Secrets of eBay SellingA Great Home-Based Business Through Online Auctions!eBay is one of the greatest Internet business success stories of all time. The guy who started it wanted to build a site for his girlfriend to be able to meet other traders and collectors of those little PEZ Dispensers - you know, the little handheld candy device with the flip-top head that pushes out a small sugar treat. It turns out those dispensers have turned into a real collectible. So after a while, when hundreds of people were visiting the site to trade PEZ dispensers, someone got the bright idea of opening up the trading and auctioning off of these collectibles to all other kinds of collectibles - and from there it was a short hop to the largest auction house in the known universe!
Here are some facts and figures about eBay, directly from their site:
What does all of this mean to you? Simple: eBay is a ready-made marketplace for the average person to begin a web business! It takes some getting used to - you need to visit, read the FAQ's, become a member, maybe even make a few purchases to see how things work from the buyer's perspective. Then try a simple sale - maybe something from your garage, or some old clothes you're not using any more. It doesn't matter what you sell - you're not trying to retire on that first sale! Just do it for the experience, which will be more valuable than the profits you earn. As you gain familiarity and sophistication in the eBay community and your reputation grows, you'll be ready to start trying more advanced techniques, such as Dutch auctions, and featured listings. Now if you are thinking of becoming an auction seller, and if you think that all you'll ever need is eBay, be careful. You will not own your own business. It will own you. More specifically, eBay will own you. Yes, eBay is a brilliant concept. Compared to the archaic centralized pick-pack-and-ship model of Amazon, eBay created a software platform that let millions of "little guys and gals" do the hard part for them, from their homes, as free labor...
More and more sellers meant increasing diversity of product, which attracted more and more buyers. More and buyers meant more demand, which attracted more and more sellers. "And thus did eBay's growth feed upon itself"... meteorically. eBay grew into a company worth billions. They now own all "the little people" who do the hard, tedious physical work that software cannot do. You work for eBay... for what is basically an hourly wage, while your "business" fails to build its own equity. The most amazing part? Ebay never stores, touches, or ships a single product. However, they do collect a small amount for each transaction... which now add up to billions of dollars per year. A "small amount"... until you consider the cost of doing all the "hard parts" for eBay. A "small amount"... until you realize that you are not building a business of your own, one with true value (i.e., one that can be sold). (Although you are building eBay's equity and the shareholders thank you.) A "small amount"... until you realize that if you don't own your own traffic, you can't own your own business. And you're stuck... because eBay owns the traffic. Which means you'll depend on them. Instead, build a bigger concept... 1) Develop your own site in the niche that you know and love. 2) Fill that site with high-value content. 3) Use that content to attract your own niche-targeted traffic. 4) Build a following through your own e-zine. 5) Use your e-zine and site content to PREsell your targeted visitors. And finally... 6) Convert that PREsold, warm, willing-to-buy traffic into multiple streams of income. As part of your diversified income plan... Put eBay to work for you, but only as ONE of those streams. It's a snap to integrate your eBay auctions directly into your theme-based SBI! site This is an important concept, so let's restate it... DO use eBay (instead of them using you), but merely as part of your diversified monetization plan. One great place to start learning more would be by taking a free course in Net Auction Selling. You can also download any of these other free e-Books to get started today. Don't forget the Honor System!
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