Starting an eBay Business For Dummies, 3rd Edition includes the steps to success on eBay.
Written by Marsha Collier who is a successful home-based business person. She then educated her daughter on the profits and today is one of the stars of the eBay community.

Along with plenty of solid information and tips, she’ll give you the assurance you need to become an eBay expert. You’ll find useful insights to several sites you may have never know, like auction management and payment service vendors.

Find quality topics like:

• Attract more bidders to your auctions
• Set up a professional business
• Find out what sells and what doesn’t
• Increase bidder confidence with strong listings
• Price your items to sell
• Reduce your costs by shipping more efficiently
• Work with a PayPal account and collect your money
• Understand legal issues such as taxes and licenses
• Keep appropriate records
• Improve your image with outstanding customer service

I recommend Starting an eBay Business For Dummies, 3rd Edition as a starting point for your eBay business.