Different Ways to Create Better-Looking eBay Listings


The essentials of good design and effective listings apply no matter what tools you use to create your eBay auction listings. Throughout this book we'll discuss several different ways to create your eBay listings; each approach has its own pros and cons, which often revolve around ease-of-use and desired effect. Here's what we'll discuss:

  • For the ultimate in ease of use, you can create simple text listings (with basic formatting) by using eBay's standard text editor. We'll discuss this approach in Chapter 2, "Using Standard Text Formatting and eBay's Listing Designer."

  • Also high on the ease-of-use scale is eBay's Listing Designer, which offers some very basic auction templates (which eBay calls "themes") for 10 cents a pop. We'll discuss this approach in Chapter 2, as well.

  • Many third-party sites offer listing services and standalone software that let you create your own fancy-looking eBay listings, no HTML coding required. We'll discuss this approach in Chapter 3, "Using Auction Listing Services and Software."

  • Still more sites offer pre-designed auction templates into which you can insert your own auction information and photos. I've included dozens of these templates on this book's CD, and discuss this approach in Chapter 4, "Using Third-Party Auction Templates."

  • Then there's HTML. When you create your own HTML code, you can manipulate the look and feel of your eBay listings to an astonishing degree. To that end, the rest of the bookfrom Chapter 5 onis all about using HTML to create your own auction templates. It's a little work, but for many sellers, it's worth the effort.

This should set the stage for what comes next. So turn the page and let's get started with creating fancy eBay listings the easy wayon eBay's standard sell your item form.




eBay Auction Templates Starter Kit
eBay Auction Templates Starter Kit
ISBN: 0789735636
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2007
Pages: 101

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