“Amazonation of eBay” Will eBay Successfully Morph Into an Amazon Clone?
May 4, 2008 by Scott Pooler · Leave a Comment
| Overall Rating | No Ratings |
| Quality of Review | No Ratings |
| Informational Value | No Ratings |
"
Learn to bear bravely changes of fortune".
The following quote derived from a private forum post - The author granted permission for its use here.
It looks to me like further signs of the "Amazonation" of eBay. Read more
Popularity: 29% [?]
DSR’s – Detailed Seller Ratings, Best Match, eBay Buyer Experience, PESA ECMTA Call In
April 9, 2008 by Scott Pooler · Leave a Comment
| Overall Rating | No Ratings |
| Quality of Review | No Ratings |
| Informational Value | No Ratings |
Is eBay messing with your seller experience!
-
DSR's getting you down?
-
Best Match Confusing?
-
Has your eBay Seller experience gone "As Expected"?
You are not Alone!
eBay has initiated numerous radical changes in the last several months and you are not the only one trying to keep up! The good people at PESA and ECMTA (Professional eBay Sellers Alliance and E Commerce Merchants Trade Association) discuss matters like this with the members of the two associations on a regular basis. They figure that many members trying to find a clear path forward is more productive than one eBay seller trying to do it on their own. Read more
Popularity: 28% [?]
Get Products Noticed 2008 – eBay, Amazon, Google ShopZilla & More
March 21, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
| Overall Rating | No Ratings |
| Quality of Review | No Ratings |
| Informational Value | No Ratings |
What are the best places online to get your products noticed in 2008?
eBay - 225 million eBay members are actively buying and selling in the world today and over 68,000 businesses are trading there. Over $52 billion was traded on eBay globally in 2006. eBay is one of the first places that consumers looks when trying to source a product to purchase. Consider opening an eBay store. If set-up correctly and managed, an eBay store can result in your listings being organically visible on the top search engine organic listings. You can even give your eBay store the same look and feel as your website. Read more
Popularity: 22% [?]
Tips for Recognizing Wholesale Scams – Wholesale Buying Education
March 21, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
| Overall Rating | No Ratings |
| Quality of Review | No Ratings |
| Informational Value | No Ratings |
When most people look for suppliers these days, they start with Google. Yet the world of online suppliers can be a murky one and sadly, many budding entrepreneurs weigh in out of their depth with disastrous consequences. According to Simon Slade, manager for SaleHoo Product Sourcing, there are two very serious risks associated with sourcing on the internet:
- Inadvertently buying fake designer brands
- Fraudulent suppliers who take advantage of insecure payment methods to rip buyers off. Read more
Popularity: 11% [?]
eBay eCommerce Blogging or Affiliate Sales Why not All of the Above?
March 13, 2008 by Scott Pooler · Leave a Comment
| Overall Rating | No Ratings |
| Quality of Review | No Ratings |
| Informational Value | No Ratings |
Do you have your own off eBay website?
As an eBay seller you know you should have your own website but for some unknown reason our research indicates that most eBay sellers do not. Why?
If it is because you do not have the time to set up another high maintenance difficult to control Internet presence... You may not be aware of all of the new and interesting ways to get online with your own name and brand while not having to maintain that online portal each and every day.
A website can be thought of as a more difficult animal to manage than an eBay store or auction listing business. In reality the maintenance is much lower while sometimes the cost to get started can be a bit higher. Continuing costs of a website versus an eBay business are completely different however and by an almost universal consensus the stand alone website will win the cost to maintain battle every time.
So, why eBay? Because with the massive traffic generation provided by the huge amount of inbound links and the pure enormity of eBay a seller can have a higher percentage chance of making a sale on eBay than on a stand alone website.
What if you want a website and the traffic of eBay but you do not have enough source of supply to populate your own eCommerce site to compete with the massive lists of products found on eBay or Amazon? We think you could be quite happy with the following solution.
