Universal Header – Updated Start Here – Core Essentials

Start Here: The Core Essentials

Your Sequential Foundation for eBay Reselling Success

These are the must-complete core lessons that build your foundation. Follow them in order—each lesson assumes you’ve finished the previous one.

Once you’ve mastered these essentials, you’ll be ready to move on to the more advanced, in-depth lessons found in the Blog section.

⚠️ Don’t skip ahead! These are the basics you need before tackling advanced strategies.

Phase 1: Set Up Your eBay Business

Before you can sell anything, you need the right accounts and settings configured correctly from day one.

1

How to Create Your Free eBay Seller Account

Step-by-step setup: choosing your username, linking payment methods, setting up your seller profile, and avoiding the common mistakes that cost beginners money later.

📝 Coming Soon
2

Configure Your eBay Seller Preferences

Optimize your payment settings, shipping preferences, return policies, and seller protections so your account runs smoothly from the start.

📝 Coming Soon
3

Understanding eBay Fees and How to Minimize Them

Learn what eBay charges, when they charge it, and simple strategies to keep more money in your pocket without violating any policies.

📝 Coming Soon

Phase 2: Find Your First Items

Learn where to source inventory for FREE or dirt cheap—no startup capital required.

4

How to Start with Zero Money (Your Own Home)

The beginner’s goldmine: sourcing from your closets, attics, basements, and junk drawers. What to look for and what sells surprisingly well.

📝 Coming Soon
5

Free Sourcing: Curbside, Friends & Family

How to find valuable items for free at the curb, from connections, and from people who just want their clutter gone.

📝 Coming Soon

Phase 3: Research & Price Your Items

Use free AI tools to identify what you have, determine value, and avoid leaving money on the table.

6

How to Use Google Lens to Identify Items

Master the #1 free tool that changed everything—point your phone at any item and Google tells you what it is in 30 seconds.

📝 Coming Soon
7

How to Check eBay Sold Listings

Learn to find REAL prices (not wishful thinking). This prevents you from pricing too high or too low.

📝 Coming Soon
8

The Pricing Formula That Never Fails

How to price strategically based on real data, condition, and competition so your items SELL without leaving profit on the table.

📝 Coming Soon

Phase 4: Photograph Your Items

Take professional-looking photos using just your phone and natural light.

9

How to Take eBay Photos That Sell

Lighting, angles, backgrounds, and the 12-photo strategy. No fancy camera needed—just your smartphone and these techniques.

📝 Coming Soon
10

Photographing Different Item Types

Specific strategies for clothing, glassware, electronics, collectibles, and more—each category has its own tricks.

📝 Coming Soon

Phase 5: Write Your Listings

Use AI to write SEO-optimized titles and descriptions in 2 minutes flat.

11

How ChatGPT Writes My eBay Listings

The exact prompts I use to generate professional titles and descriptions—includes real examples and the copy-paste formula.

📝 Coming Soon
12

eBay Title Optimization (Keywords That Get Clicks)

How to pack 80 characters with search-friendly keywords so your items show up when buyers are looking.

📝 Coming Soon

Phase 6: Create Your First Listing

Put it all together and get your first item live on eBay.

13

Step-by-Step: Creating Your First eBay Listing

Walk through the entire listing process: uploading photos, adding title/description, choosing category, setting shipping, and hitting publish.

📝 Coming Soon
14

Auction vs Buy It Now: Which to Choose?

The pros and cons of each format, when to use them, and how to decide based on your item and goals.

📝 Coming Soon

Phase 7: Ship Your First Sale

The simple system that handles 90% of shipping scenarios—stop overthinking it.

15

Shipping Simplified: The 3-Tier System

Under 1 lb? Over 15 lbs? Fragile? This covers every scenario with real costs and which carrier to use.

📝 Coming Soon
16

Packaging Tips & Free Supplies

Where to get free boxes, how to protect fragile items, and the packaging mistakes that cost sales.

📝 Coming Soon
17

Printing Labels & Drop-Off Options

How to print shipping labels at home, save on postage, and where to drop packages off (including free pickup!).

📝 Coming Soon

Phase 8: Handle Your First Sale

What to do when you get that first sale notification—from payment to positive feedback.

18

Your First Sale: What Happens Next?

The timeline of a sale: when you get paid, when to ship, how to communicate with buyers, and how to get positive feedback.

📝 Coming Soon
19

Dealing with Returns and Issues

What to do when buyers have problems, how to handle return requests professionally, and when eBay protects you.

📝 Coming Soon

📌 Note: These core lessons are being published as I write them. Check back regularly for updates. Once a lesson is live, the status will change to “✓ Live” with a clickable link.

Universal Footer – Updated