How to Quickly Build Great Feedback for Your eBay Business

Having a large amount of positive customer feedback is a great way to increase your stature in the marketplace. Feedback shows buyers what others who have done business with you thought about you. If you get even a few negative feedback ratings it can be very bad for business. This article is going to show you how to build up a large amount of great feedback in record-breaking time.

Steps

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   After you’ve registered an account with eBay and paypal your ready to start building feedback. First off, you can purchase a few inexpensive items and get your initial feedbacks from sellers. That way you’re not starting from zero.
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   Secondly, locate a very low-ticket priced item that you can sell on eBay. Cheap $1 jewelry, sunglasses, playing cards, etc.
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   Launch many of these low-ticket auctions with no reserve. You just want to sell as many items as you can in the shortest amount of time. This is why we’ve selected a low price point item. You can sell massive amounts of small items regardless of how much feedback you have. Bigger, more expensive products usually require more feedback to gain an eBay buyer’s trust.
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   As you ship off peoples’ goods, include a typed note that politely asks for feedback. Tell them that you are leaving them positive feedback on their eBay account, and if they were happy with your service, you would appreciate the same. It’s been said that 45% of customers never take the time to leave feedback, either negative or positive. The quick personalized note will take care of this issue. If they are politely asked, most people are happy to leave beaming feedback for you.
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   Repeat the above process until you have over 100 positive feedback ratings on your eBay account. Be sure to provide fast shipping and courteous customer service to ensure only positive feedback. After you’ve crossed 100 feedbacks, you can easily start to sell higher ticket items because the buyers will see your high feedback ratings and trust you more.

Tips

• Take feedback very seriously. It will stay with your eBay business for all time and is the scorecard of what your customers think of you. Feedback can either be a huge asset or a huge liability to your business. Give good customer service and fast shipping because it’s just not worth it to get even one terrible feedback review. Each negative feedback tarnishes your eBay image and makes people think twice about buying from you. Follow the steps of this article and you’ll have no trouble building and maintaining great feedback ratings.