Check your email at least twice daily
As a buyer, you want to ensure you win the most bids you can– within your price range, of course. Since eBay will email you whenever you're outbid on an item for which you have an outstanding bid, you want to be sure you know as soon as possible, so you can re-bid if you want to. If you don't check your email, and you receive an outbid notice, by the time you do check email, the auction may be over for that item. Checking your email regularly will keep you informed of the status of your bids.
Also you want to respond quickly to any emails from buyers or sellers relating to your bids or your auctions.
Be careful about leaving negative feedback
You should always try and work things out with the seller. If a seller is a total fraud, then go ahead and leave negative feedback.
eBay is a community and most people are basically good, although all of us mess up once in a while. Unfortunately there are a few Crazies out there. If you leave negative feedback on them, they seek revenge, start flaming email wars, send emails to your bidders and so on. Sometimes leaving negative feedback on these people can cause more trouble than it is worth.
Master the power of searching
According to eBay, about 65% of bidders find their item by searching. Including the exact name of the product you are selling is key to bidders finding your auction. Some sellers place a tilde (~) or a star * next to their auction title to help get attention. Place a space between a tilde (or *) and a word, or the word will not come up in a search.
For example: *Nikon* would not result in any items found, because eBay's search engine sees the * as part of the word. According to Power Seller News, some of the most searched words on eBay are: DVD, Art, BMW, Gucci, Longaberger, Louis Vuitton, Laptop, Playstation 2 and Paintball.
Use eBay's powerful search engine to find items and to see what items are selling and how much they are selling for.
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