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ONLINE AUCTION CORNER: Pay Off Debt with Your Clutter网上拍卖角落:如果你还清债务杂波
by Scott Bilker由斯科特bilker

Scott Bilker is the author of the best-selling book "Credit Card and Debt Management."斯科特bilker是作者的畅销书"信用卡和债务管理" He is also the Editor and publisher of the FREE DebtSmart® E-mail Newsletter ( http://www.debtsmart.com ).他还编辑和出版自由debtsmart®电子邮件通讯(http://www.debtsmart.com). Sign up today!今天报名!

You know all the stuff that’s filling up your garage, attic, or shed?你知道所有的东西就是填补你车库、阁楼、或大棚? It’s the same stuff that you want to sell at a garage sale if you only had the time.它同样的东西,你想卖卖,如果你只在车库的时候. Well, those unwanted items may be able to help you start reducing your debt today!那么,这些废弃物品可以帮你您降低债务今天开始!

How?如何?

By selling it all at online auctions like eBay.com.它在网上拍卖出让所有像ebay.com. Although I have been recommending doing this for years, I’ve only recently started selling my unwanted household clutter online.虽然我已经推荐了这几年,我只是想要我的家庭杂波近日开始在网上销售. It’s really not clutter it’s stuff I don’t want anymore that other people might need.这实在不是杂波的东西我不希望再有其他人可能需要.

Since I’m just getting started selling at online auctions I’m also going to start letting everyone know about how I’m doing it and how well it’s going.自从我在网上拍卖出售给刚刚起步,我也打算开始让大家知道如何做就如何完善的事情.

So far, it’s going VERY well!到目前为止,它的态势很好! Everything I’ve put online has sold!我已经把网上销售的一切! I’ve sold an autographed Norman Mailer book that my father picked up at the library discard rack and a digital voice recorder.我卖了,我父亲亲笔书梅勒捡起丢弃在图书馆和数码录音机货架. Total sales, $56.00 for two hours of work--that’s $23 per hour for creating more space in my garage!销售总额,达56.00两小时工作--那是每小时23元我车库创造更多空间! Pretty good deal!不错的生意!

To make transactions simple, you can receive payment from your auctions through PayPal.作简单的交易,你可以通过paypal接受付款从你拍卖. They allow your buyers to use their credit cards to pay.他们允许你买家用信用卡支付. Setting up an account with PayPal is FREE, however, there are modest transaction charges.设置paypal帐户是自由的,但有少量的交易费.

I’ve already auctioned off a Sony Handycam Video 8mm CCD-F33, videocamera.我已经拍卖的8mmCCD的索尼handycam视频-前后,视讯摄影机.

How can you get started making extra money today?你如何得到今日开拍外快?

Look through your house for items you believe may be worth selling.去翻你认为你家的物品可能价值出售. Items that you can probably sell for $10 or more.也许你可以出售的物品或10元以上.

Next, research the value of your item.接下来,你研究价值的项目. Go to eBay.com and do a search for your item.去寻找你做得ebay.com项目. Check the current items for sale and the completed items.这次检查的项目和竣工项目出售. Look at the prices that your item has sold for in the past so you can get an idea of its true sale value.看看你们产品的价格卖出,在过去那么就可以知道它的真实价值出售. Also, read what other people wrote about that item so you have a starting point for writing your advertising copy (fancy way of saying “sales pitch”).另外,看过别人写的项目你有这么一个起点你写广告拷贝(花式地说:"推销").

Market Research市场研究

Remember that camera I put up for auction?我记得镜头拍卖? Well, it sold for $71!那么,它卖710! That's $71 off my debt!那是我的债务过710! So far, everything I've put up for auction has sold.到目前为止,一切我拍卖出售.

Look through your house for stuff that you really don't use anymore.去翻您家的东西,你真的不使用了. That stuff may be very useful to other people, so you should consider selling it online at auction web sites like eBay.com and use the proceeds to reduce your debts.这可能是非常有用的东西给其他人,所以你应该考虑出售它在网上拍卖网站ebay.com喜欢用你的收益减少债务.

Once you find items that are good candidates to be sold online, it is important to be able to get an idea of how much they are worth.一旦你找到好的项目,考生可在网上出售、必须能拿到多少钱都是值得的想法. You can look at StrongNumbers.com for prices of many items, or simply go to eBay.com and do a search for the items.大家可以看看价格strongnumbers.com为多项目或干脆去寻找并ebay.com物品.

By reviewing the search results, you'll find the best description for your item.回顾搜索结果,你将看到您项目的最佳写照. Do another search with the more specific description and see if any are for sale right now.搜索与另做说明,看看是否有更具体的销售权.

Next, click on "completed items" which will show you what your item has sold for in the past.接下来,点击"完成项目"项目完成后将给你什么你在过去已经售出. Then sort by highest price first.那么样的最高价格. This final research list tells you the highest prices you can expect to get when you auction your item.这一研究的最终名单,告诉你,你的最高价,当你可以预期得到你拍卖项目. It also tells you what people used in their description that made the item sell at the greatest price.它还告诉您人们用自己的描述,使该项目在售的最大代价. This is the information you'll want to include in your item description.这是您想要的资料包括您项目的名称.

Finally, you need to register with eBay.com to get an account.最后,您需要注册ebay.com拿到户口. The registration process is easy.登记过程很容易. Just go to their main page and click on "register now," and fill out the online forms.刚刚去他们的主页,点击"现在注册",在线填写表格.

Okay, so now you have the item, you have an idea of what to write in the description, you have an account, the next thing you need is a picture of the item.还好,现在你有项目,你有什么想法写在描述你有一个帐户,下一步就是你需要了解的项目.

