Make Extra Income

Using Ebay To Sell Your Widgets

Everyone I’m sure has heard of ebay and realizes it’s an online auction service, but many people have failed to utilize it to sell their own widgets. If you want to make extra income online your going to need a products to sell. In my previous post we mention getting started by creating a product called the dirty blue widget. Now it really doesnt matter what it is your trying to sell so long as you have something. Before you can begin selling on ebay you’ll need to do a few things first. 1. you’ll need to sign up for an ebay account at http://ebay.com 2. you’ll need a way to take peoples money once they purchase your fancy blue widget. I highly recommend you dont take personal checks but that is up to your. If you want to accept credit cards as payment for your dirty blue widgets you’ll want to set up an account with Paypal or some similar service.

Ok now you have the basics of what is required to sell your widgets on ebay. The next thing you need to consider is how much are you going to sell your dirty blue widget for? Dont forget you need to figure in the cost of production, your time to make the item, packing and shipping costs associated and of course you want to add your profit margin.

After deciding how much to ask for your dirty blue widget you can proceed to creat your listing.
I’ll cover the specifics about how to create your sale listing in my next post. Until then take the time to get all your accounts set up, calculate the price your willing to sell your blue widget for and start reading the tutorials on ebay’s sellers page.

Tags: Ebay, Selling Widgets