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If you really want the item, find the refresh button on your screen, or right click. While in eBay, you will find ‘refresh’ on your right click drop-down menu. Allow your competition to bid higher than you do. Keep refreshing the screen to see the clock countdown. About 20 seconds before the end, make your bid at the maximum price you are willing to pay.

If the bid is $152 and you are willing to pay $175, then bid $175. If it is not enough, and your opponent’s high bid was more than $175, then you would have had to bid more that you were prepared to pay, so you would have been outbid in any case. If it is enough then you will win it because your opponent will not have time to make a better bid. You don’t necessarily have to pay $175, only $5 dollars more than the next highest bid.

That’s how to win items on eBay: wait until the last moment, and if you are buying in your own country, items that close in the early of the hours of the morning are a lot easier to win with last minute bidding. To make sure, you can use ‘sniping’ software that automates the above procedure for you.

One final tip on using eBay for buying. Keep an eye on the postage. If see an item at a great price, it might not be so when you see the postage. Items from Hong Kong and China, especially, can cost a lot less than the postage. It’s your responsibility, and you can’t complain when the high postage is clearly displayed in the listing.

You will also want to read “How to Complement your Internet Marketing Business by Selling on eBay Part I” and “How to Use eBay to Promote Your Website Part I.”