Learn Ebay From an Ebay Millionaire

If you want to learn how to sell on Ebay the right way, you will be better off learning from an expert who has a proven track record and over a million dollars in sales. Click here to take a look at what he has to offer. I am an Ebay newbie and although my earnings are increasing, the tips and advice he is giving me are going to take me to the next level.

HOW DO I FIND OUT WHAT TO SELL ON EBAY - THE FIRST STEP

Another tip for Ebay success is to make sure you do your due diligence up front. Selling on Ebay is great fun if you don't intend to make it a full time business. You can collect items laying around your house, go to ebay, type your item into the search bar and see how many others are selling what you want to sell.

If you really intend to sell your item on Ebay, you will need to create an Ebay sellers account (click here to do that) Once you have created an account (a sellers account) you will want to redo your search. The next step will be to type the same search term into the search bar and then click on advanced search and look down the page for the words "completed listing". Once you find that, put a check in the box beside completed listing, scroll to the bottom of the page and hit search.

What this will do is bring up a page of your items, but you will see that some of the items have green numbers. Those green numbers represent items that have actually sold on Ebay. Take those numbers and see what buyers have paid for them. That way you can get an idea of how to price your own item to make it competitive in the Ebay sellers market.

Enough of the Ebay Rant. What is Good About Ebay?

Ebay is still a good place for sellers and you can still make some great part-time money. The key is spending some time finding a niche you really like and then finding the products to sell within that niche.

I mentioned SaleHoo to you in previous blogs. SaleHoo is a great place to explore products and get a discount on products you can sell, but an even better place for niche market selling is a place called Worldwide Brands. I have been a member for several years now and I have found some amazing deals on products and have gotten some great ideas for new products to sell on Ebay. Investigate them both, but for the best training ever and finding the best, more unknown niche markets, you will want to click on the link below and spend an hour exploring this site. It will be both fun and informative.

Click on the link below to find some great niche markets. You even have access to an entire training program that will walk you step by step through the whole niche market selling process. Yes, there is a fee, but it is small compared to the results you can get. So click on the link to explore the possibilities.

The Very Best Place to Find Qualified Wholesale Suppliers

A Gripe About Ebay - Sellers Get Screwed - My Rant

Please excuse my language, but it's really true. The p0wer is now in the hands of the buyer, not equally in the hands of both the buyer and the seller. I am both a buyer and a seller on Ebay and in all fairness, I don't see how Ebay is presenting a balance by prohibiting the seller to leave negative feedback for the buyer. Ebay's reasoning from what I can gather is that they don't want to lose any of their buyers. My reasoning? Without sellers, there are no buyers. Why pick on the sellers?

For example, I recently had a buyer whom I shipped a $15 product to. Ebay told me that they were investigating a complaint (mind you I had 100% positive feedback at the time and over 1500 positives). I provided Paypal with the tracking information and proof of delivery they requested. I have no idea what they told Ebay, but all I know is that it went into a dispute (automatically) through Paypal. I provided all of the documentation, ie. the fact that it was shipped the SAME day, proof through tracking that it was actually delivered, and proof of any of the correspondence sent to the customer. The end result? The customer won. I lost $40 due to fees, reversal charges, refunding not only the money for the product, but the money for the postage and I had to pay Paypal $10 for the privilege of my losing the case. In addition, I lost the $15 on the product. What could I do about it? Nothing. No recourse. No one to communicate with to find out why. It just happened. Paypal's decision was final and no explanation was given. They just took their $10 and went away.

So, if you have a buyer who decides randomly to cancel their order and who gives Ebay a good story, true or not, you will lose. You will not be able to complain. You will have to eat the costs through Paypal and you will start to get a bit miffed.

To top it off, I had another one last week. I work hard to build my Ebay business and as you can imagine, I almost blew a gasket! Another reversal, two in one month whereas before the changes, I hadn't had any, just 3 neutrals (two that were put in by mistake because the person thought neutral meant OK and I still cannot find the 3rd one although it is showing up in my feedback.

The one last week said it was under investigation and Paypal removed the $17.00 or so that had been paid to me while they investigated the chargeback. Surprisingly, the chargeback was made AFTER the buyer received their product AND left me POSITIVE feedback. . . oooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I wanted to scream! So, sorry, now I'm screaming!

Anyway, my point is, Ebay is the giant and I am just a number who is running a small business. My Ebay fees last month were a mere $380 on sales of just over $1700 . . .My little fee amount may not be that great but take the thousands of us who give Ebay $380 for fees and add that up and it may make a dent in what Ebay makes. If all of the little guys go away because we are put out of business by negative feedback or higher Ebay fees, then Ebay may have to rethink their decisions to make the sellers the fall guys.

Ebay Ups and Downs - Let's Take Designer Baby Clothing as An Ebay Example

After reading the millionaires ebook you will be able to bypass most of the downs of buying and selling on Ebay. But let's suppose you haven't gotten the book yet or don't think you need it. Here are some things you may encounter. I know I did when I started building my tiny ebay empire.

I decided to sell baby and kids clothing. Why? Because a friend of mine does and she makes about $700 a month when she spends a week listing stuff into wee hours of the morning after homeschooling and taking care of 4 kids all day. But she still makes about that much consistently every month. She only read one book that I gave her because that's all the time she has and it was on selling antiques on Ebay. She's good at picking those too. She's the kind of mom that seems to be able to do it all and still do it all pretty well.

