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eBay Motors is a division of eBay that specifically involves the buying and selling of cars. Like its parent auction site, eBay Motors has become a busy ecommerce site. As a seller, there are a few guidelines that you might want to follow so that you can generate a lot of interest in your car auction ... and a profitable sale.

Sell It With Pictures

You want your car looking its best if you want to get a good price for it. It is all in the details ... get a good (not cheap) car painting job done if the current paint job is faded. You might also consider having it professionally detailed and cleaned up.

Spend a bit of time and money on your listing. Make sure you have a detailed auction description and a nice selection of pictures. If you have a lot of pictures, you can present them in a slideshow. You can also offer to send more photos by email, although it is likely that most people will not go through the time or trouble to ask for more pictures by email. Nonetheless, you will be much better off having as many pictures as possible available on your eBay Motors posting than having just one or two photos.

Photos That You Should Include at eBay Motors

As odd as it may sound, a picture that your visitors will appreciate is of the underside of the car. Your auction visitors want to make sure there is no rust or other damage. In wintry areas such as the Midwest where salt is used on the highways, rust is a big problem. Your potential buyer is not going to want to buy a rusted out vehicle at auction, so you can increase buyer confidence by showing that the car is clean. While you are at it, you might want to take some pictures of the fender wells, too.

Put your potential buyers in the driver's seat. For instance, you will want to show a picture of the dashboard, a clear image of the odometer and interior of the car from the driver's perspective and, if it's a muscle car with standard transmission, the stick shift and panel. You will want to feature other quality pictures of the interior such as the seats, floor mats, and headliner.

You will obviously need to take pictures of the outside of the car. The exterior pictures should show all four sides of the car; that is, the driver's side, the rear, the passenger side, and the front.

If there are damages or flaws to your auto's exterior or interior, it is much better to be safe than sorry. That means you should take close-up pictures of the flaws and note them in the description. By being upfront, you will not have an angry buyer later.

Be sure to clean up your engine compartment and then take pictures of it. Take the dipstick out and photograph a close up of the oil to show that is fresh and clean.

Clean up the trunk and take pictures of that, too. People like to see a spacious, clean trunk.

Finally, you might receive email queries. Be sure to answer them politely and as soon as you can. Include your phone number so people can call with questions.