Wow... when I wrote about the 99-cent trial of Derek Gehl's
brand-new eBay training system, I really opened a can of worms!

Since then I've been flooded with questions from people wanting
to know why I'm suddenly singing the praises of eBay, instead
of focusing on how to help people become successful with a
"regular" online business.

It's not an "either-or" situation, folks. You don't have to
choose between building your own "regular" online business or
getting started with eBay.

In fact, after having read Derek Gehl's new training system
-- The Insider Secrets to Selling on eBay -- I'd say anyone
who's doing one without the other is seriously missing out!

(Whether you have a "regular" business but aren't taking
advantage of eBay's massive value, OR you have a successful
eBay business but aren't doing anything to promote it off
eBay.)

So in order to clear up any confusion, I thought I'd take a
few moments to answer the top 3 questions I've received over
the past week or so regarding eBay:

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Question #1: "Why eBay??? I want to make 'real' money, not
just make a few dollars selling junk for pennies!"

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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!

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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?"

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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 -- so you know what your potential buyers are buying
(and why!) -- 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!

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Question #3: "I already have a profitable online business. Why
should I bother with eBay?"

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My answer is, I guess it depends on how happy you are with your
traffic numbers.

If you're getting so much 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.
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.

I hope that clears up any misunderstanding about how eBay can
help you grow your "regular" online business. If you're
interested in learning more, I urge you to visit:

http://qwikurl.com/visit/powersellers

Best of Success,
Stephan Iscoe

UPDATE: I talked to Derek yesterday and he told me he has only a
few 99-cent trial copies of his eBay training system left. Once
they're gone, the only way you'll be able to get this powerful
new training system is by paying the full price of $197.

So hurry -- get your copy before they all fly off the shelves!
Go to: http://qwikurl.com/visit/powersellers


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by Don Schonberg

There will come a time were you are going to reach a point that you will find yourself spending more time managing sales, shipping orders and a lot of other back office projects. Well guess what? If you are spending your time doing that you can't be posting auctions and bringing in sales.

It is time to start shopping around for a auction processing service, of which there are many. If I remember correctly I have used five different ones over the past six years. At present I am using eBay's BlackThrone. Here is the thing, there seems to be 4 or 5 that are the leaders and they will leap frog each other every year or two. I believe BlackThrone may be the best out there today but six months from now who knows. You will have to do your research when the time comes.

Most charge a monthly fee, for around $25 a month you can get everything you need to get you started. There are a couple you can purchase outright but I don't think that is a good idea with all the changes ebay can make. Some run entirely off your hard drive and only connect up when you want to upload auctions or download sales data. Others store all of your information on their servers so you are working online the entire time, better have a fast connection for these.

Some offer their own eStores from which you launch your auctions from. Some have their own shopping cart were you can up sell from your estore to the customer as they checkout. I love this idea but found a lot of my customer were unsure of using an unknown shopping cart.

Any ways, with these kinds of auction services you can automate the posting of your auctions, automate the sending of email, feedback and most have a lot of reporting features.

These services come and they go, they seem to change names a lot so I am not going to put a bunch of links in here that don't work, just Google post auction services and you find them. Be sure to compare two or three of them side by side to see which one fits your needs better. They all have the same basic sales processing features but some are better for people who sell multiples of the same items not like me who sells one of a kind items.

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