One particularly interesting method of populating an off eBay website which will not simply promote your brand and your eBay items but also will pay you back and run on autopilot. Is to install phpBay Pro on an existing or new php based website or Wordpress CMS site.
phpBay Pro (See Link in the Sidebar) is an Ebay software script available as a plugin for Wordpress or as an API (application programming interface) for php driven web sites. It’s built for simplicity, meaning that you can have it up and running in just a matter of minutes. Both versions come with documentation.
Ebay Affiliate SoftwarephpBay Pro enables web publishers to quickly and easily add keyword rich eBay auction listings to your Wordpress or php driven site to generate serious affiliate revenue in a matter of minutes!
What this means to those who may not be aware of the terminology used in the phpBay Pro company literature is...
With phpBay Pro any website can import any eBay listing category, store, or keyword group directly into a stand alone website or Wordpress based self hosted blog. When the owner of such a website signs up as an eBay affiliate at Commission Junction, the resulting traffic directed to eBay from these listings inserted into any own website or blog will generate 24 hour a day revenue for that site. Those same listing imported into your off eBay website add constantly updating and new content to that site. For SEO this is a great advantage. Your site can be relatively static, yet always have new listings imported providing recent and relevant content for search engine spiders to chew upon.
These imported listings can be from your own store, your favorite category, or of the best items from eBay's hot list. The best part is that the imported listings will look as though they are designed as part of your original website. It won't look like some eBay generated widget or html builder import. Well, actually... the best thing is that as the website owner you can make money on any item sold via your listings imported from eBay and you will not have to ship or stock or inventory any of them.
Check Out phpBay Pro - Follow that link below.... Tell em the All Business Auctions sent you! Or give us a call, we use phpBay Pro ourselves and would be happy to help you set up a website which can take advantage of this technology. We will insert eBay live listings with phpBay to a new site which could also contain not only your eBay listings from an existing eBay store but also have a page of eBay listings from other sellers stores (a great way to test niche's) and also have a web 2.0 style blog attached to build a sense of community with your buyers. The options are endless!
Popularity: 14% [?]
Does Becoming a Guest Blogger on an Authority Site Improve Your Blog Traffic?
March 13, 2008 by Scott Pooler · Leave a Comment
| Overall Rating | No Ratings |
| Quality of Review | No Ratings |
| Informational Value | No Ratings |
Guest Blogging?
Becoming a guest blogger for a related website or blog can increase your own website traffic and improve your reach. The key is to provide a valuable and interesting perspective for the readers of the surrogate blog site. Your message should be just a little bit outside the normal flow of the readers expectations but not so far out that they will dismiss your post to wait for the next "regular" issue to return to normal. Intrigue don't insult... make new friends and possibly new subscribers in the process.
Recently I have been working closely with Jay Berkowitz of the Ten Golden Rules Podcast, Ten Golden Rules Blog and website. TenGoldenRules.com. (Everyone should be familiar with Jay by now as I have been including a great deal of information about him and our interrelated speaking engagements etc... on this blog and in the Trading Assistant Journal.
Jay has a perspective that is exciting and refreshing when viewed from an eBay guy's vantage point. The entire world of Internet marketing is so vast and yet eBay people, myself included, can get so wrapped up with the day to day activities and grind of eBay that we sometimes let the entire outside world go by without even noticing. Jay brings into focus some aspects of that vast world, or at least the social networking and new Internet marketing portion of the it for me when I listen to his podcast. This is not a podcast which is designed to sell you a box of DVD's , Guides, e-Books or Courses - Jay has no DVD's for sale.
I appreciate his genuine awe struck and outgoing way of bringing his listeners sound bytes from some of the most powerful and cutting edge Internet marketers and pioneers in our World today. Jay rubs shoulders with and interviews the likes of Seth Godin and Jason Calacanis on a weekly basis. If you don't know who those people are, it's OK because Jay will share the highlights of the careers of these .com and Internet moguls with you when he reports on the Ten Golden Rules podcast. I say Awe Struck, not because I think Jay does not belong in the same room with these mega-tycoons of our industry but because he has a way of approaching these interviews with the kind of exuberance and giddiness of someone who may not belong, but is happy to be there, would bring. Jay belongs - one only needs to read his resume on the Ten Golden Rules website to know he has been playing in this sandbox for some time now. He simply has a style which brings the listener into the room as if we were flies on the wall and Jay is the only person who knows we are there.
