Selling through the internet enables a business to reach to customers across the globe.Besides , this decreases their administrative cost for selling. eBay is a very popular site foronline buying and selling.The steps one has to follow to sell on eBay are:
• At the very beginning a person or a business house has to create an account with the eBay site. There is a registry option in the eBay site, to create the account one has to click on that register button and then follow the necessary instructions. In the account an email address is asked for, a valid email address that the subscriber uses frequently has to be mentioned. For privacy a username and password has also to be provided to the site.
• The second step is to create a payment account.It is required by the seller either to offer a Pay Pal or a credit card option. The PayPal payment option is much more secured than that of the credit card oiption. The seller is required to go to the PayPal registration option and then has to choose a personal account for unprofessional selling, while , a premier account is to be chosen for high amount transaction in case of a large business.
• The third step is to create a seller’s account. For first time listing on eBay a person has to verify his/her identity by providing credit card or debit card number. Then the subscriber has to click to a particular button to create the seller’s account.Then the seller also has to choose from the options of PayPal, credit card or debit card by which he/she wants to pay his/ her selling fees.
• It is important to create a good reputation in order to convince the buyers on the site. To create a good reputation a seller has to do some comparative research about the prices being offered by other sellers for the similar product as his/hers, and then has to properly price the product. A seller should also have knowledge about the items that are prohibited for selling on the site. Illegal items should not be sold, this may lead to negative feedback from the customers and may ruin any further possibility of selling through the site.
• The next step is to list the products along with their descriptions on the site offered by the seller in order to attract potential buyers.