Each year, more and more people are doing their shopping online. If you do your homework and have the patience, you can do most if not all of it on ebay!
Some tips for striking deals while shopping on ebay:
1) Know how much items are at local retail stores or at your favorite online shopping websites. It is easy to get caught up on a nicely formatted ebay listing or in a bidding war with another bidder. Know exactly how much you will spend, including shipping charges.
2) Understand any and all additional charges. Be sure you know exactly how much shipping will be and look for any other charges some sellers add like handling fees and sales tax. I always email the seller BEFORE bidding and ask how much it will be to ship an item if it is not listed in the auction description.
3) Use different combinations of keywords in your search. It is a good idea to narrow your search criteria, but be careful not to go too narrow as you may miss some potential deals. Ebay has a nice page on keyword searching, I suggest reviewing it to get some tips. Ebay University
4) Include common mis-spellings in your keyword search. This is a method I use frequently, this is one of the easiest ways to strike a nice deal. Considering most ebay buyers just search for what they are looking for by using the properly spelled terms, many item with mis-spellings go overlooked and don't have the amount of bidders as it normally would.
5) Pay attention to the seller feedback. I know it isn't the best possible system out there today, but it is one of best ways to help determine if the seller is trustworthy.
6) Use Paypal. Payapal is free for buyers and there are alot of buyers that only accept Paypal as payment. It is the fastest most secure way to pay for items and can result in very quick turnaround on your transactions.
Using these tips as well as the learning tools on Ebay, you can do all of your Christmas shopping on the number one auction site available!
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