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SELLING ITEMS ON EBAY
The eBay Market
The Facts Without The Hype
EBay is the premier online marketplace
eBay is an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide. Founded in 1995, eBay is now a multi-billion dollar business with operations localized in over thirty countries.
How does eBay work?
EBay is an online auction service designed to allow users to sell merchandise by allowing prospective buyers to place bids on these items. The auction can last anywhere from a few days to a few weeks. The bidder with the highest bid is awarded the item at the end of the auction.
Selling Items On eBay
The seller is required to create a seller profile on the membership site which is free of charge.
Selling from your own eBay Store – Several store options are available:
EBay has a store option which is useful if you want to be able to sell a lot of items on eBay without paying a lot in eBay fees. There is a monthly fee of $15.95 for the least expensive store and higher fees for the more complicated stores. Go to eBay home page and look for a link at bottom of page and click on “related links”. This will lead to the eBay stores link.