eBay University Offers Lessons in Commerce

For anyone looking to demystify the whole process of selling on eBay, skip the classes and books that promise to show you how to make a million on eBay with your garage sale rejects, and instead take advantage of the free tutorials offered by eBay and their eBay University program.  On the eBay homepage in the upper right hand corner click on the button that says SELL.  When the drop down menu comes up, click on the Getting Started title.  At this point an entire page listing various topics related to selling on eBay pops up.  I found the How to Sell Tour brief and informative for novice eBayers, offering useful tips without hype.  There are plenty of video tutorials accompanied by a narrator ranging in length from a few minutes to an hour.  In addition to the tutorials on the basics of selling I strongly suggest taking the tutorials on using photographs with eBay.  Many times I have refused to bid on an item I was interested in because the grainy or poorly lit pictures made it impossible to tell if there were flaws that weren't showing up in the picture.   For collectors condition and rarity are the driving factors behind how much we are willing to spend.  Even if you only sell occassionally on eBay, this free education on the phenomenon that is eBay is worth the time.