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What’s to Come with Practical eBay Selling

October 11th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Well, as you can see, it’s been quite some time since I’ve posted here on Practical eBay Selling. But, please, do not fret, there are a lot of good things coming for you on this blog.

Read about these good things…

5 Ways to Find What to Sell on eBay

July 26th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

It’s never a bad thing to think of more ways to find what to sell on eBay. I mean, you may feel proud of yourself for finding that one bestselling gem that makes you your first big PayPal deposit, but what if that product’s sales start dwindling.

You always need a good array of ideas for what to sell on eBay. Here are five ideas you can use to find something to sell on eBay right now.

Read about these 5 ideas here…

How to Research for a Wholesaler or Drop Shipper

May 22nd, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Here, I’m presenting you with some hilarious questions people ask on eBay.

• Who is your wholesaler?
• Who is your Drop Shipper?
• Can I get in with your wholesaler?
• What’s your Drop Shipper’s number?

Why are they hilarious? No one with any common sense about business is going to reveal there supplier to another seller.

Let’s say you’ve just started to sell Cell Phones and Cell Phone Accessories on eBay. You research manufacturers and distributors and find an awesome wholesale supplier. You start building a business relationship with them and you’re receiving excellent products and selling them for a great profit on eBay.

One day, you get an e-mail from a random seller on eBay, probably some bored person just wanting to make some extra money online. The e-mail says:

So, I saw your auctions. You seem to know what you’re doing. Can I get the contact information to your wholesale supplier?

And you answer is… NO! You did all the work to find them, why should you just pass them on to the next guy.

The point is, you’re not going to find a good wholesale supplier by asking an established seller that did all the work.

A great way to get start in finding a wholesaler or Drop Shipper is to read this eBook:

How an Overworked, Traveling, Soggy Sandwich Eating Dental Hygienest Made $11,212 a Month Online

Yes, I know the title is strange and unusually long, but it is an amazing primer for dealing with manufacturers and distributors. You will learn how to set up a business and talk to manufacturers and distributors in a way that will give you an advantage over any other seller just wanting wholesaler and Drop Shipper info.

Just reading her story is motivation enough to set out to do the things she did. What’s so awesome about it, is that she was trained in how to contact manufacturers and distributors for the sole purpose of obtaining wholesale products for business. She is very good at it, but didn’t start making a profit until she found eBay. What she does is, she takes you through each step she went through and explains how she built up good relationships with wholesalers and made a lot of money on eBay.

Read it here:

How an Overworked, Traveling, Soggy Sandwich Eating Dental Hygienest Made $11,212 a Month Online

5 Things You Should Know as an eBay Seller

April 12th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Being an eBay seller can be overwhelming at times. There is so much you need to know, and eBay is such an enormous site with so many possibilities for success, you can find yourself roaming within it and taking no action.

Well, Practical eBay Selling only gives you the information you need to enhance your business, so here are 5 things you should know as an experience eBay seller that you may not know.

1. You Cannot Block a Member with Zero Feedback

Don’t you hate when you’ve sold an item and you can’t wait to get paid, but then, you eventually don’t get paid at all. You check out the member who bought from you and see a big fat 0 beside their username for feedback. Now, I know one shouldn’t throw all the 0 feedbackers into one group of no-payers, but it would be nice to be able to block them until they get some type of positive recognition on the eBay community. But, alas you cannot. You can however block someone with a feedback that is in the negative (-1,-2, etc.).

2. Know How to Respond to Negative Feedback from Customers

Speaking of feedback, there will come a day when you receive a negative one. I may be wrong, and I hope I am, but especially if you’re a high volume seller, you’re bound to run into someone who is dissatisfied.

You first need to calm down. Don’t respond immediately, because you’ll most likely type out of anger. Let things cool down, be professional and explain yourself the best you can. You may gain a repeat buyer nonetheless.

3. Know How to E-mail Buyers You Have a Problem With

This relates very much to number two. Don’t start some type of e-mail war with one of your buyers you’re having a problem with. Keep your e-mails short and to the point, and of course, professional.

4. You Are Responsible for Damaged Goods, Even if the Buyer did Not Buy Insurance

Sounds crazy, I know, but it is true. Under Federal Trade Commission Laws, and eBay and PayPal rules, the seller is responsible for getting the item to the customer in the condition in which it was advertised. I know some things are outside of your control, but you’ll have to trust your shipping agency on that one. Having this knowledge will prepare you to answer in a professional manner that shows you take your business seriously.

5. Can’t See Your Listing in a Search?

Well, that’s because it can take up to 12 hours to show up in a search results. So don’t fret if you type in a keyword 5 minutes after putting up an auction and you don’t see yours anywhere in sight. Thought I’d throw in a tip that might reduce the stress in your business.

Having knowledge about the platform you run your business on can give you the edge over your competition. So use these 5 tips and come back to Practical eBay Selling for more.

How to Sell Info Products on eBay

April 10th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Practical eBay Selling would like to stay true to it’s name. I realize we have but one article, aside from this one, but that is going to change. And I realize it’s difficult to determine a sites purpose from so little content.

With all that out of the way, Practical eBay Selling is here to provide practical advice for you as an eBayer. Not just that, though. We want to provide the resources and information it takes to make money, a lot of money, on eBay. We are not here to give you what you can learn from eBay’s help page.

We’re here to let you in on some unique ways you can practically sell on eBay, hence the title of this article, how to sell info products on eBay.

I’m soon going to write a review of the Silent Sales Machine by Jim Cockrum, but I figured I’d write a little bit about it now. This eBook has been around for quite some time, but is still such a great and unique way to approach eBay.

Basically, as an established seller, or even as a moderate seller on eBay, you can start a Silent Sales Machine. If you have any knowledge of what you’re selling, you can do this. Write up a report, or eBook and use your about me page to promote it. If people are buying your products on eBay, they’re sure to buy info products related to it.

There are a lot of ways to get started on this, but I just wanted to throw out the idea so you could grasp it and get something started. Here’s what you need to do,

1. Sign up for an eBay account (though I’m sure you’ve already done this)

2. Write an info product related to your product.

3. Create an About Me page to promote your info product on.

I realize this is a pretty vague outline, but it’s enough to get you started. Practical eBay Selling is going to be growing tremendously in the next year, so there are going to be a lot of details about how to make money doing specific things on eBay.

As I said, a review of The Silent Sales Machine will be written soon, but if you’ve had experience with this type of selling and have had success, click on the contribute link and write a little blurb about how you’re online business is booming from these ideas.

Visit the Silent Sales Machine Website Here, and sign up for Jim’s awesome eBay newsletter.

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