As I listed a few items on eBay last month, I could hardly believe that it has been nearly 2 years since I walked away from my online retailing. The transition wasn’t easy–I gave up nearly $20,000 in income (for my first full year in business), and decided that I would prefer blogging and writing [...]
Make Money By Thinking Outside the Box
May 28, 2009 by
How to Make Money by Thinking Outside the Box: “People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals – that is, goals that do not inspire them.” -Tony Robbins With all of the popular auction sites out there, there are plenty of opportunities to make money. Some great ways to make money on these sites [...]
How to Find Profitable Products and Inventory for Resale
May 28, 2009 by
How to Find What Products to Sell for the Best Profits: “You can have anything you want in life, as long as you help enough other people get what they want.” -Zig Ziglar Now that you know some great sources on “where” to find items for resale, it is important to know “what” items to [...]
How to Make Money Online Reselling (Retail) Products
May 28, 2009 by
Chapter 1: How to Make Money Online Reselling or Retailing Wholesale Products: “Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.” -Henry Ford A great way to make money online is to buy products at low or “wholesale” prices, and then simply resell them for a profit. To do this, of course, you [...]
Set Up Digital Delivery with Paypal Buy Now Buttons
May 28, 2009 by
Using Digital Delivery for Software and eBooks with Paypal “Buy it Now” Buttons If you have your own website, then you can also sell e-Books using Paypal® buy-it-now buttons and you can digitally deliver your items. To take advantage of Paypal® buy-it-now buttons, you will need to go to www.Paypal.com & click on the “Merchant [...]
How to Setup Digital Delivery Instant Download Free
May 28, 2009 by
Learn How to Set up Digital Delivery/Download on Your Website, eBay, Clickbank, and more Free: Thank you very much for viewing this online eBook guide on how to use instand download and digital delivery! This short eBook will give you everything you need to know to start a simple digital download process for your buyers, [...]
Inserting Your Video Online into eBay, Myspace, Amazon
May 28, 2009 by
How to Insert Video into eBay Auction Listings, Myspace, Xanga, Craigslist, WordPress Free: Now that you have created a video, you are ready to insert it into your eBay® auction, website, or networking site. To do this, you will use the HTML Embed Tag that YouTube® provided. This process is very simple, and you should [...]
How to Record Your Video for eBay, Myspace, or Youtube
May 28, 2009 by
How to Record Your Video to Place in eBay, Myspace, Xanga, WordPress, and more: In this section, I will walk you through the steps of recording or “capturing” your video. This is a simple process. Again, you can use your own software to do this if you prefer (such as Movie Maker® or software that [...]
How to Insert Video Into Your eBay Auction, Myspace, Blog
May 28, 2009 by
How to Insert or Add Video to Your eBay Listing, Myspace, Website, Web Page, and more: Thank you for viewing this online eBook on how to insert video. This guide will help you to insert video into your eBay auction listings, Myspace, Websites, Web pages, blogs, and more. Video is a very important tool. It [...]
eBay To Offer Free Insertion Fees Starting June 2009
May 20, 2009 by
eBay must really be hurting badly. They are now announcing that they are going to offer free listings (no insertion fees) starting in June of 2009. As I mentioned in another post, June seems to be bringing quite a few changes for eBay. I see that they finally appear to be doing something to save [...]
Will eBay Bring Back Digital Delivery for eBooks and Software?
April 29, 2009 by
EBay Bans Digital Delivery Downloads-Sellers Get Mad If you are a seller on eBay, then you probably know that the digital delivery market was huge. Sellers could sell eBooks, templates, website designs, software, pictures, and just about anything else they wanted. It was great! Buyers were happy because they got instant access and didn’t have [...]
eBay Bans Paper Payment Methods and Sellers with Low DSR
April 29, 2009 by
eBay just announced in a new announcement in late October, that they will be removing sellers with a detailed seller rating (DSR) of less than 4.1 in any category. So basically if you get burned by a buyer who wants to be a jerk and rate you bad without giving you a chance to resolve [...]
eBay Sales are Going Down and Sales Are Very Slow
April 29, 2009 by
I just happened to look at some of my sales stats for the past few months with just my eBay sales alone. I noticed something a little frustrating. My sales are actually going down! What is crazy is, this is the time when they are supposed to be going up! Here we are in late [...]
