or the party
mail large flat rate box or the party
mail package 1 to 3 days or the parcel
select two to nine days package now
anything that says flat rate box here on
the left these will be shipped in the
USPS flat rate box that they have at the
post office so you don't want to use
your own box you can just pick up these
free boxes available at your local
postal office and then these are the
costs which is flat rate costs for these
items if you want to use your own box
then you can select one of these be the
party mail or Parcel select so if you
want to know if your box
meets the criteria they set for each of
these service as you can see here
there's a description here for party
male 1 2 3 days package now that's a
criteria for this party male 1 2 3 days
package every one of these service will
have different dimensions and weight
limit so you want to check that before
you select that service once you have
chosen the service you want at the
bottom right hand corner click on a safe
here you see the postage cost displayed
over here I do recommend you going
through the eBay USPS page to print and
purchase your postage because if you
look on the right side you see there's
an ebay discount for buying the postage
online and I'm saving three dollars and
59 cents if you were to walk in to USPS
postal office you'll be paying 1425 but
because I'm doing this online via the
eBay website I only pay 10 dollars and
66 cents before you purchase the postage
there are a couple of options you can
select do you add the signature
confirmation you can add insurance so
there are a couple of options you can
add here but for me I just typically
stick with the tracking information
which is free and then I'll go ahead and
click on the purchase postage right here
after you've purchased the postage the
next thing you need to do is print the
label so right here there's a button
here for you to print the label after
the auction ends and you've sold the
item carefully box it up so that doesn't
get damaged during shipping now if
you're gonna be using USPS flat-rate
shipping you can pick up the free boxes
from the post office put it in here put
in the bubble wrap or popcorn whatever
you have to protect the item here I have
the label printed and here's my box now
this just printed on a regular piece of
paper you can buy special labels that
you print on and then you just stick it
on but for me I'll just print it on a
and a half by 11 sheet of paper I'll cut
out this shipping label and tape it on
to the box one thing I want to mention
is that if you're gonna be printing this
at home is to use a laser printer
because with inkjet printer if the label
gets wet
the lettering and all the print elf is
gonna start smearing so that's one
recommendation I really want to
emphasize is to make sure that you have
good print out on the label so that it
gets to your destination without any
problem I've placed the label onto the
box and what you want to do is place
packing tape around the four edges of
that label but USPS don't recommend you
to tape over any of the barcode so their
scanners don't have any problem scanning
it now the only thing you need to do is
drop this off at your USPS postal office
and get it shipped out I hope this video
was helpful for those people who wants
to sell some stuff on eBay and make some
extra money and if you have any
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