Falls Church, VA, September 14, 2007 – Local residents and businesses that want to sell items on eBay, The World’s Online Marketplace™, can now turn over the entire process of listing, selling and collecting to a new service in Northern Virginia. 

While many people and businesses create their own listings on the site, monitor the bidding, and make arrangements with individual buyers for shipping and payment, many more would like to reach eBay’s marketplace but do not have the time, equipment or ability to do so.  Trading Assistants like West Indian Treasures, Inc. have formed their own businesses to carry out the complete selling operation for them.

On behalf of his/her customers, West Indian Treasures, Inc. handles all the work involved in placing items on eBay, creating listings, managing the bids received, shipping and collecting payment.  He/she then sends a check to the original owner of the items sold, less a commission fee.  Customers can make arrangements with West Indian Treasures, Inc. by phone at 571-748-7519 or via email at info@westindiantreasures.com.

“Residents and businesses here in Northern Virginia may have household, business or personal items laying around, stored away or simply no longer used that could bring them hundreds or thousands of dollars on eBay.  They just need to give us a call, and we’ll take it from there,” said Leo Miranda, owner of West Indian Treasures, Inc.  “We will pick up the item from the seller’s home or store, digitally photograph it, create an eBay listing that incorporates the photos, manage the item listing process, contact the high bidder, professionally package and ship the item to the purchaser, and collect payment for our customer.”

Trading Assistants are required to be experienced eBay sellers with at least a 97% positive feedback from their online customers.  West Indian Treasures, Inc. has gained a feedback score of over 600 from eBay buyers, with positive comments from 100% of them.  West Indian Treasures eBay Store. has over 4 years of experience selling on eBay and has conducted some 1,500 transactions with buyers. 

If you want to start selling your items on eBay please click here. For more information please visit West Indian Treasures, Inc. website at http://www.westindiantreasures.com.

eBay Trading Assistants are independent sellers, not employees or contractors of eBay Inc.

More information about eBay's Trading Assistants Program:

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