Buy & Sell
Stamps on eBay
A Powerseller's Guide
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Buy & Sell
Stamps on eBay
A Powerseller's Guide
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| 'Buy & Sell Stamps on eBay' is our 52 page guide to safe buying and profitable stamp sales on
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We have a number of clients who have been supplying us regularly for years. These people become online and phone friends who you get to know well, and their trust increases with every successful sale. One client buys collections on eBay almost weekly, removes what he wants for himself, and then sends the collection to us to sell again. We usually sell it for more than he paid for it in the first place! You too will develop such business relationships as time goes on - but only if you give close attention to customer care. This will include immediate e-mail or phone acknowledgement for the arrival of an item, sending accurate information on auction timing, sending e-mailed links as appropriate, and quick notification of results. Prompt shipping of the item to the high bidder is also good Trading Assistant client service, as any ‘return’ period will expire more quickly, enabling payment to be sent as quickly as possible.
As soon as the auction result is known, send that information
to your client. We find clients are often interested in the locale of the First and foremost, never send a Trading Assistant client payment until you have been paid for the item, and are 100% sure the payment is going to stay in your bank account. Nobody expects you to do other than this. If you are offering a return period on the sold item (expect your sales to suffer if you don’t), make absolutely sure this has expired, and then add on a few days just to be even more sure. Once the deal is 100% secure, and cleared payment is received, mail payment to your client. We offer a totally confidential eBay Trading Assistant service to enable you to sell under our name, and so get the all the benefits of our excellent eBay feedback reputation. You can find much more information on becoming an eBay Registered Trading Assistant in:
We offer a complete eBay Trading Assistant service to stamp sellers, the link below will take you to our information page:
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It’s almost impossible to over communicate with your
client. Let them know when their item arrives with you, and give them a definite
date for the start and end of their auction. This doesn’t have to be the same
day, or the next day, but it does need to be in a reasonable timescale. We try,
and usually succeed, in listing all items within one week of them being
received. A nice touch is to let your client know when the first bid is
received. Unless there is a hidden reserve price (much disliked by bidders) your
client will then know that barring a disaster the item is sold, and of course
the bidding may take the price much higher.
high
bidder, and telling them the buyer comes from New York, Hong Kong or the Australian
outback is fine, but never, ever breach client confidentiality to
either your client or the high bidder by giving away names and addresses. Doing
so also increases the risk that they will bypass you for future business by
dealing directly with each other.