As the cliché goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words," and this is absolutely true!由于陈词滥调,"照片是百闻不如一见",这是千真万确的! People want to see what they're going to buy.人们希望看到什么买莲雾. When you were researching the item description, you should also have noticed the photos used.当你在研项目描述,你也应该看到照片使用. You'll want to take similar pictures to use in your description.您想要采取类似你在照片使用说明.

The best way to get great photos is with a digital camera.最好找同是一个伟大的照片的数码相机. I use the Sony Digital Mavica FD73 ($350).我用索尼数码mavicafd73(350). Another option is to take a film photo and scan the print.另一种选择是把图片、影片扫描印刷.

Also, many companies that process film give you the option of having your pictures posted online.同时,许多电影公司给你的选择过程是你的照片贴在网上. This option allows you to take pictures of your items, then download the pictures.这个选择是让你拍照贵物品,然后下载图片. You can then use the pictures that are already posted online to link in the HTML description of your item (I'll talk about that in the next column).你可以利用已有的照片,挂在网上的描述你的HTML项(我说一下,未来栏).

Research your items, pick the most likely to sell, take a photo of each item, and make each picture digital.你研究项目,筛选出最有可能出售,以图片每个项目、每个数字图片.

Posting Your你调职

You should be ready to:你应该准备:

1) Identified items you're ready to sell online.1)确定你准备售物品上网.

2) Researched the value of each item.2)每项研究价值.

3) Developed the "sales copy," i.e. the words you use in the item description.3)研制出的"销售拷贝",即用你用在这个项目的描述.

4) Taken photos of each item and digitized them.4)采取每一项目和数字照片.

Now all you need to do is post the items.现在只要你是邮政项目.

Quick mention, all the stuff I had for sale last week sold!快提,我所有的东西都卖上周出售! So far 100% of my items have sold and taken over $150 off my debt!迄今已售出100%和物品我接手过我的150元债务! My latest sale is a Star Trek book that I found at the flea market for $5.我出售最新图书明星跋涉,我发现在跳蚤市场为500.

Two final notes before we get to posting your items.最后说明,然后再进行两次张贴贵物品.

First, you need to determine how much shipping may be for your items.首先,你必须确定有多少船可以为你的项目. You must decide how much to charge, if you're going to include it in the final price at no additional cost or if you'll let the auction winner know the shipping costs at the end of the auction.你必须决定收取多少,如果你走在最后的价格把它在不增加额外费用或者拍卖得主让您知道运费在五月底拍卖.

Second, you need to be able to accept payment.其次,你必须能够接受付款. Many people will want to pay with a credit card.很多人想用信用卡支付. The good news is that you don't have to set up a merchant account.好消息是,你不必考虑成立一个商人. You can simply sign up with PayPal.com.你只需再找paypal.com.

Back to posting...回邮::

There are many online auctions where you can sell your items.那里有许多网上拍卖可卖到贵物品. The most popular place is eBay.com so we'll talk about posting there.最受欢迎的地方是ebay.com等一会儿我们谈调职.

To post your items go to eBay.com and click on "sell" on the top menu bar then select a category.邮物品到ebay.com来,你就点击"卖"摆在菜单然后选择一个酒吧类.

TIP: You can enter a category number at the bottom, which is a great short cut, however, you need to know the number.蝶:你可以进入一个多类在谷底,这是一个伟大的捷径,但你要知道有多少. To quickly get the category number for your item, go to an auction for a similar item.很快得到您的一些类项目,到了一个类似拍卖项目. Directly below the Item # is a link to the category.#下面是一个直接连接的项目类别. When you click on this link look at the URL.当你点击这个URL的连接看看. The category number is shown in the URL, for example, ".../list/category11724/..."类数列的链接,例如".../list/category11724/..." this is a great short cut for finding the category.这是一个伟大的类别找到捷径.

Next you need to enter a title for your auction.下次你要进入一个标题为你拍卖. Again, look at the research you did with similar items.再看你有类似的研究项目. Use the same description that others have used.用同样的描述,有的利用.

Use the same strategy for the description, look at what others have written for similar items.用同样的策略描述,看看别人写的类似物品. Be careful to not copy the exact wording in the description because this may technically be a violation of copyrights--just paraphrase.确实要小心,不要照搬文字描述,因为这可能是技术上侵犯著作权--只是套用.

You're allowed to post one photo for free with your auction.你可以邮一张你免费拍卖. Take advantage of this!利用这个! Also, for only an additional 25 cents you can have your photo shown in the line-item listing--I do this every time.另外,仅2500美分,你可以在你的图片显示线项目上市--每次我这样做.

Another important decision is setting the minimum bid price.另一个重要的决策是确定的最低投标价. "Your auction will start at this price: generally, it is the lowest price at which you are willing to sell. Setting the minimum bid too high may discourage bidding!""你们拍卖会开始,在这个价格:一般而言,这是最低的价钱卖给你.最低投标招标太高,可能减低!"

If nobody bids to your minimum price then you don't have to sell the item.如果你没有人出价最低价格则无须出售项目.

Finish completing the posting information.邮寄资料整理完成. For a basic posting the default settings are probably going to be correct.一个基本的违约场合张贴大概会是正确的. There are many sections of this form so READ everything very carefully.有许多路段都仔细阅读,以这种形式.

After you have correctly completed the form you'll be quoted the price for listing your auction.填妥表格后,你就会正确引用您的价格上市拍卖. Be sure that the price makes sense.可以肯定,价格合理. For listing a $10 item the cost is approximately $1.25.上市的成本是10元大约125项. Be sure to print this page for your records.做到这页打印您记录.

Good luck and please let me know how your items are selling!吉祥物品请让我知道你是怎么卖!

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