Offer Payment Options...the easier it is for your buyer to pay, the more bids you will see. Like it or not, a great many ebay buyers use Paypal. If you are not offering it as a payment option you should be.

Use the Community Boards...Ebay provides open user bulletin boards for virtually all of their services and category areas. A lot of useful tips and information can be gleaned from time spent surfing the bulletin boards. You can link to them Here.

Show the Bad Stuff...Accurately describe any flaws, cracks, chips, or imperfections in your items in your listing. If possible show a photo of the imperfection. This will save you a LOT of grief later from dissatisfied buyers.

Use caution with negative feedback...your feedback is your report card and the only tool your buyer has to judge your integrity. Guard it wisely. Negative feedback left for others can sometimes result in them leaving a negative feedback for you in retaliation. Once placed it cannot (with very few exceptions) be removed. Granted its a flawed system at best with the bias being toward the buyer. But it is the system in place and not worth the damage to your selling reputation to get unwarranted negative feedback.

Get a Second ID....Ebay allows you to sign up under multiple ID's. If you do a lot of buying as well as selling it may be worth your while to get separate user names for each.

Use the Post Office's Freebies...if you ship primarily through Priority Mail the USPS will provide free boxes, tape, and labels through their website delivered to your door. You have to register with them and agree that the materials will only be used for Priority Mailing. Link to our shipping page Here.

Ebay Canada...if you're currently selling on Ebay.com you may also consider registering to sell on eBay.ca, the Ebay Canadian counterpart. Prices will be quoted in both Canadian and US dollars and you will have to ship to Canada. The upside is that there are considerably fewer listings and hence less competition in the more popular categories. It may well be a good time to carve out a niche market there before the competition heats up.