Jay uses a small digital recording device to get his sound bytes and interviews. He approaches people at opportune times, usually after a cocktail hour or a dinner at the end of a long day or after a conference. His interviews are not stiff but his subjects just might be. The format is simple and to the point and he repeats similar questions to all of his guests but this only makes the listener more comfortable with the process. The answers are not canned or spammed and they seem to come from the heart with most of his best guests. So I applaud Jay for his honest and forthright efforts to bring a tiny glimpse of the vast and ever changing world of the Internet and how cutting edge pioneers use it for their own personal enjoyment as well as how they market for personal gain.
Jay has been more than happy to communicate and share with me outside the world of his podcast. I helped Jay and Debbie Levitt arrange for Jay to be the Keynote speaker at RocketPlace.com and now that has become a connection which will serve all of us well into the future. With Jay speaking at eBay live in Chicago (As noted in our previous post).
Jay has allowed me the honor of guest posting with an eBay perspective on his Ten Golden Rules Blog. I hope to contribute as often as he and his staff have a need for my content. But if no more than the post I have repeated below is included in the Ten Golden Rules blog, I think I will have been successful.
Guest posting is a sign that you have good content and that people want to hear what you have to say. I respect the trust and I honor the privilege whenever another blogger has room for one of my posts within their publication. If you reach the point where another blog property will have your content inserted with your own byline, as a guest blogger the opportunity should not be allowed to slip away. Guest Blog whenever possible and do it with integrity. Make sure your host is aware of your sincere gratitude for the opportunity to address his or her readers.
Thanks again Jay and the Team at Ten Golden Rules!
The following is my first guest post on the Ten Golden Rules Blog:
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Guest Post - Top 10 eBay Stores Tips for Small Business Owners
Here is a guest post from our friend Scott Pooler at All Business Auctions, an eBay stores expert.
Top 10 eBay Stores Tips for Small Business Owners
1) OPEN an eBay store and stock it with merchandise - This is the first step! Once you make this initial step, your business will be on its way towards gaining worldwide exposure for your brand plus a robust and lively new customer base. Question: Are you aware that more searches are initiated for products on eBay each day than on Google? In fact there are more searches completed each day on eBay than on Google’s entire system and every search within eBay is initiated by a consumer looking for a product to buy.
2) Build up your positive feedback number - By building the eBay account feedback through purchases and the sales of your store merchandise new and exciting features of your eBay account will become available. Once your feedback rating exceeds 100 all of your fixed price and store listings will be gaining even more Internet exposure on eBay express and your eBay store merchandise will qualify for many other programs within eBay. When sales exceed $1000.00 per month, the eBay stores business you established will be listed as a PowerSeller. Powerseller status indicates to the consumer that you are a steady and reliable resource and they can have confidence buying from you. Additionally, when your sales surpass $3000.00 per month, your business will qualify for a reduction in PayPal fees. The best sellers rise to the top both in the new Best Match Search and with quality DSR's or "Detailed Seller Ratings" on eBay. Being a great merchant now results in a bottom line discount on fees for Powersellers.
3) Research and Test - Use existing tools provided by companies like Terapeak and Hammertap to research your niche and products on eBay. Study the competition and learn your strengths and weaknesses as a seller on eBay. The world of eBay retailing is dynamic and different from even cutting edge eCommerce marketing. You must have relevant and accurate information at hand to really know the marketplace. Without research and testing (via your eBay store and auctions listings), no real eBay marketing plan can be developed. Use these easy to understand tools to learn the trends, price points, and methods your competition uses to dominate the marketplace for your niche. Research is king on eBay!
