They do boring business things

Such as keep inventories and budgets. They know what they are going to be selling, how much they buy it for, and how much they expect to sell for. Just like a real shop, there can be hard times sometimes, but their income is stable, and their business can grow slowly.

Do not take long-term risks for short-term gain. Look after your reputation, manage your selling properly, provide good customer service, and the rewards will come to you in due course. One possibility that you might have realized so far is what eBay can do for any other businesses you might have.

Most of the people who make money from eBay do not actually make all that money on eBay. There are all sorts of ways you can use eBay to give your existing businesses a helping hand. If you have any leftover stock or used items from another business you run, sell them on eBay.

You can make this a regular thing, using it to get rid of things that will not sell for the premium you ask for in a shop, or items that are no longer in demand in the town or city where your business is based. You can really make a lot of money this way if you know what you are doing. You will, of course, already be an expert in the items you are selling, as you use them in your business, and you will know that the items are of high enough quality to be sellable.

This is a whole new market for your old inventory. eBay give you an 'About Me' page, where you can write anything you like and link anywhere you like. This means that you can get traffic to your business' website by linking to your website from your About Me page and linking to your About Me page from each auction.

To create an About Me page, just click on 'Community' on the toolbar, scroll to the bottom of the page, and click 'Create an About Me page'. You then get the option to either enter your own HTML or let eBay guide you through the process. All you need to do is write a little about your website, link to it, and you are done.

You will notice that more people start to come to your site straight away. All the traffic you will get will be targeted because the people who click through were interested in your auction to begin with. This can be a powerful technique, especially if you have already got an e-commerce site.

Now that you have seen how to drive visitors to your website, maybe you would like a little help getting your auction in front of buyers. The customer is always right. If you want to be a successful eBay seller, you should go miles out of your way to make sure every single one of your customers is 100% satisfied, however much time or money it might cost you. A dissatisfied customer will leave negative feedback, and negative feedback is to be avoided at all costs.

That one piece of negative feedback will always cost you more than it would have to deal with the complaint, whatever the value of the items you sell. You should consider any positive feedback percentage under 100% to be an absolute disaster, and a personal failure on your part. There is no situation where you, as a seller, should get into any dispute with a buyer.

If the item never arrived, politely ask the buyer to wait a few more days to see if it turns up, and then email you again if it still has not arrived.