Turn Ebay Data Into Dollars: Tools and Techniques to Make More Money on Every Transaction

by Ina Steiner

Book Overview

Invaluable for eBay's 27 million sellers Author will promote the book through AuctionBytes. com, which gets 150,000 unique users per month and her AuctionBytes email newsletter, which reaches nearly... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072262362
• ISBN13: 9780072262360
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

AKA Understanding Your Golden Goose

A fantastic book, not for beginners. Easy to understand IF you have some basic experience as seller on eBay. What I appreciated most about this book is that it isn't filled with empty fluff or solicitations for other services and books. Also doesn't waste time with the obvious like you'll find at those obscenely expensive seminars. For the do-it-yourself type, this book is worth its weight in gold, as so your increase in revenue will be. 'Ebay Traffic the Smart Way' is a good companion to this title.

Belongs on an serious, analytical seller's shelf

If anyone is qualified to write a book on this topic it's Ina. She's analytical, informed, and easy to read. She shows you what works, and what doesn't; including how not to be mislead, an essential skill for any swim through the murky waters of statistical data, eBay or elsewhere. You will learn about eBay Marketplace Research, Store Reports, and much more. She even takes us "off of eBay" to learn about third-party resources such as ándale, Terapeak and others. This one probably belongs on an serious, analytical seller's shelf.

Research and Earn!

Do you want to work smarter, not harder, and make your eBay business really pay off? Then you need this guide. This is a much-needed reference to all the research tools and services that are available to help you research what to sell on eBay, when to sell it (time of day/day), what to charge, and just about everything else related to savvy eBay e-commerce. Terapeak, eBay's Completed Listings, Hot Lists, Sellathon, Hammertap--they are all covered here (and so is a lot more). You probably will want to dip into this book as you need to research specific topics, but that doesn't mean you couldn't just sit down and read it from cover to cover--the writing is that good. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is serious about succeeding on eBay!

The title says it all --you really can turn eBay data into dollars.

eBay has become terribly compettitive --if you aren't on top of the latest selling and results data you are just wasting money on eBay fees. Ina's book takes you step-by-step through the research tools and techniques to close more auctions and make more money on every transaction. Don't let the word "research" scare you. There is nothing dry about this book. Just one of Ina's ideas solved a problem I have struggled with for six months.

Great for serious eBay sellers

I just finished reading this comprehensive new book written by Ina Steiner, founder and editor of AuctionBytes.com. It is filled with practical techniques for getting optimum selling results from eBay, the popular online auction site. This three-part, eleven-chapter book offers an in-depth examination of numerous suggestions for eBay sellers to locate and analyze data to help sell the right products and earn the greatest profits. The book states there "are no magic pills or secret formulas" to guarantee success but equipped with data-analysis tools, listing strategies and more, you can become a smarter eBay seller. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is serious about maximizing sales and having a successful eBay business.