4) Design Your eBay Store to fit your brand - An eBay store is a marvelous tool to attract traffic to your merchandise but once a potential customer lands on your site you want them to stick around and see all that you have to offer. A standard eBay store design is very basic and will appear as one of a thousand similar eBay stores in the world. To stand out and be recognized, you need to invest in a professionally designed eBay store. A store designed with your company look and feel and your branding will perform much better than the stock eBay store packages with dated graphics and cookie cutter design.
5) Complete your eBay Store “About Me” Page - This is possibly the single most important step to succeed as an eBay seller! The About Me page is the only place where, within the eBay rules and guidelines it is possible to re-direct eBay traffic to your own website. If you want a portion of the 225 million eBay users to see your company website, this is where you get it done! A professional eBay store design should include a “me” page designed to funnel traffic to your off eBay website.
6) Write an eBay guide, review, or blog - Give your muse a try and write a review or a guide to how to buy a product you feature. What should a consumer look for in products similar to what your store features? How would a consumer go about finding an honest dealer like you? What kind of treasures can be found in the marketplace and how does a consumer tell the good from the fake in your field? This is not a place for blatant merchandising but more of a place to write a common sense guide about how to buy your specific category of widgets. These guides and reviews and/or blog posts are all ways to gain worldwide exposure for your company and your brand and identify yourself as an expert - eBay provides these tools to you for free!
7) Import your eBay listings into your own website - Create excitement on your website and offer ever changing content to the search engines by importing your own eBay store listings into your off eBay traditional website. The advantages of this strategy are vast and the investment is minimal. If you sign up as an affiliate of eBay (also free) your company can even realize revenue from any click through to eBay from your website.
Sell Internationally - With an eBay store your company becomes an international exporter overnight. Make your products available to the world and offer them on all of eBay's international websites. You will gain new customers, additional traffic and valuable bidders for any auction listings you post. Bring the world to you with the click of a mouse!
9) Set up a Trade - In / Trade - Up Program for new equipment sales - . Example: Your business sells new and valuable products or merchandise and has a loyal customer base. You are always working toward selling your customers the latest and greatest piece of equipment or new model of your merchandise. As a business owner you hesitate to directly accept trade in equipment and then sell same used equipment for warranty and financial reasons etc… With an established eBay based Trade up program an opportunity becomes available to offer your customers a way to convert used merchandise into trade in cash on eBay if the customer will commit to buying a new stock item from you. In an eBay consignment arrangement, you never take ownership of the item and therefore you never invest in the item nor are you liable for the item. The item is sold as is to a new customer and your loyal customer applies the value towards the sale of your new inventory. Win Win - Everyone is happy. You sell new equipment by eliminating a financial objection from your present customer. - Smart Business!
10) Stick with it! - There are many tools available to your company which will automate the process of listing and re-listing merchandise which reduces labor costs and the possibility of tedium causing you to abandon an eBay store plan. When you set up your eBay store, have an eBay plan in place with goals and milestones in mind and on paper. Stick with your plan, adjust your goals, and learn your marketplace. Each sale will propel your business along the pathway to success and each sale will be a learning experience. Your company and you can do it and you can do it now!
Bonus Tip - eBay is more than a sales channel - eBay is a worlds most highly trafficked intersection of buyers and sellers. Location is everything in the world of retail and if your store is on a busy corner you will be touted as a genius for your selection of a location. Think of eBay more as an advertising opportunity and a brand building marketplace with the added benefit of producing real sales. eBay has spent as much as 4 Billion dollars per year on PPC advertising targeted for goods listed within eBay Stores, do you want a piece of that ad buy? An eBay store can have a long lasting positive impact on brand awareness and new customer acquisition all while providing actual revenue. Top tier retailers including Sears and Circuit City have invested in the eBay marketplace because it is much more than a place for collectibles. Open up to the possibilities of eBay, no other venue provides so much traffic with such a small overall investment.
