A Beginner's Guide to e-Commerce: Easy Tools for Profit

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Before creating a sales listing remember that bank fees, PayPal®
charges and shipping cost should all be taken into consideration when setting up your product pricing. To begin pricing you should:

Decide what to sell
Complete online listing form. Download your e-Commerce Sales listing worksheet
Explore auction formatting on eBay
Select a format and category
Specify a title
Write a pleasing description
Take digital photographs
Beginning and ending times for the auction
Make sure there is no other listing information you might have missed

Selling the Product

Monitor the process regularly
- Check email and the auction
Communicate with interested buyers
- Reply to information requests quickly
Promptly close the sale
- Notify winning bidder
- Confirm purchase
Ship your product when payment is received

Download your e-Commerce sales log.

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These materials were developed as part of the Southern Rural Development Center’s National e-Commerce Extension Initiative. They are based upon work supported by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Award No. 2005-45064-03212

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the Southern Rural Development Center.