EBay hacks [100 industrial-strength tips & tools]
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Sebastopol, CA
O'Reilly
2003
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 51. Dynamic Text in Auction Descriptions
- 52. Let's Make a Deal
- 53. Diplomacy 101: Answering Dumb Questions
- 54. Keeping Out Deadbeat Bidders
- Chapter 5. Working with Photos
- 55. How to Keep Your Item from Looking Pathetic
- 56. Mastering Close-Up Photography
- 57. Doctoring Photos
- 58. Protect Your Copyright 59. Host Your Own Photos
- 60. Make Clickable Thumbnails
- 61. Construct an Interactive Photo Album
- 62. Show a 360-Degree View of Your Item
- 63. Create a Photo Collage
- 64. Create a Good Gallery Photo
- Chapter 6. Completing Transactions
- 65. Keep Track of Items You've Sold
- 66. Sending Payment Instructions
- 67. Protect Yourself While Accepting Payments
- 68. Cheap, Fast Shipping Without Waiting in Line
- 69. Selling and Shipping Internationally
- 70. Damage Control Before and After You Ship
- 71. Dealing with Stragglers, Deadbeats, and Returns
- Chapter 7. Running a Business on eBay
- 72. eBay Stores
- 73. Streamlining Listings
- 74. Streamlining Communications
- 75. Streamlining Checkout and Payment
- 76. Obtaining Sales Records
- 77. Make Money by Linking to eBay
- 78. List Your Auctions on Another Site
- 79. Accept PayPal Payments from Your Own Site
- 80. Process PayPal Payments Automatically
- 81. Keep Tabs on the eBay Community
- Chapter 8. The eBay API
- 82. Climbing Out of the Sandbox
- 83. API Searches
- 84. Retrieve Details About an Auction
- 85. Automatically Keep Track of Auctions You've Won
- 86. Track Items in Your Watching List
- 87. Automatically Keep Track of Auctions You've Sold
- 88. Submit an Auction Listing
- 89. Automate Auction Revisions
- 90. Spellcheck All Your Auctions
- 91. Negative Feedback Bidder Alert
- 92. Automatically Relist Unsuccessful Auctions
- 93. Send Automatic Emails to High Bidders
- 94. Generate a Custom Gallery
- 95. Leaving Feedback
- 96. Negative Feedback Notification
- 97. Automatic Reciprocal Feedback
- 98. Queue API Calls
- 99. Cache Auction Data to Improve API Efficiency
- 100. Working Without the eBay API Index
- Machine derived contents note: Chapter 1. Diplomacy and Feedback
- 1. Searching Feedback
- 2. Using Prefabricated Feedback
- 3. How to Avoid Negative Feedback
- 4. Replies and Followups to Feedback
- 5. Withholding Feedback
- 6. Remove Unwanted Feedback
- 7. Improve Your Trustworthiness Quickly
- 8. What to Do When Your Email Doesn't Get Through
- Chapter 2. Searching
- 9. Focus Your Searches with eBay's Advanced Search Syntax
- 10. Controlling Fuzzy Searches
- 11. Jumping In and Out of Categories While Searching
- 12. Tweaking Search URLs
- 13. Find Similar Items
- 14. Search by Seller
- 15. Search Internationally
- 16. Save Your Searches
- 17. Create a Search Robot
- 18. Find Items by Shadowing
- 19. The eBay Toolbar
- Chapter 3. Bidding
- 20. Sniffing Out Dishonest Sellers
- 21. Snipe It Manually 22. Automatic Sniping
- 23. Conditional Sniping with Bid Groups
- 24. Keep Track of Auctions Outside of eBay
- 25. Take Advantage of Bid Increments
- 26. Manipulating Buy-It-Now Auctions
- 27. Retract Your Bid Without Retracting Your Bid
- 28. Tools for Dealing with Fraud
- 29. Send Payment Quickly and Safely
- 30. International Transactions Made Easier
- 31. Save Money on Shipping
- 32. Dealing with Disappointment: Getting Refunds
- Chapter 4. Selling
- 33. What's It Worth?
- 34. To Bundle or Not to Bundle
- 35. Reserve Judgment
- 36. The Strategy of Listing Upgrades
- 37. Putting Keywords in Your Auction
- 38. Track Your Exposure
- 39. Expectation Management
- 40. Formatting the Description with HTML
- 41. Customize Auction Page Backgrounds
- 42. Framing Your Auctions
- 43. Overriding eBay's Fonts and Styles
- 44. Annoy Them with Sound
- 45. Put a Shipping Cost Calculator in Your Auction
- 46. Allow Visitors to Search Through Your Auctions
- 47. List Your Other Auctions in the Description
- 48. Make Good Use of the About Me Page
- 49. Opting Out of Checkout
- 50. Make Changes to Running Auctions