How to Get Started on EBay

Here's a surefire way to get started on eBay without much capital and with an equal chance of being as successful as anyone else on eBay.
First take a moment to take the get started tour and take get familiar with the site. As with most things, it's best if you follow the "no dessert until you eat your veggies" standard. If your so anxious to dive right in and don't want to take an extended start tour, at the least read the FAQs for sellers and buyers. The time you invest here will be as important as anything you do on eBay.

Jumping right in. Start by selling the things you have and don't need any longer. If this can be in the collectibles category, great, this is eBay's forte. If you really don't have any collectibles, take an inventory and just ask yourself what you could see people paying good money for out of what your willing part with. List that first, then list even the things you think won't sell well, you'll be surprised. Try to list at least 10 items your first time.

Pay attention to patterns of what sells and how it sells. For example, very few things do well alone, most items do much better when you list them along with many other listings at the same time. Your going to find that the more you list at one time, the more bidding activity you get because of the exponential benefit of cross marketing with eBay's huge user base.