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Course 1700: Working With Auctions - Basics ($99.99)
eBay is a retailing phenomenon. If you do things right, eBay brings customers to you. If you price correctly and provide excellent service you can establish a successful business on eBay. You can invest in inventory or you can use the Drop Ship method with eBay to minimize your risk investment. It's all here in this "Do-It-Right-on-eBay" course. For more details on the individual modules, click the links below. To view other courses offered by Visual Learning Systems, click here.
Module 1710: Auction Selling - Basics
Are you thinking of starting out making money on eBay? Do you want to ensure that you spend your time wisely and avoid disappointment? Many people start. Few Beginners really make money. There are definitely right and wrong ways to do things. Sydney Johnston is the Founder and CEO of Cyberweb Solutions, LLC and a nine year veteran of selling through auctions on eBay. She is best known for her eBay education conferences styled: "The Auction Genius." In this module she introduces you to the basics of eBay auctions.
Key Topics: Sole Proprietor, Corporation, Sales Use License, eBay Registration, PayPal, Tax
Module 1720: Auction Formats and Pricing
Avoid confusion! Ensure that you set up on eBay to make money through listing correctly in the right auctions using successful pricing policies. In her nine years of selling on eBay, Cyber Solution's Sydney Johnston has competed successfully against many people and businesses. She is a firm believer in pricing products correctly and using the power of auctions for making money.
Key Topics: eBay Customers, eBay Selling Models, eBay Auction Formats: Single - Dutch
Module 1730: Market Research and Competitive Pricing
There is huge traffic shopping on eBay! Do you wish to capture the right interest and have in-demand products available to sell? It's easier than you think and yet so many Beginners on eBay miss their opportunities. Sydney Johnston has found that most rookie sellers on eBay begin with 'Backwards Marketing' instead of 'Smart Marketing'. 'Backwards Marketers' first fall in love with a product and then try to find someone to buy it. 'Smart Marketers' find out what is in demand and supply it!
Key Topics: Market Research, Demand - Supply Indicators, Research Tools
Module 1740: Writing Powerful Copy that Sells!
Have you noticed how some eBay listings just stick out! Some provide compelling reasons to buy. Others don't. What will shoppers find when they reach your listings on eBay? Students of Sydney Johnston's Auction Genius classes say they learn that writing powerful copy is one of the strongest ingredients of success on eBay.
Key Topics: eBay Buyers, eBay Mindset, Keywords, Listings, Templates, Titles, Sub-Titles
Module 1750: Enhancing Copy with Features
Sometimes it's the wording that drives the sale. Sometimes it's the look and layout that drives shoppers' eyes to your eBay listings. Do you know which eBay features really work? Sydney Johnston comments on eBay's range of features that allow you to enhance your eBay listings.
Key Topics: Home Page Featured, Feature Plus, Highlight, Sub-Title, Gallery Picture
Module 1760: Working with Product Images - Part I
Do you wish to display sharp product pictures that compel your customers to buy? Do you want to avoid grainy, smudgy pictures? Do you wish to save time getting great pictures into your eBay listings? Apart from being a very successful Internet entrepreneur, A Squared Artifacts' Andy Jenkins has an extensive background in the print and movie industries. Andy reduces the complexity of all the image file types. He shares some very practical hints on how to use images in your listings and eStores to drive sales.
Key Topics: Resolution, Pixels, dpi, jpeg, gif, bmp, tiff, pict, psd
Module 1770: Working with Product Images - Part II
If you have to take your own pictures can you do this like a professional? Can you create appetizing images that sell? It's easier and can be cheaper than you think. Andy Jenkin's film school and movie making experience comes into play strongly in this module. Andy helps beginners get into the business of creating effective marketing images that will help sell products.
Key Topics: Scanners, Differentiation, Digital Pictures, Backdrop, Three-Point Light Plan
Module 1780: How to be a Professional eBay Seller
Do you want to build a customer base of people who love coming back to buy from you because you are something special? Sydney Johnston returns to close out this value-packed course. She provides tips that will place you ahead of the average seller on eBay.
Key Topics: eBay Fees, eBay Feedback, eBay Product Restrictions, Customer Service, Shipping, Profitability