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Here
are a couple of tips for buying: (The
Best SELLING Tips are in the Kit)
1 - Search
for misspelled items. With the thousands upon
thousands of items listed on Ebay each and every hour
worldwide, chances are that there are a lot of sellers that
accidentally misspell keywords in the title that will prevent
the item from showing up in a regular search. If few people
can find the auction, then few people will bid and the final
price will likely be much lower than it's correctly spelled
cousin.
2 - Don't bid on a 99c item
- watch for later. Sellers list items for 99c for two main
reasons. One, the Ebay listing fee is cheaper if it starts
under $1, and two, items with a low starting price usually
attract a lot more attention. Say for example, two sellers
list an identical Nikon SLR camera. One starts at 99c, the
other at $100 and usual selling price is around $130. The
average buyer browsing the SLR listings will probably just
ignore the $100 item, but will be exited by the 99c one, open
it up, have a read, watch the item and maybe make a bid. The
$100 camera may slip away unsold and unwatched without a
single bid, but because of the traffic that the 99c starter
gets, the final price may well exceed $130.
By all means, don't ignore the 99c items, but
stick them in you watch list for later. The item with the
higher start price may be the real bargain.
3 - Sniping - Just nasty, or
a handy buyers tool? When I first started buying on Ebay, I
couldn't understand how I could have the winning bid and then
seconds before the auction close, someone would outbid me by a
few cents. Then I discovered sniping tools. So if you can't
beat them, join them. They provide some nice features which
improve your bidding experience, such as the ability to set
bidding limits across multiple items and the option to cancel
a snipe if you find something better - much easier than trying
to cancel a winning bid. My favourite sniper is called
JBidWatcher
4 - Check out the bidding history
and then research the other bidders. This can be a
lot of work, but for big ticket items, it may be worth it. At
the top of the item details, there will be a 'History' link.
Open it up to see how many other people are bidding and how
many bids each person has. If the highest bidder has made lots
of bids, this probably means that the maximum price they've
set isn't much higher than the current bid as they've eased
their way up a few dollars at a time to just push the previous
high bidder off their perch. The next thing you can do is view
the other bidder's feedback and have a look at other items
they've won. They may purchase similar items regularly giving
you an indication of how much they're willing to pay for an
item, which will give you a guide on what you should set your
maximum bid to.
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