Scott Pooler is an eZine Articles Expert Author and the Publisher of the "Trading Assistant Journal" . His company - AllBusinessAuctions.com provides eBay stores design, eCommerce development, Internet & eBay solutions & software to small and mid sized businesses worldwide.
727-596-6900
Popularity: 24% [?]
Is Your Business Using Online Advertising? Promote Your Website with PPC
February 24, 2008 by Scott Pooler · 1 Comment
| Overall Rating | No Ratings |
| Quality of Review | No Ratings |
| Informational Value | No Ratings |
What is your strategy to grow your business? Maybe you should explore using online ads...
The days of relying completely on the traditional methods of advertising like the Yellow Pages or newspapers to advertise a business or product may be quickly coming to a close. With the advent of the Internet and the convenience of online search, consumers are now less likely to reach for the yellow pages and more likely to search the Internet for your products. Laptops, Blackberries and wireless networks make the convenience of the Internet hard to ignore. Internet search advertising is the hottest marketing trend to hit small business in decades.
Placing advertising on multiple websites where millions of people have access to your message is easy cheap and convenient for business owners. Set up a your ad buy through a single advertising source and place these small text messages and links throughout the Internet.
These tiny, text-only paid ads you create can pop up as search engine results or be placed directly within websites based upon the keywords you select and the content base of the blog or website they are placed upon.
According to an A.C. Nielsen survey, consumers are not letting fraud concerns stop them from shopping online. Results of this survey, commissioned by eBay, indicate that consumers are buying more each year online and that most believe the Web is becoming a safer place to shop.
Results from online advertising campaigns can be tracked and analysed. An advertisers return on investment is measured in tremendous detail which has never before been available with traditional print types of advertising.
If your business uses a Website to sell or market products and services, online marketing will be critical to your success. Targeted ads attached to keyword search results are the clear winner among Web-based marketing methods. Their simplicity, low cost and popularity among small businesses have pushed flashy banners aside as the main method for connecting buyers and merchants online. You pay only when someone clicks your ad and visits your site. A prospect that reads your brief ad but doesn't click it costs you nothing.
Two leading search ad outlets are Google AdWords, www.google.com/ads, and Yahoo! Search Marketing, http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com. Visit the sites for complete details and to open an account.
Popularity: 7% [?]
Buy it Sell It – Ebay Competitor Review buyitsellit vs eBay
February 14, 2008 by Scott Pooler · 7 Comments
| Overall Rating | No Ratings |
| Quality of Review | No Ratings |
| Informational Value | No Ratings |
All Business Auctions is about to launch a review series of the alternate channels available for eBay sellers. We feel strongly that leaving eBay is not a prudent course of action but keeping ones options open is also an excellent idea. A great deal has changes in the Internet commerce arena since the early days of eBay. It would seem that eBay is no longer the only fast and simple method to get products online for sale. Much has been written about eBay and Amazon so we will not cover those behemoths in this series. Our plan is to start with some of the most interesting options and then move up to Amazon and OverStock Auctions.
Please know that we are not affiliates of Buy It Sell It or any of the other solutions we will try in this series. If we find one we like and continue to use it after our reviews are complete we may become an affiliate... But for now we only should disclose that we do offer eBay affiliate links on this site.
First on our list is Buy it Sell it
Buy it Sell it is an Ink Frog product. Many eBay sellers will be familiar with The Ink Frog eBay listing software solution. Ink Frog offers a flat rate $9.95 a month eBay management package with free hosting for images and template gallery.
Buy it Sell It offers an attractive interface...
And the front page of the offer says a lot... We will try it ourselves and see exactly how and if Buy it Sell it works as advertised.
I think one of the most interesting aspects of this offer is the following paragraph:
BuyItSellIt supports the leading payment processors Google Checkout, Paypal and Authorize.Net. Tired of complicated shipping matrixes? Use our real-time calculated shipping via USPS and FedEx. All product entries are automatically posted to Google Product Search for maximum exposure to your store. Sell on eBay? Easily plug in your eBay store listings directly into your BuyItSellIt store front.
