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1. The eBay trend - How you can profit from it now.
2. She made
$436,000+ Profits Online Last Year? WOW!
3. Quick Tips and Reader Feedback
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1. The eBay trend - How you can profit from it now.
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EBay is becoming the Microsoft of online commerce and you can profit from it.
With over 40,000 people signing up every day on eBay there is a trend taking
shape that you can take advantage of.
Just as Microsoft established its Windows platform as the operating system of
choice for 95% of all personal computers, eBay is establishing itself as the
gateway of ecommerce for the next century.
What's in it for you?
Besides the obvious opportunities you have to participate directly on eBay.com
there are multiple other ideas that you can capitalize on.
Here are five ideas I came up with to help you brainstorm:
1. Start an eBay club in your community
Chances are there are MANY people in your area who would
attend and you could benefit in many ways. For example, you could become a
consultant who teaches others to sell on eBay.
If you are currently part of such a club please let me know. Actually that topic
would probably make a great eBook! You could call it, "How to profit by running
an eBay club in your neighborhood".
2. Open up an eBay consignment shop
In March of 2003 a company named AuctionDrop opened its first store. The company
advertised itself as a “drop off” eBay sales center. EBay corporate wasn't
involved financially in any way with the launch, but they did provide a lot of
help and information showing that they are firmly behind the consignment sales
concept.
3. Start a "What's it worth on eBay?" service
The world needs a "what's it worth on eBay" toll-free
phone service. SOMEONE needs to start this business...I'll use it! Feel free to
steal my idea...just mention me as your inspiration if you do it!! ;0)
Here's how it would work:
An eBay fanatic like you or me is at a flea market and we come across a box of
widgets priced to sell! We think that these widgets would do GREAT on eBay, but
we aren't sure. We call the toll-free "what's it worth on eBay" line and we
speak to a live person with a fast Internet connection who can tell us what
similar items have sold for recently on eBay. They also access other discount
shopping pages on the web if necessary to determine the "eBay value" of the item
in question. Using the camera built into your phone you could even submit the
image of the widgets to the analyst who is assisting you if it helps them
determine the value.
4. Enhance the experience of eBay users
Have a programming idea that will make the lives of eBay
buyers or sellers easier?
These products are a HOT market! I am personally approached weekly with one or
two new ideas that blow my mind. If you aren't a programmer you can
"rent-a-nerd" from sites like elance.com or freelancersdirect.com. Have the
expert make your idea come to life.
That's how PayPal got started! They tried to make the lives of eBay buyers and
sellers easier and eventually eBay bought them for MILLIONS (sounds like
Microsoft right?)
5. Become an eBay GURU
There are only a handful of eBay "experts" on the web. Sure there are a lot of
eBooks by anonymous authors who tell you things you could read for yourself on
the eBay help menus, but there are very few true experts who make a full-time
living teaching others the true insider information that helps eBay sellers tap
into the full potential of eBay.
If you follow the Microsoft model for a moment with me you'll see my point here.
In the mid 1980's there were only a handful of Microsoft consultants and
programmers. Now they are in demand and the good ones are VERY WEALTHY. With
over 40,000 people jumping on eBay every day I promise you that there is a HUGE
demand for one-on-one consulting and assistance. eBay's help menu is good, but I
am living proof that people don't rely solely on eBay.com to learn about running
an eBay business.
Further proof:
The newsletter you are now reading went out to about 2,000 people a year ago.
Now it goes out to over 40,000 people. That's just a drop in the bucket of where
we'll be in a year or so...
Where to start:
Sell and buy on eBay! Learn the basics and then listen to your customers. Ask
them how you can help. Odds are many of them will want to know how to sell on
eBay.
Spend some time thinking "BIG PICTURE" about eBay. The opportunities on eBay go
far beyond simply running some auctions and earning a few extra bucks.
Some inspiration from Stephen Covey:
"Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity minded. They feed
opportunities and starve problems."
Jim Cockrum
author-"The Silent Sales Machine Hiding on eBay"
http://www.SilentSalesMachine.com
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2. She made $436,000+ Profits Online Last Year? WOW!
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I've told you before that I review multiple products and ideas every week. Some
are sent to me for free and others I buy. I make every attempt to stay on the
cutting edge of what is available in the world of eBay and Internet success.
When I come across a rare product that is worth sharing with the readers of this
newsletter I often bargain with the owner of the product in order to secure the
BEST possible price for you. That's just what I've done again in this issue.
There have been several days in my personal Internet Marketing career when I
have earned over $1000.00 in one day while I was out doing something else (golf,
museum, playing with my kids etc.). Most often those kinds of days are the
result of selling someone else’s products in a joint venture partnership.
Joint ventures or JV's are a simple effective way to make great money fast. The
best book I've read about JV's is by
Rosalind
Gardner.
You'll discover that You DON'T need:
-Your own product
-Your own mailing list
-Your own website
-A bunch of start up cash
This is 100% legal, ethical and BRILLIANT!
Here's what Rosalind told me:
"I personally know at least a hundred people who make marketing on the Internet
their full-time occupation. If there wasn't money to be made, that wouldn't be
possible.
I am one of those people. I made over $436,000 last year selling other people's
stuff online. I back up that statement with a picture of my income tax statement
from 2002 which shows my earnings."
Rosalind has been kind enough to extend the readers of this very newsletter the
LOWEST price she's ever offered on her #1 Best Seller. She has never done this
before!
Here's the link to read more about Rosalind's book and get the discount I've
secured just for you:
CLICK HERE
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3. Quick Tips and Reader Feedback
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******QUICK**TIPS********
Learn to search on eBay like a pro tips and tricks:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/index_popup.html?buy=search_commands.html
******QUICK**TIPS********
I need your help...
MAC users Listen up - Here's a letter I got recently that you can help me with:
Darlene R. writes,
"Love your no BS newsletter. I like that you don't want to endorse products you
feel might cause you to lose your long time customer's trust.
If you endorse products, you might survey your other Macintosh user customers to
see what auction and marketing tools (software) they use.
It's hard to find (good) products that may well be available right now. I know
other Mac users do eBay but they are scattered and it's hard to survey them. Any
thoughts you have are welcome."
Help Darlene out! If you are a MAC user and you have come across a great tool
for your eBay/Internet business, tell me about it and I'll let everyone else
know about it too.
******QUICK**TIPS********
Finally...a legit use for that Internet browsing feature on your new cell phone!
Access eBay wirelessly - FREE Software!
http://pages.ebay.com/anywhere/
*****END**QUICK**TIPS****
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