First step, Make an ebay account.Verifty your account with at your email which you used to sign up with ebay to begin! some benifits are ebay can always be an alternative source to buy an item cheaper and to use ebay is free. There is currently more than 5 million ebay users today creating a market for cheaper goods and an oppurtinity for profit.Ebay 85% of the time is cheaper then retail you will learn that just by searching for something on it right now.

Tip:After Creating your ebay account to see a certain item that has sold recently,once on ebay click "Advanced Search" Next to the search button.Then Make sure there is a check in the little box next to "Completed listings only" This way you can see recently sold items to get an idea of how much you will buy it or sell it for.

If you decide to buy something sign up with Paypal so that you can be protected with coverage under Paypal's buyer protection policy.And also send your funds through paypal to the seller without exposing your credit card/Debit Card information to the seller.

Tip:Sign up with Paypal debit card for free to receive your funds instantly after receiving them from a buyer,also you will receive 1% Cashback everything you use your card.

Once you have your ebay account set up along side with paypal your ready to start buying and selling.There are two types of sales you will find on ebay.One being an auction type based where you place a bid and wait a certain time period to see if you win the bid.(Usually 5 days) And there is the normal "buy it now" where you can choose to buy it instantly. The "Advance Search" is a very good tip to use when you are deciding to sale something you can see how well an item sold for in either of these sale types. If the same item sold well in an acution type sale then start your item in an auction at 0.99 cents so that you may save on fee's. There is ebay fee's when you decide to sale something which are pretty low,but it is completly free if you decide to buy something.

Tip: Always look at the sellers or buyers feedback.Feedback is left by other ebayer's rating that ebayer on there experince with them.A Positive feedback is what you want to see with other ebayers you are doing business with. Try to only do business with those with a postivie feedback of 95%+

Next step is saving on shipping,A strategy that i think I only know of,Every ebay can use this strategy too.