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Remember that camera I put up for
auction? Well, it sold for $71! That's $71 off my debt! So
far, everything I've put up for auction has sold.
Look through your house for stuff that you really don't use
anymore. That stuff may be very useful to other people, so you should
consider selling it online at auction web sites like eBay.com and
use the proceeds to reduce your debts.
Once you find items that are good
candidates to be sold online, it is important to be able to get an
idea of how much they are worth. You can look at
StrongNumbers.com for prices of many items, or simply go to eBay.com
and do a search for the items.
By reviewing the search results,
you'll find the best description for your item. Do another search
with the more specific description and see if any are for sale right
now.
Next, click on "completed
items" which will show you what your item has sold for in the
past. Then sort by highest price first. This final research list
tells you the highest prices you can expect to get when you auction
your item. It also tells you what people used in their description
that made the item sell at the greatest price. This is the
information you'll want to include in your item description.
Finally, you need to register with
eBay.com to get an account. The registration process is easy. Just
go to their main page and click on "register now," and
fill out the online forms.
 Okay, so now you have the item, you
have an idea of what to write in the description, you have an
account, the next thing you need is a picture of the item.
As the cliché goes, "a picture
is worth a thousand words," and this is absolutely true! People
want to see what they're going to buy. When you were researching the
item description, you should also have noticed the photos used.
You'll want to take similar pictures to use in your description.
The best way to get great photos is
with a digital camera. I use the Sony Digital Mavica FD73 ($350).
Another option is to take a film photo and scan the print.
Also, many companies that process
film give you the option of having your pictures posted online. This
option allows you to take pictures of your items, then download the
pictures. You can then use the pictures that are already posted
online to link in the HTML description of your item (I'll talk about
that in the next column).
Research your items, pick the most likely to sell, take
a photo of each item, and make each picture digital.
Have fun! Click
here
to read more.
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