What not to sell on eBAy, and how I learned the hard way.

Do not sell items that you know nothing about or that have a steep learning curve.

For instance, chain saws!

There are many people, individuals as well as lumberjacks making alot of money selling timber related products on eBay. I bet you did not know that, well neither did I.

But it is not a good choice for an item to sell if you don't know anything about saws.I once was contracted by a client to sell a very large chain saw that had been in his possession for some time. I knew nothing about chain saws, the different types, their value or anything. I told the client that I wasn't prepared to help him sell this item without first doing a lot of research.

He insisted that anyone who saw the auction and wanted to buy it would understand the value of it and that I should just list it and let the eBay marketplace determine the value.

I did just that but not before doing some light research so that I could at least write the auction listing.

Unfortunately, the information that I listed in the auction about the type of chain saw we were selling was incorrect.

I got a ton of email responses from potential bidders telling me how very wrong my description of the chain saw was. I ended up removing the listing from eBay early.

Lessoned learned, just have some knowledge about your product before you hit the pages with it. It would not have taken me much more time to read up a few more blogs or websites and I could have made a pretty penny.

Take it from me, know your market, because they will most certainly know you.