How Much Money Should You Charge for Your eBay Item?
April 29, 2009 by
If you sell on eBay, chances are at some point you have asked yourself this simple question: “How much should I charge for my products on eBay?” This is a great question. After all, the prices you charge will directly impact your bottom line (profits). There is a general rule when it comes to selling [...]
What is the Best Digital Camera to Get for eBay Auction Listings?
April 29, 2009 by
Having a digital camera is one of those tools you must have if you expect to succeed on eBay. You need to be able to show clear pictures of your items, and you need to be able to zoom in. This is especially important to those that sell a lot of miscellaneous merchandise, or used [...]
eBay Announces New AdCommerce Pay Per Click Program
April 29, 2009 by
Ebay just announced their new PPC advertising program called AdCommerce. Apparently, eBay sellers can opt to sign up for this program to run pay per click advertising links within the search results page on eBay. So far, it seems you can only use it to promote your own eBay listings or your own eBay store. [...]
Is it Profitable to Sell Name Brand Clothes on eBay?
April 29, 2009 by
Here is a great question that I was recently asked below: I’m thinking about selling clothes on ebay i Just wanted to know if you have sold clothes on ebay an if it a waste of time or it turned out to be good? it will be mostly high end/name brand clothing. I get my [...]
I Live in New York, What Do I Need to Do to Legally Sell on eBay?
April 29, 2009 by
Before I jump into this question, just let me remind you that I am not any kind of legal or tax professional. Laws vary from state to state, and even city to city. So it is always important to talk to a professional where you live for the most complete and specific advice regarding these [...]
What Should the Starting Price be for My eBay Items?
April 29, 2009 by
This is a great question faced by every seller when they go to list their items. Here is the full question: I’m planning to sell an item on eBay that I have been working on. I need to get at least $99 from it. Is it best to start at $99 or would it be [...]
How Do I Find Sellers That Accept Money Orders on eBay?
April 29, 2009 by
This is a great question I recently received: I’m buying on eBay and I want to buy an item using a money order. How do I easily find items that accept money orders? Unfortunately, you can’t. I know that sounds crazy, but eBay announced a new policy in November regarding “paper payments.” Sellers now can [...]
How Much Do I Have to Sell on eBay Before I am Considered a Business?
April 29, 2009 by
This is a great question about eBay I recently replied to: I plan on selling a lot (i mean a lot) on ebay and I was curious to the amount of income or the amount of items i recieve/sell to be “bumped up” to a business or retail status. If someone could give me a [...]
I Want to Start Selling on eBay.com, Can You Please Help!
April 29, 2009 by
Here is a great question I recently decided to reply to: I’m going to open an ebay account to start selling things I don’t need anymore. I have some questions still. -What do I need to create an ebay account? -How does paypal work? Do I put info about my bank account or just a [...]
Is it Safe to Buy and Sell Items on eBay.com?
April 29, 2009 by
This is a great question that many people who are new to eBay and Paypal often ask. Here is the question below: I have never bought anything off of ebay, but I really want to. I am just kind of skeptical about it and was wondering if you have had positive experiences than negative. Explain [...]
Can People Really Make Money on eBay.com or Amazon.com?
April 29, 2009 by
People often wonder if it is really possible to make money with sites such as eBay. I suppose there is a lot of hype out there, but yes you can make a reasonable amount of money, and it will correlate with your talents and time you put into it. Here is a question I recently [...]
eBay is Failing Miserably According to Business Week
April 29, 2009 by
eBay used to be awesome! I think we can all agree. Granted, awesome does not mean “perfect.” But it was good for selling merchandise. But not anymore! BusinessWeek.com reported eBay has just announced pretty crappy sales. I thought I would write this article to help all the idiots at eBay understand why. So here is [...]