Are you finding that auction after auction fails to attract any bidders or buyers? It happens to the best of us sometimes. Take a good look at these top ten reasons to see if any of them could be making your bidders avoid you.

1. The starting price was too high. People don't want to bid high before anyone else has. Always start your auctions low and let the bidders bid them up.

2. The fixed price is too high. If you're just selling with Buy it Now, then of course your items won't sell if they're too expensive. Try reducing the price a little each time the item fails to sell.

3. No picture. Most buyers are reluctant to bid on something without a picture and that goes even more for high-value items. Think of it from the buyer's point-of-view... Would you want to bid on an item when you've no idea what it even looks like?

A lot of people want to know that magical time to list their item for sale on eBay. That precise moment when their item will sell for the best possible price. What they don't want to hear are those two dreaded words: it depends.

My eBay selling experiences have always put me squarely in the camp of "Sunday night is the best time to list on eBay". For me, anyway, it seems my items have always sold best with a 7-day auction that I began (and ended) at 7PM to 7:30PM PST on Sunday. The second best day and time for me has always been Monday at 7PM to 7:30PM PST. The worst day for me has been a Tuesday, any time. I never tried Fridays because I always perceived Fridays as being a bad time for an auction to end.

Turn on CNN or Fox News, read a column on the Internet or play your favorite all news radio station an you'll become acutely aware of the "so-called" fraud online - specifically related to eBay.

Definition of Fraud: "In a broad strokes definition, fraud is a deliberate misrepresentation which causes another person to suffer damages, usually monetary losses."

Like many, I have had negative experiences one eBay. However, I've also had negative experiences with unscrupulous people in the real world. The truth is that eBay is just a microcosm of real-life society where 99.9% of people are good nature.

Online Jewelry Auction Buying Guide: There are many advantages to buying jewelry through online auctions. The first advantage is pricing. In many cases, one could never go into any jewelry store and find the bargains that abound online.

In fact, online auctions have changed the way consumers shop for jewelry. Where else can consumers find top graded gems and finished jewelry products for just pennies on the dollar?

You can find someone else to sell your household and office items in online auctions, but do you know how to get the service you expect and deserve?

Maybe you don't have full time access to a computer or to the internet. Or, perhaps you are not all that computer literate? Perhaps you've heard a lot about eBay and other online auction sites and you'd like to get rid of some of the unwanted items in your home or office.

There are many sellers who are working full time at selling on eBay. In fact, it is their primary source of income and yet they have no idea how much they are making, I mean really clearing from the whole endeavor.

It's easy to get carried away when you first start listing on eBay by the sheer volume of work. I remember working well past midnight running on pure adrenalin and excited by the fact that there was money coming into my Paypal account daily from the items I was selling.

But like Coach John Wooden says "Never confuse activity with achievement". Just because you are moving like a whirling dervish doesn't mean that you are necessarily meeting your financial objectives.

By popular request (a slew of emails), we'll now discuss how buyers can avoid receiving stolen, "pirated," or "bootlegged" merchandise via online auction sites.

Nobody wants to knowingly receive stolen merchandise and the following tips should help you avoid trouble.

Digital downloads such as ebooks, MP3 audio files, and software represent the easiest products to sell illegally on an auction site.

The seller obtains a copy of the file, puts up an auction listing, and then delivers the file to the successful bidder(s) via email or website download.

Because it's so easy, that's where many people start their lives of online crime.

Don't you love gadgets, especially the new fangled ones. If you are like me and you strive to take ownership of the latest and greatest, then this article is for you - because I will save you a bunch of money which can then be safely applied to ... even more gadgets. From satellite receivers to universal remotes, there is a constant barrage of new releases. Now any self respecting gadget addict will understand that yesterdays gizmo's is destined for the trash heap as soon as release 3.0 hits the streets. Of course for the savvy shopper release 2.0 offers unique buying opportunities. Purchasing the one generation before often yields even more fun and stimulation. Since bugs have been removed, geeky hacks have been introduced and generally you can have more fun and be rather more ruthless with the little device.

Many people do make good money with their eBay businesses. You can be one of those people if you take the right steps at the beginning to set up your business. You should approach an eBay business like any other. Do the necessary research first. Don't rush into it with dreams of making a quick fortune.

Take your time and familiarize yourself with the eBay website. Take notes of the type of products you are thinking of selling - check out the competition, pricing and most of all take particular note of actual selling prices and whether the bidding was slow or fast and furious.

There are literally millions (somewhere in the region of 100 million) of eBay members, but this does not mean you are going to reach anywhere near that number. They won't even know you exist unless you prepare your strategy first.