“Dummy” Love: eBay how to book gives shout-out to Terapeak

By now, you’re probably aware of the For Dummies book series — its classic yellow dust jacket, that little cartoon dude on the front. Since 1991, the series has published over 1,500 different titles, all with the subtitle “A Reference For the Rest of Us.” Several even deal directly with eBay — which, of course, is why we’re mentioning  it now…

In particular, eBay for Dummies has been a go-to for sellers since its original publication in 1999. Recently released in its sixth edition, written by author and eBay expert Marsha Collier, the book is a 408-page opus that details everything you’d ever want to know about buying and selling on eBay.

Here at Terapeak, we were particularly stoked to see this little snippet in Chapter 5:

Getting professional info from Terapeak Research

If you become an eBay fanatic someday, you may find yourself praising the genius of an amazing service offered by eBay and Terapeak. Terapeak Research allows you to research pricing further back than the 14 days of completed listings that the normal eBay search allows. If you come across a special or very old item, and there are not many on the site, you can use this tool to find how much the item has sold for in the past few months.

“Genius”? “Amazing”? We’ll take it!

Okay, that’s enough horn-blowing for now. But seek the book out if you’re looking to step up your eBay game, especially as the holidays approach. You don’t have to be an eBay dummy to reap the benefits!

Comments

  1. Steve says:

    Thanks for the information. So far I am also doing good with eBay. I started about 2 months back.

    Made nearly $3500 so far. Here is my personal experience on eBay. Might help some newbies out there.

    http://ebayguide-sellingonebay.blogspot.com/

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