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Ebay Marketplace Research - Overview

As we mentioned in our hints and tips section, researching the market place before you buy or sell can contribute to the success of your trading experience. Whether you are just de-cluttering your house or looking to start a business, knowing where products fit into the marketplace on eBay will give you the knowledge to achieve the best price or in fact achieve a successful auction.

If time is short, maybe you are putting together your business plan or you are checking out what you can get for your money. You may require highly accurate research, eBay offer the following tool:

eBay Marketplace Research
• View up to 90 days of eBay completed listings data.

• Analyse key metrics, such as the average sold prices and average start prices of items.

• Use charts to help you visualise buying and selling trends in the eBay marketplace.

• Explore the top keyword searches on eBay by category and by related keywords that you choose.

eBay Marketplace Research is available in three subscription options to help meet your specific needs.

Fastpass – subscription fee is £1.99 offering two day access and 10 research queries.

Basic – subscription fee is £5.99 offering one month access and 10 research queries.

Pro – subscription fee is £12.99 offering one month access and 100 research queries.

There are many more benefits to these subscriptions, the page to read more and sunscribe is easy to find, follow below steps:

1. Go to www.ebay.co.uk
2. Click on Buy at the top of the page.
3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, under the heading ‘Other Ways to Browse’, click on eBay Marketplace Research .