What is a Trading Assistant?
If you have been around eBay for more than a few months you will have heard or seen the the words Trading Assistant or T.
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Also if you live in a large town or city you have seen shops opening up offering to sell your items on eBay for you.
These shops are known as Drop Off Shops, Trading Posts, and consignment Shops.
But at the end of the day the name does not really matter, all it means that these people will sell your items on eBay for you for a commission.
So What Is A Trading Assistant? An eBay TA is someone who has been registered on eBay for some time, they need to have reached a certain feedback and they need to have sold a certain amount of items in the last few months.
This means that they know what they are doing and have experience in the workings of eBay.
Also it is worth noting that Trading Assistants sometimes call themselves Consignment Sellers, and you will often see these names used often.
What Does A TA Do? eBay Trading Assistants take all the worry and hard work off your hands.
From the moment you find a TA in your local area and make contact and feel happy and safe with them, they do all the work for you.
In return for a fee they will take the pictures, write up the listing, deal with all the emails and paperwork.
Once the item has sold they will package it all up and send the item out.
Once the new owner has got the item and is happy, then.
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will send the money to their client either via PayPal or cheque less their fee.
What Do Trading Assistants Charge? This will vary between sellers.
Some charge a straight commission between 20 - 50%, and take all their fees out of this commission.
Others charge a set fee, and others charge a mixture of fees and commission.
But you will need to clear this with the T A before hand and find out what their fees are.
How Do You Find A Consignment Seller? The easiest way is to go to eBay and do a search in the TA Directory, and then enter your zip code or post code and from there you will be given a list of the people in your area.
You can define the search further by looking for someone who sells the type of items you are wanting to sell.
A.
Also if you live in a large town or city you have seen shops opening up offering to sell your items on eBay for you.
These shops are known as Drop Off Shops, Trading Posts, and consignment Shops.
But at the end of the day the name does not really matter, all it means that these people will sell your items on eBay for you for a commission.
So What Is A Trading Assistant? An eBay TA is someone who has been registered on eBay for some time, they need to have reached a certain feedback and they need to have sold a certain amount of items in the last few months.
This means that they know what they are doing and have experience in the workings of eBay.
Also it is worth noting that Trading Assistants sometimes call themselves Consignment Sellers, and you will often see these names used often.
What Does A TA Do? eBay Trading Assistants take all the worry and hard work off your hands.
From the moment you find a TA in your local area and make contact and feel happy and safe with them, they do all the work for you.
In return for a fee they will take the pictures, write up the listing, deal with all the emails and paperwork.
Once the item has sold they will package it all up and send the item out.
Once the new owner has got the item and is happy, then.
A.
will send the money to their client either via PayPal or cheque less their fee.
What Do Trading Assistants Charge? This will vary between sellers.
Some charge a straight commission between 20 - 50%, and take all their fees out of this commission.
Others charge a set fee, and others charge a mixture of fees and commission.
But you will need to clear this with the T A before hand and find out what their fees are.
How Do You Find A Consignment Seller? The easiest way is to go to eBay and do a search in the TA Directory, and then enter your zip code or post code and from there you will be given a list of the people in your area.
You can define the search further by looking for someone who sells the type of items you are wanting to sell.
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