New WaysToSell On The Internet (NAPSA)—Most people have valuable things in their homes that they no longer need or use. Consignment shops or garage sales—traditionally the way people sell unwanted treasures—can be time-consuming and rarely let sellers secure true market value for their items. Many people wish they could take advantage of the growing eBay community, with more than 105 million registered users worldwide, as a way to ensure items have the best opportunity to sell for the best price. However, navigating the process of selling, which involves writing descriptions, taking photographs, estimating sale price and handling payment and shipping, takes time and experience. Thanksto an explosion of dropoff services across the U.S., consumers can effortlessly jump on the eBay bandwagon and turn their goods into cash withoutlifting a finger or a mouse. While drop-off services are in most metropolitan areas, the leader in both volume and customersatisfaction is AuctionDrop. With its relationship with The UPSStore, anyone in the U.S. can use the service simply by dropping things off—valued at over $75 and weighing under 25 lbs.—at The UPSStore in their neighborhood. There are no upfront costs. Customers need only to complete a simple form. The UPS Store ships the item to the AuctionDrop processing center, which sells it on eBay and then sends the consumer a check. You can easily sell unwanted items online by bringing them to convenient drop-off centers. The service gets results because a team of experts—professional researchers, photographers and writers—takecare of all the work so people don’t have to try this timeconsuming process themselves. For instance, when consumerslist items for sale on eBay, the average success rate is only 43 percent. In contrast, 92 percent of AuctionDrop’s listings sell within seven days. Plus, it has the industry’s only dedicated customer service center to answer buyers’ and sellers’ questions. Says longtime customer Carol Shaffer: “We just moved and I had a garage full of stuff that neither my husband or I wanted to unpack. I had a new job that was taking up all my time and I wanted some place that would literally take it and sell all of it for me. AuctionDrop’s fee is really worth the time that I saved.” For more information, call 1-866-DROP-IT-OFF or visit www.auctiondrop.com.
