

Customers flock to sellers who have positive reviews – it just makes sense.Ĩ. Always ask for reviews from your customers. Your delivery proposition and costs is also an important factor in seller ratings.ħ. If you are new to eBay, you’ll need to build up a couple of reviews before users are convinced you are a safe and reliable seller. Think about building your online presence with an engaging blog to support your eBay store.Ħ. Using third party sites like eBay is a way around the initial cost of setting up an online business.

Reading market research conducted by major retailers offers invaluable information into consumer habits.ĥ. Amazon, eBay and Etsy all offer tutorials on how to make the most of their platforms, which makes them very popular with new merchants.Ĥ. With any product you need a specific customer base. Consider where you want to pitch your tent between cost and service quality.ģ. Not shopping around for the best courier service can really eat into your earnings, savings of 70 per cent are currently possible. As long as you price your goods honestly and transparently, you’re sure to attract the right buyer in a short space of time.Ģ.

We don’t guarantee every spare room start-up will achieve the same but here’s ParcelHero’s 20 tips for success.”ġ. “Today, the site is one of the 50 most valuable brands in the world, with 157 million buyers, around 25 million sellers and 800 million listings. What happened next has become business legend,” explains David Jinks MILT, ParcelHero’s head of public relations. “Over the US Labor Day weekend in 1995, eBay’s founder, Pierre Omidyar, wrote the code to create what was then called AuctionWeb and launched it from a spare bedroom. As eBay turns 20, marketplace fulfilment expert ParcelHero has offered up its top 20 tips to help retailers boost their sales on the auctioning website.
