I started using eBay a few years ago and have had many different
accounts with them, I have been a power-seller and a full time buyer
with eBay. This is not only the worlds #1 marketplace to find good
deals, but you can make a nice second (or if you are good) a full
time income selling things from home. eBay is like a massive flea
market, but with a small twist, you come and look for what you are
interested in buying and only bid or buy things that are suited to
your needs, much like a flea market.
So, as my title here states, why eBay and not some other auction
site? Well, here is the plain truth, eBay holds the eyes of millions
of users for online auctioning, much like google does for the search
engine, yahoo for mail accounts and myspace for finding friends...
When you do a search for anything online, you go straight to google,
it has set the standard for internet searching and gives you the
best results. Yahoo is still #1 free mail provider and millions of
people use their service including myself, I have 3 mail accounts on
yahoo. Myspace has risin in the last few years as the place to go to
make friends online... Folks, these services aren't going anywhere
anytime soon, so you might as well be a part of them.
I have tried selling on yahoo and other auction sites, but they
cannot compete with ebay, yes the fees are starting to get out of
control (and personally I think the owner needs to stop before he
really screws things up), but all in all, this is the site anyone
who is anyone comes to to buy or sell things online, this is THE
site to make your online business start. Anyone can sell on ebay and
if you have the knowledge, you can make a good living on it if you
play your cards right.
Selling on eBay can be a total pain in the arse if you don't know
what to do or are just starting out. If you are worried about people
not bidding because you have a low score, get some feedback first
buy buying things, get your feedback up to about 20 or so then start
selling. It's not hard to make money online using eBay, but beware
of the selling fees, they can kill your business, that is why you
see outrageous shipping charges, these sellers want to cover their
fees. I cannot complain about someone charging $3 to ship a CD
because I have been there and know EXACTLY why they charge that
amount.
eBay will charge you a minimum of $0.20 to list an item (as of now),
then add a final value fee (about 3%).. Oh, ON TOP OF THAT...
another 3% from any paypal transactions, which by the way, is also
owned by ebay.. so they are taking a minimum of 6% of your sales
plus a fee just to list it whether it sells or not. So, basically I
am saying if you are wanting to sell on eBay, make sure you are
ready to take the losses with the profits, running a business on
eBay is not as easy as most people think. It is very frustrating and
time consuming.
A lot of people think eBay sellers are lazy and I have to disagree
whole-heartedly because I have done it and it it not as easy as it
seems. You have to collect your money and make labels, whether it be
a profit or loss, then package up the product and head to the post
office with an arm-load of merchandise and hope they get it to the
buyer (yes, I've had people steal my products from the mail and it
was probably a crooked mail-man, then here comes a big refund to 15
or 20 people...). So yes eBay has it's ups and downs, but you can
make some extra income selling items you pick up at a yard sale for
twenty five cents and resell it for $5...
All in all, I do not hate eBay, but I wish the fees were not so
high, being charged 25-35 cents an item does get expensive if the
items do not sell, then relisting them cost you another fee (unless
it sells the second time, which is just another way to bribe you
into relisting it), I do not like the new owner of eBay, that is a
fact, he is scamming sellers left and right, but all in all it is a
good site to make money from if you know how...
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Information along, this site has all the wholesale and drop shipper
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