Archive for October, 2009

Ethics and the eBay Seller

Contrary to popular belief, the average eBay seller really is a decent, ethical person. The truly bad apples get much of the press, and we would be remiss if we didn’t acknowledge that the site attracts its share of scam artists and counterfeiters, but most people sell on eBay do so because they have a [...]

How to Take Compelling eBay Photos

One of the best ways to draw potential buyers to your eBay auction is to include plenty of eye-catching photographs of the product(s) you’re trying to sell. You could spend a lot of time and money adding expensive features to your listing, from borders to bolded text, but if you don’t have photographs to back [...]

Help us Help Toys for Tots

This holiday season, Easysale is collecting toys for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve’s annual Toys for Tots program. We placed drop boxes in all our stores earlier this week.
Just in case you haven’t heard of it, the Toys for Tots program collects new toys during October, November and December of each year, and then [...]

Buyer Feedback (and Why It Matters)

One of the most interesting things about Easysale’s eBay store business is that we have two different groups of customers.  The first group is our consignment sellers, whom we see in person either when they drop off items in our stores or when we come to pick up their items from their homes and businesses.
But [...]

DFW Closeup: Trash Into Treasure

Easysale President Stu Asimus was featured on The 33 TV’s community affairs program DFW Closeup with Vanessa Brown, discussing the many kinds of items that people find in their homes that have unexpected value.  (10/11/09)