eBay Auto Auction: Motorcycle Auctions

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eBay business opportunity: motorcycle auctions

Motorcycle auctions online might be an excellent opportunity not only to make an excellent one-time sale, but also to start an ongoing business. There is only one prerequisite: you have to love motorcycles.

A 1998 Ducati: $4399

The same as car auctions...

At the first glance, a motorcycle auction on eBay looks very similar to a car auction. You need to disclose the same information about the motorcycle you're selling and provide its VIN number (that's pretty much the same as the car VIN).

Motorcycle auctions are also a part of eBay Motors, just like car auctions.

Yet selling motorcycles isn't exactly the same as selling cars.

... yet very different

The main difference, certainly one of the most important for eBay sellers, is the fact that most bidders on motorcycle auctions will be the hobbyists. This impacts almost all areas of your eBay business.

First, you must make sure that your listing will be targeted to the group of freedom-lovers, not family men. A motorcycle auction with the listing calling a bike in question “the safest model ever” won't attract even half of the bidders that would place a bid for “the fastest” or “the most powerful”.

Then make sure you know all about the motorcycle you're selling – even the smallest malfunctions and the least meaningful strong points. Otherwise you might have problems with giving accurate answers to the motorcycle auction bidders' questions – most of them will know a lot about bikes and they will care what they buy down to the smallest details.

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