Anyone here sell anything on Ebay?

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Im looking for tips on selling stuff on ebay. Im wanting to make a little part time money. Not much, mind you, just a little selling some of the jewerly I make. AND the books I no longer want
I have read a book and have signed up with acutiva. anymore suggestions?

Another eBay question: How safe is it to buy stuff on eBay?

I use E-bay quite often, and have had very good luck both buying and selling. It can be quite addicitive! I've used it to buy a variety of things. Mostly audiovisual equipment, and car parts. I've sold all sorts of odds and ends, like a phone system out of my church, a 3-tube video projector, an old refrigerator, etc. E-bay works best for smaller items that are easily mailed. I have heard of a few people being dissapointed about the condition of items ordered on it, where they weren't in quite as good of a condition as described. E-bay has a user feedback system that keeps people honest and minimizes this issue

They easiest way to use E-bay is to set up a PayPal account. PayPal is sort of an online bank that you can use to pay E-bay sellers with, and where your sales are deposited. PayPal is very secure...just watch out for Phishing (fake E-mails designed to look like they legitimately came from PayPal, and are designed to con you into entering personal info into them!) PayPal is connected to either a bank account, or a credit/debit card account, so if you pay someone, or someone pays you, you can then transfer money from your bank account.

It's fairly straightforward to sell stuff on eBay, one thing I can suggest is that you leave feedback for the buyer, positive if everything was all well and good, neutral if it was 50/50, and negative if you have a none paying bidder (you'll probably get them sometimes), also if you are buying stuff, leave some feedback for the seller positive if good, neutral if 50/50 and negative if the seller doesn't do as you hope (which is send the goods after you have payed for them). The feedback is essentially the eBay member's reputation on eBay as far as buying and selling are concerned

I sell the odd thing or 2 on eBay from time to time and buy off there too on occasions and so far my experience has been a good one

I don't sell anything but my mom sure does. Man she on ebay everyday, and she does it to sell her clothing as she had a gastric bypass surgery

Neutral feedback is just as bad as negative feedback to most people's minds. Both will lower your feedback percentage score. People with 100% positive feedback will be especially upset to get a neutral rating. You're better off forgetting about the neutral rating entirely. If you don't want to leave negative feedback, either leave positive, or don't leave any at all.

Once you have the buyer's money, they have fulfilled their obligations in the transaction. I consider it good business for the seller to immediately leave positive feedback after payment is made. Of course, this means taking responsibility if the buyer then has shipping problems and the like.

Good-faith business dealings make or break an eBay seller. Never forget it's a buyer's market. A seller who refuses to leave feedback first won't get my repeat business.