Shill bidding occurs when someone places a bid on an auction for the sole purpose of stimulating bidding activity or raising the bid prices--with no intention of purchasing the product. Shill billing most often occurs when a seller is either getting no bids or is not happy with the bid prices thus far. Sometimes sellers with multiple auction accounts bid on their own offerings; … [Read more...]

If you are selling products on eBay, be aware of what your total costs are for the items that you sell. Many eBay sellers do not take into account all of their selling costs and are surprised to find out how much eBay takes out of their pocket. We use eBay ourselves and find it to be a good place to sell products. It works well as a primary or alternate sales channel for … [Read more...]

Online auctions have become a great place to sell a wide range of products and services, either casually or professionally. This selling channel is dominated by eBay. You can view eBay either as the world's largest garage sale or the world's largest classified ads site. At any time you will literally find millions of auction listings in eBay. eBay was built upon a community … [Read more...]

Online auctions have become a great place to find bargains on a very wide range of products. By far the largest name in online auctions is eBay. If you are a savvy bidder you can pick up some tremendous bargains in eBay auctions. We have been buying and selling products on eBay since 1998. Here are some of our favorite bits of advice for new eBay buyers. Buying Tips for … [Read more...]

Stealth bidding -- also called bid sniping -- is a common auction bidding tactic that frequently yields great bargains. A stealth bidder is someone who never bids on a product until the auction is a few seconds away from closing. The idea behind this is simple. If you bid too early in an online auction, people will continue to bid the price up, which drives up the final price … [Read more...]

PayPal was initially established to handle micropayments and simple Internet transactions. The company quickly became the payment of choice for both buying and selling products on eBay, the world's largest online auction site. In 2002, eBay purchased PayPal and has integrated many of the systems, which has made the auction transaction payment process very simple. Because … [Read more...]