eBay is a complex machine that is changing all the time. There are a lot of rules and regulations. It takes time to become familiar with all these, and if you sell regularly it is almost like a tax accountant, you have to keep ontop of the rules. Now is a great time to open an eBay account (open a personal account you can switch over to a business later) and start to sell things around your house. This is a great time to causally get familar with how eBay works without risking your business. Do not worry about the perfect business name that will come later, and you can change your name in eBay.
Setting up an account is pretty straight forward. At this time you will also have to set up your paypal account. Again lets just get started and get you familar with how the system works, because when your business takes off, you are not going to want to worry about the machine you are going to want to focus on selling, selling, and selling (Driving you business).
Do not worry about opening a store, open the most basic account you can in both eBay and paypal, you can always upgrade but it is hard to downgrade. You can also visit eBays community. Here is a great place to see eBays rules and the learning center.
What to sell? I would pick things that are easy to ship. Do not start out selling large heavy things. Start with small things that are easy to ship. Do you have old DVDs, CD's, Jewelry, Books? These are great things to put up on auction. There is so much to learn, lets just play right now. Find something, take a picture and get it up on eBay.
This is exactly what I did. About 6 months before Gods411 was created I had no one telling me what to do, I opened an account and just started to pick things around the house, take a picture, and list them on eBay. I had a big lesson learned, I am so glad that I made the mistake when I was not selling a lot of stuff as I got locked out of my eBay account. I had to call them and fax over my personal information. It was a real pain and I am glad that I made the mistake when I was getting started.
What I did (And I did not know better) I listed an item as a bidding auction and I thought I would be cleaver to bid on my own items to push the sale up. I think it was called shill bidding, but I got in big trouble very quickly. So again let get your account open and get you learning eBay.
If you already have an eBay account you are ahead of the game. Keep selling what you are selling we will get into your niche (What to sell) next post.
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