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eBay 101: Selling on eBay For Part-time or Full-time Income, Beginner to PowerSeller in 90 Days
By Steve Weber
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ebay 101-buy it!
This is one of the first books out with the newer format on ebay. Easy reading, easy to understand. I recomend it.

Best reference for selling on eBay
This book not only is a great introduction to eBay, it’s the best reference book to selling on eBay I’ve seen because of the extensive glossary, index and guide to those odd acronymns. It’s also a realistic guide to selling — no rose-colored classes. There are not too many illustrations in here but the ones there are a big help. This book is a keeper, I’m going to keep it within arm’s reach. From the books I’ve seen, this one is the most up-to-date also.

Another Steve Weber How-To Book
This book is the third Steve Weber book I have read, the first two being “The Home-Based Bookstore” and “Plug Your Book.” I was quite enthusiastic about both of Steve’s earlier efforts because they were extremely helpful and Steve wrote both well. Those comments apply to this book also.

The marvelous thing about this book is that it starts with the basics and works up to advanced techniques and clever strategies. When I say basics, I mean the kind of information that someone new to eBay would find helpful. What do certain words mean? How do I, and fill in the blank. Steve covers everything you can think of as a newcomer to eBay. Yet, Steve moves quickly and someone going from occasional seller to wondering about setting up a business can move past the basics easily.

What more is there to learn? Steve provides great advice on where to find more stuff for your eBay business. He also provides guidance for evaluating quality and describing your merchandise. All this advice keeps in mind the need to satisfy customers so that they will give you positive feedback and keep coming back.

Just like those popular television commercials, this is the point where I say, but wait, there is more! Steve discusses how to track stock and where it is located. He reviews several software options to handle an expanding enterprise. Included in his advice are options for the most cost effective method of shipping. Steve then provides a lot of detail on how you can expand your customer base through various techniques for advertising your business. I think there are at least half a dozen techniques for getting your business exposed on the internet, including how to fare well with Google searches.

I am touching on just a few of the numerous topics in the fifteen chapters in this book. There are at least 140 sub-headings in this book covering more topics than I had considered when thinking about selling on eBay. With all this powerful information, Steve did something more amazing; he included input from others. [...]

As with any purchase you make, what you want to know is whether this book is worth buying. If you fancy yourself expanding into eBay as a business, or expanding a current eBay business, or you just want to know how eBay works, then this book is worth far more than its price.

One thing I always notice about self-published books is how well they are written. I was unable to find a single grammar error in this book. Therefore, not only is this book full of valuable information, but that information is nicely organized and reading about that information is a pleasure.

Self-help books often seem like they need help themselves. I have read many self-help books by people claiming to be experts in their particular field of endeavor. When you read these books, you quickly realize that the book babbles on about trivialities or the organization is poor. Worse, some of these books have errors that even a novice recognizes. To find a well-written self-help book by an author who has successfully used the techniques in that book is always a wonder. “eBay 101″ is such a book.

Enjoy!

Note: The author provided me with a review copy of this book.