Personal trading assistants help sell on eBay

• This happened several times, until the obvious dawned on me--I didn't want to spend the time to learn how to post something on eBay.
• Those are day-long seminars, held in different locations around the country, to introduce people to "Selling Basics" or "Beyond the Basics" in eBay speak.
• For $59, I could get tips like creating "eye-catching listings," or, for the more experienced, "bulk selling tools."
• On the other hand, I could avoid leaving my computer altogether and take a similar course online--free for the basics and $19.95 for the more advanced course.
• Tempting, but I didn't think I'd be enrolling in eBay University anytime soon.
• These are self-styled experts who also will post your item for you, then pack and ship it once it's sold.
• Depending on the person and what you're selling, the trading assistant might pick it up from your house.
• The criteria are pretty loose: to be included in the Trading Assistant Directory, a person must have sold at least 10 items in the last 90 days; at least 100 different people must have left positive feedback on different transactions, with 97 percent positive feedback or higher; and the eBay account must be in good standing.
• Salzano, 56, became a trading assistant a few years ago, after having been an avid eBay player for some time.
• His big sale as a trading assistant?
• eBay in bricks and mortar A personal trading assistant was an option.
• But so was what is known as a bricks-and-mortar eBay shop--a store where I could drop off my items, and the sales personnel would do all the work.
• Those who run such stores are also considered trading assistants, said Hani Durzy, a spokesman for eBay.