To Sum up the Introduction:
BuyitSellit offers
- A free and attractive stand alone web store front.
- eBay import
- Digital Delivery Options
- Multiple Web Store Templates
- An Order Management Console
- Bulk Upload and Product Management Console
- Google Checkout and PayPal
- Rss feeds for each store
If nothing else this is a great way to get up and running with an off eBay website.
Check back for updates...
Popularity: 36% [?]
Alternative Fuel for Success – eBay eCommerce & Auction Competition
February 8, 2008 by Scott Pooler · 2 Comments
| Overall Rating | No Ratings |
| Quality of Review | No Ratings |
| Informational Value | No Ratings |
Turmoil
There is a great deal of turmoil emanating from within the ranks of eBay sellers since the numerous and ominous recent announcements and changes in the eBay policies and fee schedules. Some of this consternation is worthy of serious consideration. Changes in feedback and seller ratings criteria, changes in fees and significant changes in the eBay consignment requirements have all caused quite a stir.
Fire Storm
While within eBay management it seems the powers that be feel they will weather this fire-storm just as they have every other major upheaval from sellers due to fee hikes in the past, this round of announcements seems to have salted some very old wounds. Sellers this time around seem to be more genuinely ready to look for alternatives to eBay.
Mistake?
I will say that I personally agree with many of the sellers' viewpoints. But alternately, eBay has its goals as well. It seems that eBay is working hard to play catch up with Amazon, which in my mind is a mistake. eBay is not Amazon and should never try to be Amazon. Buyers go to each site for different reasons. When a buyer lands on an eBay page they are aware of what eBay is, they are somewhat excited by the bidding process and exhilarated when an item they won at auction arrives at the door as promised. eBay is - and always was - a scavenger hunt destination. People enjoy the hunt and even though they do like to complain about this or that, they always come back because of the hunt.
eBay has been slowing morphing into a new version of Amazon with more new fixed price items than ever before. This may seem like a good thing to eBay executives and board members because the major players in the fixed price market pay eBay fees on time and without complaint. But what happens to those sellers when the buyers stop coming to eBay? When eBay is no longer a scavenger hunt, a place to find interesting or weird items and/or great deals, why will the world flock to its portal?
If we want a new product and we want it delivered tomorrow, as a group of educated buyers we go to Amazon or Buy.com or one of the many hundreds of other new merchandise sites. If eBay changes are meant to morph the site into another Amazon.com, why will anyone go to eBay? It will simply become one of a hundred other sites and will diminish in stature over time. Amazon has the lead in new merchandise sales and will probably retain that lead. eBay should concentrate more on its core sellers and its original reasons for success.
Loyalty Shift
Recent news articles and comments from the sellers themselves on eBay's own discussion boards may prove that this upheaval is different than recent similar outbreaks of revolt. Talks of seller strikes may sound silly to the casual observer since they have been tried before without much success. The real proof of a possible shift in loyalty comes from reports of an influx of new sellers on eBay alternative sites.
Fortune CNN Reports
Fortune Magazine reports in this article eBay rivals circle an influx of new sellers to multiple alternative eCommerce and auction sites. We will review these and many more online selling sites for you in this publication in the coming weeks.
Our view is: check options, be open to change, evaluate inventory and costs and try new ideas. I would never recommend leaving eBay altogether as other have openly demanded. eBay still is a powerhouse of traffic generation and will continue to be a part of our business and a recommended tool for any business we work with. But options are out there to explore and from our initial evaluation, some of these options may just be a viable alternative.
Eggs
I have always preached that no business should depend completely upon one outlet for sales. There is no real reason to place all of your eggs in the eBay basket. But do not abandon eBay completely because of some sort of seller upheaval. Take a wait-and-see outlook and check your options. Change, in the end, is almost always a good thing. But change just for the sake of change can be dangerous. Keep your eBay account, keep your customers happy and keep selling...
