This is a copy of eBay 101: Selling on eBay For Part-time or Full-time Income, Beginner to PowerSeller in 90 Days, by Steve Weber, published in January 2008 by Weber Books.

The ISBN is 0977240630. The book is signed by the author.

This book is a guide for novice to intermediate eBay sellers.

From the Table of Contents:

Introduction……………………………………..……………………………..…9

How eBay works 

Before you begin

Get more help 

Ready, set, sell!…………………..……………………………………….……15

Register your business   

Sell your item  

Build your listing

Nail down details

Timing, planning your auction

Spell check your listing

Make a picture worth $1,000

Take great eBay photos

Get specific

Use Pre-filled Item Information

Price your item

Reserve Pricing

Multiple Item (Dutch) Auctions

The auction alternative: fixed prices

Best Offer listing option

Upgrade your listings

The best time to list

Top 10 reasons your auction stinks 

Use My eBay

Profit with a niche……………………………………………………………39

Start with used merchandise

Win with niche selling

Cash in on collectibles

Autographed items

Trust, but authenticate

How to recognize fake autographs

Get more great inventory………………………………………….……47

Estate sales

Bankruptcy sales

Thrift shops 

Local artisans

Close-out merchandise

Library sales

Overstock distributors

Find overlooked gems at estate sales

Live auctions

Postal Service auctions

Treasury Department auctions

GSA Auctions

Government Liquidation

Law Enforcement Auctions

Classified ads

Get merchandise on eBay

Get merchandise on consignment

Become a trading assistant

 

Expand your business………………………………………………………61

Create your ‘About Me’ page

Cross-promotions

Open an eBay store

Set up shop

Promote your store

eBay Express

Using eBay’s Half.com site

Google Base

Why many would-be PowerSellers fail

Prevent problem customers……………………………………………73

Set Buyer Requirements

Be a feedback fanatic

Keep a good reputation

Completing sales

Communicate with a packing slip

Respond to feedback

Mutual Feedback Withdrawal

Feedback policies 

Handle customers right

Unpaid item disputes

Preventing unpaid items

Work with PayPal

Set your payment preferences

Take payments

Use Skype

Avoid scams and fraud……………………………………………….……95

Spot shady buyers

Recognize predators

Avoid phishing e-mails

Beware of hoax e-mails

Avoid drop-ship, wholesale scams

Recognize crooks and middlemen

Warning signs of bogus wholesalers

Know a fake from the real McCoy

Pack it up, move it out………………………………..…………….……107

                Ship efficiently
                Choose a shipping company
                Communicate when you ship
                Pare shipping costs to the bone
                Sell Get It Fast Items
                Handle delivery snafus
                Print online postage
                Organize your inventory
                Design your SKU system

Squeeze more profits…………………………………………….….……121

Get efficient with fulfillment software

TurboLister

Selling Manager

Software for media sellers

Research prices wirelessly

Market research tools 

Stay on eBay’s good side……………………………….…………….…133

Counterfeit items

More eBay rules

Prohibited and restricted items

Shill bidding

Keyword spamming

Fee Circumvention                                                                                                   

Stay on Uncle Sam’s good side………………………………………145

Your business’s legal structure

Local ordinances

Sales taxes

Income taxes

Business use of your home

Hiring employees   

 

Make friends, sell more…..……………………………………….….…155

Write an eBay Guide

Get Wiki

Profit with stunts and gimmicks

Tag, you’re it!

eBay tags

Get buzz

Making friends on MySpace

Communicate on MySpace

Work it good

MySpace best practices

Save time on MySpace

Network some more

Work the net

Market with widgets

Get your own place…………………………………………………………183

Get involved

Master your domain

Build blocks

Bait search engines

Be dense

Lengthen your lease

Wait for results

Earn side revenue

Get vertical    

Get more free advertising………………………………………..……201

Bank articles

Avoid backfires

Get really simple

Protect your content

Blog for business

Discover blogs

Breathe the blogosphere

Connect with readers

Value input

Get style

Get raw material

Name your blog

Write your posts

Make the long haul

Get more tools

Know Google PageRank

Make a pitch

Pay for advertising…………………………………………..……….……231

Use Google AdWords                                                                                           231

Using adMarketplace, Clickriver                                         233