List your Item

Here's some tips to list your item for a successful sale

Snap It

Tips for taking great photos with your phone:

  • Take and upload between 3 and 24 high-quality photos to increase your chance of selling by 3%.
  • Use natural light (not flash) and make sure the light faces the front of the item, not from behind.
  • Use a white background if you can, if not you can use our background removal tool in the listing flow to create a white background. 
  • Capture unique details of new items and and features and flaws of pre-loved items.
  • Take photos from all angles.

Write It

Stand out with attention grabbing titles and descriptions:

  • Titles that are 60-80 characters are 2.1x more likely to sell.
  • Include the brand, colour, size, material and special details like handmade or limited edition.
  • Include all the keywords a person might use to search for your item (e.g. cup, mug, glass, tea set).
  • Describe the item as if there were no photos
  • Be very detailed, and honest – make sure you cover any flaws.
  • Avoid using super, totally, awesome hype words.

Price It

Price your item competitively: 

  • Set a price for your item to attract buyers.
  • You can offer your buyers the option to bid or 'Buy It Now'.
  • Consider the ‘Best Offer’ option if you are flexible on price.
  • Increase your chances of selling faster by also selecting an Auction listing.

We’ll provide pricing recommendations based on similar items that sold on eBay to help improve your changes of selling

Post It

Tips and hints to make sending items easy:

  • Use eBay Postage labels to save time and money on postage labels from Australia Post and Sendle services.
  • Offer courier pick up, local pick up or choose various drop off locations if you’re not near an Australia post store.
  • Free postage to attracts more buyers, and boosts your search results. 
  • You can use any existing packaging you have lying around at home, as long as it's secure and sturdy. 
Check out eBay’s postage centre

Quick & easy listing

Our smart listing tool lets you copy listing details from similar sold items:

  1. Choose your item from the catalogue. If your item doesn't appear, just create a new one!

  2. Add item title & description: Grab your buyer’s attention and include words common search terms.

  3. Add up to 24 photos for free: Take photos on your phone or tablet in the eBay app or easily drag and drop photos from your mobile device.

  4. Set a price for your item. We'll provide pricing recommendations based on items in a similar condition that sold on eBay to help improve your changes of selling. 

  5. Add postage: Choose from our shipping recommendations and select the best postage option for your item.

Hint: If Quicklist isn’t appearing, select “Switch to the quick-listing tool” on the “Sell Page”.