Marsha Collier & Bill Summers 
Starting an eBay Business For Canadians For Dummies 

Turn your hobby into a successful career

Starting an e Bay Business For Canadians For Dummiescovers the essentials an e Bay user or budding entrepreneur needs tostart a moneymaking venture by trading on e Bay. Readers willdiscover not only the essentials of maximizing profits on e Bay, butalso how to run a smart e Bay-based business. Topics include:
* Setting up basic auctions
* Building a store
* Choosing what to sell
* Setting good prices
* Stocking your storeroom
* Dealing with sales taxes
* Shipping domestically and internationally

Canadians selling on e Bay deal with many unique concerns whichwill be addressed in this adapted best-seller.

Table of Content

Introduction.

Part I: Getting Serious about e Bay.

Chapter 1: Using e Bay to Launch Your Business.

Chapter 2: The Finer Points of e Bay Selling.

Chapter 3: Cool e Bay Tools.

Chapter 4: Practising Safe Selling.

Chapter 5: Your Very Own e Bay Store.

Part II: Setting Up Shop.

Chapter 6: Stocking the Store.

Chapter 7: Knowing the Value of What You’re Selling.

Chapter 8: Establishing a Base of Operations: Your Web Site.

Part III: Business Is Business — No Foolin’Around!

Chapter 9: Software Built for Online Auctions.

Chapter 10: Dollars and Sense: Budgeting and Marketing Your Auctions.

Chapter 11: Jazzing Up Your Auctions.

Chapter 12: Providing Excellent Customer Service.

Chapter 13: When the Money Comes Rolling In.

Chapter 14: Getting It from Your Place to Theirs.

Part IV: Your e Bay Back Office.

Chapter 15: Going Legit.

Chapter 16: Practising Safe and Smart Record-Keeping.

Chapter 17: Building an e Bay Back Office.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 18: Ten Successful (and Happy) e Bay Sellers and Their Stories.

Chapter 19: Ten Other Places to Move Merchandise.

Part VI: Appendixes.

Appendix A: Glossary.

Appendix B: The Hows and Whys of a Home Network.

Index.

About the author

Marsha Collier (Los Angeles, CA) is a full-time e Baybusinessperson and Power Seller who is also the author of e Bay For Dummies. Marsha also teaches e Bay University courses and isa media favourite with appearances on NBC’s Today Show and ABC’s The View.

Bill Summers (Kitchener, ON) ventured into the world ofe Bay selling almost six years ago. With an initial thousand-dollarinvestment, he turned his venture into a full-time business withinmonths. Currently, he is an e Bay Power Seller (sales over$1000/month) under two selling Ids and is Canada’s leading Education Specialist trained by e Bay.