eBay 建店指南 Santa Shops on eBay: How to find deals, get organized, and give yourself the gift of time

作者： Marsha Collier 著

出 版 社： John Wiley & Sons

出版时间： 2006-12-1字数：版次： 1页数： 243印刷时间： 2006/07/01开本：印次：纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9780470047088包装： 平装内容简介

"Marsha Collier knows eBay like no one else. With her tips and insight, anyone can enjoy the ease and convenience of shopping online any time of year."

—Clarissa Parashar, eBay PowerSeller and owner of the eBay store Perpetual Vogue

The kids' concert is tonight, your brother's coming Saturday, and when are you going to shop?

Who has time for fun at the holidays? You will, when you learn these techniques and tactics for successful online shopping from Marsha Collier, the undisputed empress of eBay. Even if your previous forays online have produced only frustration—or if you've never tried at all—this step-by-step guide will make you a pro.

Here's how to shop safely, target your searches, make a list and check it twice, and even handle customer service problems. Discover the best sites to shop for teenagers, your boss, or hard-to-please Aunt Agatha, find out where to purchase perfect last-minute gifts and get them in time, and even pick up post-holiday bargains without ever hitting the mall. Your gift? Time!

作者简介：

Marsha Collier is widely acknowledged as the world's foremost eBay expert. She launched her first eBay business in the site's infancy and put her daughter through college on the profits. Marsha teaches eBay University courses, gives seminars, has appeared on NBC's Today Show and ABC's The View, and is the author or coauthor of more than a dozen books, including eBay For Dummies and Starting an eBay Business For Dummies (Wiley).

目录

Introduction

Where I’m coming from

Where you’re coming from

Countdown to the holidays

Icons used in the book

My top eBay Store picks

August-What’s the Big Deal about Shopping Online?

Why buy online instead of at a “real” brick-and-mortar store?

Just who is doing all this online selling?

What’s so different about eBay?

What other shopping sites are worth looking at?

September-Sign Up for Your First Purchase

How do I join the community?

How do I keep track of everything?

How can I be sure it’s the real deal?

October-Make Your First Purchase

Excuse me, do you know where they keep the ?

How can I find out about the seller?

So let’s get shopping!

Buying your item outright

What happens if I make a mistake?

What happens when I buy or win an item?

How can I be a better buyer?

November-Getting Ready for Cyber Monday!

Make your list—check it twice

The secret’s in the timing

My favorite auction-winning strategies

Know your item’s value!

Buying and staying safe

Buying stuff from other countries

Early December-Checking Names Off Your List

Measure the pulse of eBay

Over 20,000 Categories?

Finding personalized gifts

Gifts to our closest family

Holiday fun and décor for you!

Late December-Last-Minute Shopping

What’s a good last-minute gift?

How about silly stocking stuffers?

Shopping quickly on eBay Express

After the Holidays-Um,That Jacket I Got Didn’t Fit

Why not re-gift that fruitcake?

Get a Trading Assistant to sell for you

Why not try selling the item yourself?

Filling in the required blanks

January 1st-Time to Find the Bargains!

Shopping America’s virtual mall

Shopping eBay Stores

eBay Live Auctions

Shopping the outlet stores

Shopping eBay for the Rest of the Year

eBay for back-to-school

Let’s have an eBay wedding!

Even discount vacations!

No more big-box stores for the outdoors

Home electronics on eBay

Computers and office gear

Home audio, video, and photo equipment

Disability resources

Get cooking!

For the junior musician

Finding the sparkly stuff

Some of My Favorite eBay Stores

Index