Popularity: 13% [?]
As a small business owner – Why use eBay? re: Derek Gehl of IMC
January 13, 2008 by Scott Pooler · Leave a Comment
| Overall Rating | No Ratings |
| Quality of Review | No Ratings |
| Informational Value | No Ratings |
Last month I attended an Internet Sales seminar in Miami put on by the Internet Marketing Center (IMC). 
The seminar is geared towards selling a information product/course originally developed by Corey Rudl and now run by Derek Gehl. The sales pitch was a bit long and overdone but the information gained while sitting in the audience was well worth the endless pitch for an Internet Marketing course.
Most of what I learned was in the areas of SEO and keyword targeting for long sales letter websites. But there was a good explanation included about why businesses should look at involving themselves in eBay as a traffic generation technique.
Of course the “real” information is included in the course material (for sale at the unbelievable one time price of…)
The gist of what they teach and pitch is correct, although I would not consider most of the Derek Gehl eBay course information up to date or even advanced (Most of what they teach is basic techniques which can be found on the eBay help pages). But the Internet marketing information was valuable and informative. I would recommend anyone should attend the $99.00 seminar, even if the do not purchase the course (worth Thousands of Dollars).
The IMC course is "on point" with the concept that eBay is not a good avenue towards developing a primary source of income for anyone, not even a business…
eBay is a marketing tool which provides a revenue stream and an advertising venue with incredible SEO advantages...
What Derek Gehl says about eBay should be read and understood by every business owner in America…
This information is not widely known or even understood by business owners... If you are looking for the best way to get your business on track and selling product and/or information online, you should read and understand the information below.
This is what the Internet Marketing Center publishes regarding the use of eBay as a business tool:
Derek Gehl who is one of the top internet marketing experts, has answered the top 3 questions regarding eBay. If you already have internet auction business particularly eBay (successful or not) or a newbie who is planning to start an eBay auction business, this will surely help you.
Question #1: Why eBay??? I want to make ‘real’ money, not just make a few dollars selling junk for pennies!Here’s a news flash… Selling “junk” on eBay is never going to make you rich and it’s not something I’d ever recommend.
The secret to eBay success is using key research tools to discover what people are buying on eBay and how much they’re willing to spend. Then all you have to do is find a cheap source of that product so you can buy it for less, then turn around and sell it at a generous mark-up on eBay.
It’s not rocket science… and there are no tricks and gimmicks involved, just steady, reliable income, and the chance to grow a huge opt-in list of people you can sell other products to in the future.
It might not be as SEXY as the one-in-a-million chance of launching a website that starts making 1000s of dollars overnight. But it’s way more of a sure thing and personally, I find a guaranteed extra $1,000 a month sexier than a distant longshot any day of the week.
Question #2: I’ve been pouring all my free time and money into my online business, now you’re saying I need to start all over again with eBay?For goodness’ sake, no. If you’re smart, you should use eBay to help you grow your “regular” online business, not replace it.
Not only is eBay an excellent place to do valuable market research, you’ll also know what your potential buyers are buying. It also allows you to grow a huge opt-in list of people you can sell to, before your off-eBay site is even up and running.
Imagine that being able to drive thousands of interested buyers to your site the very same day you launch it.
Question #3: I already have a profitable online business. Why should I bother with eBay?My answer is, I guess it depends on how happy you are with your traffic numbers.
If you’re getting so much web site traffic that it’s crashing your server and you literally don’t know what to do with it, then you probably don’t want to use eBay to send more visitors to your site.
BUT, if you’re getting less than 500 visitors a day, or if you’re getting more than that but your visitors aren’t converting to sales. Then, you should seriously consider eBay auction. It’s a great way to drive highly targeted visitors to your site.
Remember, these are people you’ve found on the world’s largest marketplace, which means they’re enthusiastic online shoppers. They’re exactly the kind of people you want to introduce your products to..
Popularity: 8% [?]
