Selling goods safely on Ebay

Discover how to sell your unwanted items on eBay
How to place adverts and PayPal assessed
Tips on avoiding fraudsters, plus a jargon buster to help you understand those tricky phrases

What's in this guide

How to auction off your unwanted items and get the best bids for them. Plus how to avoid eBay fraudsters.

Whilst using eBay might seem a bit daunting, its remarkably easy to set up and get going.

Paypal offers payment security for buying and selling meaning you can trade with peace of mind.

Costs will vary and are dependent on the initial asking price of your item and what price you achieve.

As with any advertising you need to target your market, know your pricing and postage fee.

Read our hints on how to maximise your opportunity to sell your goods and entice people to your goods over others.

Tax charges will be dependent on volumes, and values, of sales but make sure you check your position to be sure.

For the more motivated eBayers there is plenty of money to be made but don't be fooled into thinking it's easy.

One of the key concerns of selling on eBay is fraud; make sure you are aware of all its different types.

Find out the meaning behind some of the key terms to get you started on your first eBay transaction.