Tips for Selling Your Auto on eBay
by URBAIN BECK
Buying and selling cars at online auctions such as eBay is becoming increasingly popular. As a seller, there are a few guidelines that you might want to follow so that you can generate a lot of interest in your car auction ... and a profitable sale.
Sell It With Pictures
You want your car looking its best if you want to get a good price for it. Get it detailed. You might even have it professionally painted.
Spend a bit of time and money on your listing. An online buyer has no reason to trust you, so you need to establish trust about your online car listing by providing a detailed text description and a lot of pictures to back up what you are saying. If you have a lot of pictures, you can present them in a slideshow. You can also offer to send more photos by email, although it is likely that most people will not go through the time or trouble to ask for more pictures by email. Nonetheless, you will be much better off having as many pictures as possible available on your eBay Motors posting than having just one or two photos.
Increase Your Chances of Auction Success With These Photo Tips
If you live in sunny Arizona or California, this first tip may seem a bit odd ... take a picture of the underside of the car. Your auction visitors want to make sure there is no rust or other damage. In wintry areas such as the Midwest where salt is used on the highways, rust is a big problem. No one wants to buy a rusted out vehicle. While you are at it, you might want to take some pictures of the fender wells, too.
Put your auction visitors in the driver's seat. For example, you will want to include a picture of the dashboard that shows the odometer and interior of the car, from the driver's perspective. You will want to feature other quality pictures of the interior such as floor mats, the seats and headliner.
You will obviously need to take pictures of the outside of the car. The exterior pictures should show all four sides of the car; that is, the driver's side, the rear, the passenger side, and the front.
If there are damages or flaws to your vehicle's exterior or interior, it is much better to be safe than sorry. That means you should take close-up pictures of the flaws and note them in the description. By being upfront, you will not have an irate buyer later.
Be sure to clean up your engine compartment and then take pictures of it. Take the dipstick out and photograph a close up of the oil to show that is fresh and clean.
Your potential buyers will also be interested in the trunk space, so make sure the trunk is clean and take some pictures of that, too.
Finally, you might receive email queries. Be sure to answer them politely and as soon as you can. Include your phone number so people can call with questions.
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