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Ebay offers an extraordinary opportunity to make money over the internet. Many, many people are making a part time income from eBay and loads of people are full time eBayers. Ebay.co.uk is pretty straight forward to operate but the following tips will help you get the most out of this great trading opportunity.

Learn a little HTML. Adverts written in HTML look so much better than plain text ads. They give customers a little confidence that you know what you are doing.
Never try to make a profit on postage. People know roughly what things cost to send, and an over inflated postage charge will put people off.
Clear, polite email communication with customers helps build confidence and repeat customers.
If you can have your auction pictures hosted by a web hosting company. They are clearer and you will have more flexibility about where you place them in your auction ads.
If you can, check your auction ads for spelling mistakes. Poor spelling does not help at all.
Open up a PayPal account so that you can take credit/ debit cards. They are fairly reliable and it is very convenient for customers.
The profit on eBay is made in the buying, not the selling. Buy as cheaply as possible as margins on eBay are pretty tight.
When you have found an item you want to sell search for it on ebay (UK and USA) to get an idea of how people are selling it and what sort of prices they are getting. Use the 'Completed Items' button on the left han side of the search results to see how much they have actually sold for.
When pricing items take into account 1) what you paid for it, 2) all eBay fees, 3) PayPal fees or merchant bank fees, 4) your time composing the advert, photographing the item and wrapping it for postage. Its surprising how much of your time/ profits are eaten up by these factors.
Remember - the customer is always right! (Even when they are wrong.)

Good luck and happy trading!

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