So I went baby clothing shopping. My first mistake. I don't like to shop and therefore, because I don't like to shop, I don't shop often. I wouldn't know a baby clothing bargain if one jumped in my basket. I did look at the prices and when I saw 50% off, I thought that was pretty good. If it was cute and was something I'd buy, I bought it. My second mistake. What I think is cute, you may not. Don't buy what you think you would like. Buy what you think others would like. How do you do that? How do you know what others would like? You don't, unless you do some research on Ebay.

Is this getting more complicated? Now do you see why you might want to read the book first? Trust me, you will short cut the process tremendously. Why go through trial and error when it has already been done for you? Here's the link. JUST CLICK HERE! Don't worry. I will keep on going in my next blog and continue the clothing example and others in later blogs. Remember though, you will learn something from me, but I am not the millionaire expert (at least not yet).

Ebay Millionaire Publishes Book You Will Want to Read

When it comes to starting a serious Ebay business, you must have the proper tools from day one or you will waste so much time and even money trying to build your business on the slow track.

I could not believe how much time I wasted. I had read many articles and paid for several ebooks dealing with Ebay, but there was always something missing. Then comes along another guru who says he can teach all of us how to duplicate his efforts. So, I decided to see what he had to offer.

All I can say now is that I wish I had come across his book a long time ago. I would have saved so much time and effort.

Building an ebay business isn't going to happen overnight, but if you are going to do it, do it the right way. If you are serious about learning how to build even a small Ebay business the right way, then CLICK HERE to be taken to the Auction Lord's site.

You can do it on your own, but why would you want to. The hours I wasted could have been spent building my Ebay business into profitability much sooner. I still have a long way to go but at least I have a millionaire's blueprint to follow.

Protecting Yourself from Illegitimate Wholesale Suppliers

Whether you are planning on buying wholesale to sell or buying wholesale products to keep for yourself, you need to have all of the facts about wholesale suppliers.

The following article is supplied as a courtesy from salehoo.com. It is an important article that is a must read for anyone who is even contemplating using wholesale suppliers.

There are so many scams out there that you need to protect yourself. This salehoo article will save you time and money and may keep you from getting scammed.


Protecting Yourself from Illegitimate Wholesale Suppliers

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While many fantastic wholesale sources can be found online, there are also a huge number of sites developed specifically to scam sellers looking for a good deal.

So how do you tell whether you are dealing with a real wholesale supplier?

First of all:

A supplier may be selling fakes of big name brands but this doesn't necessarily mean he is out to scam you. There are many suppliers in China and other countries selling fakes, but as long as you realize what you are buying, that is not a problem in itself.

The supplier may say they can only accept Western union and wire transfers as payment. These are insecure payment methods, but for Chinese suppliers, these are often the only two options available as credit cards (and therefore Paypal) are almost impossible to get. You should always take the precaution of ordering only a small amount when dealing with a supplier who only takes Western Union and wire transfer for the first time, but many legitimate manufacturers and wholesalers use these methods out of necessity rather than because they are illegitimate.


The Warning Signs


Warning bells should start ringing if you come across any of the following:

Fake address - either it doesn't exist or it exists in a poor or residential area.

No contact details listed on the website.

When you call, the telephone is answered by an individual who does not identify himself on picking up the phone.

You are not asked for a business or tax number.

The company suddenly stop replying to your emails.

Parts of the text or images on their site are copies from other websites.

When you place an order, the company claims they do not have any stock, but want to receive the money before ordering any in.

Your contact becomes shifty when you ask for a product sample


Steps to Protecting Yourself


To find out whether you are dealing with a scammer, try these tips:

Copy and paste some text into Google. If it is copied from another site, you'll soon discover it in the search results.

Check that the website gives a full business name and a registration number.Ring them to verify the phone number given is good, but don't accept a mobile phone number as enough, all companies should have a land line number.

As for a photograph of the stock with the company logo in the background. Go to www.coolwhois.com and search for the name of the website. A legitimate company will have been operating for over a year (at least!) and their expiration date will be for several years time.

Most legitimate companies reserve their domain names for 3-5 years or more at a time.

Use secure payment methods such as Escrow, Cod and Paypal Verified whenever possible.

Ask other sellers what their experiences have been with the company on forums.

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Important Steps for Selling on Ebay

In order to sell on Ebay you have to first create a sellers account (click here) and follow the step by step directions. Make sure you choose the right sign up page because if you are going to want to sell. The directions are a bit different then if you just want to buy.

When you get set up to sell on Ebay, you will need to give Ebay credit card information so they can verify you as a seller. I have been on Ebay now for about two years and have never had my credit information compromised. They are very careful about that. You will want to verify your account too. They will walk you through that process. A verified account tells potential buyers that you are a serious, reputable seller and that they can trust you. It only takes about 10 - 15 minutes for the whole process. That way you can both buy and sell on Ebay with confidence.

If you want the best step-by-step, reasonably priced program to teach you how to be successful on Ebay, take the advice of this Ebay millionaire. Read his story and get his program and follow it step by step. I am a very real person, a grandma and a mom, already earning over $1,000 a month very very part time on Ebay without even trying. With his new and improved methods I expect to earn at least 3 times that this year alone, part-time. So click here now to find out how you can do the same.