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- Two-part,
two-session nCity introduction to trading on eBay; Part A
concentrates on getting started and buying, Part B deals
primarily with selling.
- (NOTE:
Completion of Part-A is required prior to Part-B of this
course.)
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- Mastering
eBay Part A:
- Course begins
with a good deal of information on preventing identity
theft, awareness of spoofing and phishing scams, and
avoiding fraud on the internet. A quick introduction to
eBay follows, along with a brief history of "The World's
Online Marketplace™." Part-A of this course is
focused primarily on getting started and getting
registered, various search options, and successful
bidding and buying on eBay, along with record keeping and
protections available to buyers. It also explores the
numerous features, functions, rules and regulations of
eBay. A good deal of time is spent online actively
experimenting with audience-selected searches, exploring
eBay assets, and personal database management (known as
"my eBay"). We might even go online and place a bid or
two, if time allows.
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- Mastering
eBay Part B:
- Starting with
a quick review of information covered in Part-A, Part-B
and is largely concerned with researching, composing and
posting auctions. Small scale and high volume sales are
covered, as are various other aspects of doing business
on eBay. Learn how to:
- Setup and
manage eBay and PayPal accounts
- Create, edit,
post and critique auction listings
- Handle
auctions, buyers, feedback, communications and
sales
- Proper
packing, shipping, insuring and tracking of sale
items.
- Part-B of
this course also contains many examples of what can go
wrong, what to do about it, and how to avoid trouble
altogether. With a little common sense and some personal
responsibility, trading on eBay is not only easy and
profitable, it's a whole lot of fun, too!
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- NOTE:
Flash may be required for some of the eBay
tutorials listed below.
- If
necessary, download Adobe's Flash installer
here: Flash
for OSX.
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- Company
Overview
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- eBay's
Mission Statement:
- "eBay's
mission is to provide a global trading
platform where practically anyone can
trade practically
anything."
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- Trademark:
- "The
World's Online
Marketplace."
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 - eBay
founder Pierre
Omidyar
- (Photo:
LeJournalduNet)
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- Founder
and Chairman
- Pierre
Omidyar, once a developer for Claris (Apple), he
co-founded eShop (acquired by MS), then worked
for General Magic. Started eBay as a hobby
(early 90s).
- President
and CEO:
- Meg
Whitman, formerly GM of Hasbro's Preschool
Division and responsible for marketing the
"Playskool" brand and Mr. Potato
Head.
- Other
officers come from Pepsico, Disney, Gateway, and
NavTech.
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- Founded
in 1995, eBay went public on September 24, 1998
with an initial public offering on Nasdaq of
3,489,275 shares at $18.
- At
the time, there were 1 million registered users
and 650,000 items listed in 1,000 categories.
Things have changed.....
- eBay
press releases
- 3:1
split March 1999 (7 months old)
- 2:1
split May 2000
- 2:1
split August 2003
- 2:1
split February 2005
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