Terapeak Free eBay Product Research Tool

Terapeak Free eBay Product Research Tool
By Kirk Jensen
This article will explain the basics of how to use the Terapeak free eBay product research tool. Also it will give a comparison between the free tool and the the full version.
Ever find it difficult to know exactly what to sell on eBay? Or know whether or not it will be competitive in that market? Now there is a tool that you can do your basic research for buying and selling on eBay, this tool is Terapeak.
To use the tool simply go to Terapeak's home page and click on free tools. You are taken to a page that has a text field for Product keyword and a field for your e-mail address. Ignore the field for the e-mail address and put in a keyword phrase. Once a keyword phrase has been put in the following information will break down the results.
This is the information you will get in a basic search report.

1. You can find out what the average starting price is for your product so you don't have your product higher then everybody else's.
2. You can research the average end price for a product to see what kind of profit that specific product can give you.
3. Research can be done on a 7, 30 and 90 day range give you a better representation of the history of the product.
4. The tool will give the amount of total listings with a percentage for the sell through rate meaning out of the total lising in a given amount of time how many of them sold. This tells you if the product can sell well or not.
5. The tool will let you know what day, time of the day, and keyword phrases that produced the best results for the product listing.
6. The tool will let you know what type of promotional listing to use for example using bold, highlighting or both.
7. It will let you know if it is best to list the item for 1, 3, 5, 7 or 10 days
8. Finally the tool will let you know if a bid, buy it now, or store items is best to post.

Now this is the free Terapeak research tool, the full version comes will much, much more then that. Below are a couple of tool you get will the full version over the free version.

1. You can do a search for the top sellers
2. You can look at selling trends over a long period of time to really see what products are selling on eBay and what are not.
3. You can research what categories are selling the most
4. You get a product heat map which help you the hottest categories to sell by bids, total sales, bids per list and much more.
5. Product hot list, you can find out who are the movers and shakers for DVD's, CD's, Video games and books
6. You can save your search for easy reference later.
7. You can look at trend specific to a seller
8. You can research specific DVD's, CD's, Video game and books by their UPC

These are just a few of the comparisons between the free tool and the full version for Terapeak.
Kirk Jensen
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eBay Auction Home Business Tutorial: Do Your Research!

eBay Auction Home Business Tutorial: Do Your Research!
By Chris Bryant

In past eBay auction tutorials, we've talked about how there are people just waiting out there to buy you knowledge, and the best way to sell it to them is through writing ebooks. But whether you're going to sell ebooks or CDs, you need to do some research before diving in and selling. I know you're excited about starting your own eBay home business, but spending a nickel's worth of time on research can save you dollars worth of regret later.

Before you post your first item up for sale, search for related topics on eBay to see what your competitors are selling. If you're going to write an ebook full of fishing tips, use eBay Search to look for other items with "fishing tips" in the title, or maybe even just "fishing". The eBay Search window can be found in the upper right of the main eBay page (www.ebay.com), and on every other page on the site!

Don't be too concerned if there's someone else out there selling the same thing you're going to sell, but if there are 1000 other people selling your item, you may want to come up with another idea. Still, through superior marketing (and creating a superior product!), you can still do well. The idea here is to get an idea of how many people are already selling what you want to sell, and for how much they're selling it for.

While you have to be price competitive, don't make the mistake of selling your goods too cheaply, because cheap prices make potential customers think your goods are cheap, and you don't want that. Don't try to beat the competition by having the lowest price - beat them by having a superior product.

Now that you know what your competition is doing, you've got to sit down and create a plan for what you're going to do. After all, if you were driving from California to Florida, you wouldn't just drive your car out the driveway and aimlessly drive around just hoping you were on the right road, right? Right! The road to success must be planned as well. In my next eBay auction tutorial, I'll tell you what this plan MUST include. Until then, get started with your eBay research, and I'll see you tomorrow with another eBay home business tutorial!

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