Does it seem like eBay is out to get you?!

With all of their recent changes (everything from a new
feedback system to increased fees), I wouldn't blame
you for thinking they've turned their back on the "little
guy."

But there's something you should know: while a LOT
of people have been grumbling about all of the new
rules that eBay has created, a few people are finding
the new rules actually provide people with clear
ADVANTAGES!

Take Derek Gehl at the Internet Marketing Center, for
instance...

A few months ago, Derek and his team of elite eBay
mentors started digging deep into the new changes,
and testing revised strategies, and they quickly discovered
that these changes actually give you MORE opportunities
to make money on eBay than ever before!

Which means that, while everyone else is busy complaining
and playing catch-up, YOU have the chance to get ahead
of your competition...

... but ONLY if you understand how the new rules work,
and know EXACTLY how to apply them.

To PROVE to everyone that eBay is actually making things
easier for SERIOUS business owners, Derek's put together
a FREE three-lesson video series that will walk you, step-
by-step, through the BIGGEST changes, and explain, in detail,
how you can use them to make potentially thousands of
dollars a MONTH.

He'll show you how to INCREASE the number of bids you
get on ANY item by manipulating WHERE your listings appear
during a search... significantly RAISE your new "Detailed
Seller Rating" to get a higher rating (and MORE sales)...
DECREASE your regular eBay fees, even though fees have
gone UP across the board... and a LOT more!

And by the end of the videos, you'll see that by EMBRACING
eBay's change, you'll be able to beat even your toughest
competitors to BIG profits!

Start watching them RIGHT AWAY by following this link:

http://TopAuctionNews.com/freevideos

Best of Success!

Stephan

P.S. The sooner you watch these FREE eBay training videos,
the sooner you'll be able to take advantage of eBay's new
rules to BEAT your competition, and make potentially thousands
of dollars a month!

http://TopAuctionNews.com/freevideos

Labels: ebay selling, ebay training, free ebay training, video

Product sourcing is one of the most important topics for eBay entrepreneurs, along with customer service. The basic idea, of course is to buy low, sell high. Most people start on eBay by selling whatever they have in their attic or basement. This is a great way to begin, because they will get used to selling on eBay and they will become familiarizes them with the shipping and customer service.

After a while though, they've sold off everything they have in the attic, and need to find more items to sell. So they begin going to every garage sale and flea market they can to find more products to sell. They quickly find that they are spending a lot of time (and money) doing this and begin looking at new ways to find new items to sell. This means finding products from wholesale suppliers.

One of the most common mistakes people make is to go to a search engine and search for wholesale suppliers online. Unfortunately, search engines are NOT a good way to find legitimate wholesaler suppliers. Real wholesalers will most likely not be going to be found via a search engine. What they will find is that 99% of the time the if you found a wholesaler supplier though a search engine, it will be a scam artist.

They set themselves up with a real wholesale supplier and then promote themselves as a supplier. They raise the prices of the goods and simply pass on any orders they get to the real wholesaler. The prices are so high that is will be impossible to make any money with them. Some, if not most, will charge a monthly fee to use their service and they will tell you that you do not need a reseller's license to set up an account with them.

A real wholesaler will require that you provide proof that you are a legitimate business. This generally includes a business license and a sales tax permit. The actual name of the needed documents vary by state. These documents are absolutely vital in order to deal with real wholesalers. Don't let this detail scare you! These are really not that hard to get and unless you incorporate, will not require a lawyer. These can be obtained at your county courthouse and they will guide you in any other documents you need.

To summarize, a real wholesaler will:

1. Not be found on the internet with a search engine.
2. Require some form of proof that you are a real business.
3. Will not charge a set-up fee or a monthly access fee.

If you find a wholesaler that does not fit these criteria, then you may have found a scam artist posing as a wholesaler.

Labels: ebay auction strategies, ebay selling, product sourcing, wholesale dropshipping

by Kj King

What if you could find the exact items people want to buy off of eBay? The key to getting started on eBay is to find a hot product to sell and stick with it. If you were to corner the market on one particular item, your work load would decrease dramatically.

How exactly can you do this?

You could take the time to research on eBay for weeks, months, maybe even years to find the perfect product. But thanks to the geeks of this world, there are software developers that are clever enough to come up with easy to use software that can help you find that perfect selling product.

I’ve found that three software packages are amazing for just this. They’re all easy to use and yield amazing results. The hardest part is choosing between them.

1. Hot Item Finder

You know how earlier I said you could research for weeks, months, years…? Well, doing manually what this software does for you in minimal amounts of time would certainly fall into the latter category. Even if you were an excellent eBay researcher, it would take you loads of time to do this type of research. This software will help you analyze each category on eBay to see what the most popular items are and which items are selling the best. You will be able to find the best keywords to use in your auctions and you even have the capability of spying on your competition to see what and how they are selling. It really lives up to its name.


Let me warn you, these next two pieces of software are some of the cleverest ways to find out what eBay buyers want. One of them is developed by the same person who developed the aforementioned Hot Item Finder, so you can trust its reliability. The second piece of software is one I’ve just discovered and love it just the same. These two really come down to preference, because there purpose is generally the same.

2. Auction Yen

Let’s say you want to start your own brick-and-mortar store and you’re brainstorming for ideas of what to sell. Then you come up with an idea to let people fill out a piece of paper that basically states: “What I want to buy.” If you had access to thousands of people, I think you’d get an idea of what people want in a store.

eBay’s Want it Now feature does just that, though with millions of visitors each day, you have a lot better chance to find what it is that eBay buyers want.

Just like the Hot Item Finder, Auction Yen is an eBay research tool. However, Auction Yen takes your research to the next level by extracting information from the Want it Now section. It basically searches out the total posts of a particular keyword and the total responses. It then rates each keyword by the amount of posts compared to the amount of responses. The results with the most amount of posts and the least amount of responses are rated the highest for profitability.

3. The Auction Inspector

I could say that the only difference between Auction Yen and The Auction Inspector is their names, but that wouldn’t be fair. The Auction Inspector essentially does the same thing, but it does it just as effectively with a different interface. It really comes down to preference between these two pieces of software, but I couldn’t go without mentioning both. The slightly lower price and a bonus eBook may be an incentive to buy The Auction Inspector. Either way, you’ll uncover hidden niches and find products you’d never thought of using The Auction Inspector.

You can spend all your time researching on eBay for that next hot item to sell, or you can invest a small price for excellent, dependable software that will have you up and selling an amazing product on eBay in no time.

Like I said, the hardest part is choosing between the three.

KJ King
http://www.PracticaleBaySelling.com
© 2007


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Labels: ebay buyers, ebay selling