Times are tough and margins are tight. Are you spending precious dollars and cents on fees that you don't need to be paying? If you've never taken a look at eBay's fee structure and considered using it as a way to guide your listing and selling strategies, now may be the time to start. But where does your advantage lie, and how do you go about figuring it all out? Read on to take the first step in controlling your eBay fees.

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If you've thought about joining eBay for years but have always hesitated because you didn't want to plod through some long, drawn-out registration process, today's the day to begin. Use this updated visual guide to breeze through the eBay registration process one step at a time, knowing what to expect and how to answer the questions at each step along the way.

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The holiday season is winding down, bills are preparing to come due, and once again it's time to begin making resolutions for the new year.

Have you resolved over and over again to start selling on eBay only to lose your resolve each time because there's just too much to read, too much to understand, and there are too many steps to wade through before you'll feel comfortable taking the plunge? Do you wish there was some way to learn about eBay without having to read what seems like a disjointed set of instruction manuals? If this sounds like you, maybe this is the year to finally make keep your resolution to become an eBay seller.

Read on for a quick and dirty list of essential and interactive resources that can help total beginners to get started selling on eBay, without simply reading article after article or book after book. Point, click, watch, and go forward into a new year selling on eBay.

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With online shopping becoming a bigger and bigger part of the holiday shopping experience, more and more gift-getters each year are getting something that was bought on eBay. But as we all know, it's impossible for every gift to be the perfect gift. Sometimes that great idea wasn't so great after all, leading giver and receiver alike to want to return the item in question for a refund or an exchange. Despite conventional wisdom, holiday gift returns or exchanges are possible on eBay in many cases. Here's how to go about making it happen.

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