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If you were to look through eBay, or any other online auction site for that matter,you would find that many people make some very basic mistakes. And, they repeat these mistakes over and over again. As indicated in my book "eBay Marketing Wholesale SourcePak" with a little common sense these mistakes are completely preventable. So to prevent you from making these very same mistakes I have put together the Top Ten Tips For Auction Success.

10. Shipping

Always state what your shipping price will be. And, Do Not try to rip off your buyers by inflating the shipping price to increase your profit. Believe it or not, people do have a fair idea of what shipping costs should be. If they feel you are inflating your shipping price they will not bid on your item and may not look at any of your other auctions either from fear of being ripped off.

9. Customer Support

You must respond to all emails regarding your auctions. Yes, responding to emails is time consuming. But, if you don't, that potential bidder will look elsewhere for the product and you will have lost yourself a customer.

8. Reserve Price

Do your research on the price for your item. If you must use a reserve price keep it real. If you over price your item you will not get as many bids. And, while all good marketers know there is a time and place for the Reserve Auction, you may actually get more bids using no reserve pricing at all. Do your research to help you make this decision.

7. Item Condition

You must let bidders know what condition your item is in. Is it new and in it's packaging, or used but like new condition. Does it have any imperfections they should be made aware of. A potential bidders will want to know what condition your item is in before making any bids.

6. Terms

This could come under the heading Customer Service. If you have terms on your auction page that read something like this "Not Responsible For Item Once Shipped" or "Item Sold As Is" you will get less bidders for that auction. Be a responsible eBayer, have insurance on the item that your buyer can purchase. And be sure to have some sort of guarantee on your products.

5. Feedback

One of the most important parts of your eBay Business. Feedback is a method eBay uses to allow buyers and sellers to record their experiences with each other. Then, others can check out the feedback of any eBayer they wish to deal with, to see if there has been any negative comments left. Therefore, it is extremely important to keep your feedback rating positive.

4. Auction Start/Close Time

You must plan your auction start/close time around the bidders you wish to attract to your auction. If the product you are selling appeals to the working woman, the best time to start/end your auction would be in the evening or on the weekend. Always create a profile on your product and what group of the population you are selling to.

3. Item Description

Not enough information or too much rambling of information will discourage people from bidding. So too will to many typos. Your item description must be clean and concise. Succinctly provide all the information required to describe the item sufficiently and create buyer interest.

2. Image

You need to use an image on your auction page. Remember a picture is worth a 1000 words! Potential bidders will want to see what the item looks like before they make a bid. With digital cameras, being so affordable these days adding an image to your auction page is easier then ever. But, make sure the image is clear and well lit to show it's detail or any imperfections it may have. Also, keep the image at a reasonable pixel size so your auction page doesn't take to long to load.

1. Headlines

This is the most important issue for getting more bidders to your auction page. You must include words that people will search on eBay. And, you must make your headline enticing, so potential bidders will click it. If you are selling an antique make-up table a headline saying old vanity table would not pull in a lot of bidders. But, if you said something like "Vintage Vanity Table - Mint Condition - Collectors Item" not only would you get more potential bidders to view your auction, you would also be using words people would search eBay for. Your auction title would appear in searches for Vintage, Vanity Tables, Collectors Items. Therefore, allowing even more potential bidders to see your headline.

Happy Selling!

Joe Clare

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There are loads of things you can do which would put your date off, but if you worry about everything you'll never muster the courage to make a start. That said, if you don't take notice of the main reasons that people are put off, you could find you are wasting your time. Here are our top turn-offs:

- Dressing too young or too old. If you are late 40's, it is going to look totally wrong if you turn up looking like a teenager. The phrase "Mutton dressed up as lamb" springs to mind. But equally, if you turn up dressed like your parents would be, you're hardly going to convey the right impression.

- Dressing wrongly for the venue. Just as people say there is no such thing as bad weather, just unsuitable clothing. So you could almost say the same thing about your dress sense. Right for the occasion is what matters. What you might wear to a smart restaurant, could be totally wrong for an informal meeting in a coffee shop. For both genders, spend a little time consciously observing what people generally think is right. If you are a guy and everyone seems to go to this particular place in jeans or the equivalent, you're going to look mighty out of place in a jacket and tie. And you don't want to look or feel out of place just when you need all your confidence.

- Spending a lot of time talking about your last or previous relationships, whether good or bad. People don't want to hear about your troubles or even, your conquests.

- Being excessively critical of other people. Some folk when they split up with a partner, have nothing but bad stuff to say about them. So if you have split with someone, don't take this as a chance to tell your new date how dreadful they were. Nobody will be impressed and most will just see you as vindictive.

- Not giving the other person your complete attention. Complete attention means taking an interest in them and in what they say. Not either looking round the room, or rehearsing in your mind what you are going to say when it's your turn.

- Try to make a special effort - it will pay off as people are flattered to be listened to, and put off to be ignored. Poor eye contact is a no-no, so if you are a somewhat shy person, who tends not to do much eye contact, you will need to make a special effort. You can always focus on the space between the other person's eyebrows if you feel more comfortable. To them, it will look like real eye contact.

- Off colour jokes are very high risk until you have checked out what your date is likely to be interested in. Locker-room humour can be really embarrassing or even a bit alarming, to some people. So tread a bit carefully at first.

- Arrogance is not appealing but confidence is. Know the difference.

- Recognise that the other person may be a bit nervous and make it easy for them to relax, by being relaxed yourself. Do all you can to reduce the pressure of the occasion.

- Making no effort. This can show itself in all sorts of ways. Not being clean and tidy, not being on time, failing to keep your commitments such as phone calls, taking mobile calls from other people when on your date...any one of a number of things can convey the wrong message. And as they say, you only get one chance to make a good first impression.

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