by Chris Devers

Make Money On EBay – Play By The Rules For Success!

If you want to make money on eBay full time, there’s one thing you just can’t get around. You can’t get around (or cheat at) the eBay rules. And why should you even want to try?

Being your own boss gives you a lot of freedom, and so does eBay. However, there is one place that eBay just will not bend…and that’s with their rules. You are playing in their back yard and must play by their rules if you want to succeed.

You don’t want to be like so many who have gone before you and blew their eBay business completely out of the water because they didn’t know and follow the rules. It has been said that “ignorance is bliss”, but not with eBay. When working with eBay ignorance is a sure way to disaster.

Sure you may break the rules without knowing it, but ignorance is no excuse as far as eBay is concerned. If you break their rules you will lose your ability to make money with them. But not to worry…you can easily master their rules.

EBay wants you to succeed, because the better you do, the more money they make. So they have made their rules and policies easy for you to access and understand.

Just go to the eBay policies page and learn them there. These are not bad rules and they are not there to make your life miserable. They are there to make eBay a safe and enjoyable place to buy and sell for everyone.

Let me get you started with a couple of the most important rules that you must follow if you want to make money on eBay:

1. Do not bid on your own items to drive the price up. This is called “shilling” and is a definite no-no on eBay. That includes having friends or relatives doing it for you. Schilling is unethical and flat wrong. If…no, not if…when you get caught you will pay for it in many lost dollars and a bad reputation.

2. When someone bids on something you are selling on eBay you must sell it. When you post things on eBay you enter into a contract between you and the bidder. That contract is binding and you have to honor it even if you will lose money doing so. The bidder is obligated to buy and you are obligated to sell.

To most people who want to make money on eBay, these rules are obviously the right thing to do. However, there are always those dishonest people who are always looking for ways around the rules and are willing to use dishonest means to make money.

If you want to make eBay your business, remember that your are in it for the long haul. On eBay, reputation is everything.

So don’t try to bend the rules and you will find that you will have a great business and make plenty of money while working under great values. If you take this higher road to success, you and your customers will be much happier…and you will sleep a lot better.